Loss of Initiative: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Loss of Initiative

Abstract A 19-yr-old intact female variable flying fox ( Pteropus hypomelanus ) presented with lethargy, behavior changes, and substantial weight loss. [doi.org]

Weight loss, dehydration, and hypotension are characteristic of the later stages of Addison disease. [msdmanuals.com]

Initial clinical pathology revealed hypoglycemia and reduced ionized serum calcium, and imaging, including computed tomography, did not lead to a diagnosis. [doi.org]

Sudden Hearing Loss

We report two cases of sudden hearing loss as the initial manifestation of neurosarcoidosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In this article, we present a 12-year-old girl who had right-side hearing loss as the initial manifestation of CML, followed by left-side hearing loss and blindness of the [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Hearing loss is an uncommon symptom in multiple sclerosis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bladder Colloid Adenocarcinoma

initiated only after considerable bone loss has occurred. [cognit.ca]

Optimization of novel dual action prodrugs for treatment of osteoporosis 2012/13-2013/14 • $219,500 While bone loss in osteoporosis is well treated today, therapy is usually [cognit.ca]

Disorder of Peroxisomal Alpha- Beta- and Omega-Oxidation

Cited by Loss of heat shock factor initiates intracellular lipid surveillance by actin destabilization. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Radiation Sickness Syndrome

Initial symptoms are nausea, diarrhea, and weakness, sometimes followed by hair loss. [msdmanuals.com]

Yersinia Pseudotuberculosis Infection

He presented with fever, weight loss, diarrhoea and tiredness. Initial investigations could not elucidate the aetiology of his symptoms. [casereports.bmj.com]

Congenital Moderate Neural Deafness

An initial overestimation of sensorineural hearing loss in NICU infants after failure on neonatal hearing screening. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Brain Laceration

[…] of consciousness S06.330A …… initial encounter S06.331 Contusion and laceration of cerebrum, unspecified, with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less S06.332 Contusion [icd10data.com]

[…] with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration, initial encounter S062X3ADiffuse traumatic brain injury with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes, initial [cms.gov]

[…] of unspecified duration S06.339A …… initial encounter S06.34 Traumatic hemorrhage of right cerebrum S06.340 Traumatic hemorrhage of right cerebrum without loss of consciousness [icd10data.com]

Dystrophinopathies

The functional loss of dystrophin protein initiates a cascade of events, including loss of other components of the dystrophin-associated glycoprotein complex, sarcolemmal [emedicine.medscape.com]

Acute Zonal Occult Outer Retinopathy

In all patients vision loss was initially progressive, then stable. Symptoms were unilateral in 2 and bilateral but asymmetric in 2 patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This disorder appears to be precipitated by several conditions, although the causal relationship between the initiating event and the widespread functional loss is unknown [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In each patient, loss of retinal function correlated with structural changes in the outer retina. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Mediastinal Rhabdomyosarcoma

initial approach with imaging… Figures from this paper One Citation References SHOWING 1-10 OF 34 REFERENCES Update on rhabdomyosarcoma. [semanticscholar.org]

Here we briefly review the literature on adult rhabdomyosarcoma and present the case of a 39-year-old man clinical presentation of dyspnea, chest pain and weight loss, with [semanticscholar.org]

Corticobasal Degeneration

Participant was a 70-yearold female patient, single; she presented progressive memory loss of an immediate verbal nature. [repository.ucc.edu.co]

Definition Definition Corticobasal degeneration is a progressive neurological disorder characterized by nerve cell loss and atrophy (shrinkage) of multiple areas of the brain [ninds.nih.gov]

Initially, she was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease and Lewy body dementia, finding that she had no characteristic signs and symptoms of these pathologies. [repository.ucc.edu.co]

Acute Sensorineural Hearing Loss by Acute Acoustic Trauma

A typical hearing test (audiogram) of a person with noise induced hearing loss will initially show only a high frequency loss at 4000 Hz. [medicinenet.com]

Byl reported on prognostic indicators for sudden hearing loss including age, time from onset to initial presentation, severity of initial hearing loss, the hearing in the [pmj.bmj.com]

Initial hearing loss is typically unilateral (unless drug-induced) and may range in severity from mild to profound. [merckmanuals.com]

Retinitis pigmentosa 14

Cited by Massive Loss of Transcription Factors Promotes the Initial Diversification of Placental Mammals. Zhao XW, Wu J, Kishino H, Chen L. Zhao XW, et al. [pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Stargardt Disease

In general, patients with an early onset of disease tend to experience more rapid vision loss than those who develop the initial symptoms later in life. [news-medical.net]

Pathophysiology Vision loss in Stargardt disease occurs due to the degeneration of the macula. [news-medical.net]

Initially, affected individuals may report slight disturbances, such as a gray or hazy spot in the center of the visual field. [news-medical.net]

Verrucous Esophagal Carcinoma

Additionally, he had early satiety, anorexia and 30 Ib loss of weight. He was a heavy smoker. [scielo.isciii.es]

Initial evaluation elsewhere included two upper endoscopies which showed a constricting white, villous lesion in the distal esophagus. [scielo.isciii.es]

Susac Syndrome

Otolaryngologists should be familiar with this syndrome because hearing loss may be the initial presenting symptom. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Otolaryngologists should be familiar with Susac's syndrome because hearing loss may be the initial presenting symptom. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

This case was initially diagnosed as acute disseminated encephalomyelitis. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Extracranial Giant Cell Arteritis

The most feared complication, vision loss, fortunately becomes uncommon after initiation of corticosteroids. [mayoclinic.pure.elsevier.com]

[…] visual loss at the initial presentation, however, have a poorer prognosis. [bpac.org.nz]

Corticosteroids rapidly reduce symptoms and prevent vision loss in most patients. The optimal initial dose, tapering schedule, and total length of treatment are debated. [merckmanuals.com]

Abulia

Poverty of behavior and speech output, lack of initiative, loss of emotional responses, psychomotor slowing, and prolonged speech latency. [monarchinitiative.org]

+ boulē, will] abulia /abu·lia/ ( ah-boo´le-ah ) 1. loss or deficiency of will power, initiative, or drive. abulia also aboulia (ə-bo͞o′lē-ə, -byo͞o′-) n. [medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com]

The goal of this report is to describe two patients with a loss o f speech initiation that was associated with bilateral medial frontal atrophy. [content.iospress.com]

Radiokeratosis

Deafness Hearing loss is not an inevitable consequence in old age except for that of high-pitch sounds. [chiro.org]

This phobic concern can lead to habitual use of laxatives that can cause the "imaginary constipation" to progress to a chemically initiated irritable colon. [chiro.org]

Idiopathic Uveal Effusion Syndrome

Gradual superior visual field loss is the most common initial complaint, but patients may also report blurred vision or metamorphopsia.2 The magnitude of choroidal elevation [retinatoday.com]

Ischemic Optic Neuropathy

This disease is characterized by disc edema associated with vision loss. His initial best corrected vision was 20/25 in the right and 20/20 in the left. [retinareference.com]

It is characterized by acute vision loss without initial disc edema, but with subsequent optic disc atrophy. [3] Management [ edit ] Although there is no recognized treatment [en.wikipedia.org]

The initial vision loss is often permanent although there may be some improvement over the first few months. [eyecenters.com]

Bothnia Retinal Dystrophy

Dark adaptometry and electrophysiologic testing show an initial loss of rod function followed by progressive loss of the cone responses in older patients. [newmedicalterms.com]

Dark adaptometry and electrophysiologic testing showed an initial loss of rod function followed by a progressive reduction of the cone responses in older ages. [wwww.unboundmedicine.com]

Rod-cone dystrophies results from initial loss of rod photoreceptors, later followed by cone photoreceptors loss. {ECO:0000269 PubMed:11868161}. [genecards.org]

Sensorineural Hearing Impairment

This paper presents two cases of sudden sensorineural hearing loss, initially considered as idiopathic, but which were caused by septic emboli. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Bilateral sudden hearing loss is a rare initial symptom. In this article, we report a 44-year-old male patient with bilateral sudden hearing loss and dizziness. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The symptoms go away within the-the first initial days of experience hearing loss. This is called a spontaneous recovery. [healthlifemedia.com]

Labyrinthine Concussion

[…] of consciousness S06.0X0A …… initial encounter S06.0X1 Concussion with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less S06.0X9 Concussion with loss of consciousness of unspecified [icd10data.com]

In the case we examined, in spite of a significant clinical presentation observed after head trauma, with abrupt onset of hearing loss associated with vertigo, initial CT [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] of consciousness, initial encounter 2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code S06.0X0A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for [icd10data.com]

Congenital Disorder of Glycosylation Type 1H

The disease is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the gene ALG8 (11q14.1), resulting in a block in the initial step of protein glycosylation. [ Orphanet : 79325 ] Tree [ebi.ac.uk]

The disease is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the gene ALG8 (11q14.1), resulting in a block in the initial step of protein glycosylation. [rareguru.com]

The disease is caused by loss-of-function mutations in the gene ALG8 (11q14.1), resulting in a block in the initial step of protein glycosylation. exactMatch http://www.orpha.net [ebi.ac.uk]

Giant Cell Aortic Arteritis

[…] visual loss at the initial presentation, however, have a poorer prognosis. [bpac.org.nz]

Corticosteroids rapidly reduce symptoms and prevent vision loss in most patients. The optimal initial dose, tapering schedule, and total length of treatment are debated. [msdmanuals.com]

Loss of vision can occur despite treatment with oral prednisone Progressive loss of vision may occur despite immediate initiation of high doses of oral prednisone (60–100 [cmaj.ca]

Cone Rod Dystrophy Type 15

loss of cone photoreceptors followed by rod degeneration. [malacards.org]

[…] form of cone-rod dystrophy, an inherited retinal dystrophy characterized by retinal pigment deposits visible on fundus examination, predominantly in the macular region, and initial [uniprot.org]

[…] in midperipheral vision loss, tunnel vision, and sometimes blindness. [malacards.org]

X-Linked Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease Type 5

See Deafness and Hereditary Hearing Loss Overview. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Sensorineural hearing loss. It is important to suspect CMTX5 when boys with early-onset sensorineural hearing loss develop gait disturbance and visual disturbance. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The initial manifestation is often foot drop or gait disturbance. Deep tendon reflexes are usually absent. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Posterior Scleritis

CASE SUMMARY A 53-year-old man was referred to our hospital to address a 4-d history of bilateral acute eye pain, headache, and loss of vision, after initial presentation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]