A blind patient reports being unable to maintain balance adequately enough to wa

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A blind patient reports being unable to maintain balance adequately enough to walk across a room. the patient has no history of motor deficits, but is currently being treated for a serious ear infection. While the infection is responding to treatment, there is still considerable inflammation. the patient is reassured that once the ear infection subsides, balance should also return to normal. What is the source of the above blind patient's balance problems, and how is the patient's blindness relevant to the recently developed motor problems?

Explanation / Answer

The balance system of the body is working with coordination of other body systems like visual system, ear system and proprioception. Defect in any of this system can cause problem in the balance of the body system.

As it already mentioned in the question that the patient is already blind and he have ear infection too which is indicating that he is more prone to have body balance problem.

Our sence of balance controlled by labyrinth which is a part of inner ear if there is any infection it can damage this part of the ear leads to balance problem.

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