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Diseases » Parry Romberg Syndrome » Treatments

Treatments for Parry Romberg Syndrome

Contents

Parry Romberg Syndrome: Introduction
Treatment list for Parry Romberg Syndrome
Discussion of treatments for Parry Romberg Syndrome
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Parry Romberg Syndrome: Introduction

Treatments for Parry Romberg Syndrome

The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Parry Romberg Syndrome includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

Symptomatic and supportive
Microvascular surgery
Reconstructive surgery
Muscle grafts
Bone grafts
Reconstructive or microvascular surgery, fat cell injection, silicone implantation, muscle grafts, bone grafts

Discussion of treatments for Parry Romberg Syndrome:

There is no treatment to stop the progression of Parry-Romberg syndrome. Reconstructive or microvascular surgery may be needed. Muscle or bone grafts may also be helpful. Other treatment is symptomatic and supportive. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Parry Romberg Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)

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Romberg's Sign: Treatment
(In a Page: Signs and Symptoms)

Tell patients to be cautious when standing with eyes closed (such as when standing under the shower) or in poor lighting (such as when going to the restroom at night) to prevent falls
Assistive devices (e.g., cane, walker) may be useful
Surgical therapy may be necessary for compressive myelopathy, such as spondolytic myelopathy

Supplementation for deficiency states
–Patients with B₁₂deficiency require further evaluation to determine the cause of the underlying deficiency and if parenteral supplementation is necessary

Eliminate exposure to offending toxic substances
Inflammatory demyelinating neuropathies (e.g., CIDP) may improve with steroids or other immunosuppressive drugs, periodic infusion of IVIG, or plasmapheresis
Infectious causes may be treated with the appropriate anti-infective agent (e.g., penicillin for tabes dorsalis)
Multiple sclerosis is treated with steroids, interferons, glatiramer acetate, mitoxantrone

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Source: In a Page: Signs and Symptoms, 2004

Romberg's sign: Patient counseling
(Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses)

Encourage the patient to ask for assistance and to use visual cues to maintain his balance. Instruct him in the use of assistive devices if necessary.

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Source: Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses, 2007