patodra

@patodra (21)

China • Age 54

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what do u know about bell palsy?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Bell's palsy is a paralysis of cranial nerve VII (the facial nerve) resulting in inability to control facial muscles on the affected side. Several conditions can cause a facial paralysis, e.g., brain tumor, stroke, and Lyme...

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patodra Bell's palsy is defined as an idiopathic unilateral facial nerve paralysis, usually self-limiting. The trademark is rapid onset of partial or complete palsy, usually in a single day. It is thought that an inflammatory condition leads to swelling of the facial...

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what do u know about polyneuropathy?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Polyneuropathy is a neurological disorder that occurs when many peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously. It may be acute and appear without warning, or chronic and develop gradually over a longer period of...

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patodra Evaluation and classification of polyneuropathies begins with a history and physical exam in order to document what the pattern of the disease process is (arms, legs, distal, proximal, symmetric), when they started, how long they've lasted, if they fluctuate,...

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what do u know about devic disease?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Devic's disease, also known as Devic's syndrome or neuromyelitis optica (NMO), is an autoimmune, inflammatory disorder in which a person's own immune system attacks the optic nerves and spinal cord. This produces an inflammation...

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patodra Devic's disease is a rare disorder which resembles multiple sclerosis (MS) in several ways, but requires a different course of treatment for optimal results.[2] NMO has also been suggested to be a variant form of acute disseminated encephalomyelitis.[3][4] The...

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what do u know about rhabdomyolysis?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Rhabdomyolysis is the rapid breakdown (lysis) of skeletal muscle tissue (rhabdomyo) due to injury to muscle tissue. The muscle damage may be caused by physical (e.g. crush injury), chemical, or biological factors. The destruction...

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patodra Rhabdomyolysis and its complications are major problems in people who are injured in disasters such as earthquakes and bombing. The disease and its mechanisms were first elucidated in the Blitz of London in 1941

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what do u know about syringomyelia?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Syringomyelia (IPA: /s??r??go?ma?'i?li?/) is a generic term referring to a disorder in which a cyst or cavity forms within the spinal cord. This cyst, called a syrinx, can expand and elongate over time, destroying the spinal cord....

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patodra Other, more common disorders share the early symptoms of syringomyelia. In the past, this has made diagnosis difficult. The advent of one diagnostic test, however, called magnetic resonance imaging or MRI, has significantly increased the number of...

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what do u know about Canine degenerative myelopathy?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Canine degenerative myelopathy (also known as chronic degenerative radiculomyelopathy) is a progressive disease of the spinal cord in older dogs. The disease has an insidious onset typically between 7 and 14 years of age. It...

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patodra The myelin is an insulating sheath around neurons in the spinal cord. One proposed cause of degenerative myelopathy is that the immune system attacks this sheath, breaking it down. This results in a loss of communication between nerves in lower body of the...

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what do u know about vascular myelopathy?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Vascular myelopathy (vascular disease of the spinal cord) refers to an abnormality of the spinal cord in regards to its blood supply.[1] The blood supply is complicated and supplied by two major vessel groups: the posterior spinal...

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patodra Anterior spinal artery syndrome is necrosis of tissue in the anterior spinal artery or it's branches.[4] It is characterised by pain which radiates at onset and sudden quadraplegia (paralysis of all four limbs) or paraplegia (paralysis of the lower body)....

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what do u know about ALS?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS, sometimes called Maladie de Charcot) is a progressive, usually fatal, neurodegenerative disease caused by the degeneration of motor neurons, the nerve cells in the central nervous system that...

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patodra Cognitive function is generally spared except in certain situations such as when ALS is associated with frontotemporal dementia.[1] However, there are reports of more subtle cognitive changes of the frontotemporal type in many patients when detailed...

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what do u know about muscular dystrophy?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Muscular dystrophy (MD) refers to a group of genetic, hereditary muscle diseases that weaken the muscles that move the human body.[1][2] Muscular dystrophies are characterized by progressive skeletal muscle weakness, defects in...

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patodra The first historical account of muscular dystrophy appeared in 1830, when Sir Charles Bell wrote an essay about an illness that caused progressive weakness in boys. Six years later, another scientist reported on two brothers who developed generalized weakness,...

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what do u know about paralysis?

sejakuvara @sejakuvara (20) • China 12 Mar 09

Paralysis is most often caused by damage to the nervous system or brain, especially the spinal cord. Major causes are stroke, trauma, poliomyelitis, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), botulism, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis,...

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patodra Paralysis is the complete loss of muscle function for one or more muscle groups. Paralysis can cause loss of feeling or loss of mobility in the affected area Paralysis may be localized, or generalized, or it may follow a certain pattern. Most paralyses...

12 Mar 09

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