Progressing supranuclear (supranuclear) paralysis is a relatively rare neurodegenerative disease of the taupathies group, also called Steele-Richardson-Olszewski's disease. Its symptoms are a consequence of accumulation in the neurons of the brain of a pathological protein. The process is irreversible and progressive, and at a significant stage a rather characteristic clinical picture is formed. Content 1Study history 2Prevalence 3Etiology: why this disease develops 4Pathogenesis: what...
Twilight vision (night blindness) is a mechanism of visual perception, which works at a low level of illumination of the surrounding space.In addition to the term "gloomy vision the concept of mesopic vision (derived from the ancient Greek words "average view") can also be used. In this case, the term "twilight" refers to the degree of illumination in the range from the period when the sun has gone already a few degrees beyond the horizon to the amount of light that the moon creates in the c...
Many people have heard about the terrible word "meningitis", periodically they meet in the mass media plots of cases of incidence of meningitis, and very often referred to meningitis with a fatal outcome. Such "horror stories" are really not groundless: the mortality rate of children under one year in Russia from this disease is 15%. Meningitis is a common neuroinfectious disease in children, which is characterized by inflammation of the brain envelopes. The incidence in children is ten time...
Under the opacity of the cornea in ophthalmology is understood a whole group of specific features that have a similar etiology and features of manifestation.This is a common disease that develops due to a variety of causes: eye trauma, infection, as a complication after surgery. After appearance of typical signs, many postpone visiting a doctor, writing off everything for fatigue, but timely treatment is the only way to avoid unpleasant and sometimes irreversible complications. Content 1D...
Iridocyclitis is a disease that has been encountered in recent years by an increasing number of patients with ophthalmologists.This disease is usually observed in people with chronic diseases of the nasopharynx and other not treated infections, as well as endocrine disorders.In this case, iridocyclitis can lead to various severe consequences, including glaucoma and complete loss of vision.In order to avoid the negative consequences of this disease and timely start its treatment, it is necess...
Duchenne's muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder associated with a disorder in the structure of the muscle fibers. Muscle fibers in this disease, in the end, break up, and the ability to move is lost. Duchenne's muscular dystrophy is transmitted adherent to the sex, men are ill. It manifests itself already in childhood. In addition to muscle disorders, the disease leads to skeletal deformities, can be accompanied by respiratory and heart failure, mental and endocrine disorders. A radical...
The disease (syndrome) of Marfan is a hereditary pathology of connective tissue. Since connective tissue is the basis of various human organs, the manifestations of the disease are also very diverse. The most typical are the abnormalities of the cardiovascular system, the musculoskeletal system and the eyes. Diagnosis of Marfan syndrome requires the use of a variety of methods. Treatment includes medical and surgical methods, and the patient should be observed by several doctors. From this ...
Ophthalmic diseases can lead to serious consequences. It is important to pay attention to any changes associated with the eyes. There are several pathologies in which refraction is disturbed: one of these is hypermetropia. Surely everyone has heard the word "farsightedness this is hypermetropia. Hypermetropia code for ICD 10: H52. Content 1Definition of disease 2Causes 3Symptoms 4Possible complications 5Diagnostics 6Treatment 6.1Conservative method 6.2Medication 6.3Surgically 6.4...
Multiple sclerosis (MS, multiple sclerosis, disseminated sclerosis, sclerosis disseminata, SD) is chronic disease of the nervous system, in which the neural tissue in places is replaced by a connective formation of plaques. Replacement of the tissue causes a disruption of the functions of the nervous system, which is manifested by various symptoms. Usually the course of multiple sclerosis has a wavy-progressive character. The disease gradually leads to a limitation of vital activity and can...
Hypertelorism is a congenital pathology, which consists in an abnormally large distance between paired organs. Often there is visual or ocular hypertelorism - in which the distance between the bone structures of the orbit is significantly increased in comparison with the norm. Often, the anomaly is not a separate disease, but is part of some genetic pathologies, for example, hypertelorism is often found in Edwards syndrome, neurofibromatosis. Content 1Definition of disease 2Causes 3Symp...
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