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Stiff Person Syndrome

What is Stiff Person Syndrome? Stiff person syndrome (SPS) is a progressive, autoimmune neurological condition. Patients with this disease generally experience muscle stiffness in their trunk and abdomen (the middle portion of their body). Over time, they also form stiffness (rigidity) and spasms in their legs and different muscles. Walking may evolve hard, and patients…

tetanus

Tetanus

What is Tetanus? Tetanus is a periodically fatal condition of the central nervous system. It’s induced by a poison (toxin) produced by the tetanus bacterium. The bacterium generally enters the body via an open wound. Tetanus bacteria live in soil and manure. They can also be seen in the human intestine and different areas. Tetanus…

eclampsia

Eclampsia

What is Eclampsia? Eclampsia is a disease that only happens during pregnancy and induces seizures, generally late in the pregnancy. It is a rare disease, involving 1 in every 2,000-3,000 pregnancies every year. The disease obeys a high blood pressure condition known as preeclampsia. In preeclampsia, high blood pressure levels in the mother decrease the…

trismus

Trismus

What is Trismus? Trismus generally referred to as lockjaw, is a medical situation in which the normal motion of the mandible (jaw) is decreased as a result of sustained, tetanic spasm of the masticatory muscles innervated by the trigeminal nerve. Thus interrupting the person’s eating, swallowing, normal speech, and oral hygiene and in some circumstances…

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Seizures

What are Seizures? A seizure is a medical situation where you have a temporary, unstoppable surge of electrical activity in your brain. When that occurs, the involved brain cells uncontrollably fire signals to others near them. This type of electrical activity overloads the involved regions of your brain. That overload can generate a broad range…

central nervous system vasculitis
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Central Nervous System Vasculitis

What is vasculitis? Vasculitis is the inflammation (swelling) of the blood vessels, the network of hollow lines that bring blood throughout the body. Vasculitis can involve medium-sized blood vessels (arterioles and venules), very small blood vessels (capillaries), or large blood vessels (arteries and veins). If blood flow in a vessel with vasculitis is decreased or…

crowned dens syndrome
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Crowned Dens Syndrome

What is Crowned Dens Syndrome? Crowned dens syndrome is an inflammatory disease resulting from crystal deposition in the cruciform and alar ligaments covering the dens, seeming as a radiopaque “crown” covering the top of the dens. The dens, also called the odontoid process, is a peg-like bone pointing up from the second cervical vertebra (C2)…