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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

In medicine a headache or cephalalgia is a symptom of a number of different conditions of the head and sometimes neck. Some of the causes are benign while others are medical emergencies. It ranks among the most common pain...

medicine headache

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rapatod Headache associated with specific symptoms may warrant urgent medical attention, particularly sudden, severe headache or sudden headache associated with a stiff neck; headaches associated with fever, convulsions or accompanied by confusion or loss of...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

Epilepsy (from the Greek ep?????a /epili?psia/ ) is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by recurrent unprovoked seizures.[1][2] These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or...

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rapatod children with childhood absence epilepsy may be susceptible to hyperventilation. In fact, flashing lights and hyperventilation are activating procedures used in clinical EEG to help trigger seizures to aid diagnosis. Finally, other precipitants can facilitate,...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

Migraine is a neurological syndrome characterized by altered bodily perceptions, headaches, and nausea. Physiologically, the migraine headache is a neurological condition more common to women than to men. Etymologically, the...

medicine migraine

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rapatod Defining pain severity The IHS defines the intensity of pain with a verbal, four-point scale: [10] Number Name Annotations 0 no pain 1 mild pain does not interfere with usual activities 2 moderate pain inhibits, but does not wholly prevent usual...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

A subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH, pronounced /?s?b?'rækn??d 'h?m(?)r?d?/, or subarachnoid haemorrhage in British English) is bleeding into the subarachnoid space—the area between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater surrounding...

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rapatod decreased level of consciousness or coma may be present, as may neck stiffness and other signs of meningism.[1] Neck stiffness usually presents six hours after initial onset of SAH.[6] Isolated dilation of a pupil and loss of the pupillary light reflex may...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

Multiple sclerosis (abbreviated MS, also known as disseminated sclerosis or encephalomyelitis disseminata) is an autoimmune condition in which the immune system attacks the central nervous system, leading to demyelination.[1]...

medicine multiple sclerosis

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rapatod There is no known cure for MS. Treatments attempt to return function after an attack, prevent new attacks, and prevent disability.[1] MS medications can have adverse effects or be poorly tolerated, and many patients pursue alternative treatments, despite the...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

Myasthenia gravis (literally "serious muscle-weakness"; from Greek µ?? "muscle", "weakness", and Latin gravis "serious"; abbreviated MG) is a neuromuscular disease leading to fluctuating muscle weakness and fatiguability. It is an...

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rapatod to a severe or generalized form in which many muscles - sometimes including those that control breathing - are affected. Symptoms, which vary in type and severity, may include asymmetrical ptosis (a drooping of one or both eyelids), diplopia (double vision)...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

A transient ischemic attack (TIA, often colloquially referred to as “mini stroke”) is caused by the changes in the blood supply to a particular area of the brain, resulting in brief neurologic dysfunction that persists, by...

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rapatod he mainstay of treatment following acute recovery from a TIA should be to diagnose and treat the underlying cause. It is not always immediately possible to tell the difference between a CVA (stroke) and a TIA. Most patients who are diagnosed at a hospital's...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

A cerebral infarction is the ischemic kind of stroke due to a disturbance in the blood vessels supplying blood to the brain. It can be atherothrombotic or embolic.[1] From stroke caused by cerebral infarction two other kinds of...

medicine cerebral infarction

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rapatod This syndrome is characterized by sensory deficits affecting the trunk and extremities on the opposite side of the infarct and sensory and motor deficits affecting the face and cranial nerves on the same side with the infarct. Other clinical symptoms and...

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patodra @patodra (21) • China 12 Mar 09

about me.. In medicine, diarrhea, also spelled diarrhoea (see spelling differences), is characterized by frequent loose or liquid bowel movements. The spelling of "diarrhea" is an appropriation of the Greek "diarrhoia" meaning "a...

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rapatod Secretory diarrhea Secretory diarrhea means that there is an increase in the active secretion, or there is an inhibition of absorption. There is little to no structural damage. The most common cause of this type of diarrhea is a cholera toxin that stimulates...

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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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rapatod Bell's palsy (or facial palsy) is characterized by facial drooping on the affected half, due to malfunction of the facial nerve (VII cranial nerve), which controls the muscles of the face. Facial palsy is typified by inability to control movement in the facial...

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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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rapatod There is a large differential for polyneuropathies: vitamin deficiency, cancer, toxins, infections (ex. Guillain-Barré Syndrome), liver disease, endocrine disease (inc. diabetes with diabetic and pre-diabetic neuropathy), amyloidosis, genetic disorders, motor...

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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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rapatod Devic's disease is similar to MS in that the body's immune system attacks the myelin surrounding nerve cells. Unlike standard MS, the attacks are not believed to be mediated by the immune system's T cells but rather by antibodies called NMO-IgG. These...

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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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rapatod Swelling of the damaged muscle occasionally leads to compartment syndrome, the compression by swollen muscle of surrounding tissues in the same fascial compartment (such as nerves and blood vessels), leading to damage or loss of function in the part of the...

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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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rapatod A watery, protective substance known as cerebrospinal fluid normally flows around the spinal cord and brain, transporting nutrients and waste products. It also serves to cushion the brain. Excess cerebrospinal fluid in the central canal of the spinal cord is...

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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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rapatod Treatment is supportive and aims to relieve symptoms. The prognosis is dependant upon individual circumstances and factors.[3] [edit]Posterior spinal artery syndrome Posterior spinal artery syndrome is much rarer than it's anterior counterpart as the white...

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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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rapatod Treatment is supportive and aims to relieve symptoms. The prognosis is dependant upon individual circumstances and factors.[3] [edit]Posterior spinal artery syndrome Posterior spinal artery syndrome is much rarer than it's anterior counterpart as the white...

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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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rapatod ALS is one of the most common neuromuscular diseases worldwide, and people of all races and ethnic backgrounds are affected. One to 2 people per 100,000 develop ALS each year.[2] ALS most commonly strikes people between 40 and 60 years of age, but younger and...

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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,...

medicine paralysis

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rapatod Paralysis can be seen in breeds of dogs that are chondrodysplastic. These dogs have short legs, and may also have short muzzles. Their intervertebral disc material can calcify and become more brittle. In such cases, the disc may rupture, with disc material...

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