Ability to move without a wheelchair is usually lost within five years of diagnosis. Within 10 years, swallowing difficulties often put the patient at risk for developing aspiration pneumonia, or lung infection from food in the airways.
Corticobasal degeneration is diagnosed with a neurological exam (testing of reflexes, coordination, sensation, etc.) and neuroimaging studies, including computed tomography (CT) scan and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
There are no treatments that can slow or reverse the course of CBD. Some symptoms can be lessened with drugs, although these are inconsistently effective and become less effective as time passes.
The reasons of the disease are unknown, it is true that it may be caused by degenerated gene, but even with it present the disease rarely occurs. An additional enviromental or virus trigger is susspected to couse it.
The course of Alexander disease is generally one of regression and progressive neurologic degeneration. Prognosis varies according to the form of the disease.
The symptoms of CBD may begin with either movement disorders or cognitive disorders. The movement disorders seen in CBD are similar to those in Parkinson's disease (PD), and CBD is often initially misdiagnosed as PD.
Prognosis for childhood and neonatal ALD patients is poor because of the progressive myelin degeneration. Death usually occurs between one and ten years after onset of symptoms.
Senile myocardial degeneration is degeneration of the heart. Often a heart valve has to be replaced because of this degeneration.
Senile myocardial degeneration refers to age-related changes in the structure and function of the heart, particularly in elderly individuals. These changes may include fibrosis, stiffening of the heart muscle, and alterations in the conduction system of the heart. It can lead to decreased cardiac function and an increased risk of heart-related conditions.
Hard to say It would all have to depend on the discs involved and the nerves that pass between them. However the body does not repair damaged discs can grow spurs and cause increasing disability.
My Degeneration was created in 2003.
Prognosis Pro = prior or before Gnosis = knowledge
Overgrazing has caused serious degeneration of grassland.