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Reflejo de Babinski - Treatment

Nombres alternativos

Signo de Babinski; Reflejo plantar extensor

Cuidados en el hogar:

Una persona mayor que un bebé que tenga el reflejo de Babinski con frecuencia presentará igualmente falta de coordinación, debilidad y dificultad con el control muscular.

La seguridad es importante para prevenir una lesión. La persona puede necesitar ayuda en sus actividades y el ambiente se debe mantener libre de peligros.

Cuándo contactar a un profesional médico:

Las personas generalmente no saben que tienen el reflejo de Babinski. Con frecuencia, es el médico quien lo detecta.

Lo que se puede esperar en el consultorio médico:

El médico llevará a cabo un examen físico y hará preguntas acerca de los síntomas y la historia clínica del paciente.

El examen físico incluirá una evaluación completa del sistema nervioso (neurológico).

Los exámenes pueden abarcar:

Angiografía de la cabeza
Exámenes de sangre
Tomografía computarizada de la cabeza
Punción lumbar y análisis del líquido cefalorraquídeo
Resonancia magnética de la cabeza o de la columna vertebral
Potenciales provocados somatosensitivos

Reviewed last on: 2/5/2011
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by Joseph V. Campellone, MD, Division of Neurology, Cooper University Hospital, Camden, NJ. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

Referencias

Griggs R, Jozefowicz R, Aminoff M. Approach to the patient with neurologic disease. In: Goldman L, Ausiello D, eds. Cecil Medicine. 23rd ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2007:chap 418.

Murray B, Mitsumoto H. Disorders of the upper and lower motor neurons. In: Bradley WG, Daroff RB, Fenichel GM, Jankovic J, eds. Bradley: Neurology in Clinical Practice. 5th ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Butterworth-Heinemann Elsevier; 2008:chap 78.

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