Tag: Neurology

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How far is Alzheimer’s disease from us?

With the development of modern medicine, some incurable diseases such as smallpox recorded in medical books in the past have disappeared worldwide. However, as the average life span of human beings continues to extend, new death gods continue to appear on the road of human pursuit of longevity, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Yes, in terms of current medical technology, Alzheimer’s disease is incurable, and most of its research is based on big data statistics of patients and lacks recognized systematic theories. It is estimated that by 2050, one in 85 people will suffer from the disease. According to statistics, less than 3% of patients will survive for more than 14 years after diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease. Once Read More …

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Mild Cognitive Impairment-A Risk Signal for Elderly Dementia

Every year, September 17 is China’s “Chinese Senile Dementia Prevention Day” and September 21 is “World Alzheimer’s Day”. These are two days to remind people to pay attention to diseases that endanger the brain health of the elderly. However, today we will talk about a more common disease called “pre-dementia” and less severe disease-Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Mild cognitive impairment is relatively new. The concept has been put forward by the medical community for only 10 years. It is also mainly manifested by memory and mental retardation. It is closely related to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and other dementia diseases and is a very noteworthy [danger signal]. Early identification of mild cognitive impairment is very important for the prevention and treatment Read More …

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Key Points and Common Mistakes of Epilepsy First Aid

I. Epileptic seizures and convulsions Epilepsy is also called [epilepsy]. In the eyes of many friends, eyes turn white, foaming at the mouth and then fall unconscious is epilepsy. Convulsive seizures are indeed one of the characteristics of epilepsy, but it does not mean that all convulsive seizures are epilepsy. Children’s common [febrile convulsion] and young women’s common [hysteria] may have convulsive seizures. Epilepsy is caused by abnormal discharge of brain neurons, which can be divided into two categories: generalized seizure and partial seizure. Under each category, it can be subdivided into many different types, such as generalized primary grand seizure, which is commonly seen in people’s eyes turning white and limbs twitching. This article mainly discusses this type. Second, Read More …

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How far is Alzheimer’s disease from us?

With the development of modern medicine, some incurable diseases such as smallpox recorded in medical books in the past have disappeared worldwide. However, as the average life span of human beings continues to extend, new death gods continue to appear on the road of human pursuit of longevity, such as Alzheimer’s disease. Yes, in terms of current medical technology, Alzheimer’s disease is incurable, and most of its research is based on big data statistics of patients and lacks recognized systematic theories. It is estimated that by 2050, one in 85 people will suffer from the disease. According to statistics, less than 3% of patients will survive for more than 14 years after diagnosis. Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease. Once Read More …

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Mild Cognitive Impairment-A Risk Signal for Elderly Dementia

Every year, September 17 is China’s “Chinese Senile Dementia Prevention Day” and September 21 is “World Alzheimer’s Day”. These are two days to remind people to pay attention to diseases that endanger the brain health of the elderly. However, today we will talk about a more common disease called “pre-dementia” and less severe disease-Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI). Mild cognitive impairment is relatively new. The concept has been put forward by the medical community for only 10 years. It is also mainly manifested by memory and mental retardation. It is closely related to Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) and other dementia diseases and is a very noteworthy [danger signal]. Early identification of mild cognitive impairment is very important for the prevention and treatment Read More …

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Learn more and have fewer migraines

Often people say, one day catch cold cold headache, didn’t take medicine, took what folk prescription, the next day is good. In fact, this is not necessarily a headache caused by a cold. Cold usually has other symptoms besides headache, and causes headache for many reasons, cold is only one of them, and migraine is common. What kind of headache is migraine? Headache is divided into [primary headache] and [secondary headache]. [Primary headache] is caused by excessive activity of head pain sensitive structures and is not a symptom of any potential disease. [Secondary headache] indicates diseases that activate pain-sensitive nerves in the head. Migraine is one of the most common primary headaches, affecting people between the ages of 35 and Read More …

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Is it really better to go to bed early than late?

The widespread use of electricity has enabled human beings to get rid of the restriction of natural light and start a chapter in nightlife. At the same time, it has also given birth to a life style that reverses day and night. At the same time, there are more and more health problems such as staying up late, insomnia and listlessness. Are you also a [night owl], and are you tired of other people’s preaching about [going to bed early and getting up early]? Regular life is paramount. Before discussing the question of whether it is better to go to bed early and get up early, or whether it is better to go to bed late and get up late, Read More …

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Can myasthenia gravis patients take diazepam drugs?

Almost all the instructions for diazepam drugs will say [myasthenia gravis patients are forbidden or used with caution]! Due to the muscle relaxation effect of diazepam drugs, In theory and practice, it does partially aggravate the symptoms of myasthenia gravis patients’ myasthenia, and even worsen respiratory function in patients with dyspnea. However, nothing in clinical practice is absolute, otherwise it becomes mechanical [scripted] and cannot actually help patients solve the problem. Therefore, all kinds of clinical problems are actually relative! If the patient has significant anxiety and sleep disorders, It will also significantly aggravate the condition of myasthenia gravis patients, If the patient can use diazepam drugs under the doctor’s evaluation and follow-up. For example, patients in pre-crisis or crisis Read More …

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Increased risk of osteoporosis in young myasthenia gravis patients

Is the risk of osteoporosis increased in myasthenia gravis patients compared with normal people? Let’s take a look at the hints of the recent study of two large samples. There was no statistical difference in the probability of fractures or osteoporosis-related fractures in patients with myasthenia gravis A British study published in 2013 conducted a retrospective cohort study of 1066 myasthenia gravis patients from 1987 to 2009, with age and sex-based controls. The results showed that the probability of fracture or osteoporosis-related fracture in myasthenia gravis patients showed no statistical difference compared with the control group, and their adjusted risk ratios (AHR) were 1.11 and 0.98 respectively. In addition, among myasthenia gravis patients, those who used oral glucocorticoid more than Read More …

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Precautions for Myasthenia Gravis Crisis

First solve the ventilation problem Although myasthenia gravis crisis includes cholinergic crisis, myasthenia crisis and antagonistic crisis, it is often difficult to accurately identify them in clinical work. In any case, rapid improvement of patient ventilation is the primary task to solve the crisis. Early patients show more prominent carbon dioxide retention than hypoxemia. Therefore, we should not rely on the oxygen saturation monitoring value on the monitor, but should closely follow up the arterial blood gas. If there is typical type II respiratory failure, we should give mask balloon assisted ventilation in case of emergency, followed by tracheal intubation/tracheotomy and artificial respiration assisted respiration immediately. Attention should be paid to frequent lung auscultation and examination of cannula position. In Read More …