The symptoms are broad, but consistently involve gait and limb ataxia, dysarthria and loss of lower limb reflexes. Classical symptoms
There is some variability in symptom frequency, onset and progression. All individuals with FRDA develop neurological symptoms, including dysarthria and loss of lower limb reflexes, and more than 90% present with ataxia. Cardiac issues are very common with early onset FRDA . Most individuals develop heart problems such as enlargement of the heart, symmetrical hypertrophy, heart murmurs, atrial fibrillation, tachycardia, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, and conduction defects. Scoliosis is present in about 60%. 7% of people with FRDA also have diabetes and having diabetes has an adverse impact on people with FA, especially those that show symptoms when young. Other symptoms
People who have been living with FRDA for a long time may develop other complications. 36.8% experience decreased visual acuity, which may be progressive and could lead to functional blindness. Hearing loss is present in about 10.9% of cases. Some patients report bladder and bowel symptoms. Advanced stages of disease are associated with supraventricular tachyarrhythmias, most commonly atrial fibrillation.Other later stage symptoms can include, cerebellar effects such as nystagmus, fast saccadic eye movements, dysmetria and loss of coordination (truncal ataxia, and stomping gait). Symptoms can involve the dorsal column such as the loss of vibratory sensation and proprioceptive sensation.The progressive loss of coordination and muscle strength leads to the full-time use of a wheelchair. Most young people diagnosed with FRDA require mobility aids such as a cane, walker, or wheelchair by early 20s.
Stress may refer to:

Science and medicine
Stress (biology), an organisms response to a stressor such as an environmental condition
Stress (linguistics), relative emphasis or prominence given to a syllable in a word, or to a word in a phrase or sentence
Stress (mechanics), the internal forces that neighboring particles of a continuous material exert on each other
Occupational stress, stress related to ones job
Psychological stress, a feeling of strain and pressure
Surgical stress, systemic response to surgical injury

Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Groups and musicians
Stress (Brazilian band), a Brazilian heavy metal band
Stress (British band), a British rock band
Stress (pop rock band), an early 1980s melodic rock band from San Diego
Stress (musician) (born 1977), hip hop singer from Switzerland
Stress (record producer) (born 1979), artistic name of Can Canatan, Swedish musician and record producer

Albums
Stress (Anonymus album), 1997
Stress (Daddy Freddy album), 1991
Stress (Stress album), self-titled album by Brazilian band Stress
Stress: The Extinction Agenda, 1994 album by Organized Konfusion

Songs
"Stress" (Justice song), 2007 song by Justice
"Stress" (Odd Børre song), 1968 song by Odd Børre
"Stress", a song by Godsmack from Godsmack
"Stress", a 2000 song by Jims Big Ego
"The Stress", a 1989 song by Chisato Moritaka

Other music
Stress (music), a type of emphasis placed on a particular note or set of notes

Other arts, entertainment, and media
Stress (card game), a card game
Stress (journal), a medical journal
"Stress" (The Unit), an episode of the television series The Unit

Other uses
Stress (font), varying stroke widths of a font

See also
All pages with titles containing Stress
Emphasis (disambiguation)
Stress cracking (disambiguation)
Stress intensity (disambiguation)
Stress tensor (disambiguation)
Stress test (disambiguation)
Tension (disambiguation)