What is spina bifida? The spina bifida mean “split spine” in Latin words. Spina bifida is a birth defect in which an area of the spinal column does not form properly, leaving a section of the spinal nerves and spinal cord exposed through an opening in the back region of a newborn baby. It is…
What is Spinal Cord Injury? A spinal cord injury damages the spinal cord itself or nearby bones and tissues. Depending on the severity of the condition, it frequently causes permanent changes in sensation, strength, and other body mobility or function in various parts of the patient’s body below the site of the injury. Treatments include…
What is Parkinson’s disease? Parkinson’s disease is a progressive nervous system condition that affects the movement of the body. It is a brain disorder that causes uncontrollable or unintended movements, such as stiffness, shaking, and difficulty with coordination and balance. Symptoms initiate gradually, sometimes starting with a hardly noticeable tremor in just one hand. Tremors…
What Is Diabetic Neuropathy? Diabetes can damage the nerves of the body, this damage is known as neuropathy which may be painful. Diabetic neuropathy is a type of nerve injury or damage that is caused by diabetes. Over time, high levels of fats, such as triglycerides in the blood from diabetes and long-term high blood…
What is Peripheral Neuropathy? Peripheral neuropathy, a result of damage or disease to the nerves located outside of the spinal cord and brain which is peripheral nerves, causes numbness, weakness, and pain, usually in the feet and hands. It can also affect other areas and body functions including circulation, digestion, and urination. The peripheral nervous…
What is acute transverse myelitis? Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is a rare, acquired neuro-immune spinal cord disorder, which involves a brief but intense attack of acute inflammation(swelling) of white and gray matter in the spinal cord segments, that damages myelin. It is one type of demyelinating disorder, due to it affecting myelin which is the…
What is Guillain barre syndrome? Guillain-Barre (gee-YAH-Buh-RAY) syndrome is a rare, serious neurological autoimmune disease in which the body’s immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system. Weakness and tingling in the patient’s extremities are usually the first symptoms that may last for months or years. These types of sensations spread fast, eventually paralyzing the whole…
What is Quadriplegia or Tetraplegia? Quadriplegia, also known as Tetraplegia, refers to a form of paralysis from the neck down, including the trunk, and all four limbs. Most patients with quadriplegia are completely unable to move, and many have significant paralysis below the neck. The condition is generally caused by an injury to the spinal…
What is Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD)? Emery-Dreifuss muscular dystrophy (EDMD) is also known as the condition called Humeroperoneal muscular dystrophy. Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD) is one of the nine types of muscular dystrophy, a rare genetic degenerative disease that causes progressive impairment of skeletal muscle, which is the muscles used for movement and the electrical…
Introduction Distal muscular dystrophy is also known as distal myopathy. Distal muscular dystrophy (DD) is a group of rare, genetic, degenerative diseases that affect the voluntary muscles of patients. Distal muscular dystrophy causes weakness and atrophy preferentially that starts in the forearms, hands, legs, feet means the distal muscles of UL and LL. After then…
