What are the common symptoms of ALD?

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What are the common symptoms of ALD?

Each type has its own symptoms. People often have both neurological and hormonal symptoms.

Childhood cerebral ALD symptoms:

Early symptoms include:

  • Behavioral problems, such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and learning disabilities.
  • Cognitive deficits, or problems with thinking and processing new information. Children may “space out” at school. They may have trouble with reading, handwriting and solving spatial problems.
  • Regression, when children lose skills.

As the disease progresses, symptoms include:

  • Vision problems.
  • Hearing loss
  • Trouble walking.
  • Weak and stiff limbs.
  • Convulsions and seizures.
  • Dementia.
  • Trouble eating.
  • Vomiting.

Eventually, children lose most of their neurological abilities. They lose sight, hearing and voluntary movements. As the disease progresses, children end up in a vegetative state. They often pass away within two to three years of the neurological symptoms’ starting.

Addison’s disease symptoms:

Symptoms of adrenal insufficiency include:

· Fatigue.

· Weight loss.

· Nausea and vomiting.

· Digestive problems.

· Feeling weak.

· Headaches in the morning.

· Hypotension.

· Hypoglycemia.

· Hyperpigmented skin, when the skin darkens unrelated to sun exposure.

Adrenomyeloneuropathy symptoms:

Symptoms include:

· Spasticity (muscle stiffness), weakness or paralysis of the lower limbs.

· Ataxia, neurological conditions affecting movement.

· Numbness and pain.

· Erectile dysfunction.

· Bowel incontinence.

· Bladder control problems.

· Premature baldness.

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