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Condition
Description
Cause
Bell's Palsy
Unknown.
Spontaneous
recovery is not
unknown.
Effect
Cerebal Palsy
A non-progressive
disorder of movement
resulting from damage
to the brain before,
during, or immediately
after birth.
Cerebal palsy is
attributed to
damage to the
brain, generally
occuring before,
during, or
immediately after
birth.
It is often
associated with
other neurological
and mental
problems.There are
many causes
including birth
injury, hypoxia,
hypoglycaemia,
jaundice and
infection.
degenerative disease of
the motor system
occurring in middle age
and causing muscle
weakness and wasting.
Multiple Sclerosis
Some forms of
motor neurone
disease are
inherited.
Myalgic
Encephalomyelitis
(ME)
A condition
characterized by
extreme
disabling fatigue that
has lasted for at least
six months, is made
worse by physical or
mental exertion, does
not resolve with bed
rest, and cannot be
attributed to other
disorders.
Neuralgia
Neuritis
Parkinson's Disease
Unknown.
Often occurs as a
sequel to such viral Extreme disabling fatigue that has lasted for at
infections as
least six months, is made worse by physical or
glandular fever.
mental exertion, does not resolve with bed rest,
and cannot be attributed to other disorders.
The fatigue is accompanied by at least some of
the following:
Poor co-ordination
Joint pain
Sore throat
Slight fever
Depression
Inability to concentrate
General malaise
Maybe due to
previous attack of
shingles
A severe burning or stabbing pain often
(Postherpetic
following the course of a nerve.
Neuralgia).
A disease of the
peripheral nerves
showing the
pathological changes of
inflammation.
The word 'neuritis' is
also used, less precisely,
to refer to any disease
of the peripheral nerves,
usually causing
weakness and
numbness.
Degenerative disease
process (associated with
aging) that affects the
basal ganglia of the
brain.
Associated with a
deficiency of the
neurotransmitter
dopamine.
Also associated
with aging.
Sciatica
A common condition
arising from
compression of, or
Usually caused by
degeneration of an
intervertebral disc,
which protrudes
laterally to
compress a lower
lumbar or an upper
sacral spinal nerve
root.The onset may
be sudden, brought
on by an awkward
lifting or twisting
movement.
Aphasia loss of speech. The speech centers are located on the left side of the brain in a
majority of people. If someone suffers a stroke (cerebrovascular accident-CVA), or traumatic
brain injury, and it involves the left side of the brain, they may suffer speech impediments that
vary over a spectrum of problems from difficulty in finding the right word, speaking slowly and
with difficulty, or complete loss of speech. Actually, there are two speech centers. Injury
described above involves the motor speech area, the area of the brain that produces language by
integrating thoughts of speech with the movements of the larynx, lips and tongue. There is a
second speech area, the receptive or sensory area, that enables us to understand speech. Injury to
the latter results in still fluent speech, but the individual does not understand what they are
hearing.