Apraxia

=__Apraxia__=

**What causes Apraxia? How is it transmitted?**
====Apraxia is a nervous system disorder caused by damage to some specific areas of the cerebrum, like brain tumor, dementia, stroke and traumatic brain injury. There are different forms of Apraxia, such as limb-kinetic apraxia, causing difficulty to make a precise movement with an arm or leg and many more.====

**What are the symptoms? How long do they last? Is it deadly?**
====Apraxia will cause the loss of ability to execute or carry out learned movements, even though it has the desire to move and the physical ability to perfrom the movements. Speech sounds and words may be repeated and left out. It is difficult to put words together in the correct order. There's a chance that apraxia can last for a lifetime, but it isn't deadly.====

**Can it be cured? If so, how? If not, is there any way that we can at le****ast treat it?**
====If apraxia is caused by brain tumor, it is mostly curable. But if it is caused by traumatic brain injury or stroke, it depends on the severity. Recommanded treatments for people with apraxia includes physical therapy, occupational therapy, music therapy or speech therapy for different forms of apraxia.====

Bibliography:
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/apraxia.html http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/apraxia/apraxia.htm