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Causes of Slurred speech

This section discusses 239 medical conditions causing Slurred speech. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Slurred speech:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Slurred speech. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Slurred speech:

The following list of conditions have 'Slurred speech' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Aceruloplasminemia ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Acidic dry cell batteries inhalation poisoning ... slurred speech
  • Adhesive abuse ... slurred speech
  • Adhesive addiction ... slurred speech
  • Aerosol abuse ... slurred speech
  • Aerosol addiction ... slurred speech
  • African Sleeping sickness ... slurred speech
  • Alcohol abuse ... slurred speech
  • Alcohol drinking ... slurred speech
  • Alcohol-Induced Disorders ... slurred speech
  • Alopecia - hypogonadism - extrapyramidal disorder ... dysarthria
  • Amyloidosis, oculoleptomeningeal ... dysarthria
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 3 ... dysarthria
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 6 ... dysarthria
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 7 ... dysarthria
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 8 ... dysarthria
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 1 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 2 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 3 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 4 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 5 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 6 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 7 ... slurred speech
  • Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, familial type 8 ... slurred speech
  • Anton-Vogt syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Arizona Bark Scorpion poisoning ... slurred speech
  • Ataxia spastic congenital miosis ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Ataxia Telangiectasia ... slurred speech
  • Ataxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant ... dysarthria
  • Ataxia, spastic with congenital miosis ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Ataxia, spastic, 3, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia syndrome ... dysarthria

    B

  • Babinski-Nageotte syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Bahemuka Brown syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 1 ... dysarthria
  • Basal ganglia disease, biotin-responsive ... dysarthria
  • Basilar artery migraine ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Blue-ringed octopus poisoning ... slurred speech
  • Brain Concussion ... slurred speech
  • Brain conditions ... Dysarthria

    C

  • CACH syndrome ... slurred speech
  • CANOMAD syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Cardiomyopathy - hearing loss, type t RNA lysine gene mutation ... slurred speech
  • Cardiomyopathy - hearing loss, type tRNA-LYS gene mutation ... slurred speech
  • Cerebellar ataxia type 1, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Cerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Cerebellar ataxia, X-linked ... dysarthria
  • Cerebellar degeneration ... slurred speech
  • Cerebellar degeneration, subacute ... dysarthria
  • Chemical poisoning - Acidic dry cell batteries ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Acrylamide ... dysarthria
  • Chemical poisoning - Aftershave ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Aldicarb ... dysarthria
  • Chemical poisoning - Aluminum ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Antifreeze ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Bromide ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Chloromethane ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Cologne ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Deoderant ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Depilatories ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Ether ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Gasoline ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Hair Bleach ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Hair Dye ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Jet Fuel-4 ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Manganese ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Mouth Wash ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Para-Dichlorobenzene ... slurred speech
  • Chemical poisoning - Trichloroethylene ... slurred speech
  • Choreoathetosis-spasticity, episodic ... dysarthria
  • Classic childhood ALD ... dysarthria (poorly articulated speech)
  • Cone shell poisoning ... slurred speech
  • Congenital Disorders of Glycosylation ... dysarthria
  • Cyclosporine toxicity ... slurred speech

    D

  • Demyelinating disorder ... Dysarthria
  • Diabetic hypoglycemia ... slurred speech
  • Dialysis encephalopathy syndrome ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Dykes-Markes-Harper syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Dystonia 12 ... dysarthria
  • Dystonia with cerebellar atrophy ... dysarthria

    E

  • East African Trypanosomiasis ... slurred speech
  • Elephant's-ear poisoning ... dysarthria
  • Epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic crisis ... dysarthria
  • Epilepsy, progressive myoclonic 3 ... dysarthria
  • Episodic ataxia syndrome ... slurred speech
  • Episodic ataxia, type 1 ... slurred speech
  • Episodic ataxia, type 2 ... dysarthria, slurred speech
  • Episodic ataxia, type 5 ... dysarthria
  • Episodic ataxia, type 6 ... slurred speech
  • Erythrokeratodermia with ataxia ... dysarthria
  • Eucalyptus Oil poisoning ... slurred speech

    F

  • FACWA syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Fahr's Syndrome ... dysarthria (poorly articulated speech)
  • Familial isolated deficiency of vitamin E ... slurred speech
  • Fir Club Moss poisoning ... slurred speech
  • Fitzsimmons-Guilbert syndrome ... dysarthria
  • FOSMN syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Friedreich ataxia - congenital glaucoma ... slurred speech
  • Friedreich's ataxia ... slurred speech
  • Frostbite ... slurred speech

    G

  • Gangliosidosis GM1 type 3 ... dysarthria
  • Gangliosidosis, generalized GM1 type 3 ... slurred speech
  • Generalized Myasthenia Gravis ... slurred speech
  • Gluten ataxia ... dysarthria

    H

  • Hallervorden-Spatz disease ... dysarthria
  • Heidenhain syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Hereditary paroxysmal cerebral ataxia ... slurred speech
  • HERNS syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Huntington's Disease ... slurred speech
  • Hydroxyacyl-coa dehydrogenase, type 2, deficiency ... dysarthria
  • Hypoglycemia ... slurred speech
  • Hypoglycemic attack ... slurred speech
  • Hypomagnesemia primary ... dysarthria
  • Hypomyelination - congenital cataract ... dysarthria
  • Hypomyelination - hypogonadotropic hypogonadism - hypodontia ... dysarthria
  • Hypomyelination and congenital cataract ... dysarthria

    I

  • Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome ... slurred speech
  • Inhalant abuse ... slurred speech
  • Inhalant addiction ... slurred speech
  • Isoniazid toxicity ... slurred speech

    J

  • Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis ... slurred speech

    K

  • King Cobra poisoning ... dysarthria
  • Kuru syndrome ... slurred speech

    L

  • Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome ... dysarthria

    M

  • Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - acromegaly - hyperactivity ... dysarthria
  • Mental retardation, X-linked - dystonia - dysarthria ... dysarthria
  • Mixed Cerebral Palsy ... slurred speech
  • Motor neuron diseases ... slurred speech
  • Multiple Sclerosis ... slurred speech
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 1 ... Slurred speech
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 2 ... Slurred speech
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 3 ... Slurred speech
  • Multiple Sclerosis, Susceptibility To, 4 ... Slurred speech
  • Multiple system atrophy ... slurred speech
  • Muscular dystrophy, Duchenne and Becker type ... dysarthria
  • Myasthenia Gravis ... slurred speech
  • Myasthenia Gravis with Thymus Hyperplasia ... slurred speech
  • Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, associated with acetylcholine receptor deficiency ... dysarthria
  • Myopathy and diabetes mellitus ... dysarthria

    N

  • Narcolepsy ... slurred speech
  • Neurosyphilis ... dysarthria

    O

  • Octopus poisoning ... slurred speech
  • Oculodentoosseous dysplasia dominant ... dysarthria
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy ... slurred speech (dysarthria), slurred speech
  • Olivopontocerebellar atrophy I ... slurred speech
  • Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Hereditary ... slurred speech
  • Opsoclonus Myoclonus ... dysarthria (poorly articulated speech)
  • Optic atrophy 2 ... dysarthria
  • Orofaciodigital syndrome type1 ... dysarthria

    P

  • Pallidopyramidal syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration ... dysarthria
  • Parenchymatous cortical degeneration of cerebellum ... slurred speech
  • Pellagra-like syndrome ... dysarthria
  • Phenytoin toxicity ... slurred speech
  • Primary Lateral Sclerosis ... dysarthria (poorly articulated speech)
  • Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... slurred speech
  • Progressive supranuclear palsy, atypical ... dysarthria

    S

  • Sea snake poisoning ... slurred speech
  • Sensory ataxic neuropathy, dysarthria, and ophthalmoparesis ... dysarthria
  • Sialuria, Finnish type ... dysarthria
  • Solvent abuse ... slurred speech
  • Solvent addiction ... slurred speech
  • Spastic ataxia, Charlevoix-Saguenay type ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 11, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 15, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 2, X-linked ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 20, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia 7, autosomal recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia type 5A, recessive ... dysarthria
  • Spastic paraplegia with precocious puberty ... dysarthria
  • Spinal bulbar motor neuropathy ... slurred speech
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia - dysmorphism ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 10 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 11 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 12 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 13 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 14 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 15 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 16 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 17 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 18 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 22 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 26 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 27 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 28 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 29 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 3 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia 8 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia with axonal neuropathy, type 2 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 1 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 2 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 4 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive 7 ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, autosomal recessive, with axonal neuropathy ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type I ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type II ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type III ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type IV ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, Machado-Joseph type V ... dysarthria
  • Spinocerebellar ataxia, X-linked, 5 ... dysarthria
  • Spondyloepimetaphyseal dysplasia, X linked with mental deterioration ... dysarthria

    T

  • Thyrocerebral-retinal syndrome ... slurred speech
  • Transient Ischemic Attack ... slurred speech
  • Tremor hereditary essential, 1 ... dysarthria
  • Tremor hereditary essential, 2 ... dysarthria
  • Trihydroxycholestanoylcoa oxidase isolated deficiency ... dysarthria

    W

  • Water Intoxication ... slurred speech
  • Weaver Syndrome ... slurred speech
  • West African Trypanosomiasis ... slurred speech
  • Wilson's Disease ... Dysarthria
  • Wolfram's disease ... Dysarthria

    Conditions listing medical complications: Slurred speech:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Slurred speech' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    I

  • Inborn errors of thyroid hormone synthesis related to hypothyroidism ... dysarthria

    More Information About Slurred speech

    List of 239 causes of Slurred speech

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Slurred speech in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Slurred speech

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Slurred speech as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 158 drug side effect causes of Slurred speech]

    Drug interaction causes of Slurred speech:

    Drug interactions may be a possible cause of Slurred speech.

    • Cibalith-S and Accupril (Quinapril) interaction
    • Cibalith-S and Altace (Ramipril) interaction
    • Cibalith-S and Capoten (Captopril) interaction
    • Cibalith-S and Lotensin (Benazepril) interaction
    • Cibalith-S and Monopril (Fosinopril) interaction
    [See detailed list of 339 drug interaction causes of Slurred speech]

    Medical Textbooks about Slurred speech

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Slurred speech. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Slurred speech (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • DYSARTHRIA
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • Dysarthria
    • "Handbook of Signs & Symptoms (Third Edition)" (2006)
    • Dysarthria
    • "Professional Guide to Signs & Symptoms (Fifth Edition)" (2006)
    • Dysarthria
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Dysarthria
    • "Signs & Symptoms: A 2-in-1 Reference for Nurses" (2007)
    • Dysarthria
    • "Nursing: Interpreting Signs and Symptoms" (2007)
     

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