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what are progressive and pseudo bulbar palsy?

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Upper motor neuron: Pseudobulbar palsy is a disorder of nerves located near the base of the brain, that connect the higher brain centers with the lower spinal cord. Most commonly affects chewing, swallowing, speech, emotional outbursts sometimes.  It has multiple causes and the underlying disease will determine how progressive it is; examples are parkinson's, als, certain strokes, ms, brain trauma.

Question 2

would acupuncture help for progressive bulbar palsy?

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Unlikely: Acupuncture may be useful for pain, however, and could be used as palliation, but will have no effect whatsoever on progressive bulbar palsy, a variation of classical motor neuron disease.

Question 3

what is the definition or description of: bulbar palsy?

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Bulbar palsy: Bulbar palsy leads to various medical presentations due   impaired  function of  cranial nerves IX, X, XI &amp;  XII.

Question 4

what's pseudo bulbar palsy?

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Read below: Bulbar palsy is a term for problems arising from  at the bulb( medulla oblangata), the lowermost part of the brain stem or peripheral to the bulb (nerve or muscle)   pseudobulbar palsy is when the same symptoms (difficulty with swallowing speech etc) are due to bilateral problems higher up in the central nervous system. The physical signs are different.

Question 5

what is pseudo bulbar palsy and how is it treated?

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Poor mouth control: Bulbar palsy is a form of dysfunction of the mouth and face that can be associated with damage to the nerves in the brainstem.  In some cases, drugs or frontal lobe brain damage will cause similar appearing symptoms with strange mouth and face movements, poor coordination of swallow and speech.  These forms are referred to as pseudo bulbar palsy.  Medications may help, but there is no cure.

Question 6

how does bulbar palsy relate to motor neuron diseases?

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One of the causes: Bulbar palsy is an assortment of signs and symptoms, not the name of a precise disease.  
Bulbar palsy refers to impairment of function of the cranial nerves ix, x, xi and xii.  Its causes are many and motor neuron disease (als) is one of them.

Question 7

what are the last stages of motor neurons disease,  bulbar palsy?

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Impaired cranial nn: Cranial nerves 9 - 12. Are usually affected in bulbar palsy (a lower motor neuron disease, as compared to pseudobulbar palsy, which i just discussed).  Again, there are multiple causes, different ones though. Common symptoms can afftect speech (dysarthria), swallowing (dysphagia), choke on liquids,  voice problem (dysphonia). Aspiration of food or fluids can lead to pneumonia and death.

Question 8

how rare is bulbar palsy?

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Not a disease itself: Bulbar palsy is an assortment of signs and symptoms, not the name of a precise disease.  It refers to impairment of function of the cranial nerves ix, x, xi and xii.  Its causes are many but here are a few:
acute intermittent porphyria, motor neuron disease (als), guillain barre syndome, lyme's disease, botulinism, and myastheinia gravis.

Question 9

can acupuncture help  bulbar palsy?

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Can try, but unlikel: Unfortunately, the death of central (brain) nerve cells is not reversible. However other nerves can take over function of dead nerves. I am a strong believer in doing whatever modalities can be effective in returning neural function in damaged areas of the nervous system.  Acupuncture has been affective in nerve disorders and anesthesia for thousands years, a lot we don't understand, but no harm.

Question 10

what vitamin deficiency do people with progressive bulbar palsy have?

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Not a vitamin issue: Progressive bulbar palsy is a variant of als, and accounts for 1-2 % of all motor neuron disease cases.  Has no known causation in most cases, but can be familial, and may be associated with the gene encoding copper/zinc superoxide dismutase.

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