Researchers at the Mayo Clinic have found that artificial intelligence-based diagnostics help detect atrial fibrillation. To do this, the machine must be given to analyze the electrocardiogram data. There are a huge number of people in the world who do not know about the presence of atrial fibrillation, which threatens the risk of stroke. That…
Hyperkinesis is excessive violent motor acts that occur against the will of the patient. They include a variety of clinical forms: tics, myoclonia, chorea, ballism, tremor, torsion dystonia, facial para- and hemispasm, akathisia, athetosis. Clinically diagnosed, additionally prescribed EEG, ENMG, MRI, CT, duplex scanning, cerebral vascular ultrasound, blood test. Conservative therapy requires an individual selection…
Hyperventilation syndrome is a neuropsychiatric pathology that leads to the formation of a pathological respiratory rhythm that increases pulmonary ventilation with the development of alkalosis. It is accompanied by variable vegetative, algic, musculotonic, respiratory, mental disorders. It is diagnosed by testing, hyperventilation test and blood electrolyte analysis. Treatment consists of a combination of non-drug (psychotherapy,…
Hydrocephalus is an increased accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid in the cerebrospinal fluid system of the brain. Disease accompanies many congenital and acquired neurological diseases. Clinically, it is manifested by signs of increased intracranial pressure (headache, nausea, pressure on the eyes), symptoms of compression of brain structures (vestibular ataxia, visual disturbances, mental disorders, epi-attacks) and symptoms…
Hydromyelia is an expansion of the central canal of the spinal cord caused by various disorders of cerebrospinal fluid dynamics. The condition becomes a consequence of congenital anomalies of the craniocervical junction, back injuries, diseases of the spine or spinal cord. Pathology is manifested by pain syndrome, sensitivity disorders, motor dysfunction. Diagnosis of the disease…
Herpes simplex encephalitis is a diffuse or focal lesion of the medulla caused by herpesviruses HSV-1, HSV-2, Varicella Zoster. The main symptoms of the disease: febrile fever, progressive depression of consciousness, convulsive seizures. At the end of the acute period of infection, residual neurological disorders persist for a long time. To establish a diagnosis, it…
Germinoma of the brain is a dysontogenetic tumor of a more often malignant nature, localized in the deep structures of the brain. Germinoma of the brain can manifest itself as a combination of clinical signs of hydrocephalus with visual impairment, disorders of the psycho-emotional sphere and / or various neuroendocrine syndromes. Brain germinoma is diagnosed…
Generalized epilepsy is a clinical concept that unites all forms of epilepsy, which are based on primary generalized epilepsy: absences, generalized myoclonic and tonic-clonic paroxysms. In most cases, it is idiopathic in nature. The basis of the diagnosis is the analysis of clinical data and EEG results. Additionally, an MRI or CT scan of the…
Hemorrhagic stroke is a spontaneous (non—traumatic) hemorrhage in the cranial cavity. The term “hemorrhagic stroke” is used, as a rule, to refer to intracerebral hemorrhage that occurred as a result of some vascular disease of the brain: atherosclerosis, hypertension and amyloid angiopathy. The most common hemorrhagic stroke occurs against the background of high blood pressure.…
