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Guillain-Barré syndrome
Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) (French pronunciation: [ɡiˈjɛ̃ baˈʁe]; in English, pronounced /ˈɡiːlæn ˈbɑreɪ/, /ɡiːˈlæn bəˈreɪ/, etc) is an acute inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (AIDP), an autoimmune disorder affecting the peripheral nervous system, usually triggered by an acute infectious...
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Cardiac arrhythmia
Dysrhythmia is a cause of certain cardiac diseases
Hypertension
Hypertension is a chronic medical condition in which the blood pressure is elevated. It is also referred to as high blood pressure or shortened to HT, HTN or HPN. The word "hypertension", by itself, normally refers to systemic, arterial hypertension...
Orthostatic hypotension
Orthostatic hypotension (also known as postural hypotension,, orthostasis, and, colloquially, as head rush or a dizzy spell and to some people "the elevator effect") is a form of hypotension in which a person's blood pressure suddenly falls when the...
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Back pain
Back pain (also known "dorsalgia") is pain felt in the back that usually originates from the muscles, nerves, bones, joints or other structures in the spine.
The pain can often be divided into neck pain, upper back pain, lower back pain or tailbone...
Dysphagia
Dysphagia is the medical term for the symptom of difficulty in swallowing. Although classified under "symptoms and signs" in ICD-10, the term is sometimes used as a condition in its own right. Sufferers are sometimes unaware of their dysphagia.
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Dyspnea
Dyspnea or dyspnoea (pronounced disp-nee-ah, IPA /dɪsp'niə/), from Latin dyspnoea, from Greek dyspnoia from dyspnoos, shortness of breath), also called shortness of breath (SOB) or air hunger, is a debilitating symptom that is the experience of...
Hydrocephalus
Hydrocephalus (pronounced /ˌhaɪdrɵˈsɛfələs/), also known as Water on the Brain, is a medical condition. People with hydrocephalus have an abnormal accumulation of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in the ventricles, or cavities, of the brain. This may cause...
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Paresthesia
Paresthesia (/ˌpærɨsˈθiːziə/ or pronounced /ˌpærɨsˈθiːʒə/, spelled paraesthesia in British English) (also Cacaesthesia) is a sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness of a person's skin with no apparent long-term physical effect. It is more...
Adie syndrome
Adie syndrome, sometimes known as Holmes-Adie's syndrome or Adie's Tonic Pupil, is a neurological disorder which affects the pupil of the eye and the autonomic nervous system. It is named after the British neurologist William John Adie. It is caused...
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Muscle weakness
A reduction in the strength of one or more muscles.
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Facial Paresis
Facial droop is a symptom for some diseases.
Hyporeflexia
Hyporeflexia is the condition of below normal or absent reflexes. It can be tested for by using a reflex hammer. It is the opposite of hyperreflexia. Hyporeflexia is generally associated with a lower motor neuron deficit (at the alpha motor neurons...
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Dysesthesia
Dysesthesia (dysaesthesia) comes from the Greek word "dys," meaning "bad," and "aesthesis," which means "sensation." (bad sensation). It is defined as an unpleasant abnormal sense of touch. It is caused by lesions of the nervous system, peripheral...
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Bulbar palsy
Bulbar palsy refers to bilateral impairment of function of the lower cranial nerves IX, X, XI and XII, which occurs due to lower motor neuron lesion either at nuclear or fascicular level in the medulla or from bilateral lesions of the lower cranial...
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Lower motor neurone lesion
A lower motor neuron lesion is a lesion which affects nerve fibers traveling from the anterior horn of the spinal cord to the relevant muscle(s) -- the lower motor neuron.
One major characteristic used to identify a lower motor neuron lesion is...
Peripheral Motor Neuropathy
Inflammation or degeneration of the peripheral motor nerves. - 2003
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Leg pain
Leg pain refers to the pain that occurs in the leg.
