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Alternative treatment measures | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Alternative treatment measures A stroke means serious changes for the affected person and his social environment. A multidisciplinary treatment is necessary. Therefore, most patients receive occupational therapy in parallel to physiotherapy. In this therapy, ADL (activities of daily life, such as washing, dressing) are trained, among other things, in order to enable the affected person … Alternative treatment measures | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

A stroke is a circulatory disorder in parts of the brain. As a result, different regions of the brain are no longer sufficiently supplied with oxygen and nutrients. The consequences manifest themselves in severe impairments, which depend on the extent and location of the brain damage. After heart disease and cancer, stroke is the third … Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Pareses | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Pareses By paresis, doctors understand an incomplete paralysis of a muscle, a muscle group or a whole extremity. The difference to plegia is that although the muscle strength in this area is significantly reduced, residual functions still exist. Pareses are caused by a neurological disorder. The stroke disrupts the so-called 2nd motoneuron (motor nerve cells … Pareses | Stroke: Can Physiotherapy Help?

Sotos Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Sotos syndrome is a rare genetic disorder. It is characterized by accelerated body growth and somewhat delayed motor and language development in childhood. In adulthood, the typical symptoms are hardly noticeable. What is Sotos syndrome? Sotos syndrome represents a sporadically occurring rare malformation syndrome. In this condition, accelerated growth with disproportionate skull circumference (macrocephalus) and … Sotos Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Microcephaly: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Microcephaly is one of the rarer malformations in humans. It is either genetic or acquired and is primarily manifested by a skull circumference that is too small. Children born with microcephaly often also have a smaller brain and show other physical and mental developmental abnormalities. However, there are also cases of microcephaly in which young … Microcephaly: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Nonlinguistic Learning Disorder: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Nonlinguistic learning disorder is a neuropsychological syndrome. In it, affected children suffer from various deficits. What is a nonlinguistic learning disorder? Nonverbal learning disorder is also known as nonverbal learning disorder or nonverbal learning disorder (NLD). Children suffering from the syndrome are unable to interpret body language. In Germany, the nonverbal learning disorder tends to … Nonlinguistic Learning Disorder: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Anton Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

In Anton syndrome, cortical blindness occurs, but patients do not notice it. The brain continues to produce images that affected individuals accept as images of the environment and thus fail to see their blindness. Patients often do not consent to treatment because of their lack of insight. What is Anton syndrome? Anton syndrome is characterized … Anton Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Bourneville-Pringle Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Bourneville-Pringle syndrome is known as a triad of tumors of the brain with epilepsy and developmental delay, skin lesions, and growths in other organ systems. The disease is caused by a mutation of two genes, TSC1 and TSC2. Therapy is symptomatic with a focus on the epilepsy. What is Bourneville-Pringle syndrome? The medical term Bourneville-Pringle … Bourneville-Pringle Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Age-related Forgetfulness: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Age-related forgetfulness is also known as mild cognitive impairment. This is a memory impairment in the form of a decreased ability to concentrate on a task or remember things for a longer period of time. What is age-related forgetfulness? Age forgetfulness is a memory disorder in the form of a decreased ability to focus on … Age-related Forgetfulness: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Pallister-Killian Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Pallister-Killian syndrome is a hereditary disease that leads to various anatomical abnormalities. In Germany and surrounding countries, only 38 cases of the syndrome are currently known. Thus, Pallister-Killian syndrome is a very rare disease. What is Pallister-Killian syndrome? Pallister-Killian syndrome, also called Teschler-Nicola syndrome or tetrasomy 12p mosaic, is a genetically inherited disorder. The syndrome … Pallister-Killian Syndrome: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Duchenne Type Muscular Dystrophy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Duchenne type muscular dystrophy is a malignant (malignant) muscle disease caused by a genetic defect on the X chromosome, so the disease can only occur in male offspring. Symptoms appear as early as infancy in the form of weaknesses in the pelvic and thigh muscles. It is always fatal in early adulthood due to degeneration … Duchenne Type Muscular Dystrophy: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Oculomotor Apraxia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Oculomotor apraxia is also called Cogan II syndrome and is an extremely rare eye disorder that makes it impossible for affected individuals to perform eye movements for fixation. Most often, the syndrome is congenital, but acquired variants also occur. The movement disorder in this form is usually related to another disease, such as a stroke. … Oculomotor Apraxia: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment