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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Diseases That Cause Muscle Twitches
Muscle twitches are brief, painless, involuntary movements of parts of muscles. Some are visible under the skin, others are just felt. Disorders affecting any part of the nervous system that controls movement, or the muscles themselves, can result in muscle twitches.
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Can Certain Foods Heal Ulcers and Gastritis?
If you suffer from gastritis or its complication, peptic ulcer disease, you may be wondering whether certain foods can heal these conditions. Gastritis, or inflammation in the lining of the stomach, can be triggered by treatment with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) like aspirin or ibuprofen.
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Can You Exercise After a Concussion?
If you have experienced a concussion, you may wonder when it is safest to resume exercising. Concussions, a type of head injury also known as mild traumatic brain injury, affect many people in the United States -- 128 people out of every 100,000 each year, according to the February 2009 "
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Frontal Lobe Brain Tumor Symptoms
The Central Brain Tumor Registry estimates that 68,470 people will be newly diagnosed with a brain tumor in the United States in 2015. There are many types of brain tumors, which arise from cells in the brain or surrounding tissues. Some grow in the cerebrum -- the largest part of the brain.
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Muscle Cell Functions
Muscle cells serve a remarkable variety of functions in your body, many of them occurring involuntarily. The specialized structure of the 3 types of muscle cells in the human body enables their functional purposes.
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Progression of ALS Disease
ALS, also known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or Lou Gehrig disease, is a progressive, incurable disease of the nervous system. It is fatal on average within a few years, though some people live longer.
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What Happens to the Brain When You Get a Headache?
When you have a headache, you may wonder what is going on inside your brain. Brain tissue itself cannot feel pain. Instead, your brain processes pain sensations that it receives from the rest of the body.
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Causes of Left-Sided Headache
If you have a left-sided headache, you may wonder if it could be due to something serious. Headaches are very common. More than 90 percent are primary headaches, meaning they are not due to an underlying brain disease or injury.
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Causes of a Temple Headache
The many common causes of temple headaches range from tension-type headaches to migraines, and even dental problems. Headache pain at the temples can also occur after a concussion. Other serious causes, such as meningitis and tumors, can produce temple headaches, but they tend to produce other symptoms as well.
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Causes of Clonus
When doctors check reflexes, they don’t always get a normal response. Clonus, a type of hyperactive reflex, is a rhythmic response to reflex testing. Instead of just one movement, a series of repetitive reflex movements are observed.
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