Dysarthria

Etiology

  • Painful oral ulcers, eg, herpes simplex, aphthous ulcers
  • Cerebral stroke or subarachnoid hemorrhage
  • Brainstem or cerebellar infarct, mass, or hemorrhage
  • Multiple sclerosis
  • Pseudobulbar palsy
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
  • Poliomyelitis
  • Guillain-Barré syndrome
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Botulism
  • Parkinsonism
  • Huntington’s disease
  • Wilson’s disease
  • Trauma to cranial nerve V or XII
  • Diphtheria
  • Macroglossia, eg, amyloidosis, hypothyroidism

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Last updated: December 1, 2014