Olive Pontine Cerebellar Atrophy Chinese Medical Ideas Discussed

Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA), as multiple system atrophy type I, is an unexplained neurodegenerative diseases, cerebellar cortex, pontine base and inferior olive neurons characterized by reduction. The main clinical manifestations are cerebellar syndrome, Parkinson's syndrome, autonomic dysfunction. Olive cerebellar atrophy average age 54 years, more men than women, mainly as mild cerebellar ataxia, gradual emergence of drinking cough and difficulty in swallowing, often associated with marked parkinsonism and autonomic failure symptoms . A few patients may be combined with bilateral pyramidal signs, limb muscle atrophy, nystagmus, or eye muscle paralysis in one or both of the above. By imaging and laboratory diagnosis is not difficult, the first magnetic resonance T2-weighted images in visible "cross sign" sign to its characteristic features. The disease is a Chinese dumb Rush, "" Vertigo, "" chatter card "and other areas located in the kidney liver and spleen disease, of which most closely with the kidney, liver and spleen are mainly various dirty kidney deficiency, blood and essence is nothing to metaplasia, lead to brain dystrophy, fat-based disease. Western medicine is still the treatment of nutrition and symptomatic treatment of brain cells mainly; CMP identify diseases and dialectical combination of rational selection for drugs, achieved a certain effect. The prognosis of this disease was slowly progressive development, usually 5 to 10 years after the onset of the normal activities of affected family members need to serve. A small number of patients with acute progressive within a few months in the loss of independent living. Poor prognosis, the general course of 8 to 15 years. Therefore, to promote early diagnosis, early treatment, so as not to delay treatment, leading to disease progression.