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Non-diabetes mellitus: symptoms in women, treatment

Non-diabetes is a disease that occurs as a result of an insufficiency of the antidiuretic hormone (vasopressin) or an impaired sensitivity to the kidney tissue. The main symptoms of the disease are excessive discharge of urine (which is why this condition is called "diabetes", and the word "non-sugar" indicates a lack of problems with the blood sugar in this disease) and a strong thirst. Non-diabetes mellitus can be a congenital or acquired disease, it affects both men and women. There are q...

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Neuralgia of the facial nerve: causes, symptoms and treatment

The facial nerve is a 7 pair of cranial nerves and consists primarily of motor fibers, which are responsible for the movement of facial muscles of the face. Each half of the face is innervated by its facial nerve. If the nerve is damaged, there is paresis (weakness of the muscles) or plethia (lack of movement) in mimic muscles. The term "neuralgia of the facial nerve" is not entirely correct, since neuralgia denotes nerve damage, which accompanied by severe pain syndrome, because sensitive s...

  • 07-Jul-2018
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Sciatica: symptoms and causes

Sciatica is one of the names of the symptom complex that arises from the inflammation or compression of the sciatic nerve or its roots. This condition is most often secondary and has a vertebrogenic nature. But other causes of sciatica are possible, including primary damage to the nerve. This should be taken into account when selecting a treatment regimen. About what are the symptoms and causes of the disease, and talk in this article. Content 1Anatomy of the sciatic nerve 2Etiology of s...

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Slow viral infections of the central nervous system: symptoms and treatment

Slow viral infections of the central nervous system are a group of diseases with an infectious occurs after a very long incubation period, progresses rather slowly and always leads to death. This group includes a variety of diseases, the characteristics of which coincide with the definition of "slow viral infections." What infectious agents can cause the development of such diseases, what diseases do they cause and in what ways does modern medicine have them? You can learn all this by readi...

  • 07-Jul-2018
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Neuritis of the facial nerve: symptoms and treatment

Each of us at least once in my life met a man with a "skewed" face. This symptom is the first thing that catches the eye of a patient with neuritis of the facial nerve. Neuritis of the facial nerve is a multifactorial disease of the peripheral nervous system, characterized by the defeat of the 7th pair of cranial nerves. Often occurs under the name of Bell's paralysis. Of all 12 pairs of cranial nerves, the pathology of the facial nerve is perhaps the most common: the incidence rate is 25 c...

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Homocystinuria: Symptoms and Treatment

Homocystinuria is a genetic disorder associated with a metabolic disorder in the amino acid methionine. It is rare. In this case, the nervous system is affected, eyesight, osteoarticular apparatus is affected, multiple thromboses of blood vessels are formed. For diagnosis, molecular genetic methods, biochemical methods of blood and urine tests are used. Treatment is based on the exclusion of food products containing methionine, and the intake of vitamin B6. In some cases, medicines are addi...

  • 06-Jul-2018
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Spinal amyotrophy of Werdnig-Hoffmann: causes, symptoms, treatment

Spinal amyotrophy of Werdnig-Hoffmann (acute malignant infantile spinal amyotrophy of Verdnig-Hoffman, type I spinal amyotrophy) Is a hereditary disease of the nervous system, characterized by the development of muscle weakness in virtually all the muscular structures of the body. It leads to a violation of the ability to sit, move and self-service. There are no effective treatments for the disease. Prenatal diagnosis helps to avoid the birth of a sick child in the family. From this article ...

  • 08-Jul-2018
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Epilepsy in adults: causes and symptoms

Epilepsy is a chronic brain disease that occurs in the form of repeated epileptic seizures that appear spontaneously. Epileptic seizure (epiprip) is a kind of complex of symptoms that occurs in a person as a result of special electrical activity of the brain. This is a rather severe neurological disease, which sometimes carries a life threat. Such a diagnosis requires regular dynamic observation and drug treatment (in most cases). With strict observance of the doctor's recommendations, it is...

  • 09-Jul-2018
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Purulent meningitis: the first signs, diagnosis and treatment

Purulent meningitis is a disease of an infectious nature that develops as a result of the penetration of the bacterial flora through the blood-brain barrier with the damage to the membranes of the brain. On average, 4 cases per 100 thousand people per year are recorded. It is one of the most severe inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system. It is very important not to miss the first signs of the disease, timely diagnosis for the appointment of timely treatment and a more favorable ...

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Neuropathy of the facial nerve: treatment

Neuropathy of the facial nerve is one of the most common diseases of the peripheral nervous system. Its signs become noticeable almost from the first hours of the disease, because with facial neuropathy the face is distorted. Asymmetry can not be overlooked, although this is by no means the only symptom of this disease. Neuropathy of the facial nerve can not be categorically left without medical assistance. It is a disease that must be treated immediately after diagnosis. Otherwise, the asym...

  • 09-Jul-2018
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