Inflammatory myopathy is an inflammatory process that occurs mainly in skeletal muscles and leads to their degenerative changes. Disease is characterized by muscle weakness, muscle pain, a sharp decrease in the volume of active movements, the development of contractures, compaction and swelling of muscles. Of the diagnostic methods, the most informative is the determination of…
Intracranial hypertension is a syndrome of increased intracranial pressure. It can be idiopathic or develop with various brain lesions. The clinical picture consists of headache with pressure on the eyes, nausea and vomiting, sometimes — transient visual disturbances; in severe cases, there is a violation of consciousness. The diagnosis is made taking into account clinical…
Tumors of cerebral hemispheres are benign and malignant tumors located directly in the tissues of the brain. Tumors of the cerebral hemispheres are manifested by cerebral (headache, stagnation of the optic nerve discs, dizziness, vomiting, mental disorders) and focal (motor disorders, loss of sensitivity, visual disorders, speech disorders, neuro-endocrine syndrome, etc.) symptoms. Diagnosis of brain…
Researchers from the USA have figured out how to achieve the greatest effect when taking pills. It turns out that a person’s posture while drinking medications is essential. The speed of action of the pill consumed depends on whether we are sitting, standing or lying on our back. This conclusion was reached by scientists from…
Intracerebral hemorrhage is a limited accumulation of blood in the substance of the brain, which has a squeezing, displacing and damaging effect on the brain tissue located nearby. Disease is clinically characterized by cerebral and focal symptoms, which depend on the location of the hematoma and its volume. Hemorrhage is most reliably diagnosed by the combined…
Temporal lobe epilepsy is one of the forms of epilepsy in which the focus of epileptic activity is localized in the temporal lobe of the brain. Disease is characterized by simple and complex partial epi-seizures, and with the further development of the disease, secondary generalized seizures and mental disorders. The diagnosis is made possible by…
Viral encephalitis is diffuse or focal inflammatory changes in the structures of the brain caused by the penetration of viral agents into them. The clinical picture is variable, it depends on the type of virus and the state of the patient’s immune system; it consists of general infectious, cerebral and focal manifestations. The diagnostic algorithm…
Viral meningitis is a lesion of the membranes of the brain that proceeds according to the type of serous inflammatory process and is caused by a viral infection. Like meningitis of another etiology, viral meningitis is manifested by headache, nausea, repeated vomiting, and the presence of meningeal symptoms. Its distinctive features are an acute onset,…
Vibration disease is a disease based on pathological changes in the receptor apparatus and various parts of the central nervous system that occur with prolonged exposure to local and / or general vibration. The clinical picture may include polyneuropathic, angiospastic, angiodistonic, asthenic, vegetative-vestibular, polyradicular syndromes, functional disorders in the gastrointestinal tract and hearing loss. Disease…
Vestibular neuritis is a selective lesion of the vestibular nerve, presumably having an inflammatory genesis and manifested by a single acute paroxysm of intense dizziness with balance disorder and complete hearing loss. Compensation of vestibular function after an episode of vertigo may take several weeks. Diagnosis is carried out by methods of examination of the…