acute cerebellar ataxia…

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cerebellar ataxia, ataxia, acute cerebellar, cerebellitis, acute cerebellar ataxia of childhood, acute cerebellar ataxia is sudden onset of muscle incoordination, ataxia, following an infectious viral disease that attacked the brain, acute cerebellar ataxia, common in children, those younger than 3 years old, occurs several weeks after a viral illness, common predisposing infections include chickenpox, coxsackie viral illnesses, in adults, most common infectious causes, epstein-barr virus, mycoplasma infections, ataxia, affect movement, the trunk, axial, limbs, axial ataxia is characterized by a broad-based unsteady gait, walking style, child is sitting, trunk, deviate side-to-side, back-to-front, of these movements, returning, vertical position, jerky motion, jerky eye movements, nystagmus, jerky, explosive speech, dysarthria, develop, limb ataxia affects the fine motor control, the hands, legs, reaching, an object, an affected person's hand, sway back, forth, subsides, a period of weeks to months, a child, retain a persistent movement disorder, behavioral problem, sudden onset jerky body, trunk, movement, wide-based unsteady gait, inability to walk, jerky eye movements, nystagmus, jerky speech pattern, dysarthria, uncoordinated movements, the arms, legs, suggestive findings, appears in child less than 3 years of age, follow a viral infection, diagnosis of acute cerebellar ataxia is made by excluding other causes, ataxia, by taking a history of a recent illness, cerebrospinal fluid studies, csf total protein, ct, mri scan, the head, no treatment, acute cerebellar ataxia, physical therapy helpful in improving coordination, full recovery, occurs, a few months, movement, behavioral disorders, persist, any symptoms of ataxia appear.