Dr. Sudir Kumar, a neurologist from Hyderabada, recently went to social media to share a shocking affair that caught the attention of many. He came to X to reveal the case of a 21-year-old woman who “seemed to dance during a walk.”
However, the real reason for this shocked the woman and her family. The woman was diagnosed with a serious and rare condition called Wilson’s disease. According to Dr. Kumar, the woman had symptoms of illness for almost four years, as her parents noticed that she seemed to be dancing while walking and had some speech obstacles. However, it did not have signs of mental illness, memory loss or symptoms associated with liver such as jaundice.
It was during her check that the doctors found uncontrolled, bending movements, which are also called choreotoid movements on the right side of her body, as well as the dissport, a condition that affects the clarity of speech.
A key disclosure in the case of a woman came from the eye check where the special exam with the gap is detected Floischer ringwhich are copper deposits around the cornea and are strong indicators of Wilson’s disease. In addition, the MRI scanning further substantiated the diagnosis because it showed abnormal signals in the regions including Pons, Medium Brain and Nuclei Lentiforms, all areas usually affect the disease.
For the treatment of the disease to the woman was prescribed Checking therapyTreatment where the excess copper in the body is removed with additives such as vitamin B6 and zinc.
What is Wilson’s disease?
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Wilsan’s disease is a rare hereditary disease when the body is unable to eliminate excess copper, which will lead to its accumulation in areas such as eyes, liver and brain. If you do not treat it, it can lead to serious damage to the liver and neurological issues.
What are Wilson’s symptoms?
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Symptoms of the disease are usually associated with the brain and liver. These include vomiting, weakness, swelling of the legs, yellowish leather, itching in the liver and shot, difficulty with speech, stiffness of muscles anxiety in the brain.
Suggested to get your Level copper Checked in case you feel any of these symptoms. However, the check should not be limited to the liver. In the case of a woman, her blood test showed a normal level of ceruloplasmin (a copper protein). Usually, the low level of Teruloplasmin shows Wilson’s disease in humans, but these levels can be normal to 5% to 15% of patients. So, it is advisable to get exams from the eyes and brain.
