Ataxia Conference

[dollygrey]

went to my first conference thus weekend was disappointed that there wasn't a talk on the acquired ataxias which was and also the Drs QA questions could have been longer

met some nice people there though

[wobblybee]

🤔 I’ve read comments like this before, and it must be very frustrating for people in this specific group because they are rarely mentioned alongside the genetic, and other recognised types. Possibly because the ‘external’ cause was found. But, it still leaves people to cope with challenging ataxia symptoms.

Acquired Ataxias

There is a large group of people who have symptoms of Ataxia that usually begin in adulthood, appear “out of nowhere”, and who have no known family history of the disease. With acquired Ataxia, there is an external cause, which means a person developed it because of something that happened during their life. This can include many different problems and events such as vitamin deficiencies, autoimmune conditions, some infections, exposures to toxic substances or drugs (especially alcohol), various cancers and many more.

[PatsyIpswich]

surveymonkey.co.uk/r/AUKfee...

Let them know for next year x