Possible causes of Unsteady gait (Trouble walking)
20 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.
- Brain tumor (cancer) Common Urgent Pediatric
- Cerebral palsy Common Pediatric
- Cerebral vascular accident (stroke) Common Urgent
- Lewy body dementia Common
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) Common
- Parkinson's disease Common
- Transient ischemic attack (TIA, pre stroke) Common Urgent
- Carotid artery dissection (tear) Urgent
- Meningioma (brain tumor)
- Spinal cord tumor
- Vertebral artery dissection (neck artery tear) Urgent
- Altitude illness Urgent
- Basilar artery migraine (headache)
- Encephalitis (brain infection) Urgent Pediatric
- Epidural hematoma (bleeding outside of the brain or spinal cord) Urgent Pediatric
- Herniated disc (slipped disc, ruptured disc)
- Meningitis (brain spine infection) Urgent Pediatric
- Quaternary syphilis (late syphilis, neurosyphilis, cardiovascular syphilis)
- Subdural hematoma (bleeding on brain) Urgent Pediatric
- Tick paralysis Urgent Pediatric