Motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control skeletal muscle activity such as walking, breathing, speaking, and swallowing. This group includes diseases such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, progressive bulbar Read More …
Month: April 2021
Mitochondrial Disease – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment,
Mitochondrial diseases are caused by defects in mitochondria, which are energy factories found inside almost all the cells in the body. Mitochondrial diseases that cause prominent muscular problems are called mitochondrial myopathies (Myo means muscle and pathos means disease), while mitochondrial diseases Read More …
What Is Myasthenia Gravis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Myasthenia gravis is a chronic autoimmune, neuromuscular disease that causes weakness in the skeletal muscles that worsens after periods of activity and improves after periods of rest. These muscles are responsible for functions involving breathing and moving parts of the Read More …
What is meningitis? What is encephalitis?
What is meningitis? What is encephalitis?/Infections and other disorders affecting the brain and spinal cord can activate the immune system, which leads to inflammation. These diseases, and the resulting inflammation, can produce a wide range of symptoms, including fever, headache, Read More …
Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Idiopathic Transverse Myelitis/Myelitis is an acute or subacute rare demyelinating and immune-mediated inflammatory myelopathy disorder of the central nervous system and spinal cord resulting in potentially disabling neurological deficits such as motor weakness and sensory deficits, as well as autonomic Read More …
Acute Transverse Myelitis – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Acute Transverse Myelitis/Myelitis is an acute or subacute rare demyelinating and immune-mediated inflammatory myelopathy disorder of the central nervous system and spinal cord resulting in potentially disabling neurological deficits such as motor weakness and sensory deficits, as well as autonomic Read More …
Myelitis – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Myelitis is an acute or subacute rare demyelinating and immune-mediated inflammatory myelopathy disorder of the central nervous system and spinal cord resulting in potentially disabling neurological deficits such as motor weakness and sensory deficits, as well as autonomic dysfunction. It Read More …
Chronic Mountain Sickness – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Chronic mountain sickness (CMS) is a clinical syndrome that occurs in natives or long-life residents above 2500 m. It is characterized by excessive erythrocytosis (EE; women hemoglobin (Hb) ≥ 19 g dl−1; men Hb ≥ 21 g dl−1) and severe hypoxemia which gets worse at bedtime. The etiology of Read More …
Altitude-Related Disorders – Causes, Symptoms, Treatment
Altitude-Related Disorders/Altitude sickness occurs when you cannot get enough oxygen from the air at high altitudes. This causes symptoms such as a headache, loss of appetite, and trouble sleeping. It happens most often when people who are not used to Read More …
Altitude Sickness – Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatment
Altitude sickness occurs when you cannot get enough oxygen from the air at high altitudes. This causes symptoms such as a headache, loss of appetite, and trouble sleeping. It happens most often when people who are not used to high Read More …
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema – Symptoms, Treatment
High Altitude Pulmonary Edema (HAPE) is a fatal form of severe high-altitude illness. HAPE is a form of noncardiogenic pulmonary edema that occurs secondary to hypoxia. It is a clinical diagnosis characterized by fatigue, dyspnea, and dry cough with exertion. Read More …
High Altitude Cerebral Edema – Symptoms, Treatment
High Altitude Cerebral Edema (HACE) is a severe and potentially fatal manifestation of high altitude illness and is often characterized by ataxia, fatigue, and altered mental status. HACE is often thought of as an extreme form/end-stage of Acute Mountain Sickness Read More …