APHASIA WARNING SIGNS: WHAT TO LOOK OUT FOR
Overview
A comprehension and communication (reading, speaking, or writing) disorder resulting from damage or injury to the specific area in the brain.
Symptoms
If you're experiencing new, severe, or persistent symptoms, contact a health care provider.
It leads to impairment of language, speech, comprehension, and the ability to read and write. It results from an injury to the brain due to stroke, head trauma, tumors, or infections. The severity of the symptoms depends on the area of the brain affected and the extent of damage caused and may include:
- Speaking short or incomplete sentences
- Writing or speaking words or sentences that don't make sense
- Difficulty in finding the right words to speak or write
- Substituting one word for another or one sound for another
- Speaking unrecognisable words
- Inability to follow others conversations
- Migraines, seizures, or transient ischemic attack (TIA) may cause temporary episodes of aphasia
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Causes
- Aphasia is a disorder resulting from damage or injury to the language area in the brain. Common causes are:
- Stroke
- Head injury
- Brain infection
- Slow growing brain tumor
- A degenerative disease that damages the brain tissues such as Alzheimer’s disease
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Disclaimer: For informational purposes only. Consult a medical professional for advice. Source: Focus Medica.
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