Aphasia
The main sign of aphasiais difficulty with communication, although the condition affects everyone differently.
In cases where aphasia has been caused by a sudden brain injury, such as a Heat exhaustion and heatstroke or a severe head injury , symptoms will usually develop straight after the injury.
In cases where there is gradual damage to the brain as a result of a condition that gets worse over time, such as dementia or a brain tumour, the symptoms may develop gradually.
Someone withexpressive aphasia experiences difficulty communicating their thoughts, ideas and messages to others.
This may affect speech, writing, gestures or drawing, and causes problems with everyday tasks such as using the telephone, writing an email, or speaking to family and friends.
People with expressive aphasia mayhave some ofthe following signs and symptoms:
A person with receptive aphasia experiences difficulty understanding things they hear or read. They may also have difficulty interpreting gestures, drawings, numbers and pictures.
This can affect everyday activities such as reading an email, managing finances, having conversations, listening to the radio,or following TV programmes.
People with receptive aphasiamay have some of the following signs and symptoms:
This type of aphasia occurs in people with a specific type of dementia . As it's a primary progressive condition, the symptoms get worse over time.
Usually, the first problem people with primary progressive aphasia (PPA) notice is difficulty finding the right word or remembering somebody's name.
The problems graduallyget worse and can include:
A person with PPA may also experience other symptoms later in their illness, including changes in their personality and behaviour, difficulties with memory and thinking similar to Alzheimer's disease , or difficulties with movement similar to Parkinson's disease .
Aphasia is a communication disorder that makes it difficult to read, write or speak.
The main sign of aphasia is difficulty with communication, although the condition affects everyone differently.
Aphasia is the result of damage to the parts of the brain that are responsible for speaking, reading, writing and understanding others.
Aphasia is usually diagnosed after tests carried out by a specialist called a speech and language therapist (SLT).
Sometimes aphasia will improve on its own without treatment, but a type of treatment called speech and language therapy is usually recommended.