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Item: Diseases of the human body -> Category: Health -> Author: PF -> Revision: 12/05/2008
Glossary of diseases of the brain

Accident brain vascular: brain injury caused when the brain ceases to receive oxygen. The causes can be a lack of blood flow or internal bleeding that sends blood to areas where they should not. The affected tissues die and consequently lost the skills to them.

 

Alzheimer's: a set of symptoms resulting from a degenerative brain disease. It manifests itself in a progressive loss of memory, language and judgment. The causes are unknown and there is no treatment for her cure.

 

Amiotrófica Lateral Sclerosis: see commonwealth.

 

Balismo: disease caused by a brain injury that manifests itself in the implementation of large-scale involuntary sudden movements with any of the upper extremities, because normally only affects one.

 

Brain attack: see stroke.

 

Cerebral Palsy: brain injury with which some children are born. Part of the brain is not functioning normally leading to varying degrees of physical disabilities.

 

Commonwealth: chronic degenerative disease of the nervous system. Neurons that control movement die or lose their functions causing the patient to the progressive atrophy of some members of his body.

 

Encephalitis: inflammation of the brain in many cases due to viral infection.

 

Epilepsy: chronic brain disorder that manifests itself in different crisis seriously. In some cases leads to the loss of knowledge and conducting movements espasmódicos, but others may be periods of disorientation and loss of consciousness momentarily.

 

Glioma: type of tumor that affects the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord).

 

Head trauma: brain injury caused by heavy blows such as in falls or traffic accidents.

 

Hepatic Encephalopathy: brain disorder caused as a result of a serious liver disorder.

 

Huntington's Disease: see St. Vitus dance.

 

Hydrocephalus: disorder with which some children are born and that is the abnormal increase of fluid encefalorraquídeo in the brain. May cause brain damage.

 

Korea: see St. Vitus dance.

 

Lou Gehrig's Disease: see commonwealth.

 

Mal San vito: see St. Vitus dance.

 

Multiple Sclerosis: chronic disease of the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord). Among its symptoms are fatigue, loss of strength, decreased muscle mass or numbness in some parts.

 

Myocardial: brain death of the brain tissue. It occurs as a result of lack of blood flow.

 

Oligofrenia: severe mental illness. It is accompanied by a significant degree of impairment. It occurs as a result of disturbances during pregnant.

 

Parkinson: see disease parkinson.

 

Parkinson's disease: chronic degenerative disease that affects brain neurons. It produces tremors, difficulty coordinating movements and rigidity.

 

St. Vitus Dance: chronic and degenerative neurological disease. It is characterized by the realization of uncontrolled movements and progressive loss of the trial. It's hereditary.

 

Stroke: see stroke.

 

Touret's Syndrome: congenital neurological disorder which is characterized by the realization of movements and sounds on an involuntary basis.




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