Spinal disc herniation

They make up the nerves, which is how the body functions. If the nerves are destroyed, then so is the body. The nerves are centered around the spine, so when someone has a spinal cord injury, that is how they become paralyzed. When someone hurts themselves, the wound heals. However, nerve cells do not heal the same way. There is a protein in the brain that helps to prevent nerve cells from dividing on their own. This protein…

and hope. Two diseases that are similar and yet so dissimilar are Transverse myelitis and Optic neuritis. Both diseases are neurological and known to be connected to MS (multiple sclerosis). MS is a disease in which the nerves of your brain and spinal cord are inflamed and damaged. Optic neuritis is the inflammation of the optic nerve, which is the nerve that connects what a person to sees to their brain. Transverse myelitis is inflammation that can cause severe injury in…

later part of the adult life. Kennedy’s disease starts to appear in males between the ages of 30 to 50 years old. Kennedy’s disease has many other designations that are used for this disorder, but the most common are X-linked Spinal and Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, X-linked Spinal Bulbar Muscular Atrophy, or SBMA (Kennedy's Disease Association, 2015). SBMA is a rare disorder because it affects one in 150,000 individuals…

About Having Spinal Fusion Surgery If you've had an injury to your spine that's made it unstable or fractured, it's probably giving you a lot of pain. The pain occurs because portions of your spine move independently of each other and they can pinch nerves and tissues when they are out of alignment. Your doctor may suggest a spinal fusion to correct the problem and decrease your pain. Here's a quick overview of this medical procedure. Fusing Your Spine With A Bone Graft A spinal fusion…

Imagine reaching out to grab the phone but for some odd reason, it was not possible. You then realize your arm has simply become numb and that soon, it will return to normal. But what if it never did? People suffering with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, or ALS, experience this everyday until the entire body has become permanently “numb”. This terminal disease affects all but one organ in the person’s body, the brain. What does affect the person’s brain however, is a different disease known as…

known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. Relatively rare, between 1.5 and 2.5 people are affected out of a population of 100,000 annually [2].This disease is caused by a continuous deterioration of motor neurons that are located in the brain, brain stem, and spinal chord. This disenables signals from the brain to communicate with the muscles, disabling the extremities to function, or paralyzing them [1]. Symptoms include but are not limited to muscle tightness and weakness, slurred speech, cramps,…

Nathan King King 1 Mrs. Ward Pre-AP English II 29 October 2014 The Theory of Surviving: Stephen Hawking and his battle with ALS. Some diseases can kill you within days, some can cause pain for years. Some diseases are curable, some are not. ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is a disease where it slowly melts your body muscles like a candle. ALS was widely discovered by…

How A Chiropractor May Help After You've Been In A Slip And Fall Accident It's a natural instinct when you slip and fall forward to catch yourself with your outstretched arms. However, when your arms take the brunt of the fall, the force travels through your arms and to your back. Even if you don't fracture your wrist or hurt your shoulders, you could end up with serious back pain even though you didn't land on your back. You might also have neck pain due to the whiplash movement of your neck.…

Signs and Symptoms ALS stands for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease. According to the ALS association they describe the disease as "a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects nerve cells in the brain and the spinal cord." This awful disease takes over from the outside in. The disease begins by affecting the body's voluntary muscles such as a person's arms or legs. Cramping and twitching of the muscles can occur as they begin to diminish. While the outer…

slurred speech or trouble projecting her voice, loss of motor skills in hands and arms, tripping and falling, dropping objects, and impaired use of limbs. Lou Gehrig’s Disease is characterized by the continuous progression of the breakdown of the spinal cord and the motor nerve cells in the brain. When the body’s motor neurons all discontinue sending pulses to the muscles, atrophy occurs (which is when your muscles are wasting away because of no use). This all causes major muscle weakness.…