Neurological Disorders

Sometimes called trigeminal neuralgia, mouth nerve pain is a condition that causes sudden, extreme sensations of burning or electricity. Although there is no cure for mouth nerve pain, doctors...

Electrodiagnostic medicine is a way of studying nerve and muscle diseases, including neuropathy. Tests used to diagnose and monitor neuropathy include nerve conduction study and electromyography.

Nerve damage is called neuropathy. When the cause of the damage is unknown, it is called idiopathic neuropathy. This condition is just as real and debilitating as nerve damage with a known cause;...

Until the appearance of the Salk vaccine in 1955 and the Sabin vaccine in 1962, polio was a rapidly spreading disease. Vaccination efforts have significantly slowed the spread of this disease, but...

Cerebral palsy (CP) and muscular dystrophy (MD) are both neurological disorders that affect the muscles. Cerebral palsy and muscular dystrophy have many similarities, but also many distinct...

Lou Gehrig's Disease is named after the famous New York Yankees baseball player who was stricken with the disease while still in his playing days. The actual name of the disease is amyotrophic...

The sciatic nerve is the longest nerve in the body; it supplies both motor and sensory functions to the leg. Compression of the sciatic nerve results in a condition called sciatica which can...

Krabbe disease is a genetic disorder that can develop in a person as young as 6 months old. The disorder effects muscle tone and movement and can often be fatal. It can cause many serious...

RSD is reflex sympathetic dystrophy, a chronic neurological condition in which nerves or soft tissue that is injured does not heal normally. It primarily affects legs and arms, and it causes...

Piriformis syndrome is commonly seen after a compression injury or muscle strain in the back or lower extremities. Caused by interaction between the piriformis muscle and the sciatic nerve, the...

Parkinson's disease affects over 1.5 million Americans, according to the American Parkinson Disease Association. This neurological conditions causes a number of symptoms, including muscle...

The true causes of many common illnesses often remain a mystery to medical researchers no matter how intense the investigation becomes. Internal shaking, muscle spasms, and extreme or chronic...

Diagnosing motor neuron disorders (MNDs) is a complex and extensive process. Motor neuron disorders are characterized by respiratory muscle weakness, emotional instability, and muscle weakness and...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a fatal neurological disease. It causes muscle weakness which affects the ability to speak, eat and breathe. Also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig's disease,...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, is a progressive neurological disease in which motor neurons degenerate and die. The disease starts slowly with muscle twitching and slurred speech, and...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a neurological disease that begins with muscle weakness and results in death. It is also called Lou Gehrig's disease after the famous baseball player who...

Motor neuron diseases are progressive neurological disorders that can be inherited or acquired during a person's life. All age groups are susceptible to motor neuron diseases, but those most often...

Degenerative nerve diseases are medical conditions that affect various bodily activities, such as walking, balancing, talking, breathing, heart function and other organ functions. The disease...

A number of neurological disorders qualify to be labeled as cerebral palsy (CP). The majority of people with CP are born with the disability. Those with cerebral palsy usually show symptoms of CP...

The nervous system is made up of two different subsystems: the central and peripheral nervous system. A neurological disorder occurs when there is damage to either system.

Peripheral neuropathy is a common neurological disorder that can be caused by injury, alcohol abuse, toxin exposure or as a complication of diabetes. Peripheral neuropathy interferes with...

Central nerve pain is a type of pain that is also called neuropathic pain as well as central pain. It is caused by an injury or disorder that has affected a person's central nervous system. Since...

Cerebral palsy affects an estimated 764,000 people in the United States, according to United Cerebral Palsy. Problems with muscle control and tone may make it difficult to function normally for...

ALS disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurological disease affecting muscle movement and weakness which eventually leads to death. According to the Mayo Clinic, 5 to 10 percent of...

Numbness and tingling can occur anywhere in the body, but it's particularly annoying when it occurs in the feet. Relief may be had by doing numb feet exercise. The most common places to experience...

Cerebral palsy is a group of neurological disorders that affect body movement and muscle coordination. Occurring in up to four out of every 1,000 births, according to the Mayo Clinic, cerebral...

The term "peripheral neuropathy" refers to a range of disorders which affect your peripheral nervous system. Affected individuals often report feeling tingling or numbness in their hands and feet,...

Focal dystonia is a muscle/movement disorder that causes spasms and uncontrollable muscle contractions in a localized area of the body. It typically affects the hand and/or arm; eyes; vocal...

Cerebral palsy (CP), sometimes called spastic paralysis, is a broad term used to describe a group of chronic disorders that affect muscle coordination and body movement. This condition's name is a...

One to four newborns out of every 1,000 births in Europe and the United States suffer from the neurological disorder known as cerebral palsy, or CP. It is a condition that is present either...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a serious neurological disorder that weakens muscles, disables its victims and almost always results in death. Commonly referred to as Lou Gehrig's disease,...

Parents who are taking their child in to be screened for cerebral palsy (CP) need to be prepared. They need to assemble the child's medical history and documentation of any symptoms they or other...

The multiple effects of cerebral palsy are related to the body and motor control. Pain, seizures, lack of sleep and other struggles affect the daily lives of cerebral palsy patients. While this...

Cerebral palsy is defined as a medical condition which affects control of the muscles in the body. Cerebral indicates "head," meaning a problem with a part of the brain, while palsy...

Kearns-Sayre syndrome is characterized by a slow weakening of the retina of the eye, color or pigment changes of the retina and the growing paralysis of eye movement muscles. This rare...

Ataxia is a group of specified symptoms clustered together under the medical classification of "ataxia." There are three groupings differentiated by cause. One is genetic, usually appearing when...