Common causes of Slurred speech
Introduction:
This information shows the various causes of Slurred speech, and how common these diseases
or conditions are in the general population.
This is not a direct indication as to how commonly these diseases are the actual cause
of Slurred speech, but gives a relative idea as to how frequent these diseases are seen overall.
2
diseases that are "very common".
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diseases that are "common".
2
diseases that are "uncommon".
6
diseases that are "rare".
6
diseases that are "rare".
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diseases without any prevalence information.
Causes of Slurred speech that are very common
The following causes of Slurred speech are diseases or medical conditions that
affect more than 10 million people in the USA:
Causes of Slurred speech that are common
The following causes of Slurred speech are diseases or conditions that
affect more than 1 million people in the USA:
Causes of Slurred speech that are uncommon
The following causes of Slurred speech are diseases or conditions that
affect more than 200,000 people, but less than 1 million people in the USA:
Causes of Slurred speech that are rare
The offical US government definition of a "rare" disease is one that
affects 200,000 people or less.
The following causes of Slurred speech appear in the population
at a rate of less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:
Causes of Slurred speech that are very rare
The following causes of Slurred speech appear in the population
at a rate of substantially less than 200,000 people per year in the USA:
Causes of Slurred speech without any prevalence information
The following causes of Slurred speech are ones for which
we do not have any prevalence information.
- Aceruloplasminemia - dysarthria
- 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 intoxication
- Alcohol-Induced Disorders - slurred speech
- Alopecia - hypogonadism - extrapyramidal disorder - dysarthria
- Amphetamine intoxication - amphetamines can lead to poorly articulated speech
- 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
- Ataxia, Hereditary, Autosomal Dominant - dysarthria
- Ataxia, spastic with congenital miosis - dysarthria
- Ataxia, spastic, 3, autosomal recessive - dysarthria
- Ataxia-oculomotor apraxia syndrome - dysarthria
- Babinski-Nageotte syndrome - dysarthria
- Bahemuka Brown syndrome - dysarthria
- Basal ganglia calcification, idiopathic 1 - dysarthria
- Basal ganglia disease, biotin-responsive - dysarthria
- Basilar artery migraine - dysarthria
- Blue-ringed octopus poisoning - slurred speech
- Brain Concussion - slurred speech
- Brain conditions - Dysarthria
- 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
- Cerebral bleed
- 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
- 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
- Delirium
- Demyelinating disorder - Dysarthria
- Diabetic hypoglycemia - slurred speech
- Dialysis encephalopathy syndrome - dysarthria
- Drunkenness
- Dykes-Markes-Harper syndrome - dysarthria
- Dystonia 12 - dysarthria
- Dystonia with cerebellar atrophy - dysarthria
- 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
- Episodic ataxia, type 5 - dysarthria
- Episodic ataxia, type 6 - slurred speech
- Erythrokeratodermia with ataxia - dysarthria
- Eucalyptus Oil poisoning - slurred speech
- Facial paralysis - may lead to speech difficulty that sounds slurred.
- FACWA syndrome - dysarthria
- 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
- Gangliosidosis GM1 type 3 - dysarthria
- Gangliosidosis, generalized GM1 type 3 - slurred speech
- Generalized Myasthenia Gravis - slurred speech
- Gluten ataxia - 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
- Hypoxic brain injury
- Idiopathic hypereosinophilic syndrome - slurred speech
- Inarticulate speech - such as might occur with drugs such as amphetamines
- Inborn errors of thyroid hormone synthesis related to hypothyroidism - dysarthria
- Inhalant abuse - slurred speech
- Inhalant addiction - slurred speech
- Isoniazid toxicity - slurred speech
- Juvenile primary lateral sclerosis - slurred speech
- King Cobra poisoning - dysarthria
- Kuru syndrome - slurred speech
- Lhermitte-Cornil-Quesnel syndrome - dysarthria
- Lhermitte-McAlpine syndrome - dysarthria
- Lisp
- Marinesco-Sjogren syndrome - dysarthria
- Mental retardation, X-linked - acromegaly - hyperactivity - dysarthria
- Mental retardation, X-linked - dystonia - dysarthria - dysarthria
- Migraine
- Mixed Cerebral Palsy - 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 with Thymus Hyperplasia - slurred speech
- Myasthenic syndrome, congenital, associated with acetylcholine receptor deficiency - dysarthria
- Myopathy and diabetes mellitus - dysarthria
- Nasal injury
- Nasal speech
- Neurological disorders
- Neurosyphilis - dysarthria
- Octopus poisoning - slurred speech
- Oculodentoosseous dysplasia dominant - dysarthria
- Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy - slurred speech (dysarthria)
- Olivopontocerebellar atrophy I - slurred speech
- Olivopontocerebellar Atrophy, Hereditary - slurred speech
- Opsoclonus Myoclonus - dysarthria (poorly articulated speech)
- Optic atrophy 2 - dysarthria
- Orofaciodigital syndrome type1 - dysarthria
- Pallidopyramidal syndrome - dysarthria
- Paraneoplastic cerebellar degeneration - dysarthria
- Parenchymatous cortical degeneration of cerebellum - slurred speech
- Pellagra-like syndrome - dysarthria
- Phenytoin toxicity - slurred speech
- Phonological disorders
- Progressive supranuclear palsy, atypical - dysarthria
- Rapid speech - such as might occur with mania
- Sea snake poisoning - slurred speech
- See also other speech problems
- See also other causes of speech problems or nasal 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
- Speech disorders
- 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
- Stroke
- Stuttering
- 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
- Water Intoxication - slurred speech
- Weaver Syndrome - slurred speech
- West African Trypanosomiasis - slurred speech
- Wilson's Disease - Dysarthria
- Wolfram's disease - Dysarthria
All Causes of Slurred speech
The full list of all possible causes for Slurred speech described in various sources is as follows:
See full list of possible disease causes of Slurred speech
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 including:
- 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]
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