NS Disease

NS Disease:Aphasia

Causes:Aphasia is a communication disorder that results from damage to the brain. Aphasia is usually caused by a stroke or damage to parts of the brain that deals with language. It may also be caused by brain tumor, brain infection, or dementia. Aphasia is also linked to epilepsy as a symptom. 

Symptoms:

• Trouble speaking
• Struggling with finding the appropriate term or word
• Using strange or inappropriate words in conversation
• Hard time understanding what others are saying 
• difficulty with handwriting 

Treatment:There is limited treatment for aphasia. The most common treatment for a person who's cause was a stroke is therapy. Speech-language pathologist will arrange sessions with the patient and help them communicate and speak better throughout the span of sessions. For people with brain tumors as a cause, surgery will be done for treatment.

Prognosis:People with post-stroke aphasia improves to some extent after recovery. Most improvements happen first few months but tapers off after the 1st year. The severity of aphasia correlates with the long-term deficit. The more intense  the aphasia is, the more intense treatment is given.

References:http://www.webmd.com/brain/aphasia-causes-symptoms-types-treatments?page=2#1