Apraxia is a speech ailment that affects a person’s ability to carry out verbal requests and in many cases, to produce speech. The muscles may look and feel normal but sufferers find it impossible to make basic movements. If these muscles are in the face or mouth, a person may have difficulty speaking. The condition […]
Conditions
20 Conditions That Lead to Dysarthria
Dysarthria is an inability to speak due to damage or injury affecting the areas in the brain that control motor activities related to speech. These motor activities include movement of the muscles in the face and the mouth that create comprehensible speech. Unlike other speech problems, there may or may not be difficulty producing the […]
14 Complications That Are Usually Associated With Mumps
With any diagnosis of mumps, the first thing a person is usually concerned with is getting themselves well and ridding their body of the illness-causing infection. The thing with mumps though, is that it isn’t always as simple as that and there are some unfortunate and unpleasant complications that can occur in conjunction with mumps […]
14 Common Symptoms of Tardive Dyskinesia
Tardive Dyskinesia is a condition that develops as a side effect of antipsychotic drugs. Not everyone who is on these medications may experience symptoms of tardive dyskinesia or TD, but those who are taking these drugs for many years or who are taking several different types of antipsychotic drugs simultaneously run a higher risk of […]
14 General Symptoms of Dysphagia
Dysphagia is a condition that causes difficulty swallowing. It takes more time for liquid and food to move to the stomach once it gets into the mouth. It can cause pain for some people with the condition. Some people believe that they have dysphagia if they have difficulty swallowing when they don’t chew their food […]
14 General Symptoms of Mumps
Mumps is a rather unpleasant virus that can affect pretty much anyone at any time. It causes the glands that are placed around your neck, and between your ear, you’re your jaw to swell, which is the symptom it is best known for, however, there are several other symptoms of mumps which make it a […]