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Specialty. Neurology. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy ( CIDP) is an acquired autoimmune disease of the peripheral nervous system characterized by progressive weakness and impaired sensory function in the legs and arms. [ 1] The disorder is sometimes called chronic relapsing polyneuropathy ( CRP) or chronic inflammatory ...
Epileptic spasms is an uncommon-to-rare epileptic disorder in infants, children and adults. One of the other names of the disorder, West syndrome, is in memory of the English physician, William James West (1793–1848), who first described it in an article published in The Lancet in 1841. [ 2] The original case actually described his own son ...
Specialty. Neurology. A generalized tonic–clonic seizure, commonly known as a grand mal seizure or GTCS, [ 1] is a type of generalized seizure that produces bilateral, convulsive tonic and clonic muscle contractions. Tonic–clonic seizures are the seizure type most commonly associated with epilepsy and seizures in general and the most common ...
A neuromuscular disease is any disease affecting the peripheral nervous system (PNS), [ a] the neuromuscular junctions, or skeletal muscles, all of which are components of the motor unit. [ 4] Damage to any of these structures can cause muscle atrophy and weakness. Issues with sensation can also occur. Neuromuscular diseases can be acquired or ...
Frequency. 40 per 100,000 people per year [ 2] Status epilepticus ( SE ), or status seizure, is a medical condition consisting of a single seizure lasting more than 5 minutes, or 2 or more seizures within a 5-minute period without the person returning to normal between them. [ 3][ 1] Previous definitions used a 30-minute time limit. [ 2]
Intermittent claudication, also known as vascular claudication, is a symptom that describes muscle pain on mild exertion (ache, cramp, numbness or sense of fatigue), [1] classically in the calf muscle, which occurs during exercise, such as walking, and is relieved by a short period of rest. It is classically associated with early-stage ...
Myalgia or muscle pain is a painful sensation evolving from muscle tissue. It is a symptom of many diseases. The most common cause of acute myalgia is the overuse of a muscle or group of muscles; another likely cause is viral infection, especially when there has been no injury . Long-lasting myalgia can be caused by metabolic myopathy, some ...
Sudden, acute left arm pain may be caused by a broken bone. The most common causes of fractures are falls, accidents (such as car or motorcycle accidents), and sports-related injuries. In addition ...