Any symptoms that center on the head and neck are magnified by the fact that this is the most highly innervated part of the human body. Thus eye pain, ear pain, mouth... Read more »
Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is considered a rheumatic disease even though its etiology is undetermined. It is a syndrome characterized by severe pain in the proximal muscle groups, i.e. the neck, shoulder girdle,... Read more »
Neurofibromatosis is a condition that can involve almost any organ system. It can be divided into two major subtypes, neurofibromatosis 1 (NF-1, traditionally known as Von Recklinghausen Disease) and neurofibromatosis 2 (NF-2). A... Read more »
The back derives its stability from what is called a functional spiral unit—2 adjacent vertebral bodies and the intervertebral disk. The term trijoint complex refers to a disk and 2 zygapophyseal joints... Read more »
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a syndrome of disproportionate amount of pain, abnormal function of the sympathetic nervous system, swelling, movement disorder, dystrophy and atrophy that follows an... Read more »
Nerve roots distal to the termination of the spinal cord comprise what is called the cauda equina (CE). Cauda equina syndrome (CES) is low back pain, typically bilateral, saddle sensory disturbances, variable... Read more »
Wilson disease is an autosomal recessive disorder of copper metabolism. Patients with the disease experience excessive deposition of copper in the liver, brain, and other tissues. It appears that the primary defect... Read more »
A facial pain syndrome characterized by paroxysms of pain involving areas innervated by one or more sensory branches of the trigeminal nerve (CN V). Read more »
Labyrinthitis is an inflammation of the bony labyrinth that impacts on the function of both the vestibular and auditory systems. Inflammation has a variety of potential causes, and therefore there are mulitple... Read more »
Along with vestibular neuronitis (VN) and benign paroxysmal positional neuronitis (BPPV), Meniere’s disease (MD) accounts for a majority of the cases of true vertigo seen by primary care providers. For considerable time,... Read more »