A patient presents to you in your clinic with neurological pathology. How do you know if the cerebellum is involved or not?
If cerebellum is involved in any disease, the patient will show these signs: 🔴 Cerebellar signs 👉DANISH ✔D... Dysdiadochokinesia ; inability to perform rapid, alternating movements. ✔A....Ataxia; lack of voluntary coordination of muscle movements that can include gait abnormality, speech changes, and abnormalities in eye movements. ✔N....Nystagmus; repetitive, uncontrolled movements of the eyes, can occur from side to side, up and down, or in a circular pattern. ✔I......Intention tremors; a broad, coarse, and low frequency tremor. The amplitude of an intention tremor increases as an extremity approaches the endpoint of deliberate and visually guided movement. ✔S.....Slurred speech; poor pronunciation of words, mumbling, or a change in speed or rhythm during talking. ✔H.....Hypotonia; state of low muscle tone (the amount of tension or resistance to stretch in a muscle), often involving reduced muscle strength.
