Overview: Horner’s syndrome is known as a Oculosympathetic paresis. Another name of this condition are Bernard-Horner syndrome and Von Passow Syndrome. Horner’s syndrome or oculosympathetic paresis is results from an disturbance of the sympathetic nerve supply to the eye and symptoms are arise when the group of nerve are damaged or sympathetic trunk is damaged….
What is a Occipital Neuralgia? Definition Occipital Neuralgia Clinical relevant anatomy of the cervical spine Anatomy of Occipital Neuralgia Upper Cervical Spine Nerves SPINAL NERVES Pathophysiology Epidemiology Which are the Causes of Occipital Neuralgia? Medical conditions which can be responsible for Occipital Neuralgia are : Symptoms of Occipital Neuralgia Symptoms of Occipital Neuralgia may include…
What is facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy? Facioscapulohumeral muscular dystrophy (FSHD) is a genetic muscle disorder that includes muscles of the face, shoulder blades, and upper arms that are the most affected. Muscular dystrophy means progressive degeneration of muscles, with increased weakness of the muscle and loss of muscle bulk (atrophy). In this type of muscular dystrophy,…
What is Bell’s palsy? Bell’s palsy is a condition that causes sudden weakness in one side of the facial muscles. In most cases, the weakness is temporary and significantly gets better over weeks. The weakness makes half of the face droop. One-sided smile and eye closing is affected on the affected side. It is also…
What is Rigidity? Rigidity, frequently used as a synonym for Hypertonia by many authors, is a common muscle tone disease in which there is resistance to passive movement irrespective of posture and velocity. It is one of the cardinal features of Parkinson’s Disorder and is usually present in extrapyramidal diseases. It affects the agonist muscles…
What is Facial palsy? The term facial palsy generally refers to weakness of the facial muscles, inability to move the muscles of the face, innervated by the facial nerve, one of the cranial nerves, mainly resulting from temporary or permanent damage to the facial nerve. When the facial nerve is missing or not working properly,…
Cyclist syndrome is a condition in which the Pudendal nerve is compressed in Alcock’s canal of the pelvis region. It is also called Alcock canal syndrome or Pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome (PNE). It is most commonly seen cyclist person who overuses cycle. It has rarely seen a condition in which chronic neuropathic pain in the…
What is Congenital Muscular Dystrophy (CMD)? Congenital Muscular Dystrophy like CMD is present at birth. A neonate may have weak muscles or curved spine and joints that are too stiff or loose. Children with CMD may have learning seizures, vision problems, and disabilities. It belongs to a larger group of disorders known as muscular dystrophies….
Overview: Hand of Benediction sign is a clinical significant by ulnar neuropathy of the hand. It results in the functional limitation of the intrinsic muscles of the hand that act on the metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joints. The intrinsic muscles may be affected the interossei and lumbrical muscles. It is also called AKA preacher’s hand. The…
What is Limb-Girdle Muscular Dystrophy (LGMD) ? Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy (LGMD) is not a single, but a rare group of inherited genetic disorders which are characterized by progressive weakening of the proximal muscles of the shoulder and hip. ( Distal muscles are farther away from the center — for example; the proximal muscles are those…
