Articles, tagged with "peripheral nerves", page 4

Guillain-Barre syndrome

Guillain-Barré syndrome is a uncommon health situation that affects the nerves outside a person's brain and spinal cord. The peripheral nerves convey sensory information (e.g., pain, temperature) from the body to the brain and motor (i.e., movement) sign... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) Detailed Information

Giant axonal neuropathy (GAN) is a degenerative disorder of the peripheral nerves that is inherited as an autosomal recessive attribute, presenting in early childhood and progressing to death, usually by late adolescence. Giant axonal neuropathy is caused... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Antioxidant Alpha Lipoic Acid: A Powerful Antioxidant

Alpha Lipoic Acid (ALA) is a very powerful antioxidant that is mainly derived from animal or plant tissues. Red meat is one of the richest sources of Alpha Lipoic Acid making it an important compound and supplement for vegetarian people or those who do no... Read >
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Peripheral Neuropathy – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Peripheral neuropathy is disorder of nerve(s) apart from the brain and spinal cord. Patients with peripheral neuropathy may have tingling, numbness, unusual sensations, weakness, or burning pain. Peripheral nerves also send sensory information back to ... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Information on Peripheral Neuropathy

Peripheral nerves are a collection of nerve fibers that originate from many different kinds of neurons. Motor fibers originate from motor neurons that are located in the spinal cord. Sensory axons originate from neurons that are located outside the spinal... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Neuropathy- Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

In the medical dictionary, the term Neuropathy means any kind of nerve disorders. One of the common forms of Juvenile Diabetes Complications, Diabetic neuropathies are a host of nerve disorders that are caused by diabetes. It has been seen that a prolonge... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Neuropathy

The areas of the body most commonly affected by diabetic peripheral neuropathy are the feet and legs. Nerve damage in the feet can result in a loss of foot sensation, increasing your risk of foot problems. Injuries and sores on the feet may go unrecognize... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Neuritis – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Neuritis is a complex process involving inflammation of the nerves, resulting in irritation that interferes with normal nerve function and the areas served. Specifically, it affects the peripheral nerves (those outside the brain, spinal cord, or central n... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Brachial Plexus – Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

A brachial plexus injury is an injury to the nerves that travel from the neck and down the arm. These peripheral nerves are called the brachial plexus nerves. They leave the spinal cord and travel between the vertebrae and the back and into the shoulder, ... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Complete Information on Autoimmune peripheral neuropathy with Treatment and Prevention

Autoimmune incidental neuropathy is a neurological disorder that affects the sensory, machine and autonomic nerves, and is caused by irregular role of these nerves payable to respective etiologies. Peripheral neuropathy often affects people with diabetes ... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Leprosy-it’s causes, symptoms and treatment

Leprosy-Introducton Leprosy is a chronic infectious disease which attacks the skin, peripheral nerves and mucous membranes. Leprosy is an infectious disease that has been known since biblical times. It may be characterized by disfiguring skin sores, pe... Read >
Author: peterhutch

Neurophathy and the Diabetic

Neuropathy is a functional change or pathological disturbance in the peripheral nerves. Know anymore than you did? Probably not. Let's see if we can get a better understanding of what all that mumbo-jumbo means! The human body's nervous system has t... Read >
Author: Linda W

The Process of Painful Scar Tissue Removal

Scar tissue forming near the nerve root is called epidural fibrosis. This epidural fibrosis is a common occurrence after back surgery has been preformed. The formation of scar tissue is part of a normal healing process the body goes through after spine ... Read >
Author: Robert Langard

Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS) - Definition, Causes, Symptoms and Treatment

Guillain-Barré Syndrome called is acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy and Landry's ascending paralysis. It is a an inflammatory disorder of the peripheral nerves and autoimmune disorder. Its frequency is about 1 to 2 cases in every 100,000 pe... Read >
Author: Juliet Cohen

Lupus and the symptoms of nervous system involvement

Studies revealed that is possible for systemic lupus erythematosus to affect the nervous system. Patients with lupus may experience confusion, difficulty with concentrating, headaches, fatigue, strokes or other signs that show nervous system involvement. ... Read >
Author: groshan fabiola

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