Neurology 2025, February

An epidural is the most effective pain relief in labor, but there are other indications for an epidural. When ...…

Anencephaly (anencephaly) is a lethal, or fatal, developmental defect. What is anencephaly characterized by and why is it a problem at all? Is there ...…

Diseases of the cerebellum are diseases of the nervous system. Due to the central controlling and coordinating role this system plays, they can have a very drama ...…

Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS syndrome) is a rare, incurable prion disease. The Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome usually occurs ...…

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), or spongif.webporm degeneration of the brain, is a disease whose incidence is not high - it affects 1 person every year ...…

Hypertensive encephalopathy is one of the most dangerous possible complications of arterial hypertension, which is associated with damage to the central nervous system ...…

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome is an epileptic syndrome that typically begins in childhood and is associated not only with epileptic seizures, but also with disorders ...…

Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome is a serious complication that can occur during treatment with antispychotic drugs. It manifests itself, inter alia, fever, stiffness ...…

Spinal cord injuries are most often the result of injuries, although they can also occur as a result of the development of a tumor within the spinal canal in ...…

Neuropathic pain is difficult to understand and treat. It arises as a result of damage to the nerve or its sheath. And unfortunately, it may persist after they heal. When I was ...…

Trismus is the inability to partially or even fully open the mouth. Trismus can lead to problems with food intake, ...…

Inflammation of the vestibulocochlear nerve is a disease in which there is a dysfunction of two sensory organs - hearing and balance, which allows you to feel ...…

Abdominal migraine is one type of migraine. In this migraine, the pains are not in the head, but in the abdomen. It is primarily children who suffer from it. Although the causes of migraines ...…

Concussion (commonly known as concussion) is a common consequence of head trauma. It can happen after falls or collisions. Find out what the symptoms are ...…

Intracranial hematomas are the most serious complications after brain injuries, e.g. as a result of an accident. Accumulation of blood in the brain may result in permanent paresis of c ...…

Unconditional reflexes are reactions that occur without our will - their example is when we withdraw a limb from a hot vessel after ...…

Neuralgia (neuralgia) of the trigeminal nerve, or facial pain, is an attack of acute pain limited to the area of ​​the forehead, cheek, nose or jaw. It only takes a few ...…

Drug-induced headache affects mainly women, it also happens more often to smokers, coffee drinkers and people who frequently drink alcohol. According to specialists, this ...…

Cervical headache is otherwise cervical migraine or upper cervical syndrome. This first term is not accidental, as a cervical headache can ...…

Reye's syndrome is a potentially fatal disease that can be caused by taking medications that contain acetylsalicylic acid, called aspirin. Reye's syndrome ...…

Treatment of epilepsy is primarily pharmacotherapy. There are many different antiepileptic preparations - the choice of a drug for a specific patient depends on ...…

Rolandic epilepsy is mild childhood epilepsy with central temporal spikes (BECTS). It is the most common focal epilepsy syndrome observed in ...…

Meningeal hernias are problems that affect children - they can even be recognized during the intrauterine development of a child. It is distinguished by different and ...…

Seizures are associated with the occurrence of disturbances in the electrical activity of the brain. They are very different - they can involve both sudden loss ...…

Hemiplegia is a problem in which one - right or left - side of the body cannot be moved. By far the most ...…

Polyneuropathy is a term for a disorder of the functions of many peripheral nerves - those that transmit information between the central nervous system (brain) and ...…

Post-stroke spasticity is a painful consequence of a stroke that every year in Poland suffers about 75 thousand. people. Stroke is the third leading cause of death in countries ...…

Meningitis is a disease whose complications are very serious. Therefore, it is very important to start treatment as soon as possible as it reduces the risk of ...…

A person from my family had an epileptic seizure after New Year's Eve, did not consume alcohol, and the seizures had not occurred for about 1.5 years. Could the attack cause watching ...…

Hello! For some year now I have had a terrible headache on the left side of my forehead. It stopped for about six months, three months ago it came back again. Pain occurs unexpectedly ...…