Symptoms The disease has traditionally been divided into 3 stages, which, however, cannot be clearly distinguished from each other and do not require patients to pass through them obligatorily and sequentially. The staging has therefore been abandoned by some experts in favor of an early and late phase or organ-based classification. Borrelia initially infect the … Lyme Diseases: Causes and Treatment
The swallowing act consists of a preparatory phase and three transport phases. The first phase corresponds to the oral transport phase of the food pulp, during which the swallowing reflex is triggered. Swallowing reflex disorders of the oral transport phase are often directly related to neurogenic diseases or muscle and connective tissue diseases. What is … Oral Transport Phase: Function, Role & Diseases
Polio (poliomyelitis) is a highly contagious infectious disease. If left untreated, it can lead to death due to severe paralysis that can attack the lungs and respiratory organs and render them nonfunctional. However, there is a vaccination against polio, so this disease has been very rare in Germany since the 1960s. What is polio? Polio … Polio: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
The cerebrospinal fluid space corresponds to a system of cavities in the central nervous system. In the so-called inner CSF space, the production of cerebrospinal fluid takes place, which is reabsorbed in the outer CSF space. Dilated CSF spaces give rise to pathological phenomena such as hydrocephalus. What is the cerebrospinal fluid space? Neurologists refer … CSF Space: Structure, Function & Diseases
Memory gaps or memory disorders and forgetfulness are usually disorders of the memory to reproduce new or old information. In healthy people, the ability to store and remember information is possible without interference. What is a memory disorder? Memory training is usually applied in the initial stages of dementia and orientation disorder adapted to the … Memory Lapses: Causes, Treatment & Help
Causes and classification 1. primary, idiopathic headache without underlying disease: Tension headache Migraine Cluster headache Mixed and other, rarer primary forms. 2. secondary headache: the causes of secondary headache as a result of a disease, a particular condition or substances are numerous: head or cervical trauma: Posttraumatic headache Cervical spine acceleration trauma Vascular disorders of … Headache
Tinnitus refers to pathological ear noises that are either recurring or even occur continuously, i.e. chronically. In this case, the affected person hears an unpleasant tone or noise, which can be perceived mostly as whistling, ringing or humming. The main reasons for tinnitus can be psychological causes, as well as pathological and physical causes. What … Tinnitus: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Water hemlock is also known as poison water hemlock. This name already indicates the highly toxic effect of this medicinal plant, which may only be used in finished medicines or homeopathically. Occurrence and cultivation of water hemlock Water hemlock grows as a herbaceous plant with growth heights of 0.5 to 1.5 meters. Characteristically generative features … Water Hemlock: Applications, Treatments, Health Benefits
Trypanosomes are unicellular eukaryotic parasites equipped with a flagellum and are also classified as protozoa. Found worldwide, trypanosomes have slender cell bodies and are classified by the exit point of their flagella. Characteristic of these agents of some tropical diseases, such as sleeping sickness, is the obligatory host switching between an invertebrate vector and a … Trypanosomes: Infection, Transmission & Diseases
Antibiotics have become an indispensable part of our medicine cabinet today. They play a paramount role in combating a large number of infectious diseases against which one was virtually powerless in the past. Importance Antibiotics play a weighty role in combating infectious diseases. Since the introduction of penicillin, for example, success has been achieved in … Antibiotics: Effects, Uses & Risks
Sarcoidosis, or Boeck’s disease, is a rare disorder that is primarily manifested by inflammatory granulomas (small nodules). Although all organs of the human body can be affected by sarcoidosis, the lymph nodes and lungs are more commonly affected. The exact cause of Boeck’s disease is not yet sufficiently known, but various environmental factors are thought … Sarcoidosis (Boecks Disease): Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Soul deafness, also called bark deafness, is the colloquial name for auditory agnosia or acoustic agnosia. Characteristic of this condition is that affected individuals hear sounds or spoken words but cannot associate them or grasp their meaning. What is soul deafness? Agnosia is a disorder of cognition. The processing of perceptions is disturbed, although the … Soul Deafness: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
