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Confusion

Confusion of consciousness is a form of stupefaction in which separate elements of its various syndromes are combined, first of all, amentia and delirium. The neurological causes of acute confusion often occur in the form of amential disorder. There is confusion (partial or complete) in the place and time of the self, increased distractibility, confusion, and an effect of bewilderment.

Sudden loss of consciousness

A sudden loss of consciousness can be short-term or persistent and can have both neurogenic (neurogenic syncope, epilepsy, stroke), and somatogenic (cardiac abnormalities, hypoglycemia, etc.).

Bilateral weakness of facial muscles: causes, symptoms, diagnosis

The bilateral weakness of the facial muscles, developed simultaneously or sequentially, is not common, but almost always serves as a cause for diagnostic doubt when trying to establish its cause.

One-sided weakness of facial muscles

One-sided weakness of facial muscles is caused by pathological processes that affect the facial (VII) nerve. Among pregnant women, as well as patients with diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension, neuropathy of the nerve VII is more common than in the rest of the population.

Facial hyperkinesis

Facial paraspasm is a peculiar form of idiopathic (primary) dystonia, described in the literature under various names: Mesa paraspasm, Bruegel syndrome, blepharospasm syndrome - oromandibular dystonia, cranial dystonia. Women fall three times more often than men.

Forced head position and "hanging head" syndrome

The head is steadily turned or tilted to one side or the other. The presented list of diseases is not complete. Here, violations of the head pose are not analyzed in patients in a coma or a serious condition due to extensive damage to the cerebral hemispheres and (or) the brain stem.

Dizziness: treatment

The main goal of treating a patient with dizziness is to remove as completely as possible the unpleasant sensations and accompanying neurological and otiatric disorders (coordination, hearing, vision, etc.). Therapeutic tactics are determined by the cause of the disease and the mechanisms of its development.

Diagnosis of dizziness

Examination of a patient with complaints of dizziness implies the establishment of the very fact of dizziness and clarification of its topical and nosological affiliation. Often patients put in the notion of vertigo the most varied meaning, including, for example, impaired vision, nausea, headache, etc.

Symptoms of dizziness

Symptoms of dizziness are largely determined by the level of damage (peripheral or central parts of the vestibular analyzer, other parts of the nervous system) and associated neurologic symptoms associated with it. To establish the localization of the lesion and its nature, a careful analysis of the clinical picture, peculiarities of dizziness, and the recording of accompanying symptoms are necessary.

Dizziness

Dizziness is a feeling of imaginary movement of one's own body or surrounding objects. With non-systemic vertigo, in contrast to the systemic, there is no sensation of movement of the body or objects.

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