Ataxia......?

i got told it seems i have Ataxia. i looked at the symptoms and i fit Cerebellar Ataxia. i had a "special" birth and we were told i may have Cerebral Palsy. i never developed it. so i went to a hand therapist for a injury and she said she suspected i had Ataxia. i fit all the symptoms but it says its a symptom i.e. it has a underlying cause.

what are some underlying causes for ataxia, i mean what are some diseases that have Ataxia?


tx for answering

my CT scans all came out normal.. i've had "ataxia" like symptoms for... hmmm i really don't know... i've never been confronted about it before...

except i had calcafications (scar tissue) in my brain..... they said it wouldn't be anything significant but do you think it could?

Cerebellar ataxia
The term cerebellar ataxia is employed to indicate ataxia due to dysfunction of the cerebellum. This causes a variety of elementary neurological deficits. How and where these abnormalities manifest depend on which cerebellar structures are lesioned, and whether the lesion is bilateral or unilateral. Vestibulo-cerebellar dysfunction presents with postural instability, in which the person tends to separate the feet on standing to gain a wider base, and avoid oscillations (especially posterior-anterior ones); instability is therefore worsened when standing with the feet together (irrespective of whether the eyes are open or closed: this is a negative Romberg's test). Spino-cerebellar dysfunction presents with a wide-based "drunken sailor" gait, characterised by uncertain start and stop, lateral deviations, and unequal steps. Cerebro-cerebellar dysfunction presents with disturbances in carrying out voluntary movements, including intention tremor (coarse trembling, accentuated over the execution of voluntary movements, possibly involving the head and eyes as well as the limbs and torso), peculiar writing abnormalities (large, unequal letters, irregular underlining), and a peculiar pattern of dysarthria (slurred speech, sometimes characterised by explosive variations in voice intensity despite a regular rhythm).
My question to you would be are you seeing a neurologist? Because that is the specialist whom should be treating this for you. But personally I would be more concerned with the calcifications on the CT. A CT that shows calcifications of the brain is NOT normal and don鈥檛 let anyone tell you it is. Find out where they are what areas of the body are they going to affect. Then at least you will have an idea of what to expect in the future as calcifications don鈥檛 go away. Although you have the ataxia now, find out if there is possible more symptoms that could manifest in the future.
Good Luck

Go here for more information it should be of some help.
Ataxia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia