Lumbar discopathy
A discopathy is nothing more than the prolapse of an intervertebral disc from its place, its natural position. In most cases, discopathies usually involve the lower spine (sacral and lumbar...
Everything we know about discopathies
A discopathy, is defined as the initial condition of degenerative disease of the spine. When discopathy is left untreated it progresses very quickly. A discopathy, is defined as a disorder of the...
What is discopathy?
Discopathy, is a very broad term that covers various types of intervertebral disc disorders. Among the causes of the processes leading to the degeneration of the intervertebral disc are trophic...
Types of pain and their characteristics
For most people, pain might not exist. However, we should remember that experiencing pain, which is for each of us a very unpleasant sensation in every way, in many cases saves our lives.
Headache is it a disease or a symptom? Imaging diagnosis
A patient who comes to the doctor and complains of a headache, depending on the severity of the symptoms, their duration and accompanying symptoms, should be examined in detail with a medical history.
Do we need to feel pain?
Feeling pain is not a pathological condition, it is a normal reaction to pain. It is necessary for every human being to feel pain, whether it is caused by an injury (e.g. a fall, a cut, a burn) but...
What is pain?
By most people, pain (Latin: dolor; Gr. algos, odyne) is defined as a very unpleasant, agonising and negative sensory, but also emotional experience.
Cervical back pain and rehabilitation
Spinal pain and pain syndromes in this area, represent a very significant and widespread social problem.
Various symptoms of back pain
Most people with back problems experience back pain (cervical, thoracic, lumbar or sacral) and neck pain. Sometimes, however, patients experience dizziness and headaches, numbness in the upper limbs,...
Acute transverse myelitis
Acute transverse myelitis (ATM), is categorised as a neurological disease. The disease is characterised by an ongoing inflammatory process that eventually leads to damage of the myelin sheaths...
Causes of acute transverse myelitis
Acute transverse myelitis (ATM) is categorised as a neurological disease.
New treatment options for episodic pain
The International Society for the Study of Pain defines pain as an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with existing or potential tissue damage.
What do the foods we eat have to do with headaches?
Every one of us has experienced a headache at least once in his or her life. There are more than a dozen different types of headache and their causes are numerous (from medication to illness,...
Tension-type headaches
Tension-type headaches are very common (accounting for 90% of all primary headache cases). They usually occur in situations of severe stress, fatigue, hunger, overwork, lack of sleep, changes in...
Neuropathic gastric dilatation - a disease caused by the Borna virus
Neuropathic gastric dilatation (Neuropathic Gastric Dilatation) is a viral disease and is a disease of the nervous system - it involves the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system...
Could muscle tremor be a sign of illness?
Muscle tremor is a symptom that each of us has experienced in our lives, for some it is an unpleasant sensation for others a pleasant one. There are many causes of uncontrolled muscle tremor, from...
Purulent bacterial meningitis
Purulent bacterial meningitis is caused by the occurrence of bacteria within the cerebrospinal fluid (these may include streptococci, listeria, Escherichia coli, Haemophilus influenzae infection,...
Scheuermann's disease, or so-called sterile necrosis of the spine
Scheuermann's disease, is also known as sterile spinal necrosis or juvenile kyphosis. It occurs most frequently in young people and adolescents. The disease is characterised by necrosis and death...
How do you look after your spine?
The spinal column supports the body and shields the spinal cord. When viewed from the side, a correctly built spine resembles the letter S. There are two natural curvatures of the spine:
Concussion - is it dangerous?
Concussion, is associated with the appearance of a short-lasting disturbance in the normal functioning of the brain but without changes in its structure.
