inability, use objects, perform tasks…

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apraxia, movements, inability to perform useful tasks, praxia cannot perform previously-learned tasks, movements though the muscles, senses work properly, apraxia occurs in 3 major forms, ideomotor apraxia, person is no longer capable of voluntarily performing a learned task, given the necessary objects, instance, given a screwdriver, try to write, it were a pen, given a toothbrush, person might try to comb the hair, ideational apraxia, no longer carry out learned complex tasks, in the proper order, putting on socks, putting on shoes, individual cannot mime specific tasks, the objects, opening a letter, pouring a glass of water, apraxia-like syndrome, strictly speaking, disorders, not apraxia, lid-opening apraxia, difficulty in opening the eyelids, gait apraxia, difficulty in starting to walk, dressing apraxia, difficulty in buttoning a shirt, tying a shoelace, dementia, stroke, hemodialysis, prolonged, neurodegenerative illness, brain tumor, compensate, weakness, confusion, sensory deficiencies, seizures, accompany this problem, participation in normal activities is encouraged, extreme patience, exercised, people who suffer from apraxia, take time to demonstrate tasks, allow sufficient time, the afflicted person to perform the task, avoid complex directions, unexplained, persistent lack of ability to, simple, routine acts, medical history, a physical examination performed, seizures, stabilized, medical history, symptom in detail, undergo hemodialysis, chronic kidney failure, confusion, disorientation, memory loss, weakness, paralysis of any body part, numbness, tingling of any body part, seizures, physical examination, emphasis on examination, the nervous system, diagnostic tests, ct scan, mri, the head, blood tests, lumbar puncture, x-ray, referral to a physical therapist, an occupational therapist indicated.