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Today we acknowledge International Ataxia awareness day! Ataxia is a term for a group of disorders that affect co-ordination, balance and speech. 🔴 Any part of the body can be affected, but people with ataxia often have difficulties with: 🔹balance and walking 🔹speaking 🔹swallowing 🔹tasks that require a high degree of control, such as writing and eating 🔹vision The exact symptoms and their severity vary depending on the type of ataxia a person has. 🔴 Types of ataxia: There are many different types of ataxia, which can be divided into three broad categories: 🔹acquired ataxia – where symptoms develop as the result of trauma, a stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), a brain tumour, nutritional deficiencies, or other problems that damage the brain or nervous system 🔹hereditary ataxia – where symptoms develop slowly over many years and are caused by faulty genes that a person inherits from their parents; the most common type is Friedreich's ataxia 🔹idiopathic late-onset cerebellar ataxia (ILOCA) – where the brain is progressively damaged over time for reasons that are unclear Learn more: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ataxia/ #ataxia #ataxiaawareness #ataxiaawarenessday #acquiredataxia #hereditaryataxia #idopathicataxia #internationalataxiaawarenessday #disabled #disability #disabilities #disabilitiesawareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CUQEulCgi-l/?utm_medium=tumblr

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Today we acknowledge International Ataxia awareness day! Ataxia is a term for a group of disorders that affect co-ordination, balance and speech. 🔴 Any part of the body can be affected, but people with ataxia often have difficulties with: 🔹balance and walking 🔹speaking 🔹swallowing 🔹tasks that require a high degree of control, such as writing and eating 🔹vision The exact symptoms and their severity vary depending on the type of ataxia a person has. 🔴 Types of ataxia: There are many different types of ataxia, which can be divided into three broad categories: 🔹acquired ataxia – where symptoms develop as the result of trauma, a stroke, multiple sclerosis (MS), a brain tumour, nutritional deficiencies, or other problems that damage the brain or nervous system 🔹hereditary ataxia – where symptoms develop slowly over many years and are caused by faulty genes that a person inherits from their parents; the most common type is Friedreich's ataxia 🔹idiopathic late-onset cerebellar ataxia (ILOCA) – where the brain is progressively damaged over time for reasons that are unclear Learn more: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/ataxia/ #ataxia #ataxiaawareness #ataxiaawarenessday #acquiredataxia #hereditaryataxia #idopathicataxia #internationalataxiaawarenessday #disabled #disability #disabilities #disabilitiesawareness https://www.instagram.com/p/CUQEq0Wg8tc/?utm_medium=tumblr