WHAT’S INSIDE?

Ataxia

Parkinson's Disease

Cerebral Palsy

Dystonia

Meningitis

JAN MARC S. KARGANILLA 10-NEWTON

Ataxia describes the lack of Parkinson’s disease affects the

muscle coordination when a nerve cells in the brain that
voluntary movement is produce dopamine. Parkinson’s
attempted. It may affect any disease symptoms include muscle
motion that requires muscles to rigidity, tremors, and changes in
work together to perform a speech and gait. After diagnosis,
function, from walking to
picking up an object to
treatments can help relieve
symptoms, but there is no cure..
Cerebral Palsy is considered a
neurological disorder caused by a
swallowing. Ataxia maybe
non-progressive brain injury or
inherited and caused by a genetic
malformation that occurs while
defect or it may be acquired due
the child’s brain is under
to structural damage to the
development. Cerebral Palsy
cerebellum or spinal cord. .
primarily affects body movement
Genetic ataxia may be sex
and muscle coordination. Though
Cerebral Palsy can be defined,
linked, meaning that the DNA having Cerebral Palsy does not
and gene problem is located on define the person that has the
an X or Y chromosome (the sex condition. .
chromosomes) or it may be
autosomal linked, where the
abnormality is located on one of
While Cerebral Palsy is
described by loss or impairment
the other 23 pairs of
chromosomes. Parkinson’s comes with two of motor function, Cerebral Palsy
is actually caused by brain
main buckets of possible
damage. The brain damage is
symptoms. One affects your ability
caused by brain injury or
to move and leads to motor issues
abnormal development of the
like tremors and rigid muscles. The
brain that occurs while a child’s
other bucket has non-motor
brain is still developing —
symptoms, like pain, loss of smell,
before birth, during birth, or
and dementia.
immediately after birth.

1 OUT OF 6 PEOPLE SUFFER ATLEAST 1 NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER

 JAN MARC S. KARGANILLA 10-NEWTON

Dystonia is a movement disorder Meningitis is an inflammation

in which a person's muscles (swelling) of the protective
contract uncontrollably. The membranes covering the brain
contraction causes the affected and spinal cord. A bacterial or
body part to twist involuntarily, viral infection of the fluid
resulting in repetitive movements surrounding the brain and spinal
or abnormal postures. Dystonia can cord usually causes the swelling.
affect one muscle, a muscle group, However, injuries, cancer,
or the entire body. Dystonia affects certain drugs, and other types of
about 1% of the population, and infections also can cause
women are more prone to it than meningitis. It is important to
men. know the specific cause of
meningitis because the treatment
Stress or fatigue may bring on differs depending on the cause .
the symptoms or cause them to
worsen. People with dystonia
often complain of pain and
exhaustion because of the
constant muscle contractions .

If dystonia symptoms occur in Viral infections are the most

childhood, they generally appear common cause of meningitis,
first in the foot or hand. But then followed by bacterial infections
they quickly progress to the rest and, rarely, fungal infections.
of the body. After adolescence, Because bacterial infections can
though, the progression rate tends be life-threatening, identifying
to slow down. the cause is essential.

Common bacteria or viruses

that can cause meningitis can
spread through coughing,
sneezing, kissing, or sharing
eating utensils, a toothbrush or a
cigarette.

1 OUT OF 6 PEOPLE SUFFER ATLEAST 1

NEUROLOGICAL DISORDER

Up to 1 billion people, nearly one in six of the world’s population, suffer from neurological disorders,
from Alzheimer and Parkinson disease, strokes, multiple sclerosis and epilepsy to migraine, brain injuries
and neuroinfections, with some 6.8 million dying of the maladies each year, according to a new United
Nations report issued today.