Neurology is a medical speciality dealing with disorders of the nervous system. Specifically, it deals with the diagnosis and treatment of all categories of disease involving the central, peripheral, and autonomic nervous systems, including their coverings, blood vessels, and all effector tissue, such as muscle. Physicians who specialize in neurology are called neurologists, and are trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat, neurological disorders.
Neurological disorders have been reported in association with coeliac disease including epilepsy, ataxia, neuropathy, and myelopathy. The nature of this association is unclear and whether a specific neurological complication occurs in coeliac disease remains unproved. Malabsorption may lead to vitamin and trace element deficiencies. Therefore, patients who develop neurological dysfunction should be carefully screened for these. However, malabsorption does not satisfactorily explain the pathophysiology and clinical course of many of the associated neurological disorders.
Neurourology, neuro-urology, pelvic floor physiology, bladder dysfunction, sphincter dysfunction, pelvic floor dysfunction, erectile dysfunction, ED, voiding dysfunction, neurodegenerative disorders, Parkinson disease, Parkinson's disease, parkinsonism, multisystem atrophy, Huntington chorea, Huntington's chorea, cerebrovascular disease, cerebral palsy, multiple sclerosis, MS, spinal cord disorders, spinal cord lesions, spinal cord injury, incontinence.
Patients with a family history of neurological problems or who are presenting questions related to neurological complications should be proactive in discussing concerns with their physicians. Patients with interests in genetic counselors, physicians and geneticists with expertise in counseling about familial risk may be interested in the directory of genetic counselors available through the cancer society in most states.
Agnosia is a neuropsychological disorder characterized by the inability to recognize common objects, persons, or sounds, in the absence of perceptual disability. There are three major types of agnosia: visual agnosia, auditory agnosia, and tactile agnosia. Agnosia is caused by lesions to the parietal and temporal lobes of the brain, regions involved in storing memories and associations of objects.
Poor nutrition and exposure to toxins are really the root cause of all these mysterious disorders. If you lack good nutrition -- vitamins, minerals, phytonutrients, essential fatty acids and so on -- and poison your body with the toxic chemicals found in personal care products, home cleaners, air fresheners, dryer sheets, laundry detergent, deodorant, shampoo, nail polish, and all the additives in food and beverages, then of course things are going to start to go wrong with your body.
Lyme disease is a condition with diverse symptoms that can mimic other disorders. Infectious arthritis can be a secondary consequence of Lyme disease, a disorder caused by a bacterial infection transmitted by a tick.
In females, a 25-mm electrode is used; in adult males, a 75-mm electrode is necessary. If a shorter electrode is used, EMG activity in the more superficial bulbocavernosus muscle is recorded. Other techniques of needle insertion include placement under cystoscopic control and placement through a vaginal approach in women. While some discomfort is associated with insertion, it is short lived. Most patients tolerate the procedure if well prepared. The author prefers to use monopolar needle electrodes.
Neuromics, the analysis of genomic DNA for risk association with a neurological disease, has achieved considerable success recently. An increased risk for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer disease (AD), restless leg syndrome (RLS), and multiple sclerosis has been associated with polymorphisms in specific genes. These observations are truly significant advances in the appreciation of the causation of inherited, complex polygenetic, multifactorial neurological diseases.
Stroke is a disease defined as a sudden neurological deficit (e.g. weakness, loss of sensation or other) due to a vascular cause. The deficit must last for longer than 24 hours and is of sudden onset.
by Peter Hutch
