Diseases of the nervous system (neurology)

Acute transverse myelitis

Acute transverse myelitis is an acute inflammation of the gray and white matter of one or more adjacent segments, usually of the thoracic. Among the causes are postinfectious inflammation, multiple sclerosis, autoimmune inflammation, vasculitis and the effect of medications.

Compression syndromes of the upper chest aperture

Compression syndromes of the upper aperture of the chest are an indistinct group of diseases characterized by pain and paresthesias in the hands, neck, shoulders or arms.

Spinal amyotrophies: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Amyotrophy is a group of hereditary diseases characterized by skeletal muscle damage due to the progressive degeneration of the neurons of the anterior horns of the spinal cord and the motor nuclei of the brainstem.

Mononeuropathy: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Mononeuropathy involves a violation of sensitivity and weakness in the zone of innervation of the affected nerve or nerves. The diagnosis is made according to the clinical picture, but it should be confirmed by electrodiagnostic tests.

Plexopathies: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Shoulder and lumbosacral pleksopatii lead to painful sensorimotor damage to the corresponding limb.

Herniated pulposus: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Herniated pulposus (protrusion, rupture or prolapse of the intervertebral disc) is the prolapse of the central part of the intervertebral disc through the fibrous ring.

Neuralgia of the glossopharyngeal nerve

Neuralgia of the glossopharyngeal nerve - recurrent attacks of severe pain in the innervation zone of the IX pair of cranial nerves (posterior pharyngeal wall, posterior 1/3 of the tongue, middle ear). The diagnosis of neuralgia of the glossopharyngeal nerve is put clinically. Treatment of neuralgia of the glossopharyngeal nerve with carbamazepine or gabapentin.

Bell's paralysis

Bell's paralysis is an idiopathic sudden one-sided peripheral paralysis of the facial nerve (VII pair).

Neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve

Neuralgia of the trigeminal nerve (painful tick) - paroxysms of severe acute shooting facial pain due to the defeat of the V pair of cranial nerves. The diagnosis is based on the clinical picture. Conventional treatment with carbamazepine or gabapentin; sometimes - operation.

Subacute and chronic meningitis: causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment

Inflammation of the meninges lasting more than 2 weeks (subacute meningitis) or more than 1 month (chronic meningitis) of an infectious or non-infectious nature (for example, with cancer). The diagnosis is based on the results of the CSF study, usually after a preliminary CT scan or MRI. Treatment is aimed at the root cause of the disease.

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