Aphasia
Aphasia: Introduction
Aphasia:
Aphasia is a
neurological disorder caused by damage to the portions of the brain that
are responsible for language.
Primary signs of ... more about Aphasia.
Aphasia: Language difficulty usually from brain damage or stroke.
More detailed information about the symptoms,
causes, and treatments of Aphasia is available below.
Symptoms of Aphasia
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symptoms of Aphasia
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Disease Topics Related To Aphasia
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Medical Textbooks Online about Aphasia
Medical Books Excerpts
- Aphasia
- "In a Page: Signs and Symptoms" (2004)
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- Aphasia
- "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
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- Aphasia
- "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
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Book excerpts: Copyright © 2008 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
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Aphasia: Undiagnosed Conditions
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Misdiagnosis and Aphasia
Undiagnosed stroke leads to misdiagnosed aphasia: BBC News UK reported on a man who
had been institutionalized and treated for mental illness
because he suffered from sudden inability to...read more »
Dementia may be a drug interaction: A common scenario in aged care is for
a patient to show mental decline to dementia.
Whereas this can, of course, occur due to various medical conditions,
such as a stroke or Alzheimer's disease,
it...read more »
Mild traumatic brain injury often remains undiagnosed: Although the symptoms
of severe brain injury are hard to miss,
it is less clear for milder injuries, or even those causing a mild ...read more »
MTBI misdiagnosed as balance problem: When a person has symptoms
such as vertigo or dizziness, a diagnosis of brain injury may go overlooked.
This is particularly true of mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), for which the...read more »
Brain pressure condition often misdiagnosed as dementia: A condition
that results from an excessive pressure of CSF within the brain is often misdiagnosed.
It may be misdiagnosed as Parkinson's disease or dementia (such...read more »
Post-concussive brain injury often misdiagnosed: A study found that soldiers who had
suffered a concussive injury in battle often were misdiagnosed on...read more »
Children with migraine often misdiagnosed: A migraine often fails to be
correctly diagnosed in pediatric patients.
These patients are not the typical migraine...read more »
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Aphasia: Research Doctors & Specialists
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Aphasia: Rare Types
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Causes of Aphasia
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causes of Aphasia
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Treatments for Aphasia
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Prognosis for Aphasia
Prognosis for Aphasia:
The
outcome of aphasia is difficult to predict given the wide range of
variability of the condition. Generally, people who are younger or have
less extensive brain damage fare better. The location of the injury is
also important and is another clue to prognosis. In general, patients tend
to recover skills in language comprehension more completely than those
skills involving expression.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Aphasia Information Page: NINDS)
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Reseach about Aphasia
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Clinical Trials for Aphasia
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and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Aphasia include:
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Clinical Trials for Aphasia
Statistics for Aphasia
Aphasia: Broader Related Topics
Types of Aphasia
Types of Aphasia
- Expressive aphasia - knowing what meaning to say but not being able to say it with words.
- Receptive aphasia - difficulty understanding words (spoken or written)
- Amnesia aphasia - (anomic aphasia) difficulty using the correct names for things
- Global aphasia - almost total loss of verbal or written language ability
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Article Excerpts about Aphasia
Aphasia is a
neurological disorder caused by damage to the portions of the brain that
are responsible for language.
Primary signs of the disorder include
difficulty in expressing oneself when speaking, trouble understanding
speech, and difficulty with reading and writing.
Aphasia is not a disease,
but a symptom of brain damage.
(Source: excerpt from NINDS Aphasia Information Page: NINDS)
Definitions of Aphasia:
Loss of ability to communicate verbally, whether by speech or reading-writing, due to organic brain dysfunction.
- (Source - Diseases Database)
Inability to use or understand language (spoken or written) because of a brain lesion
- (Source - WordNet 2.1)
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