What is cerebellar atrophy?

We all need to pay attention in our daily lives that many middle-aged and elderly friends are most likely to encounter cerebellar atrophy. After suffering from cerebellar atrophy, this disease is a familial genetic disease. It may be hereditary and may even cause the entire family to be inherited. Generally in the early stages, it mainly manifests as neurological dysfunction, language disorders, etc.

Disease Introduction

Also known as spinocerebellar Ataxia, abbreviated as SCA, is a familial dominant genetic neurological disease. As long as one of the parents is suffering from this disease, their children will have a 50% chance of inheriting the disease and developing the disease. After the onset of the disease, patients of this type walk in a unsteady manner, like penguins, so they are called the penguin family.

Symptoms

Early symptoms of brain atrophy include:

[1] First, cranial nerve dysfunction: This is one of the early clinical symptoms of cerebral atrophy. The main symptoms include dizziness, forgetfulness, memory loss, dull expression, slow reaction, unsteady walking, and tremors in the hands and feet.

Second, some language disorders occur: The main manifestation of this symptom in patients with cerebral atrophy is that they often cannot remember some simple words when talking with others, or they replace them with uncommon words, making the spoken and written sentences difficult to understand.

Third, there are inexplicable mood swings in life and extreme instability: This is also a common early symptom of cerebral atrophy in clinical practice. Patients sometimes even become suspicious, depressed, indifferent, anxious or rude.

Fourth, easy to forget: The early symptom of this brain atrophy is that the patient is forgetful in doing things in life; he forgets what he says, gets dressed slower than before, and cannot remember all the steps of cooking.

Fifth, many patients with cerebral atrophy will find themselves unable to remember where their home is or how to return when they go out in the early stages of the disease. These originally diligent people gradually become bored with housework and social activities.