Areflexia
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| R29.2 | Abnormal reflexes - areflexia |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
As Areflexie the complete absence of one or more reflexes referred. A distinction can be made between missing stimulus responses to optical stimuli (for example, the narrowing of the pupil when illuminated with a flashlight ) and haptic stimuli (for example missing Achilles tendon reflex ). In contrast, weakened or decreased reflexes are referred to as hyporeflexia , increased or increased reflexes as hyperreflexia .
More common diseases associated with areflexia are polyneuropathies associated with diabetes mellitus , alcohol abuse and other metabolic diseases , Landry's paralysis or radiculitis . Less common diseases with areflexia are, for example, Adie syndrome or borreliosis .
swell
- Dagmar Reiche: Roche Lexicon Medicine Munich [u. a.], Urban & Fischer 2003., keyword “Areflexie”, ISBN 978-3-437-15150-7
Individual evidence
- ^ H-H Von Albert: From Neurological Symptom to Diagnosis. Differential diagnostic key programs Springer Verlag, 2002, pp. 28-30, ISBN 978-3-540-41811-5 .