What diseases cause it to be hard to balance?  Also, what diseases cause a lack of muscle coordination?
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BALANCE SYMPTOMS:\n\nA\n# Acoustic Neurinoma ... unsteadiness\n# Agenesis of the corpus callosum ... impaired hand-eye coordination\n# Alcohol abuse ... coordination difficulty\n# Alternating Hemiplegia ... balance problems\n# Alzheimer's Disease ... impaired spatial skills, impaired visual skills\n# Amphetamines ... coordination difficulty\n# Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ... tripping, falling\n# Asperger syndrome ... uncoordinated motor movements\n# Ataxia ... poor muscle coordination\n# Ataxia Telangiectasia ... balance difficulty\n# Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder ... poor coordination\n# Alcohol abuse ... falls\n# Angelman syndrome ... balance problems\n\nB\n# Balance disorders ... vertigo, falling sensation, unsteadiness, unbalanced\n# Barbiturate abuse ... falling\n# Basilar artery migraine ... vertigo, poor muscular coordination\n# Batten Disease ... stumbling\n# Behcet's Disease ... difficulty coordinating movement, impaired balance\n# Brain cancer ... lack of coordination, balance problems, Stumbling, Stumbling\n# Bronchopulmonary dysplasia ... coordination problems\n\nC\n# Cerebral Palsy ... balance difficulty\n# Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disorder ... balance problems\n# Chiari Malformation ... impaired coordination\n# Classic childhood ALD ... disturbances of coordination\n# Corticobasal Degeneration ... poor coordination, impaired balance, visual-spatial impairment\n# Cysticercosis ... difficulty with balance\n\nD\n# Down Syndrome ... poor muscle coordination\n# Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy ... Falls\n# Diabetes ... Balance problems\n\nE\n# Encephalitis ... poor coordination\n# Extradural hematoma ... coordination problems\n\nF\n# Fetal alcohol syndrome ... impaired coordination\n\nG\n# Grand mal seizures ... falls\n# Granulomatous amebic encephalitis ... loss of balance\n\nH\n# Hearing Impairment ... balance problems\n# Heat exhaustion ... poor coordination\n# Hemangioblastoma ... coordination problems\n# Herpes zoster oticus ... vertigo\n# HIV/AIDS ... lack of coordination\n# Hydrocephalus ... poor coordination, problems with balance\n\nI\n# Inclusion Body Myositis ... tripping, Falling, difficulty buttoning\nJ\n# Joubert Syndrome ... balance problems\nL\n# Labrynthitis ... vertigo, loss of balance, falling, balance problems\n# Listeriosis ... loss of balance\n# Lyme disease ... poor motor coordination\n# Lymphocytic Choriomeningitis ... motor abnormalities\n\nM\n# Ménière's disease ... vertigo (episodic), vertigo on waking up\n# Marijuana ... poor coordination\n# Middle ear infection ... Balance problems\n# Mountain sickness ... poor coordination\n# Multiple Sclerosis ... coordination difficulty, balance difficulty\n# Muscular Dystrophy ... falls\n\nN\n# Naegleria ... loss of balance\n# Neurocysticercosis ... difficulty with balance\n# Neurofibromatosis-2 ... balance problems, poor balance\n# Neuronal Migration Disorders ... motor dysfunction\n# Neurotoxic shellfish poisoning ... poor coordination\n\nO\n# Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... balance difficulty\n\nP\n# Paralytic shellfish poisoning ... muscular incoordination\n# Parkinson's Disease ... falling forwards, impaired coordination, falling backwards, impaired balance, falls\n# Perilymph fistula ... vertigo, balance problems\n# Pernicious anemia ... unsteadiness\n# Premenstrual syndrome ... poor coordination\n# Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... balance difficulty\n# Prion diseases ... lack of coordination\n# Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... falling backwards, eye coordination problems, balance problems\n\n\nR\n# Rett's syndrome ... later coordination difficulties, early coordination problems\n\nS\n# Schilder's Disease ... balance instability\n# Shy-Drager Syndrome ... balance difficulties, coordination difficulties\n# Stroke ... loss of balance, loss of coordination, falls\n# Sydenham chorea ... poor coordination\n# Sleepwalking ... falls\n\n\nT\n# Transient Ischemic Attack ... loss of balance, loss of coordination\n# Transverse m
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Depression\nThyroid Problems\nPregnancy\n\nThose are just a few medical problems that could cause the problem.\n\nA doctor's appointment might help.\n\n\nOr, laziness if there are no medical problems
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Its a incurable disease affecting the nervous system. Its complicated because there are many variations, ranging from chronic to relapsing-remitting. Everyone who has it is likely to experience something different but it can affect anything and everything from power and co-ordination of the limbs, eyesight, hearing, taste, sensation in the hands and feet amongst many other things.\n\nIts not known what causes the illness, but many believe that climate has a big influence - Scotland has a very high incidence rate, which may be due to the damp and cold weather.
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a balance disorder. The cause could be a number of things such as\nhigh or low BP\nneurological disorder.   \nit's purpose is to alert you that there is something going on with your body.  Keep a log of what is going on and consult your Doctor immeditaley
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Fatigue is a common symptom.  Dizziness or balance difficulties and a general feeling of malaise often occur.  Most affected people have a low grade fever at some point.  The problem is that symptoms vary widely depending on what kind of autoimmune disorder a person has.  Here's a good website for further information.
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Causes: mental retardation\nNervous system and kidney damage \nLearning disabilities \nSpeech, language and behavior problems \nPoor muscle coordination \nDecreased muscle and bone growth
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today whe had a health fair and this guy was talking about cracking your back/neck and every time you do it your spine weakends and you could be come a quadriplegic that is where you only can move your head or a tetraplegia but i have no idea about feet and hands
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You asked this question twice.\n\nAn apparently straightforward question with an elegant and profound underlying answer.\n\nA classic primate study has yielded the answer, which you may submit to your tutor. =)\n\n"Cerebellar ablations in monkeys result in postural and movement disorders, including hypotonia of limb extensor muscles. An important mechanism underlying the hypotonia is a depression of the responses to muscle extension of spindle primary afferents owing to a decrease of fusimotor activity."
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it oculd be a nerve problem. it happens to me sometimes. you could have just been sitting for too long or in a werid position,  I talked to a nerulogist about it and he said don't worry unelss it gets really bad and your whole legs an arms start shaking all the time
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There are more than one disease that affects the nervous system.\n\nI wonder if you're referring to Tourrette's Syndrome.  There is information on this and other conditions at:\n\nhttp://www.tourettesyndrome.net/
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The motor neuron diseases (MND) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing.  Characteristic symptoms of MND include gradual weakening, wasting away, and uncontrollable twitching of the muscles; spasticity or stiffness in the arms and legs; and overactive tendon reflexes. Sensation, intellect, memory, and personality are not affected in MND.  In some types of MND, such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, commonly called Lou Gehrig’s disease) muscle weakness is progressive and eventually leads to death when the muscles that control breathing no longer work.  Other types of MND progress slowly and last over a lifetime.  MND occur in adults and children, and are more common in men than in women.  In adults, symptoms usually appear after age 40, and may be similar to those of other diseases, making diagnosis difficult.  In children, particularly in inherited forms of the disease, symptoms are present from birth.  Inherited forms of MND are caused by genetic mutations or deletions that cause degeneration of motor neurons.  Hereditary MND include a group of childhood disorders known as the spinal muscular atrophies.  Nonhereditary (also called sporadic) MND are caused by unknown factors, although scientists think environmental toxins or viruses could act as disease triggers.  Nonhereditary MND include ALS, progressive bulbar palsy, pseudobulbar palsy, primary lateral sclerosis, progressive muscular atrophy, and post-polio syndrome. There are no specific tests to diagnose the MND.
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The precise cause of the twitching is unknown, and, in fact, it's not known if it's a disease of the motor nerves, the muscles, or the neuromuscular junction. However, anxiety is cleary a major contributing factor in many cases, and a high level of psychological stress appears to be a factor in others. Another factor that seems to be common in many cases is a history of regular strenuous exercise. Attention deficit disorder or a related disorder may be a contributing factor, and people with essential tremor appear to have a greater than normal likelihood of developing BFS. In addition, there are likely other genetic and environmental factors that make the patient more susceptible to Twitching.
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. MS can cause a variety of symptoms, including changes in sensation, visual problems, muscle weakness, depression, and difficulties with coordination and speech. Although many patients lead full and rewarding lives, MS can cause impaired mobility and disability in the more severe cases.
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That's a very interesting question, especially considering that muscular dystrophy mainly affects boys, and dyspraxia is more common in males, as well as them both involving muscular dysfunction... I've done a quick literature search (pubmed, medline), which revealed nothing about a possible link. They do appear to have separate etiological and biological origins though, with dyspraxia likely being a dysfunction of neural connections, while DMD is more of a killing/atrophy of muscle fibres, i.e. dyspraxia is a brain dysfunction, DMD a muscular dysfunction. This does not exclude the possibility of a relationship however, and it may be of interest to researchers in the field of movement disorders... \n\nAll the best, hope that helps somewhat!
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1. Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). This group of HDCTs mostly affects the skin and joints. With EDS, connective tissue becomes weak. This can cause fragile, sagging skin, and loose joints. \n2. Epidermolysis bullosa (EB). With these disorders, the skin blisters when it is stressed. For example, a hug could cause a blister. \n3. Marfan syndrome. This disorder can affect the heart, blood vessels, lungs, eyes, bones, and ligaments. People with this syndrome may be unusually tall and thin, with long arms and legs. \n4. Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI). With this disorder, bones break easily. Sometimes they break for no obvious reason.
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Two main things control your body's balance.  Your inner ear or your equilibrium, and a part of your brain in the back of your head called the cerebellum.  These centers tell your brain what position your head and body is in.  When the fluid of your equilibrum gets disturbed, your brain gets the message that your heads in one position, when it's in another. This is what causes visual dizziness (room spinning).  Your body doesn't know how you are positioned and your visual senses  are effected because you brain's getting different messages.  Things don't add up when you're dizzy and your body's position control centers are no longer working on the same page.  A lot of this dizziness is a good sign of an inner ear problem, as well as many other conditions.
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If this is suspected, I would take them to the doctor at once!  Any balance abnormalities or lack of normal coordination could be a sign of a serious neurological problem.