Symptoms of Small Vessel Brain Disease
Blood vessels that lead to the brain can shrink with age or with certain medical conditions. But small vessel brain disease may or may not have any symptoms.
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Managing neurological health involves identifying seizure types, treating structural spinal pathologies, and maintaining neurotransmitter balance for nerve clarity.
After-Seizure Symptoms
How the body responds after a seizure depends on the areas of the brain affected. Here are symptoms that could occur, from deep sleep to dizziness and more.
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Dementia in Your 40s and 50s—Early Onset Risks and Causes
It’s rare, but a disease linked with old age sometimes strikes during the prime of life. Find out what's known about signs of dementia in your 40s or 50s.
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Do Your Temples Get Sore With Migraines?
According to the National Headache Foundation, about 29.5 million people in American suffer from migraine symptoms, including soreness in the temples. Temple soreness can be painful and debilitating, interfering with daily activities and relationships.
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Foods That Cause Sleepiness
If staying alert and energized is your goal, the same foods might best suit your "avoid" list. Gaining understanding of sleep-related foods can help guide you toward making wise dietary decisions.
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5 Types of Terrible Headaches and How to Ease the Pain
Headaches are universal. Almost everyone has experienced some form of headache at some point. Here are the 5 worst and what you can do about each.
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Causes of Facial Numbness
Facial numbness occurs with many medical conditions including traumatic and nontraumatic nerve damage as well as central nervous system disorders, among others.
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Are Frequent Hiccups Anything to Worry About in Children?
Hiccups are caused by reflex spasms, or contractions, of the diaphragm -- the dome-shaped muscle separating the lungs from the stomach and other abdominal contents. As the diaphragm contracts, air is sucked into the lungs. Almost immediately afterwards, the vocal cords close, producing the typical hiccup sound.
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What Causes Fetal Hiccups?
Fetal hiccups begin early in pregnancy, around the eighth to tenth week of gestation. When hiccups begin, the baby is too small for the mother to notice them. But as the baby grows, many women will feel them.
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What Causes Headaches Over Your Right Eye?
Although headaches may occur for no obvious reason, they are sometimes a symptom of a health problem. Headaches over just one eye -- either the right or the left -- may be due to an infection in the eye or surrounding area, such as the sinuses.
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How to Adjust to New Glasses
Getting used to a new pair of glasses is not always easy. Sometimes adjusting to a new prescription, or even different frames, can take a little time.
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Early Warning Signs of a Seizure
A seizure is an abnormal burst of electrical activity in the brain. While some seizures cause no symptoms, others produce movements or changes in behavior, sensation or level of consciousness. When seizures occur repeatedly, this usually indicates a seizure disorder, or epilepsy.
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Causes of Waking Up With a Headache
Morning headaches occur with a variety of disorders, including migraine, tension-type headache, sinusitis, and medication and caffeine withdrawal.
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Early Signs of Impending Stroke
It's important to understand the common signs of a stroke, and to ensure anyone with these symptoms seeks immediate medical attention.
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What Causes Food to Spoil & What Prevents Food From Spoiling?
Food spoilage is a rapid and inevitable process when you don't take adequate preventative measures. Microscopic organisms feast on food items that you leave unattended. Several traditional and modern techniques allow for long-term food preservation.
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What Causes Sciatic Nerve Pain When Walking?
Up to 84 percent of people worldwide experience low back pain during their lifetime, according to the authors of a February 2012 review article published in the journal "Lancet." Sciatica is a common form of low back pain that often radiates into the legs.
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Differences Between Fibromyalgia and MS
Fibromyalgia and multiple sclerosis are potentially debilitating disorders that lead to chronic pain. Fibromyalgia is characterized by muscle pain and stiffness, profound fatigue and difficulty sleeping.
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Frontoparietal Stroke
Stroke affects approximately 700,000 Americans annually, according to the University Hospital website. A stroke is an abrupt deprivation of the blood flow to the brain due to a blockage or the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain.
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Frontal Headache Home Remedy
A frontal headache is pain in the forehead and, in some cases, the cheeks and bridge of the nose. Headaches in this area may be tension headaches, sinus-related headaches or migraines. With any headache, if the pain is severe or recurring, you should see your physician to rule out illness.
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Checklist of MS Symptoms
Discovered in 1849, multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological disorder in which inflammation occurs in the white matter of the brain and spinal cord, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS).
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