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What Causes Slurred Speech When Diagnosed With Mild Cerebral Atrophy?
My father age 58, he is a heart patient, he had an angioplasty two years back, recently he observe that sonetimes when he speak he had some problem to speak properly, he got the MRI and the result is he has mild diffuse cerebral attropy. Is this a serious issue I m worried
Mon, 31 Dec 2018
Hello,
Motor speech disorder unusually results in slurring of speech due to damage to the part of the brain related to speaking. Other causes in the elderly can be neurological disorders like cerebral atrophy, brain tumours, injury, stroke, facial paralysis.
Get your father physically examined, evaluated & treated. Neglect may lead to life-threatening complications.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Nupur K, General & Family Physician
Motor speech disorder unusually results in slurring of speech due to damage to the part of the brain related to speaking. Other causes in the elderly can be neurological disorders like cerebral atrophy, brain tumours, injury, stroke, facial paralysis.
Get your father physically examined, evaluated & treated. Neglect may lead to life-threatening complications.
Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Take care
Regards,
Dr Nupur K, General & Family Physician
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