Limb movement disorder

When there is no loss of muscle strength, the coordinated movement of limb movements is imbalanced, unstable and uncoordinated, which is called ataxia. Ataxia telangiectasia is a neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by progressive ataxia of the cerebellum, telangiectasias of the eyes and skin, and recurrent upper respiratory tract infections. Girls have more cases than boys. The most obvious change in this disease is the dilation of bulbar conjunctival blood vessels. Later, the eyelid skin capillaries dilate, followed by the facial, ear and neck skin capillaries. Sometimes the skin can also see changes such as coffee milk spots, pigmentation spots. The neurological symptoms first manifested as cerebellar ataxia, which began to appear when walking. Symptoms began to appear 18 to 24 months after birth, and they also started to be late after 5 years of age. The sick children showed uncoordinated movement and walking gait Stability, inaccuracy with fingers and nose, etc., developed to be unable to walk at 12 to 15 years old. As the course of the disease progresses, his intelligence gradually decreases. Children with this disease often have a history of repeated upper respiratory tract infections, or repeated episodes of pneumonia and sinusitis. Check blood immunoglobulin (lgA) decreased.

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