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Autonomic Dysreflexia : Risk Factors

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Specific Risk Factors Articles

Guillain-Barre syndrome
Guillain-Barre syndrome is a serious disorder that occurs when the body's defense (immune) system mistakenly attacks part of the nervous system. This leads to nerve inflammation that causes muscle weakness , which continues to get worse.
Source:ADAM
Date:April 28, 2006
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Guillain-Barr e syndrome (GBS) causes progressive muscle weakness and paralysis (the complete inability to use a particular muscle or muscle group), which develops over days or up to four weeks, and lasts several weeks or even months. The classic scenario in GBS involves a patient who has just recovered from a typical, seemingly uncomplicated viral infection.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Guillain-Barre Syndrome
Guillain-Barr e syndrome (GBS) is an inflammation of the covering that surrounds nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord. The basis of the inflammation is not conclusively known, but is generally considered to arise from a malfunctioning immune system that recognizes host tissues as being foreign.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Head injury
A head injury is any trauma that leads to injury of the scalp, skull, or brain. These injuries can range from a minor bump on the skull to a devastating brain injury. Head injury can be classified as either closed or penetrating. In a closed head injury, the head sustains a blunt force by striking against an object. A concussion is a type of closed head injury that involves the brain. In a penetrating head injury, an object breaks through the skull and enters the brain. (This object is usually moving at a high speed like a windshield or another part of a motor vehicle.)
Source:ADAM
Date:June 9, 2008
Head Trauma (Traumatic Brain Injury)
Head Trauma (Traumatic Brain Injury)Head trauma can be fatal. The effects from some types of head trauma may not appear right away.
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
First Aid: Head Injuries
First Aid: Head InjuriesA strong blow to the head may cause swelling and bleeding inside the skull. The resulting pressure can injure the brain(concussion).If you have any doubts identifying a concussion, have a healthcare provider check the victi...
Source:StayWell
Date:August 14, 2003
Head Injury
Injury to the head may damage the scalp, skull or brain. The most important consequence of head trauma is traumatic brain injury.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage is bleeding between the middle membrane covering of the brain and the brain itself. Specifically it occurs within the cerebrospinal fluid-filled spaces surrounding the brain (also known as the subarachnoid space). Patients with subarachnoid hemorrhage usually complain of the "the worst headache of their lives."
Source:ADAM
Date:June 7, 2007
Subarachnoid Hemorrhage
A subarachnoid hemorrhage is an abnormal and very dangerous condition in which blood collects beneath the arachnoid mater, a membrane that covers the brain. This area, called the subarachnoid space, normally contains cerebrospinal fluid.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
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