Mutism, Akinetic
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Definition of medical terminology for Mutism, Akinetic.
Selective mutism is a condition in which a child who can speak well stops speaking, usually in school or social settings.
Causes, incidence, and risk factors
Most experts believe that the causes of selective mutism involve the following factors: ...
Selective mutism is a condition in which a person who is usually fluent in speech won't speak in specific situations. Selective mutism primarily affects children.
What is going on in the body?
Akinetic mutism: A state in which a person is unspeaking (mute) and unmoving (akinetic). A textbook on clinical neurology observes that a person with akinetic mutism has "sleep-waking cycles but, when apparently awake, with eyes open, lies mute.
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mutism
mjutzm noun the condition of being unable to speak Also called dumbness my my ma prefix same as myo used ...
Elective Mutism - Selective Mutism
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selective mutism - the inability to speak in specific social situations in a child or adolescent who can and does speak in other situations.
self-esteem - feelings about one's self.
akinetic mutism A state of apparent alertness with following eye movements but no speech or voluntary motor responses.
alexia Loss of a previously intact ability to grasp the meaning of written or printed words and sentences.
Definition Mutism is a rare childhood condition characterized by a consistent failure to speak in situations where talking is expected.
Can't speak (mutism)
Decreased ability to read or write
Difficulty finding a word
Difficulty speaking or understanding speech (aphasia)
Repeat anything spoken to them (echolalia)
Shrinking vocabulary
Weak, uncoordinated speech sounds ...
mutism
Central pontine myelinolysis ... speech problems
Central sleep apnea ... Voice changes
Cerebellar abscess ... speech difficulties
Cerebellar ataxia -- intellectual deficit -- optic atrophy -- skin abnormalities ... speech difficulty ...
Selective mutism
Semantic dementia (Pick's disease)
Seminoma testicular cancer (Testicular cancer)
Senile amyloidosis (Cardiac amyloidosis)
Senile angioma (Cherry angioma)
Senile dementia - Alzheimer's type (SDAT) (Alzheimer's disease) ...
Selective mutism
Semantic dementia
Seminoma
Senile amyloidosis
Senile angioma
Senile cerebral amyloid angiopathy
Senile dementia/Alzheimer's type (SDAT)
Senile keratosis
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A state of unresponsiveness with immobility and mutism.
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Depending on the type of treatment a patient is to receive, a dentist may recommend some type of dental anesthesia. Local anesthesia involves the numbing of the teeth and gums.
(kt´´t´n), mental state generally characterized by statuesque posturing, muscular immobility, mutism, and apparent stupor.
Traumatic Mutism see Selective Mutism
Treacher Collins syndrome
Tricho-rhino-phalangeal syndrome
Trichodystrophy see Ichthyosis
Tricuspid Atresia see Heart Defects
Trifunctional Protein Deficiency see Fatty Acid Oxidation disorders ...
Fragile X , Landau Kleffner Syndrome, Aphasia, selective mutism, childhoold shizophrenia, OCD with autistic features, MPD, ODD, ADHD and other severe form of a disorder have also been labeled autism..The autism spectrum isn't working.
"Familial bone abnormalities, deaf mutism, mental retardation and skin granuloma". Proc R Soc Med 67 (9): 878-9. PMID 4431800.
Fryns JP (1989).
The initial symptoms of myelinolysis, which begin to appear 2 to 3 days after hyponatremia is corrected, include a depressed level of awareness, difficulty speaking (dysarthria or mutism), and difficulty swallowing (dysphagia).
Altered mental status: coma, delirium, mutism, and agitation
Autonomic dysfunction: mydriasis, hyperthermia, tachycardia, and alteration in blood pressure ...
The inability to understand language eventually affects the child's spoken language which may progress to a complete loss of the ability to speak (mutism).
Diagnosis for aboulia can be quite difficult due to the fact that it falls between two other disorders of diminished motivation, and one could easily see and extreme case of aboulia as akinetic mutism or a lesser case of aboulia as apathy and ...
Profound deafness from birth Mutism Partial albinism Patchy hair pigmentation Patchy skin pigmentation
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The final stages of the disease are characterised by reduced speech output (or mutism), ambulatory difficulties, dependence and incontinence. Seizures and myoclonus (muscle spasm) are common late features.
Vascular dementia ...
Hysterical aphonia (due to psychiatric causes)
Selective mutism (symptom of an anxiety disorder)
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These factors increase your chance of developing aphonia: ...
eMedicine - Anxiety Disorder: Social Phobia and Selective Mutism : Article by Bettina E Bernstein, DO
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Mutism, Elective (obsolete)
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Contralateral hemiparesis (maximal in the leg), urinary incontinence, apathy, confusion, poor judgment, mutism, grasp reflex, gait apraxia
Anterior cerebral artery (uncommon) ...
Diffuse, bilateral cerebral cortical degeneration caused by head injury, anoxia, or encephalitis, a state of persistent unresponsiveness, such as akinetic mutism, caused by brain damage.
See: vegetative.
Synonyms: apallic syndrome, apallic.
Children diagnosed with medulloblastoma may have certain problems after surgery or radiation therapy such as changes in the ability to think, learn, and pay attention. Also, cerebellar mutism syndrome may occur after surgery.
Speech can be slurred or absent (mutism). Difficulties with expressive or receptive language may be seen (dysphasia or aphasia).
deficit hyperactivity (ADHD), mental retardation, autism and other pervasive development disorders, and disorders of learning, speech and communication, movement, motor function, feeding, conduct, elimination, and anxiety (such as selective mutism ...
Rare - anticholinergic syndrome, aphasia, apraxia, catalepsy, cholinergic syndrome, choreoathetosis, generalized spasm, hemiparesis, hyperesthesia, hyperreflexia, hypoesthesia, illusion, impaired impulse control, indecisiveness, mutism, neuropathy, ...
social phobia-fear of one or more social or performance situations in an age appropriate setting with others within the same age group (i.e., school play, recital, giving a speech or book report in front of the class).
selective mutism-the inability ...
Some life stress, such as the death of a relative, friend, or pet or a geographic move or change in schools, usually triggers the disorder.
Selective mutism , persistent failure to speak in specific social situations.
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Muscular Dystrophy, Oculopharyngeal
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