Ataxia
Ataxia: Introduction
Ataxia: Failure of muscular coordination.
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Causes of Ataxia:
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causes of Ataxia.
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Causes of Types of Ataxia:
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Ataxia Treatments
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Medications or substances causing Ataxia:
The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins are some of the possible
causes of Ataxia as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Cytarabine Hydrochloride
- Cytosar-U
- AK-Pentolate
- Cyclopentolate Hydrochloride
- I-Pentolate
- Pentolair
- Sulfatrim DS
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medications causing Ataxia
Drug interactions causing Ataxia:
When combined, certain drugs, medications, substances or toxins may react
causing Ataxia as a symptom.
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including prescription, over-the-counter, supplements, herbal or alternative treatments.
- Lithium (Eskalith) and ACE Inhibitor interaction
- Lithium (Eskalith) and Angiotensin Receptor Blocker (ARBs) interaction
- Lithium (Eskalith) and COX-2 Inhibitor interaction
- Lithium (Eskalith) and NSAID interaction
- Lithium (Eskalith) and Thiazide diuretic interaction
- Insulin and Phenytoin interaction
- Clozapine and Carbamazepine interaction
- Phenytoin and Primidone interaction
- more interactions...»
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drug interactions causing Ataxia
Ataxia: Comorbid Symptoms
Some of the comorbid or associated medical symptoms
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Causes of Ataxia listed in Disease Database:
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- (Source - Diseases Database)
Definitions of Ataxia:
Awkwardness in motor behavior associated with loss of afferent information from the moving part or with loss of control mechanism of the cerebellum.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Inability to coordinate voluntary muscle movements; unsteady movements and staggering gait
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
Awkwardness in motor behavior associated with loss of afferent information from the moving part or with loss of control mechanism of the cerebellum.
- (Source - CRISP)
Organs affected by Ataxia:
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Detailed list of causes of Ataxia
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How Common are these Causes of Ataxia?
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not to how likely they are to be the actual cause of Ataxia.
Of the 526
causes of Ataxia that
we have listed, we have the following prevalence/incidence information:
- 1
causes are "very common" diseases
- 2
causes are "common" diseases
- 5
causes are "uncommon" diseases
- 12
causes are "rare" diseases
- 10
causes are "very rare" diseases
- 505
causes have no prevalence information.
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Conditions listing medical symptoms: Ataxia:
The following list of conditions
have 'Ataxia' or similar
listed as a symptom in our database.
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- Abetalipoproteinemia
... ataxia
- Acanthocytosis
... ataxia
- Aceruloplasminemia
... ataxia
- Acute Bokhoror
... ataxia
- Acute Chemical poisoning -- Varnish makers' and painters' Naptha
... ataxia
- Acute Disseminated Encephalomyelitis
... ataxia
- Acute fulminant multiple sclerosis
... ataxia
- Acute Pesticide poisoning -- xylene
... ataxia
- Acute VE
... ataxia
- Acute Viliuisk Encephalitis
... ataxia
- Acute Viliuisk Encephalomyelitis
... ataxia
- Acute Vilyuisk Encephalitis
... ataxia
- Acute Vilyuisk Encephalomyelitis
... ataxia
- Adult-onset ALD
... ataxia
- Alexander Syndrome
... ataxia
- Alpers Syndrome
... ataxia
- Alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase deficiency
... ataxia
- Alpha-Mannosidosis
... ataxia
- Amyloidosis, oculoleptomeningeal
... ataxia
- Anaemia, sideroblastic, X-linked -- ataxia
... ataxia
- Angelman syndrome
... ataxia
- Aniridia ataxia renal agenesis psychomotor retardation
... ataxia
- Apple seed poisoning
... ataxia
- Arachnoid Cysts
... ataxia
- Argininosuccinase lyase deficiency, late onset
... ataxia
- Arizona Bark Scorpion poisoning
... ataxia
- Arnold-Chiari malformation type 3
... ataxia
- Arnold-Chiari malformation type 4
... ataxia
- ARTS syndrome
... ataxia
- Ataxia
... ataxia
- Ataxia -- apraxia -- mental retardation, X-linked
... ataxia
- Ataxia -- diabetes -- goiter -- gonadal insufficiency
... ataxia
- Ataxia -- oculomotor apraxia, type 1
... ataxia
- Ataxia deafness reardon type
... ataxia
- Ataxia spastic congenital miosis
... ataxia
- Ataxia tapetoretinal degeneration
... ataxia
- Ataxia with Vitamin E Deficiency
... ataxia
- Ataxia, spastic with congenital miosis
... gait ataxia
- Ataxia, spastic, 3, autosomal recessive
... ataxic gait
- Ataxia-deafness syndrome
... ataxia
- Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia syndrome
... ataxia
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C
- California encephalitis
... ataxia
- Cataract -- ataxia -- deafness
... ataxia
- CDG syndrome type 1A
... ataxia
- CDG syndrome type Ic
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 1
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 10
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 11
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 12
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 13
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 2
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 3
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 4
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 5
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 6
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 7
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 8
... ataxia
- Celiac disease, susceptibility to 9
... ataxia
- Central nervous system lymphoma, primary
... ataxia
- Central nervous system protozoal infections
... ataxia
- Cerebellar ataxia -- intellectual deficit -- optic atrophy -- skin abnormalities
... ataxia
- Cerebellar ataxia type 1, autosomal recessive
... ataxia
- Cerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive
... ataxia
- Cerebellar ataxia, dominant pure
... ataxia
- Cerebellar ataxia, X-linked
... gait ataxia
- Cerebellar degeneration, subacute
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Cerebellar hypoplasia
... ataxia
- Cerebellar hypoplasia -- endosteal sclerosis
... ataxia
- Cerebellar hypoplasia -- tapetoretinal degeneration
... ataxia
- Cerebelloolivary atrophy
... ataxia
- Cerebelloparenchymal autosomal recessive disorder 3
... ataxia
- Cerebelloparenchymal disorder V
... ataxia
- Cerebellum agenesis -- hydrocephaly
... ataxia
- Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy, Familial
... ataxia
- Cerebral Autosomal Recessive Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy
... ataxia
- Cerebral gigantism -- jaw cysts
... ataxia
- Cerebral Palsy, Ataxic, Autosomal Recessive
... ataxia
- Cerebral sarcoma
... ataxic gait
- Cerebrorenodigital syndrome
... ataxia
- Ceroid lipofuscinosis, neuronal 10
... ataxia
- Chediak-Higashi like syndrome
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Acrylamide
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Aftershave
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Amitraz
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Aniline
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Antifreeze
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Benzene
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Gasoline
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Jet Fuel-4
... ataxia
- Chemical poisoning -- Mouth Wash
... ataxia
- Chiari-1 Malformation
... ataxic gait
- Chitayat-Moore-Del Bigio syndrome
... ataxia
- Chorea familial benign
... gait ataxia
- Chromosome 15q duplication syndrome
... ataxia
- Chromosome 15q, trisomy
... Ataxia
- Chromosome 17, deletion 17q23 q24
... ataxic gait
- Chromosome 18q, partial deletion
... ataxia
- Chromosome 20p, partial duplication
... ataxia
- Cleft lip palate -- deafness -- sacral lipoma
... ataxia
- Cockayne syndrome
... ataxia
- Coenzyme Q 10 (CoQ10), deficiency
... ataxia
- Combarros Calleja Leno syndrome
... ataxia
- Complex 2 mitochondrial respiratory chain deficiency
... ataxia
- Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1A
... ataxia
- Congenital disorder of glycosylation type 1C
... ataxia
- Congenital disorder of Glycosylation type Ic
... ataxia
- Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation
... ataxia
- Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation Type Ia
... ataxia
- Corneal cerebellar syndrome
... ataxia
- Craniosynostosis -- alopecia -- brain defect
... ataxia
- Cutler Syndrome
... ataxia
- Cutler-Bass-Romshe syndrome
... ataxia
- Cystinuria -- lysinuria
... ataxia
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M
- Machado-Joseph Disease
... ataxia
- Macrocytic anemia
... ataxia
- Macrogyria, pseudobulbar palsy and mental retardation
... ataxia
- Maple syrup urine disease, type 1A
... ataxia
- Maple syrup urine disease, type 1B
... ataxia
- Maple syrup urine disease, type 2
... Ataxia
- Maple syrup urine disease, type 3
... Ataxia
- Maple syrup urine disease, type II
... ataxia
- Maple syrup urine disease, type III
... ataxia
- Marburg multiple sclerosis
... ataxia
- Marinesco-Sjogren-like syndrome (MSLS)
... ataxia
- Mayapple poisoning
... ataxia
- Measles Encephalitis in Children with Immunosuppression
... ataxia
- Mediterranean myoclonic epilepsy
... ataxia
- Medulloblastoma
... ataxic gait
- Meinecke syndrome
... ataxia
- Meningoencephalocele
... ataxia
- Mental retardation -- hypocupremia -- hypobetalipoproteinemia
... ataxia
- Mental retardation -- macrocephaly -- coarse facies -- hypotonia
... ataxia
- Mental retardation -- short broad thumbs
... ataxia
- Mental retardation progressive spasticity
... ataxia
- Mental retardation progressive spasticity, X-linked
... ataxia
- Mental retardation, X-linked -- seizures -- psoriasis
... ataxia
- Mental retardation, X-linked, with cerebellar hypoplasia and distinctive facial appearance
... ataxia
- Mercury poisoning -- consumption of contaminated fish
... ataxia
- Mercury poisoning -- Folk Remedies
... ataxia
- Mescal poisoning
... ataxia
- Metabolic disorders
... Ataxia
- Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
... ataxia
- Metastatic insulinoma
... ataxia
- Mevalonic aciduria
... ataxia
- Miller Fisher Syndrome
... ataxia
- Minamata disease
... ataxia
- Mistletoe poisoning
... ataxia
- Mitochondrial diseases, clinically indefinite
... ataxia
- Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy -- aminoacidopathy
... ataxia
- Mixed Cerebral Palsy
... ataxia
- Movement disorders
... ataxia
- Myelomatous polyneuropathy
... ataxia
- Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg
... ataxia
- Myoclonus-ataxia
... ataxia
- Myopathy and diabetes mellitus
... ataxia
N
- Neuhauser-Daly-Magnelli syndrome
... ataxia
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to
... ataxia
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 1
... ataxia
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 2
... ataxia
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 3
... ataxia
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 4
... ataxia
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 5
... ataxia
- Neuroblastoma, Susceptibility to, 6
... ataxia
- Neuroectodermal tumor, primitive
... ataxia
- Neuroferritinopathy
... ataxia
- Neuroferritinopathy (adult-onset basal ganglia disease)
... ataxia
- Neuronal intranuclear hyaline inclusion disease
... ataxia
- Neuronal intranuclear inclusion disease
... ataxia
- Niemann-Pick disease
... ataxia
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- SCHAD deficiency
... ataxic gait
- Schroer-Hammer-Mauldin syndrome
... ataxia
- Segawa syndrome, autosomal recessive
... gait ataxia
- Seizures, Sensorineural Deafness, Ataxia, Mental Retardation, and Electrolyte Imbalance
... ataxia
- Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis
... ataxic gait
- Sialidosis
... ataxia
- Sialidosis type 1
... ataxia
- Sialidosis type 1 and 3
... ataxia
- Sialuria, Finnish type
... ataxia
- Slowly Progressive Bokhoror
... ataxia
- Slowly Progressive VE
... ataxia
- Slowly Progressive Viliuisk Encephalitis
... ataxia
- Slowly Progressive Viliuisk Encephalomyelitis
... ataxia
- Slowly Progressive Vilyuisk Encephalitis
... ataxia
- Slowly Progressive Vilyuisk Encephalomyelitis
... ataxia
- Spastic paraplegia 23
... ataxia
- Spastic paraplegia glaucoma precocious puberty
... ataxia
- SPG
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia
... Ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia -- amyotrophy -- deafness
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia -- dysmorphism
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 10
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 11
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 12
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 13
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 14
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 15
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 16
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 17
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 18
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 20
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 21
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 22
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 23
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 25
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 26
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 27
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 28
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 29
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 3
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 5
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia 8
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar Ataxia 9
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy, type 2
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 1
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 3
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 4
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 5
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 6
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 7
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 9
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive, with axonal neuropathy
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type I
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type II
... gait ataxia, ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type III
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type IV
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type V
... gait ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, 2
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, 3
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, 4
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, type 4
... ataxia
- Spinocerebellar degenerescence, book type
... ataxia
- Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, genevieve type
... ataxia
- SSADH deficiency (succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency)
... ataxia
- Subacute sclerosing leukoencephalitis
... ataxia
- Subependymoma
... ataxia
- Succinic Semialdehyde Dehydrogenase Deficiency
... Ataxia
- Susac syndrome
... ataxia
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Causes of Ataxia Based on Risk Factors
This information shows analysis of the list of causes of Ataxia based
on whether certain risk factors apply to the patient:
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Diabetes - history of diabetes or family history of diabetes?
Doctors and specialists: Who should I consult about Ataxia?
Depending on the seriousness of the onset of Ataxia, you may want to consult one of the following medical professionals.
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What are the alternative names for Ataxia:
Coordination failure, Dyssynergia, Gait abnormality
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Classifications of Ataxia:
Subtypes of Ataxia:
Gait ataxia (48 causes), Ataxic gait (25 causes)
Medical Conditions associated with Ataxia:
Muscle symptoms (7251 causes), Coordination symptoms (2126 causes), Movement symptoms (6001 causes), Musculoskeletal symptoms (6264 causes), Neurological symptoms (9575 causes), Brain symptoms (2787 causes), Clumsiness (408 causes), Nerve symptoms (9132 causes), Balance symptoms (1691 causes), Head symptoms (10192 causes)
Symptoms related to Ataxia:
Muscle symptoms (7251 causes), Tremor (353 causes), Coordination symptoms (2126 causes), Movement symptoms (6001 causes), Cerebellar dysfunction, Brain lesions, Nutritional deficiency, Sensory ataxia (21 causes), Imbalance (17 causes), Unsteadiness (1691 causes), Gait (661 causes)
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