Get To Know The Signs Of Spinocerebellar Ataxia (SCA)

Poor Hand-Eye Coordination

You will start seeing issues with your hand-eye coordination early on in SCA. It gets poor as the disorder progresses! Ladies, poor hand-eye coordination in SCA has a few triggers. They're things like cognitive impairment, vision issues, and movement problems, though a combo can trigger it too. You will often struggle with distance and depth perception. This includes judging the space between objects and remembering where they are in a room. That's going to make it hard for movement and repetition. Ladies, hand tremors are another big reason for poor hand-eye coordination. in fact, they're among the first things you will notice with this condition!

Difficulty Learning

Difficulty learning is another early sign of SCA, ladies. It will often be alongside other cognitive function troubles. That said, this one can also be a warning that your disorder is progressing. One of the things you will have trouble with is motor learning. Ladies, this is how you adapt the way you move to natural body changes. Of course, ladies, there are also going to be issues with your visuospatial learning. That's how you're supposed to analyze things based on distance and dimensions. Sadly, SCA makes it hard for you to figure out how far away something is. It makes driving a problem!

Implicit learning is often difficult too. Ladies, this is learning something without being aware of it! A major example is talking to someone and boosting your social skills during it. Difficulty with this type of learning makes many other things hard too, like speech development in young patients.