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Ataxia de Friedreich - Symptom

Nombres alternativos

Degeneración espinocerebelosa

Síntomas:

Los síntomas son causados por el desgaste de estructuras en áreas del cerebro y de la médula espinal que controlan la coordinación, el movimiento muscular y algunas funciones sensoriales. Los síntomas generalmente empiezan en la infancia antes de la pubertad y pueden abarcar:

Los problemas musculares conducen a cambios en la columna vertebral que pueden provocar escoliosis o cifoscoliosis.

La cardiopatía generalmente se desarrolla y puede llevar a insuficiencia cardíaca. La muerte puede sobrevenir por insuficiencia cardíaca o disrritmias que no responden al tratamiento. En las etapas avanzadas de la enfermedad, también se puede desarrollar diabetes.

Signos y exámenes:

Se pueden realizar los siguientes exámenes:

Los exámenes del corazón pueden mostrar una afección llamada miocardiopatía hipertrófica en aproximadamente el 66% de las personas con esta enfermedad.

Los exámenes de azúcar (glucosa) en la sangre pueden revelar presencia de diabetes o intolerancia a la glucosa. Un examen ocular puede mostrar daño al nervio óptico, que generalmente ocurre sin síntomas.

  • Reviewed last on: 11/22/2010
  • Kevin Sheth, MD, Department of Neurology, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Johnston MV. Movement disorders. In: Kliegman RM, Behrman RE, Jenson HB, Stanton BF, eds. Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics. 18th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 597.

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