‘Neurology’

How to Communicate With an Alzheimer’s Patient?

Sunday, May 9th, 2010

How to Communicate With an Alzheimer’s Patient?

As you know, as the disease progresses, the vocabulary of the sick person is reduced gradually, reaching a time will not be able to name the objects that surround him and even to express their feelings or desires or call our behalf, and to understand what we say. Communicating with person who have neuro problem can be frustrating, but we should never think that reducing our dialogue, questions and phrases are going to help, but quite the opposite. We must always look for strategies that allow us to continue communicating with him, even in the final stage of the disease. (more…)

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Basis, indications and risk: Patient Information For Back Pain

Friday, April 30th, 2010

Back Pain TreatmentIs to provide the patient with information and advice:

a) Information including, for example, what is the most likely cause of your back pain, what treatment strategy is shown on the case and what is forecast. The “short educational programs” include information that can be given in a query, the delivery of an educational brochure, or the use of Internet and discussion groups among patients.

b) Councils, including, for example, what should be the activity level and duration of pain later. We indicate below the recommended advice.
Objective (more…)

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Risk Factors For Back Pain

Tuesday, April 27th, 2010

Back Pain FactorsAs has been demonstrated that back pain is not always due to an organic disorder of the spine, have begun to study the factors associated with an increased risk of autism. We must be cautious in interpreting these studies show that back pain sufferers have some characteristics more often than non-sufferers. That means that these factors are associated with an increased risk, not necessarily to be the only cause of pain or that their removal improve it.

Despite this limitation, in those cases where you have to take into account factors rigorous epidemiological studies show that are associated with an increased risk of back pain, especially in cases in which the mechanism can be glimpsed explain their potential influence. Some of the factors that have been most studied are: (more…)

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Causes of Back Pain

Saturday, April 24th, 2010

Back PainFormerly it was believed that the pain appeared because there was some alteration of the structure of the spine, including scoliosis or herniated disc. That is a mistake.

Pain is a neurological mechanism involving activation of the nerves that transmit pain and the onset of muscle contraction and inflammation. Sometimes, it can also lead to nerve root compression.

This mechanism can be triggered by an alteration of the structure of the spine, including disc herniation or significant degeneration of the facet joint, but in most cases can not be reached to determine the initial cause that triggers it, and pain attributed to contracture or muscle strain.

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Back pain

Wednesday, April 21st, 2010

Back PainBack pain occurs by a neurological mechanism, usually of unknown origin, which causes pain, swelling and muscle spasm. The main methods of diagnosis are the history and physical examination, and only rarely are useful tests such as x-ray or blood test, MRI and neuropsychological tests.

There are scientifically evaluated scales to objectively assess pain intensity and degree of disability that causes back pain. (more…)

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Treatment Landau–Kleffner syndrome

Sunday, April 18th, 2010

Treatment of the SLK is difficult, particularly with respect to language disorder. Both anti-epileptic therapy and speech therapy and rehabilitation, are needed. The early antiepileptic treatment is, indeed, essential if the aphasia is a direct consequence of epileptic activity. Given that crises are not always present, it is imperative to carry out an EEG every child with acquired disorders of language devoid of an obvious explanation.

Photo cerebral language rehabilitation treatment is always indicated as an adjunct to antiepileptic therapy or as the only method when epilepsy is inactive. Most of the remaining methods use the skills related to reading and writing to promote communication. In severe cases, would require the teaching of a language based on signals. (more…)

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Simptoms Landau-Kleffner Syndrome

Thursday, April 15th, 2010

Here are the most common symptoms of Landau-Kleffner syndrome. However, each individual may experience symptoms differently.

Behavioral disturbances are extremely common in patients with SLK. They include hyperkinesias, outbursts of anger, defiance and aggressive manifestations. Some of these alterations may express a reaction to the frustration that is associated with language disorders.

Early signs are known as auditory agnostic, which make the child:

Suddenly having problems understanding what is said.

Appearing to have problems with hearing, you can think of the possibility of suffering from deafness.

Appearing to be autistic or developmentally delayed. (more…)

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What Is Landau-Kleffner Syndrome

Monday, April 12th, 2010

Photo cameral SLK is a rare syndrome that occurs most often in boys than in girls. The onset occurs between 18 months and 13 years and three quarters of cases have their onset before age 7 for children, otherwise previously normal. In some cases, language development may have been somewhat delayed, however, is a clear regression constant verbal skills acquired previously.

The typical profile is: normal development and appropriate language in the first 3-7 years, loss of receptive language, retained some language expressive language “wire” with a few verbs, suspected deafness child’s frustration, surprised by their own change; behaviors similar to those of autism, IQ (IQ) nonverbal normal or above average, EEG abnormalities (EEG). Some experts suspect that some cases of childhood disintegrative disorder (CDD) or late onset of autism might actually be Landau-Kleffner syndromes. (more…)

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What Is Parkinson’s disease? Part 2

Tuesday, April 6th, 2010

Psychological problems are fairly common during the illness: often the type of depression, anxiety, irritability or sometimes ideas of persecution. The intellectual impairment is rare, and it should suggest other diagnoses (see other parkinsonian syndromes). Visual hallucinations occur occasionally, but almost always after many years of evolution or in some treatments, if again we must mention other diagnoses. (more…)

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What Is Parkinson’s disease? Part 1

Saturday, April 3rd, 2010

Parkinson’s disease is a degenerative disease, rare before age 45, affecting 1.5% of the population over 65 years, reaching as many men as women. The fundamental lesion is the degeneration of a certain type of neurons: dopaminergic neurons.
These neurons produce dopamine, a neurotransmitter substance of the nervous system. It occurs particularly in terms of neurons responsible for controlling body movements. There in Parkinson’s disease dopamine deficiency in the brain and this is manifested by movement disorders. (more…)

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