Caracterización neuropsicológica de paciente con neuropatía sensitiva autonómica hereditaria tipo II estudio de caso único

Abstract

Autonomic sensory neuropathies are part of peripheral neuropathies and it's cause is a dysfunction of genes involved in the functioning of sensory and autonomic neurons. The disease affects the peripheral nervous system, since the communication between the neuronal processes is lost, affecting the reception of the incoming information to the hippocampus (relief center of the information), this makes impossible the activation of nerve impulses of pain. Neuropsychology can facilitate the detection, presence and nature of cognitive impairment in early stages that are related to the typification of the disease, providing support for understanding from a clinical perspective, propitiating the understanding about the life of those with suffer NSAH, permanent care that must have given it has not cure for the disease because it is congenital. The following work presents a study case performed with a patient who has no pain sensation and whose disease is classified as type II NSAH. The patient is a 31years old woman, who lives in the province of Córdoba, Argentina and who was given neuropsychological tests. A descriptive investigative method was used that allowed a quantitative analysis facilitating the identification of situations related to cognitive performance.