Managing neurological health involves identifying seizure types, treating structural spinal pathologies, and maintaining neurotransmitter balance for nerve clarity.
In the United States, approximately 5,600 people are diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, each year, according to the ALS Association. This disease, which is also called Lou Gehrig's disease, results in the progressive decline of the motor neurons responsible for voluntary muscle movement.
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A mini stroke, also known as a transient ischemic attack or a TIA, occurs when the blood flow to the brain is blocked temporarily. It often causes symptoms that mimic those of a stroke; however, according MayoClinic.com, these symptoms completely resolve between two and 24 hours.
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Nervous system disorders affect your central or peripheral nervous systems, including brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves.
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The basal ganglia tissue is composed of the caudate nucleus, putamen, and globus pallidus. This area of the brain has a blood supply that can easily be blocked or suffer damage. If blood supply to the any part of the brain is interrupted, the patient suffers from a stroke.
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A sudden headache over one of your eyes during exercise can prevent you from continuing your workout. The pain can last anywhere from just a few minutes to several days.
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Strokes attack portions of the brain regulating fine motor skills. This often means temporary loss of arm, hand or finger function on one side of the body. But if you suffer a stroke, a drooping mouth and loss of chewing, speaking and swallowing ability also are common symptoms.
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A person may live a long life with a lucid mind and good memory. However, many senior citizens have dementia, or severe intellectual deterioration involving progressive memory loss and inability to concentrate. Rarely, dementia affects people in their 50s. Various factors may cause such early dementia.
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The American Headache Society claims that up to 78 percent of Americans suffer from tension headaches, 12 percent from migraines and 1 percent from cluster headaches. Headache pain around, behind or within either eye is suggestive of a cluster headache. Other causes might indicate medical emergencies.
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Like any other medical symptom, a sudden drop in body temperature can have many causes, some of which are quite normal. For example, people typically experience a rapid drop in body temperature before sleep, and women experience a drop in temperature each month before menstruation begins.
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Your spine is made up of a column of bones stacked on top of each other. Discs provide cushioning between each of these bones. Sometimes discs may bulge -- move out of place -- and put pressure on nerves that exit your spine. Symptoms are specific to the level of the bulge.
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Pain from a pinched nerve can make daily activities difficult. Shoulder exercises can decrease pressure on a pinched nerve.
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Scientists have attributed the emergence of an important ALS breakthrough in part to the money raised by celebrities being doused with water.
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Boils, or skin abscesses, are infections composed of reddened, tender areas on the skin. Often, these boils form a head filled with pus, fluid made from white blood cells, bacteria and proteins. This pus can be drained by a doctor or might spontaneously burst from the abscess.
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Most muscle twitches are what doctors describe as βbenignβ events that require no medical treatment and go away on their own after a short while. Often, stress and anxiety are to blame. However, twitching muscles can sometimes be a symptom of more serious conditions that require prompt medical attention.
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Anger can damage the human body. A bout of anger lasting mere seconds can lead to both physical and psychological duress. Hormones rampage through the bloodstream, muscles flex tensely and the mind works overtime. The combination of these unwanted actions can result in a headache.
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When the stomach cannot digest food, indigestion occurs. This usually happens due to several different conditions as the digestive liquid is mainly responsible for indigestion.
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Headache accompanied by chest pressure is commonly seen as a result of stress or anxiety. In either situation, these psychological or emotional states bring about a wide array of feelings, ranging from frustration and nervousness to anger and fear.
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Ah, summertime! Fun in the sun, sleeping at the side of the pool, playing a game of softball . . . and winding up with a huge headache. If you were physically active during the brightest part of the day, or even if you were taking a nap in the sun, your body will respond to all the sun beating down on you.
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The nervous system consists of three main nerve types. Sensory nerves supply humans with the ability to see, hear, smell, taste and feel. Motor nerves enable the brain to command the muscles of the body. Autonomic nerves regulate the function of the internal organs.
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Auras are visual manifestations of neurological symptoms. Flashing lights are one type of aura people report seeing, and these auras often seem to appear in either the left or the right eye.
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