Can Home and Work Routines Be Adapted in Motor Neuron Disease? Mobility Aids, Meals and Rest
Yes. Most people with motor neuron disease can adapt home and work routines for a considerable time by pacing activity, changing how meals are…
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Brain & Nerves
Articles on the brain and nervous system: headaches, dizziness, numbness, memory concerns and common neurological conditions. Every piece flags the warning signs that need urgent medical attention rather than reading.
Questions to Ask Before Agreeing to a Cerebrovascular Disease Treatment Plan
Before agreeing to a cerebrovascular disease treatment plan, ask what the imaging showed (clot, bleed, narrowing or small vessel damage), why this option was…
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What to Track Before a Tourette Syndrome Evaluation: Tic Diaries, Triggers and School Reports
Before a Tourette syndrome evaluation, keep a simple tic diary for several weeks noting each tic's type, time of day, setting and rough frequency;…
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Genetic Counseling in Huntington’s Disease: Questions Families Ask Around Testing
Huntington's genetic counseling is a series of conversations with a trained genetics professional before and after any decision about testing for the HTT gene…
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What Happens During an IVIG Infusion for CIDP? A Session From Check-In to Going Home
An IVIG infusion for CIDP is a scheduled outpatient session in which pooled donor antibodies are dripped slowly into a vein over several hours.…
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What Spina Bifida Surgery Can and Cannot Change: Realistic Expectations for Families
Spina bifida surgery closes the opening in a baby's back to protect the exposed spinal cord from infection and further injury. It cannot restore…
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Dementia vs Alzheimer’s Disease: Why Finding the Cause Changes the Treatment Plan
Dementia is an umbrella term for a decline in memory and thinking severe enough to disrupt daily life; Alzheimer's disease is its most common…
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Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy or a Baclofen Pump for Spasticity: How Do the Approaches Differ?
Selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR) and an intrathecal baclofen pump both reduce spasticity but in opposite ways. SDR is a one-time spinal surgery that permanently…
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Shunt or ETV for Congenital Hydrocephalus: How Do Pediatric Neurosurgeons Choose?
Pediatric neurosurgeons choose between a shunt and endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) mainly by the cause of the hydrocephalus and the child's age. ETV, which…
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What Epilepsy Surgery Results Usually Look Like and Why Medicines Continue Afterward
Epilepsy surgery outcomes are usually described in stages rather than as one verdict: an early period when the brain settles, a first-year review, and…
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Why Do Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Strokes Need Different Stroke Medicine?
Ischemic and hemorrhagic strokes need different medicines because they are opposite problems in the same organ. An ischemic stroke is caused by a clot…
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Neuroendoscopic vs Open Brain Surgery: When the Smaller Opening Is the Right Choice
Endoscopic brain surgery reaches a target through a small opening, often the nostril or a coin-sized burr hole, using a thin camera, while open…
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Swallowing Therapy, Endoscopy or Surgery for Dysphagia: How Each Option Is Chosen
Treatment for dysphagia is chosen by cause, not by severity alone. Swallowing therapy with a speech-language pathologist is usually first when the problem sits…
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Peripheral Nerve Surgery Recovery: Splints, Physical Therapy and How Nerve Healing Is Tracked
Recovery after peripheral nerve surgery is slow because nerve fibers regrow from the repair site at roughly an inch a month. A splint protects…
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Acute Flaccid Myelitis Treatment: How Supportive Care and Rehabilitation Are Planned
Acute flaccid myelitis treatment centers on supportive care, because no medicine has been proven to reverse the spinal cord injury. Hospital teams protect breathing…
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When Do Tics Need Treatment? How a Tourette Syndrome Care Plan Decides
Tics usually need treatment when they cause pain or injury, real distress, or interfere with school, work, sleep or friendships, not simply because other…
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Deep Brain Stimulation for Movement Disorders: What the Implant Changes Day to Day
Deep brain stimulation for movement disorders uses thin electrodes implanted in specific brain regions, wired to a small pulse generator under the skin of…
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What Can CIDP Treatment Realistically Improve? Setting Expectations With Your Neurologist
CIDP treatment can realistically improve muscle strength, walking, balance and everyday function, and it often slows or halts further nerve damage. It does not…
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