The vagus nerve is the name of the tenth cranial nerve, most likely due to how this structure works - the vagus nerve extends from ...…

Muscle tremors can be the result of excessive exercise, excess coffee in the diet, or cocaine use. However, in some cases, the shaking of the muscles ...…

Paralysis (paralysis) is a situation in which the function of one, several muscles or a whole group of muscles is lost. This state (especially if the extent of paralysis ...…

Acute myelastic myelitis (AFM) is a disease that has been known in medicine for a long time. However, due to the fact that since 2014 there have been ...…

Tetany is a disease that causes, among others, for tingling or numbness in the face and limbs, and muscle spasms in various parts of the body. Unfortunately, ...…

The nervous system is a specific management center of the organism. It is thanks to the proper activity of the nervous system that we are able to think, feel or perform various ...…

Hydrocephalus is a dangerous condition that can cause fetal death in the fetus, and inhibition of development in infants. Hydrocephalus can also appear in ...…

Increased muscle tension (hypertonia) can take two forms: spasticity or stiffness. The cause of hypertonia can be both inborn loads and ...…

A coma is the most common condition in people who have suffered severe head injuries as a result of, for example, a car accident or a fall from a height. However ...…

Meningitis is a dangerous disease. What are the symptoms and causes of meningitis?…

How to provide first aid when we witness a seizure? The sight of a seizure may cause anxiety, but the patient needs our support. O ...…

Local anesthesia (regional, peripheral) is a method of blocking pain transmission, it is a completely reversible method and widely used in medicine. Pods ...…

General anesthesia, commonly known as anesthesia, means complete and reversible loss of consciousness caused by the introduction of anesthetic drugs. They induce sleep (hypn ...…

Spinal cord cavity is a neurological disease that significantly reduces the quality of life of patients. It can lead, inter alia, to for limb paresis or abnormalities ...…

Neuropathy is an exceptionally broad term - this group of disorders includes dysfunctions of a single nerve, as well as of several or even b ...…

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which there is damage to the structures of the nervous system. Multiple sclerosis may take the form of relapses of various ailments intertwined with periods of remission or be constantly progressive. Currently, multiple sclerosis is incurable, but there are treatments for symptomatic MS. What are the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, how does this disease start, and what are its causes?…

Spasticity is a problem with muscles, mainly due to excessive tension and restriction of their mobility. The causes of the spastic ...…

The condition usually occurs during the evening rest and disappears as the legs are moved. How to treat restless leg syndrome?…

Dementia (dementia) results from damage to the brain that can be caused by many neurodegenerative diseases, eventually leading to tissue degeneration ...…

Paresthesias (i.e. tingling or numbness) also have a Polish name that translates to many things: misguided feeling. They are also called allodynia, hyperaesthesia or hypera ...…

Cerebral Palsy (MPD) is also called Little's disease after the English physician William John Little. Cerebral Palsy ...…

Dementia is not only about memory disorders. It can also cause problems with speech, and impair attention, concentration and cognition. A distinction is made between primary and secondary ...…

Dementia (also known as senile dementia) in the past was defined as changes in cognitive functioning that were considered a natural part of the human body ...…

The brain is the most important part of the human nervous system. In humans, its parts are the frontal brain, dumbrain, midbrain, and the cerebellum and the core in front of ...…

The spinal cord is part of the central nervous system designed to help the brain communicate efficiently with the rest of the body. If it weren't for the spinal cord, we wouldn't be able to live: ...…

The cerebrospinal fluid has many important functions. removing unnecessary metabolic products from the central nervous system, but also after ...…

The cranial nerves belong to the peripheral nervous system. There are 12 pairs of them. Each of them performs different functions, e.g. one perceives sensory experiences ...…

Nervous system tuberculosis is the most dangerous form of tuberculosis, usually with severe course and high mortality. Fortunately - very rare in Poland. What about ...…

Meningeal symptoms are a group of neurological symptoms characteristic not only of encephalitis or meningitis. Meningeal symptoms can occur equally ...…

A stiff neck is a condition that most probably every person has encountered in their life. The reasons for this problem vary from trivial to ...…