General paresis
Symptoms & Signs
- Decreased language ability (aphasia)
- Decreased motivation
- Impaired judgment
- Loss of ability to calculate
- Loss of long-term memory (long-past events)
- Loss of short-term memory (recent events)
- Muscle weakness (difficulty using legs, arms, or other parts of the body)
- Personality changes
- Delusions, hallucinations
- Irritability, anger
- Inappropriate moods
- No mood
- Seizures
Diagnosis & Tests
Signs include: - Change in the response of the pupil in the eye
- Inability to stand with the eyes closed (Romberg test)
- Loss of sense of vibration and position
- Muscle weakness
- Problems with walking (gait)
- Slowly worsening dementia, with loss of many brain functions
The doctor may do the following tests: - Eye exam
- Muscle exam
- Nervous system (neurologic) exam
Blood tests to detect syphilis in the body include: Tests of the nervous system may include:
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