Clumsiness: Causes & Reasons - Symptoma Ireland

Possible Causes for Clumsiness

One of the twins presented with a history of obsessive-compulsive disorder and slowly progressive inferior limb clumsiness, dysphagia and dysarthria. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] after) birth An enlarged spleen and/or liver (hepatosplenamegaly) Difficulty with upward and downward eye movements (Vertical Supranuclear Gaze Palsy) Unsteadiness of gait, clumsiness [npuk.org]

It is characterized clinically by a variety of progressive, disabling neurological symptoms including clumsiness, limb and gait ataxia, dysarthria, dysphagia and cognitive [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

DMD typically appears between the ages of two with weakness in the pelvis and upper limbs, resulting in clumsiness, frequent falling, an unusual gait and general weakness. [medterms.com]

They might also notice that their child falls over often, is clumsy and walks on their toes. [healthdirect.gov.au]

Additional early signs and symptoms include: Developmental delay Muscle weakness Clumsiness Waddling gait Difficulty or inability to perform activities such as climbing stairs [pfizer.com]

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Typically, muscles are weak and waste away, and movements become stiff, clumsy, and awkward. [merckmanuals.com]

[…] neuron (UMN) signs spasticity hyperreflexia (+) Hoffman's (+) Babinski's spastic dysarthria lower motor neuron (LMN) signs muscular atrophy weakness clinical fasciculations clumsiness [orthobullets.com]

The earliest symptoms of Lou Gehrig's Disease may include: Tripping and falling Hand weakness or clumsiness Weakness in your leg, feet or ankles Slurred speech or trouble [disabled-world.com]

Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy

Patients with leg weakness show clumsy gait, tripping on uneven ground, and difficulty standing still, in stepping onto a curb, in going up or down stairs or on arising from [providence.net]

My gait got clumsy and I was falling frequently. My feet felt like they were on fire, the pain was excruciating. Over time, I lost over 50 pounds. [globalgenes.org]

They reported a disorder characterized by unsteady gait during early childhood with pes cavus and generalized areflexia, distal amyotrophy and weakness, clumsiness, postural [movementdisorders.org]

Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome

A subjective sense of clumsiness, slurred speech, weakness, and muscle twitches are reported prior to the attack. [symptoma.com]

Falls caused by cataplexic events may be interpreted as clumsiness (2). [aoporphan.com]

Speech may be slurred, and the patient may complain of being clumsy or uncoordinated during these times. [pulmonologyadvisor.com]

Myotonia Congenita

Parents describe weakness or clumsiness in their children, as well as stiffness. [msdmanuals.com]

Parents may notice weakness or clumsiness in their children, as well as stiffness. [msdmanuals.com]

I was called clumsy, lazy, and a hypochondriac. [myotoniacongenita.org]

Developmental and Epileptic Encephalopathy Type 6

Under regular following up for ten years, the patient had normal expressive language and mild motor clumsiness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In addition to seizures, psychomotor development becomes affected from the second year of life, together with ataxia and clumsiness, while photosensitivity has been reported [symptoma.com]

In the course of the epilepsy, cognitive deterioration becomes evident, and interictal myoclonus, clumsiness and ataxia appear. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Potassium-Aggravated Myotonia

On direct questioning, however, his parents reported that his movements appeared “clumsy” from the time he began to walk and that the symptoms related to his eyes were already [content.iospress.com]

Children may appear clumsy and fall frequently, even after walking is established. [statpearls.com]

The later, childhood-onset form usually is evident from nonmuscular manifestations of the disease, such as intellectual deficiency, difficulty with speech or hearing, clumsiness [clinicalgate.com]

Paramyotonia Congenita

[…] everyday lives1 Symptoms can persist after attacks have subsided: Patients have reported experiencing lingering symptoms, including weakness, extreme fatigue, muscle pain, and clumsiness [keveyis.com]

[…] activities. 2 * Anxiety: Patients may suffer social anxiety for fear of an attack 2 Lingering symptoms: Symptoms of attack may linger after a paralytic episode 2,13 May include clumsiness [keveyis.com]

I was called clumsy, lazy, and a hypochondriac. [myotoniacongenita.org]

Non-Dystrophic Myotonia

Parents reported that the child has improved strength when walking upstairs and less clumsiness and stiffness on initiation of movement. [hkjpaed.org]

Mucopolysaccharidosis

[…] children who have Hunter syndrome but may be underdiagnosed, for patients’ cognitive impairment often prevents them from accurately describing their symptoms. 17,25 Manual clumsiness [touchneurology.com]

Peripheral visual constriction may gradually develop; clinically, it will be referred to as gradual tunnel vision and can be associated with clumsiness [4, 15]. [ijponline.biomedcentral.com]

Mucopolysaccharidosis Type 4

Alpha-Mannosidosis

Mental and motor development is delayed, but in this context, the progressive course of AM has to be considered: Affected children often appear clumsy, and milestones in speech [symptoma.com]

Associated motor function disturbances The development of motor functions in affected patients is generally slow, and the children appear clumsy. [ojrd.com]

Brain Concussion

[…] dazed or stunned and/or answers slowly Memory loss: Being unable to recall events just before the injury or just afterward Double vision Sensitivity to light Dizziness, clumsy [merckmanuals.com]

[…] dazed Player has vacant facial expression Confusion about assignment Athlete forgets plays Disorientation to game or score Inappropriate emotional reaction Player displays clumsiness [medicinenet.com]

[…] unconscious for a while (usually for less than 15 minutes) Feel dazed, confused, or light-headed Answer questions slowly Have a headache, double vision, or sensitivity to light Be clumsy [merckmanuals.com]

Juvenile Primary Lateral Sclerosis

Causes - Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis Other Possible Causes of these Symptoms * Balance problems * Clumsiness * Difficulty swallowing * Drooling * Inability to walk [checkorphan.org]

Early symptoms include clumsiness, muscle spasms, weakness and stiffness in the legs, and difficulty with balance. [en.wikipedia.org]

Other signs include clumsiness, muscle weakness and balance difficulties. Patients generally become wheelchair dependent by adolescence. [orpha.net]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis

This loss causes movement problems, such as slow movements, balance problems and clumsiness. [mayoclinic.org]

They include: Stiffness, weakness and muscle spasms (spasticity) in your legs, often starting in one leg Tripping, difficulty with balance and clumsiness as the leg muscles [mayoclinic.org]

Unilateral limb slowness or clumsiness was the initial complaint in four, and bulbar symptoms in one. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Myelopathy

They include numb and clumsy hands, loss of coordination, and imbalance. [web.archive.org]

[…] altered tonus, hyperreflexia and pathological reflexes, including Hoffmann's sign and inverted plantar reflex (positive Babinski sign) Lower motor neuron signs—weakness, clumsiness [en.wikipedia.org]

You may experience: Weakness, spasticity, clumsiness A defectin the function of one or more of the senses Bowel and bladder issues Sexual dysfunction If your symptoms are [health.uconn.edu]

Cervical Myelopathy

At 1 year after onset, she developed bilateral weakness of the upper and lower extremities, clumsiness of the hands, and gait disturbance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Myelopathy is a spine condition that results in clumsy hands and an unsteady gait. [bonetalks.com]

The patient was a previously healthy 68-year-old man with a 1-year history of slowly progressive gait disturbance, right-hand clumsiness, and right dominant sensory disturbance [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Binswanger Disease

Other symptoms include forgetfulness (but not as severe as the forgetfulness of Alzheimer's disease), changes in speech, an unsteady gait, clumsiness or frequent falls, changes [ninds.nih.gov]

[…] in which insufficient blood flow to focal areas of the white matter of the brain just beneath the cerebral cortex produces slow thinking, memory loss, unsteady gait and clumsiness [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

Binswanger disease include short-term memory loss, short attention span, inappropriate behaviors, inability to make decisions, change in mood and personality, an unsteady gait, clumsiness [theadvocate.com]

Juvenile Huntington Disease

Initial symptoms usually involve slow, stiff and awkward walking and talking, choking, clumsiness and falling. [huntington-disease.org]

Physical symptoms are much more likely to raise alarm bells first, and can include: Clumsiness, or difficulty walking or balancing Rigidness in early stages of the disease [info.isabelhealthcare.com]

Additional signs of the juvenile form include slow movements, clumsiness, frequent falling, rigidity, slurred speech, and drooling. [icdlist.com]

Huntington Disease-Like Type 1

Some common early symptoms: Slight changes in coordination, affecting balance or making you more clumsy Fidgety movements that you can't control Slowing or stiffness Trouble [webmd.com]

Early symptoms of HD may include uncontrolled movements, clumsiness, and balance problems. Later, HD can take away the ability to walk, talk, and swallow. [medlineplus.gov]

Symptoms of Huntington's disease can include: difficulty concentrating and memory lapses depression stumbling and clumsiness involuntary jerking or fidgety movements of the [nhs.uk]

Huntington Disease-Like Type 3

Some common early symptoms: Slight changes in coordination, affecting balance or making you more clumsy Fidgety movements that you can't control Slowing or stiffness Trouble [webmd.com]

Early symptoms of HD may include uncontrolled movements, clumsiness, and balance problems. Later, HD can take away the ability to walk, talk, and swallow. [medlineplus.gov]

At the age of 5 years his speech became progressively incoherent, hand movements became clumsy, and his gait unsteady. [cags.org.ae]

Subacute Combined Degeneration of Spinal Cord

Two months after the operation clumsiness and weakness of both hands, tingling of the fingers, arm and the chest developed. [neuroanatomy.wisc.edu]

The limbs feel stiff, movements become clumsy, and walking may become difficult. Reflexes may be decreased, increased, or absent. Rarely, vision is reduced. [merckmanuals.com]

Numbness of the limbs and trunk is an early symptom; weakness, clumsiness and spasticity, abnormal reflexes, gait ataxia develop later. [neuroanatomy.wisc.edu]

Upper Motor Neuron Disease

Early symptoms may be noticed as weakness or clumsiness of the hand. Most people live for more than five years. [imnda.ie]

Early symptoms may be noticed as weakness or clumsiness of the hand. 4. [bournemouthphysiotherapy.co.uk]

In the initial stage, besides the previously mentioned signs, there is also: Clumsiness Fatigue Pain in the muscles Cramps Twitching Slurred speech Weak grip In advanced stages [medicalfoster.com]

Asperger Syndrome

It can lead to difficulty interacting socially, repeat behaviors, and clumsiness. [nlm.nih.gov]

Uncoordinated movements, or clumsiness Anxiety and depression The tendencies described above vary widely among people. [autismspeaks.org]

They may also exhibit clumsy and uncoordinated motor movements and repetitive behaviors or rituals. [autism-help.org]

Progressive Bulbar Palsy

Patients who also have ALS experience a gradual onset of its symptoms, which include clumsiness, fatigue, loss of muscle control and spasticity, as the ALS Association describes [reference.com]

The early symptoms are often seen in the affected person acting exceptionally clumsy or experiencing weakness in their hands. [mymed.com]

Generally, symptoms consist of stiffness, clumsiness, and awkward movements, usually affecting first the mouth, throat, or both, then spreading to the limbs. [merckmanuals.com]

Congenital Stenosis of the Cervical Spinal Canal

When myelopathy, or spinal cord compression, creates problems, the symptoms and physical findings may include hand clumsiness, clumsiness of gait, numbness in the hands, jumpy [emoryhealthcare.org]

[…] stenosis ), as stenosis in the neck may affect the spinal cord, causing myelopathy .This can cause an often painless weakness or numbness of the arms and leg and progressive clumsiness [neurosurgery.wustl.edu]

Other symptoms include: Nausea Vomiting Dizziness and vertigo Sensitivity to light, sounds and smells Widespread pain Weakness and clumsiness Balance problems Difficulty with [drmoza.com]

Autosomal Recessive Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 17

Overview When people discuss spinal cerebellar ataxia (SCA), they are actually referring to a group of neurodegenerative disorders that cause progressive clumsiness. [verywell.com]

Autosomal recessive cerebellar ataxia must be considered in any child or young adult with a progressive disorder of gait or balance or with hypotonia or excessive clumsiness [blogs.nejm.org]

The symptoms due to ataxia are imbalance while walking, clumsiness of hands and dysarthria. [jpgmonline.com]

Cervical Cord Compression

Cervical myelopathy is a syndrome of difficulty walking, hand clumsiness, arm weakness, and/or numbness/tingling caused by compression of the spinal cord. [uncmedicalcenter.org]

Clinical symptoms may include numbness or burning of the hands, arm and leg weakness (dragging of the leg), hand weakness and clumsiness, chest wall numbness, balance issues [beaconortho.com]

[…] underlying culprit, can have an insidious course with early symptoms being mild neck stiffness and a limited range of neck motion, reduced hand dexterity, minor balance issues, clumsiness [symptoma.com]

Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy

Right limb clumsiness suggested corticospinal tract involvement. Gait was slightly wide based, but no other cerebellar or brainstem signs were present. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

People who have ataxia may believe they are simply being clumsy. However, their clumsiness is actually a warning sign of their OPA. [healthline.com]

The main symptom is clumsiness (ataxia) that slowly gets worse. There may also be problems with balance, slurring of speech, and difficulty walking. [diseaseinfosearch.org]