Hydrocephalus in adults ("dropsy of the brain") is a pathological condition characterized by excessive accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (cerebrospinal fluid) in cerebrospinal fluid spaces. Hydrocephalus may be an independent nosological unit, or it may be a consequence of a variety of brain diseases. It requires compulsory qualified treatment, since the prolonged existence of the disease can lead to disability and even death. The disease in children is significantly different from the man...
Hypothyroidism is a pathological condition of the body, resulting from a deficiency of thyroid hormones. Hypothyroidism has many symptoms that are very nonspecific, since thyroid hormones participate in the regulation of almost all organs and systems of man. Hypothyroidism can be hidden, not showing any symptoms at all, and can be so pronounced that it causes the comatose state of the patient. Hypothyroidism is much more common in women, especially the elderly. In what cases doe...
Increased intracranial pressure( ICP), or intracranial hypertension - often meeting the clinical situation. It is believed that it is diagnosed mainly in children of early and preschool age. In fact, this problem has enough high relevance for adults, because they have a syndrome of intracranial hypertension may appear again for many diseases. And in the vast majority of cases, the diagnosis of elevated ICP is based on a set of indirect symptoms. Contents of 1 Wh...
In the practice of a neurologist, the term "dorsopathy" is often encountered. What does it mean? In which cases is it used? It is not always easy for a person without medical education to understand this term. If you translate the term verbatim from Latin, it translates as "back disease".Dorsopathy is pain syndromes in the back in combination with neurological symptoms that are associated with degenerative-dystrophic lesions of the spine, its ligaments and muscles. Unfortunately...
Narcolepsy, or Gelino's disease, is a peculiar disease of the nervous system, characterized by sleep disturbances in the form of bouts of daytime sleepiness, which can not be resisted. With this disease a person can fall asleep at the most inopportune moment: at the wheel of the car, at the time of passing the exam and so on. In addition to episodes of obsessive daytime sleep, narcolepsy is characterized by a number of other symptoms. To diagnose the disease requires additional methods of re...
Polysomnography is a method of studying the work of the human body during sleep, which allows to identify the cause of its violation. This is one of the most sparing methods of diagnosis: painless, and almost not felt by the patient, because during the study the patient is asleep. Can be carried out and children (from an early age), and pregnant and elderly patients. About what is a polysomnography, what are the indications and contraindications to this method of research, as well as on the ...
Oneiroid( onyroid syndrome) refers to qualitative disorders of consciousness. It is also called a dream or a dreamlike disorder. This syndrome can develop with mental, neurological and somatic diseases. Therefore, the identification of the true cause of onyeroid is necessary for the selection of adequate therapy. We will answer in this article to the question that this is an onyeroid, why it arises and how it manifests itself. Contents of 1 When 2 can de...
Thyrotoxicosis( hyperthyroidism) is a pathological condition in which the body produces an excess of thyroid hormones. This is not an isolated disease, but only a syndrome that can develop with a variety of health problems, not necessarily directly related to the thyroid gland. The clinical manifestations of thyrotoxicosis depend on the level of thyroid hormone levels. What causes thyrotoxicosis, what symptoms it manifests, how it is diagnosed and how it is treated, you can lear...
Spastic torticollis (cervical dystonia) is a neurological disease, the main symptom of which is the wrong forced position of the head (most often with a slant sideways and turning). Modern medicine believes that the disease is based on violations in the extrapyramidal system of the brain. The disease does not in any way affect life expectancy, but it violates social adaptation, leads to loss of ability to work and difficulty of self-service. The most effective treatment for spastic tortoises...
Intracranial hypertension is a pathological condition in which pressure builds up inside the skull. That is, in fact, it is nothing more than increased intracranial pressure. There are a great number of reasons for this condition( starting from the immediate diseases and brain injuries and ending with metabolic and poisoning disorders).Regardless of the cause, intracranial hypertension manifests itself with the same symptoms: a bursting headache, often combined with nausea and v...
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