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Pear-shaped muscle syndrome: symptoms and treatment

Pear-shaped muscle syndrome is one of the most frequent causes of persistent pain syndrome. Its signs are present in more than half of patients with dorsopathy of the lumbosacral department. But often this syndrome remains timely not diagnosed, which significantly delays the treatment period and leads to the appointment of a significant number of different drugs. Contents 1 What is the essence of the 2 syndrome Etiology 3 Pathogenesis 4 C...

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Hyperparathyroidism: symptoms of nervous system damage, principles of treatment

Hyperparathyroidism is a problem of the endocrine system of the body, associated with an increase in the secretion of a special parathyroid hormone( parathyroid hormone).He is responsible for the regulation of the exchange of calcium and phosphorus in the human body. Parathyroid hormone produces parathyroid glands located in the thyroid gland. Increasing the production of this hormone leads to an increase in the concentration of calcium in the blood and the excretion of phosphor...

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Herpes zoster: symptoms and treatment

Herpes zoster, or shingles, is an infectious disease caused by a virus from the Herpesvirus family. Its main manifestations are the defeat of the skin and peripheral nerves. In some cases, the infection can be generalized, which can cause encephalitis or myelitis. Clinical manifestations of the disease are quite specific, on which the diagnosis is based. In the treatment, specific anti-herpetic drugs of the Acyclovir group are used, which block the multiplication of the virus. From this arti...

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Restless legs syndrome: symptoms and treatment

Have you ever experienced discomfort in your legs, an irresistible desire to move them and the inability to fall asleep at the same time? I think that quite many will answer this question in the affirmative. And if this is not an accident, but a systematic repetition from day to day? In this case, it may be symptoms of a condition such as restless legs syndrome. What is it? The restless legs syndrome is a pathological state of the nervous system, in which a person develops unpleasant sensati...

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Munchhausen's syndrome - what is it?

Munchhausen Syndrome is the intriguing name of a very rare borderline psychiatric disorder. The essence of this disease consists in an obsessive desire to be treated. From everything and where possible. The main goal of people with Munchausen's syndrome is to achieve hospitalization in any hospital by any means. To do this, they resort to a variety of actions: they injure themselves, swallow foreign objects( spoons, barrettes, etc.), take medications and, of course, lie to docto...

  • 22-Jun-2018
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Fibromyalgia: Causes and Symptoms

Fibromyalgia is a pathological condition accompanied by diffuse musculoskeletal pain, muscle tension and weakness, fatigue and psycho-vegetative phenomena. This disease, which occurs on average in 4% of the population, but is rarely diagnosed, especially in Russia. In recent years, there has been a trend of a 5% increase in the incidence rate. Absence of clear morphological and diagnostic signs, unclear pathogenesis, absolutely "normal" (i.e. e. without pathological changes), all this is the...

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Sopor: what is it?

Clear consciousness during wakefulness is one of the indicators of the normal functioning of the brain. Various pathological conditions can lead to a decrease in the depth of consciousness until it turns off. It is very important that in this case the consciousness does not change qualitatively, but only oppresses. One of such quantitative disorders of consciousness is sopor. The appearance of such a disorder requires the establishment of its exact cause and the elimination of factors that a...

  • 22-Jun-2018
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Alcoholic epilepsy

Alcohol refers to substances toxic to the human body, and alcohol epilepsy is one of the manifestations of its negative effect on the central nervous system. This condition is characterized by the development of convulsive and non-convulsive epileptiform seizures associated with alcohol abuse. It is attributed to one of the manifestations of alcoholic brain disease. Content 1Causes of seizures 2How is alcoholic epilepsy manifested? 3The picture of convulsive syndrome with alcoholism 4D...

  • 22-Jun-2018
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Ponytail syndrome: symptoms and treatment

Back pain, movement disorders, sexual dysfunction, worsening of the bladder and rectum, and others unpleasant sensations in the lower spine and in the legs - these symptoms are familiar to many patients and are often found in the complex. Scientists drew attention to this and combined this complex of painful manifestations into one with a figurative name: horse tail syndrome. As you know, the syndrome in medicine and psychology is called a number of symptoms, which often manifest themselves ...

  • 22-Jun-2018
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Fibromyalgia: Diagnosis and Treatment

Fibromyalgia is a disease characterized by chronic diffuse musculoskeletal pain in various parts body, stiffness of movements, fatigue and weakness, depressive disorders, sleep disorders. In recent years, interest in this neurological disease has increased due to an increase in the incidence rate by approximately 5%. In the absence of treatment, fibromyalgia significantly reduces the patient's ability to work and the quality of his life, leading to a deterioration in adaptability to external...

  • 22-Jun-2018
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