Neurological disorders

This is known as REM Behavior Disorder (RBD). REM Behavior Disorder (RBD) REM Behavior Disorder is when an individual's muscles are able to move during “sleep”, and react based on the dream and individual is having. The individual is also able to engage in activities associated with waking, thus being capable to…

asleep) • Sleep apnea (breathing interruptions during sleep) • Restless leg syndrome (a tingling or prickly sensation in the legs) • Narcolepsy (daytime "sleep attacks")  There are numerous types of sleep problems or disorders but I thought I would focus on the most common disorders. Insomnia for starters is when a person has trouble falling asleep and/or staying asleep. There are two types of insomnia and those are primary insomnia and secondary insomnia. Primary insomnia occurs when a person…

pathways between the cerebrum, spinal cord, and cerebellum. Moreover, there are less frequent causes that affect the pons such as hemorrhages, thrombosis, traumas, and tumors(2). Finally, treatment of locked-in syndrome depends on the main cause of the disorder. For example, thrombosis is treated with thrombolytic therapy while tumors are treated with steroids or radiation. Unlike the treatment, rehabilitation does not depend on the cause and should be started as early as…

Cardiac conditions that may develop into a sleep disorder are Ischemia and Congestive Heart Failure. Pulmonary conditions include: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, asthma, central alveolar, hypoventilation, and sleep apnea. Gastrointestinal conditions include reflux disease. Hematologic conditions include: paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, which is associated with brownish-red urine --- extremely rare. Older people have a disease in sleep time with waking up more during the night.…

of storage in three divisions of the brain stem. It is an increasingly genetic and a very rare disorder that is most common in family members. The people who suffer the most, have consequences in the lack of of levels of a certain enzyme in the body. Because of this, a fatty lipid spreads throughout one’s human body. This disease is also known to be called lysosomal storage disorder. This type of disorder can cause symptoms to happen at any time of your life, whether it is childhood or…

Huntington’s disease (HD). Huntington’s disease, also known as Huntington’s chorea, is an autosomal dominant disorder that causes selected neural cell death. With this disease comes concerns regarding what the disease is, its history, and its symptoms. In addition to those components, its stages, diagnoses, and treatments are of great importance as well. Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disorder that causes the progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain and eventually causes…

Mental Illness is portrayed and identified differently between the media and psychiatrists. They would suggest what most likely be an individual who is diagnosed with mental illness, that would also fall into the category of someone who has a mental disorder/mental health issue. Media is demonstrated through radio, TV shows such as fiction, documentaries, journals and etc. The source implies how common mental illness is shown not very common through media but, it’s categorized into three…

Seizure disorders are an unusual neurological event that occurs in the brain. Abnormal electrical activity in the brain that causes strange behaviors or movements is a symptom of epilepsy. There are several types of seizure disorders that exist and it is important for a doctor give his patient a correct diagnosis for the type of seizure disorders that they have (Yard and Thurman, 2000). One type of seizure disorder that does not cause abnormal electrical activity in the brain is called…

studies that prove that schizophrenia is a neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorder. Still, that is not enough for some experts who think otherwise. Some argue that schizophrenia is a biological disorder but there are people who disagreed. Scientists even traced back to a clinical observation involving Kraepelin and Bleuler, who have a history of schizophrenia because their parents were well known for neurological and behavioral abnormalities. Thomas Clouston was a Scottish psychiatrist…

Hypercholesterolemia is a genetic disorder, which means that it is a disorder that is carried on from someone's biological paternal and/or maternal link, that causes low-density lipoprotein to increase. Lipoprotein – abbreviated LDL – is known as the bad cholesterol that increases the risk of heart disease and stroke. Taken from its roots, it means that it is a genetically active disorder that leads to the elevated levels of cholesterol in the human body. This disorder affects about 1 in 500…