Common Symptoms
- Common Symptoms
Anosmia (Loss of Smell)
Overview Acquired anosmia describes the condition where an individual loses their ability to smell, a loss stemming from damage to…
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Ataxia
Overview Ataxia is considered a symptom of your superficial siderosis medical condition and differs from Hereditary Ataxia or Sporadic Ataxia,…
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Cerebellar Dysarthria (Speech)
Overview Cerebellar dysarthria is a distinct speech disorder that involves muscle weakness explicitly. Dysarthria can adversely affect the intelligibility of…
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Cognitive Impairment
Overview Cognition is the range of high-level brain functions that include learning and remembering new information, organizing, planning and problem-solving,…
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Fatigue
Overview The brain plays a crucial role in regulating sleep and wakefulness. Several areas of the brain are involved in…
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Gait and Balance
Overview Proprioception is your body’s ability to sense where your body parts are with your eyes closed or in darkness.…
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Headache
Overview It is challenging to pinpoint the exact cause of superficial siderosis associated headaches. Multiple factors play into the reason,…
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Hearing Loss
Overview In approximately 95% of superficial siderosis patients, progressive hearing loss and tinnitus are frequently one of the initial symptoms.…
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Myelopathy
Overview Myelopathy is one of the three major symptom categories of superficial siderosis and is defined as a slowly progressive…
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Neuropathy
Overview The peripheral nervous system is divided into three systems-motor, sensory, and autonomic. In superficial siderosis, chronic peripheral neuropathic pain…
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Nystagmus (Bouncing Eyes)
Overview Nystagmus involves the involuntary and uncontrolled movement of the eyes that affects your vision. The movements are rapid and…
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Phantosmia (Phantom Smell)
Overview Phantosmia is the term that describes olfactory hallucinations also known as phantom smells. People will often report smelling a…
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Short Term Memory Loss
Overview Short-term memory refers to our capacity to briefly retain a small amount of fresh information. For instance, when a…
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Tinnitus
Overview Tinnitus, often experienced as a soft indication of progressive neuronal impairment, is frequently observed in individuals with superficial siderosis.…
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