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Enfermedad de Huntington - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Corea de Huntington

Síntomas:

Los cambios de comportamiento pueden ocurrir antes de los problemas de movimiento y pueden abarcar:

  • Comportamientos antisociales
  • Alucinaciones
  • Irritabilidad
  • Malhumor
  • Inquietud o impaciencia
  • Paranoia
  • Psicosis

Los movimientos anormales e inusuales abarcan:

  • Movimientos faciales, incluyendo muecas
  • Girar la cabeza para cambiar la posición de los ojos
  • Movimientos espasmódicos rápidos y súbitos de los brazos, las piernas, la cara y otras partes del cuerpo
  • Movimientos lentos e incontrolables
  • Marcha inestable

Demencia que empeora lentamente, incluyendo:

  • Desorientación o confusión
  • Pérdida de la capacidad de discernimiento
  • Pérdida de la memoria
  • Cambios de personalidad
  • Cambios en el lenguaje

Los síntomas adicionales que pueden estar asociados con esta enfermedad son:

Síntomas en los niños:

  • Rigidez
  • Movimientos lentos
  • Temblor

Pruebas y exámenes:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico y puede hacer preguntas acerca de los síntomas y los antecedentes familiares del paciente. También se llevará a cabo un examen neurológico. El médico puede ver signos de:

  • Demencia
  • Movimientos anormales
  • Reflejos anormales
  • Marcha con frecuencia amplia y con "pavoneo"
  • Lenguaje dubitativo o articulación deficiente

Una tomografía computarizada de la cabeza puede mostrar pérdida de tejido cerebral, especialmente en lo profundo del cerebro.

Otros exámenes que pueden mostrar signos de enfermedad de Huntington son:

Hay disponibilidad de pruebas genéticas para determinar si una persona portadora del gen para la enfermedad de Huntington.

  • Reviewed last on: 4/30/2011
  • Kevin Sheth, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine;David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Lang A. Other movement disorders. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier;2007:chap 434.

Jankovic J, Shannon KM. Movement disorders. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 75.

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