Up to 50% of patients with diabetes eventually develop diabetic neuropathy. Poor glycemic control and longer duration of diabetes are most important risk factors for development of neuropathy. The neuropathy can be... Read more »
Tremors are the most common movement disorder encountered in clinical practice and can be defined as an involuntary, rhythmic, oscillatory movement of a body part. While tremors predominantly affect the upper extremities... Read more »
The oculocephalic reflex is also called the doll’s eye reflex, so named because dolls that have movable eyes exhibit the same eye movement. Read more »
Vitamin B12, also known as cobalamin, plays an important role in a number of physiological functions, Its deficiency has been associated with macrocytic anemia and number of neuropsychiatric disorders. Further, at the... Read more »
Temporal arteritis is a commonly used term that refers to an inflammation of the temporal artery. There is some confusion about terminology since this entity is also referred to as giant cell... Read more »
Optic neuritis is inflammation of the optic nerve. It is principally due to demyelinization and is closely associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). Read more »
Trigeminal neuralgia (TGN) is a neuritis of the fifth cranial nerve, the trigeminal nerve. It is estimated to occur at a rate of 1.6 per thousand (internationally.) It occurs at a frequency... Read more »
There was a time when acute mastoiditis was the most common complication of otitis media (AOM). With the advent of antibiotics, this complication has become relatively rare. It is of interest that... Read more »
As a complaint, dizziness and vertigo are as common as back pain and headache. Any seasoned primary care physician will testify to the difficulties posed by dizzy patients. They can be both... Read more »
The causes of spinal cord narrowing and root compression are disk protrusion or narrowing, osteotic overgrowth, and vertebral shifting in the form of spondylolisthesis. Spinal stenosis is a specific term that refers... Read more »