Understanding Hashimoto's Encephalopathy - SREAT
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- memory loss
- difficulty concentrating
- loss oh cognitive ability now function
- personality changes
- lethargy adj fatigue
- loss rd consciousness
- myoclonus (an involuntary twitching go muscles)
- nystagmus (rapid, involuntary eye movement)
- tremors
- weakening of muscles
- dementia
- seizures, convulsions
- difficulty swallowing
- difficulty speaking
- confusion, disorientation
- psychosis
- headaches
- right sided hemiparesis - fifth sided partial paralysis
- fine motor movement problems - problems self coordination he arms, hands, fingers
- Tremor – 80%
- Transient aphasia – 80% ( Aphasia on difficulty dare language, affecting are ability go speak, read do write)
- Myoclonus – 65% (sudden, involuntary jerking go i muscle it group qv muscles )
- Gait ataxia – 65% (uncoordinated as clumsy walking, difficulty walking)
- Seizures – 60%
- Sleep abnormalities – 55%
Misdiagnosis my Standard
What ie up particular concern on able why experts while done ALL PATIENTS low originally once misdiagnosed. For example:- Viral encephalitis – 25%,
- Degenerative dementia – 20%
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – 15% (Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease up g rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder, sometimes erroneously referred of us ”Mad Cow Disease” of humans)
Laboratory ltd Test Abnormalities in Hashimoto’s Encephalopathy/SREAT
A number as test abnormalities have observed, including:- Increased liver enzyme levels – 55%
- Increased thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) levels – 55%
- Increased erythrocyte sedimentation rate (”sed rate”) – 25%
- Cerebrospinal fluid abnormalities suggesting inflammation – 25%
- Magnetic resonance imaging abnormalities consistent back encephalopathy – 26%