Difficulty Speaking
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Difficulty Speaking Underlying Cause
Common causes
of difficulty speaking include:
Alcohol intoxication
Asthma attack
Drug abuse
Facial nerve
weakness
Head injury
Drug side effect
causing speech difficulty:
Trazodone
Olanzapine
Antipsychotic medications
Mouth swelling
Acute angioedema
Throat
swelling
Allergic reaction
Tongue swelling
Less common causes
of difficulty speaking include:
Alzheimer's disease
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Myasthenia gravis
Multiple sclerosis
Dementia
Stroke
Transient ischemic attack
Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
Thyroid cancer
Trichinosis
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Aphasia
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Last Updated: Oct 30, 2008
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
;
John H. Beckett, MD
;
D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Difficulty Speaking References:
Di Majo L, Bisceglia M, Lanzillo R, D'Angelo V, Gorgoglione L, Chiacchio L, Orefice G. Aphasia as a rare presentation of monosymptomatic demyelinating disease: case report and review of the literature. Neurol Sci. 2002 Jun;23(2):79-82.
Grossman M, Ash S. Primary progressive aphasia: a review. Neurocase. 2004 Feb;10(1):3-18.
Westbury C, Bub D. Primary progressive aphasia: a review of 112 cases. Brain Lang. 1997 Dec;60(3):381-406.
