What is Peripheral Neuropathy? Examples of peripheral neuropathy include: Causes of Peripheral Neuropathy Peripheral neuropathy is nerve damage caused by different conditions. Medical conditions that can cause peripheral neuropathy include: Other causes of neuropathies include: Signs & Symptoms of Peripheral Neuropathy Every nerve in your peripheral system has a specific function, therefore symptoms depend on…
Introduction Sural nerve entrapment may occurs at various locations along its course of sural nerve in the lower leg, which may leads to pain in the calf as well as the lateral ankle and foot. Anatomy and function What is the main Sural Nerve? What is the main Sural Nerve Impingement? What is the cause…
Quadrangular space syndrome is characterized by compression or injury to the posterior humeral circumflex artery(PHCA), and the axillary nerve which is situated in the quadrangular space. So that may be the cervical radiculopathy, thoracic outlet syndrome, suprascapular nerve entrapment, and Parsonage-Turner syndrome. Quadrilateral space syndrome(QSS) is a rare condition in which neural and vascular structures…
What is Pseudo-bulbar palsy? Signs and symptoms of the Pseudobulbar palsy Signs and symptoms of pseudobulbar palsy involve: Causes of Pseudo bulbar palsy Rare causes of pseudobulbar palsy prevalence of the Pseudo bulbar palsy Pathophysiology of the Pseudo bulbar palsy Diagnosis of Pseudo bulbar palsy Treatment of pseudo bulbar palsy Dysphagia ( difficulty in swallowing…
Saphenous nerve entrapments are rarely seen in which you feel chronic pain on the inside of the lower thigh, and knee area and throbbing sensation with or without tingling numbness. It is also called Saphenous neuritis or Gonalgia Paresthetica. What is the saphenous nerve? What is the function of the saphenous nerve? It enables you…
What Is Cervical Radiculopathy? Cervical radiculopathy is often termed a pinched nerve. It is the most ordinary condition of the neck. Cervical radiculopathy is the damage or a change in the way nerve functions resulting from one of the nerve roots near the cervical vertebrae is compressed. Cervical radiculopathy is a neck condition that results…
What is Bulbar palsy? Sign of Bulbar palsy Symptoms of Bulbar palsy Causes of Bulbar palsy Mechanism of the bulbar palsy Diagnosis of bulbar palsy Exercise of bulbar palsy Dysphagia ( difficulty in swallowing ) Effortful Swallow Dynamic Shaker Jaw Thrust Masako Maneuver Mendelsohn Maneuver Supraglottic Maneuver Hyoid Lift Maneuver Dysarthria Tips for speaking Strategies…
How is it various from other forms of paralysis? Other forms of paralysis involve: What is paraplegia? There are also two important ways that paraplegia can happen, complete and incomplete: There are also two important ways that paralyzed muscles act in paraplegia: How does the location of a problem harm paraplegia? Paraplegia can occur with…
The common peroneal nerve is a major nerve that supplies the lower limb. The common peroneal nerve is the smaller and terminal branch of the sciatic nerve which is composed of the posterior divisions of L4, L5, S1, and S2. Peroneal nerve palsy is a paralysis of a common fibular nerve that decrease the patient’s…
What is a Wartenberg’s Syndrome? Wartenberg’s Syndrome is a condition in which the superficial branch of the radial nerve is compressed which causes Pain over the distal radial side forearm (Just above the wrist) with burning or prickling sensation or loss of sensation (paresthesia) over The back side of the hand. When a superficial branch…
