Neurology 2025, February

Tension headache (NBG) is the most common headache, accounting for up to 90 percent of all primary headaches. Theories about the mechanisms of jeg ...…

The brain's arterial circle, or Willis' wheel, is a system of several arteries connected to each other. Its primary function is the ability to provide - even help ...…

When the brain aneurysm is small - most often it does not give any signals and this stage is detected accidentally. Only when it breaks - there appears a characteristic s ...…

Clinical death is one of the many definitions of death, next to, among others, biological death and brain death. Clinical death - most of all its symptoms - is ...…

Brain death is still a controversial topic. Some argue that brain death is not the final death of a person, often mistakenly identifying this condition with ...…

Parkinson's disease, colloquially known as parkinson's disease, is a progressive neurodegenerative disease of the extrapyramidal system, which is responsible for the movement of the whole body ...…

Brain edema is a build-up of fluid in the brain. Brain edema may develop discreetly, but symptoms can also appear suddenly. The cause of the cerebral edema ...…

Anti-neuronal antibodies are antibodies that attack and destroy the nervous system. Anti-neuronal antibodies are not present in the blood of a he althy person, therefore their ...…

Neurological paraneoplastic syndromes are disorders of the nervous system that occur in some people struggling with cancer. However, they are not ...…

Pelvic pain syndrome is one of the most common reasons why women visit a gynecologist. According to research, it accounts for about 10-40 percent of all ...…

Huntington's disease (formerly known as Huntington's chorea) is a condition associated primarily with the patient having characteristic movements and defines ...…

Chronic pain can be a real nuisance, not only for the patients who experience it, but also for the doctors treating them. This first chronic pain habit ...…

When someone looks at Julia, who has an unemotional face and an open mouth, from which, unfortunately, saliva sometimes spews, she has the impression that she is dealing with a less intelligent person ...…

This disease is usually diagnosed within six months of the onset of symptoms. For me it took several times longer. I went from doctor to doctor and nobody knew ...…

Myoclonus is a violent and sudden contraction of individual muscle groups. Various problems can lead to their occurrence - in some people they appear ...…

Hyperalgesia (hyperesthesia) is a state in which the patient's body incorrectly perceives the stimuli reaching him. Sounds, visual sensations, tastes or smells ...…

Tick-borne encephalitis is, next to Lyme disease, another very serious disease transmitted by ticks. Tick-borne encephalitis is a disease of the nervous system, ...…

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, ALS, Charcot's disease, Lou Gehrig's disease, motor neuron disease) is a progressive neurological disease that affects ...…

Tick paralysis can occur after a tick bite. Young children under 8 years of age are most often exposed to its symptoms. What are the pr ...…

Palsy of the facial nerve is one of the most common palsy of the cranial nerves. The causes of facial nerve (seventh cranial nerve) palsy are different ...…

Bell's palsy is a spontaneous paralysis of the facial nerve. Bell's palsy is not uncommon, as it affects 10-40 people out of 100,000. residents. They admitted to being ill ...…

Intracranial bleeding is the result of a rupture in a cerebral vessel. As a consequence, certain brain structures are destroyed and j ...…

Labyrinthitis, also known as acute inner otitis, is the most common complication of chronic otitis media. Labyrinthitis ...…

Acute transverse myelitis is a neurological disease in which the structures of the spinal cord are damaged. The consequence is ...…

Guillain-Barré syndrome is an autoimmune disease that causes muscle weakness and tingling sensations in various parts of the body. In some ...…

Palsy of cranial nerves can affect both a single cranial nerve and several of them. Damage to the cranial nerves can be caused, among others, by zabur ...…

Encephalitis is a condition in which inflammation affects the parenchyma of the brain. Encephalitis can be a complication of common infections (e.g. tuberculosis, measles, r ...…

Stroke - nobody expects it to come. A stroke is caused by disturbances in the cerebral circulation. To what extent will it change our life so far, for ...…

Syphilis of the nervous system can be different, sometimes its diagnosis is difficult - initially in a patient with syphilis of the nervous system it may be suspected, e.g. syndrome ...…

The sense of taste is responsible for the basic tastes: s alty, sweet, bitter, sour and umami. This is made possible by the taste buds, which are arranged g ...…