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There are numerous causes for neurogenic bladder dysfunction and symptoms vary depending on the cause. An overactive bladder is caused by interruptions in the nerve pathways to the bladder occurring above the sacrum(five fused spinal vertebrae loc...
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Spinal cord trauma is damage to the spinal cord. It may result from direct injury to the cord itself or indirectly from damage to surrounding bones, tissues, or blood vessels.Spinal cord trauma can be caused by any number of injuries to the spine.
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Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control.Approximately 11,000 new spinal cord injuries(SCIs) occur each year in the United States. About 200,000 people are currently affected.
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Do not move a person with a spinal injury unless it is necessary to save his or her life. Call 911 and wait for help.
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Detailed information on acute spinal cord injury, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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Detailed information on acute spinal cord injury, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment
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When Dr. Wise Young began his studies, spinal injuries were considered untreatable. But his dogged efforts to find cures have brought hope to thousands of people with debilitating spinal injuries.
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Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control.Approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injuries(SCIs) occur each year in the United States. About 250,000 people are currently affected.
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Spinal cord injury(SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as mobility or feeling. The spinal cord does not have to be severed in order for a loss of function to occur.
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Spinal cord injury is damage to the spinal cord that causes loss of sensation and motor control.Approximately 10,000 new spinal cord injuries(SCIs) occur each year in the United States. About 250,000 people are currently affected.
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Researchers examining patients with spinal cord injuries found that those with the most severe physical impairments also had better overall states of mental health.
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Detailed information on acute spinal cord injury, including causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and spinal cord injury rehabilitation
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After emergency treatment in the ER, a person with a spinal cord injury is likely to be admitted to the hospital. Or, he or she may be transferred to a special spinal cord injury center.
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Metabolic neuropathies are nerve disorders that occur with diseases that disrupt the chemical processes in the body.In some cases, nerve damage is caused by the inability to properly use energy in the body. In other cases, dangerous substances(tox...
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The most common reason for numbness or tingling is a problem with nerve function, either because the nerve itself is injured, something is pressing on the nerve, or an imbalance in the body's chemistry interferes with nerve function.
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I have been on statins for over 12 years and have neuropathy in my feet. I saw a neurologist who ruled out other causes of neuropathy and said it is from long-term use of statins. Is this a side effect of using statins for a long period of time?
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What would cause sudden ear numbness and partial facial numbness (but without drooping or muscle weakness)?
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The brain, in turn, sends messages back to those areas. With peripheral neuropathy, damage has occurred to the nerves that connect peripheral portions of the body, and the patient feels pain or numbness.Peripheral neuropathy is not usually conside...
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Neuropathy, also known as peripheral neuropathy, is an inflammation, injury, or degeneration of any nerve outside of the central nervous system. These nerves, known as the peripheral nerves, help the muscles to contract(motor nerves) and allow a r...
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Diabetic neuropathy is a nerve disorder caused by diabetes mellitus. Diabetic neuropathy may be diffuse, affecting several parts of the body, or focal, affecting a specific nerve and part of the body.The nervous system consists of two major divisi...
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The term peripheral neuropathy encompasses a wide range of disorders in which the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord—peripheral nerves—have been damaged. Peripheral neuropathy may also be referred to as peripheral neuritis, or...
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Idiopathic neuropathy is a disorder that affects the peripheral nerves and has no identifiable primary cause. According to this definition, a third of all neuropathies can be classified as idiopathic neuropathies.The nervous system is divided into...
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Multifocal motor neuropathy is a rare condition in which the muscles in the body become progressively weaker over months to years.Multifocal motor neuropathy is often mistaken for the more catastrophic, inevitably fatal condition called amyotrophi...
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Peripheral neuropathy is a condition involving the nerves of the peripheral portion of the nervous system. Neurobiologists describe the peripheral nervous system as any part of that system found in the arms or legs.
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Sciatica is a term given to any painful condition of the leg that originates in the lower back and descends down the leg. Because it tends to involve a single nerve tract it is designated as mononeuropathy(localized nerve disorder).The cause of th...
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Ulnar neuropathy is an inflammation or compression of the ulnar nerve, resulting in paresthesia(numbness, tingling, and pain) in the outer side of the arm and hand near the little finger.The ulnar nerve transmits impulses to muscles in the forearm...
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Vasculitic neuropathy refers to damage to the peripheral nerves(the nerves that are located outside of the brain and spinal cord) as a consequence of vasculitis(a condition characterized by inflammation and destruction of blood vessels).Vasculitis...
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Roughly 18.2 million Americans deal with the challenges of diabetes every day. A percentage also face a challenge called diabetic autonomic neuropathy and never know it until the complication becomes severe. Diabetic autonomic neuropathy is a sub-group of diabetic neuropathy, a group of nerve diseases affecting the peripheral nerves outside the brain and spinal cord.
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There is no cure for the many types of neuropathy. Still, early recognition of the problem is important.
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If you have diabetes, controlling your blood glucose, or blood sugar, is important to help you feel well on a daily basis. It's also vital to help prevent potentially serious complications such as nerve damage, or neuropathy.
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Peripheral neuropathy is a disease of the nerves in your feet. It may make you unable to sense pain. Lack of pain makes you more likely to injure yourself without knowing it. But you can learn ways to protect your feet from injury.
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Detailed information on diabetic neuropathy, including causes, symptoms, types, diagnosis, and treatment
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My mother is not diabetic, but has neuropathy in her feet. Sometimes her feet become so painful she can hardly walk. Does diet affect neuropathy?
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Learn ways to protect your feet. Check your feet daily for wounds you may not have felt. Avoid burns by testing bath water with your elbow before stepping in. Also, to prevent injury, always wear shoes.
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A brain tumor is an abnormal growth of cells(neoplasm) in the skull. A spinal tumor is a growth associated with the spinal cord.
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Like all other parts of the body, the brain and central nervous system are made up of cells that ordinarily grow and divide to create new cells as needed. This is usually an orderly process; but when cells lose their ability to grow normally or to...
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Detailed information on the most common types of inflammatory and infectious disorders in children
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