Which medical condition results in a reduced ability to communicate with others?

Answer 1

Hi cremedelacreme04,
There are various medical conditions resulting to reduced ability to communicate.

The first thing I would like to mention is AUTISM which can profoundly affect a person's ability to communicate with others and to respond appropriately to environmental cues. Autism is characterized by impaired social interaction (as the hallmark feature), problems with verbal and nonverbal communication, and unusual, repetitive, or severely limited activities and interests. There is no cure for autism. Therapies and behavioral interventions are designed to remedy specific symptoms and can bring about substantial improvement.

Impaired communication abilities could also be caused by many other factors such as the following:

1. ALTERED MENTAL STATUS caused by the following:
>>metabolic causes (i.e., hyper/hyponatremia, hyper/hypoglycemia, hypercalcemia, hyper/hypothyroidism, hypoxia/hypercapnea, hepatic encephalopathy, uremic encephalopathy, drug intoxication/withdrawal, etc.)
>> structural lesions (primary or metastatic tumor, intracranial hemorrhage, infection)
>>drug toxicity or overdose.
>> cerebrovascular accident, transient ischemic attack, meningitis, encephalitis and many other factors affecting the brain.
>> vasculitis, arrhythmias, heart failure, endocarditis, seizures, postictal state, hypertensive encephalopathy and many other else.
>> psychiatric disease such as schizophrenia.

2.DEMENTIA which refers to a loss of cognitive function due to changes in the brain caused by disease such as (Alzheimer's disease) or trauma which largely affect the ability to communicate.
3.PHYSICAL DISABILITIES such as deafness, aphasia as well as mental retardation.
4. Etc.,etc., etc.

Hope I gave an answer you are looking for.♥

Answer 2

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Answer 3

A broken jaw, a stroke or other head injury. There are many.
I was in acoma for 3/12 in 1981. That certainly reduced my ability to communicate with anyone.

Answer 4

Alot of disorders could cause that. But I think Social anxiety disorder is one of the most common mental conditions when it comes to communication.

Answer 5

Autism

Answer 6

There is no ONE medical condition. There are many. One is anxiety. Another is spasmodic dysphonia.

Answer 7

Aphasia, either from trauma or stroke or organic defect.

Isolation, either from neglect or abuse, during the critical language-acquisition period.

Schizophrenia or paranoia.

Wow! You've got some pretty good answers here, I think :-))

Answer 8

Spasmodic dysphonia.

Answer 9

nervous breakdown

Answer 10

coma