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Apraxia - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

Incapacidad para hacer gestos y realizar ciertas tareas; Incapacidad para realizar ciertas tareas y movimientos; Apraxia bucofacial; Apraxia orofacial; Apraxia ideatoria; Apraxia ideomotora; Apraxia cinética de las extremidades; Apraxia verbal

Cuidados en el hogar:

La persona debe tomar sus propias medidas de seguridad si presenta:

Sin embargo, la persona aún puede participar en actividades normales.

Se debe tener una paciencia extrema con las personas que sufren de apraxia. Es preciso tomarse el tiempo necesario para mostrarles cómo se realiza una tarea y darles el tiempo suficiente para que la realicen. Se debe evitar dar instrucciones complejas.

Se debe llamar al médico si:

La persona debe consultar con el médico si es incapaz de realizar actos rutinarios simples y no hay una razón conocida.

Lo que se puede esperar en el consultorio médico:

Si la persona presenta convulsiones, primero hay que estabilizarla.

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico y hará preguntas acerca de la historia clínica y los síntomas, como:

Los exámenes que pueden realizarse abarcan:

Es posible que el médico remita a la persona a un fisioterapeuta, a un terapeuta del lenguaje o un terapeuta ocupacional. Si el problema del movimiento es un síntoma de otra afección médica, dicha afección también debe ser tratada.

  • Reviewed last on: 4/23/2008
  • Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Department of Neurosurgery and Gene Therapeutics Research Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Heilman KM, Watson RT, Gonzalez-Rothi LJ. Praxis. In: Goetz CG. Textbook of Clinical Neurology. 3rd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 4.

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