Conditions and Diseases—Nervous System and Sense Organs
This collection focuses on conditions associated to the nervous system and sense organs.
These comprehensive and concise factsheets are physician-reviewed and reflect the most current, evidence-based information. Relevant sources are provided for each fact sheet.
A
- Abductor spasmodic dysphonia
- Acoustic neuroma
- Acute adrenocortical insufficiency
- Acute angle-closure glaucoma
- Acute autoimmune neuropathy
- Acute central cord syndrome
- Acute cerebellar ataxia
- Acute idiopathic polyneuritis
- Acute inflammatory polyneuropathy
- Acute otitis
- AD
- Adamantiales-Behcet's syndrome
- ADC
- ADD
- Adductor laryngeal breathingdystonia (ABLD)
- Adductor spasmodic dysphonia
- ADHD
- Adrenal crisis
- Adrenoleukodystrophy X-linked
- Adult macular degeneration
- Age-related hearing loss
- AIDS dementia complex
- AIDS encephalopathy
- AIDS-related dementia
- Albinism
- Alexia
- Alexic anomia
- ALS
- Alzheimer's dementia
- Amblyopia
- AMD
- Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- AN
- Angle-closure glaucoma
- Anoxic brain damage
- Anoxic brain injury
- Anterior uveitis
- Aphasia
- ARD
- Arnold-Chiari malformation
- Arnold-Chiari syndrome
- Arteriosclerotic dementia
- Arteriovenous malformations
- Aseptic meningitis
- Astigmatism
- Astrocytoma
- Atherosclerotic disease
- Auditory dyssynchrony
- Auditory neuropathy
- Auditory processing disorder
- Auditory synaptopothy
- Autonomic dysreflexia
B
- Bacterial meningitis
- Barotrauma
- Batten disease
- Behcet's disease
- Bell's palsy
- Benign essential tremor
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Benign positional vertigo, BPV
- Bladder, neurogenic - child
- Blepharitis
- Blocked tear duct
- Bloody nose
- Botulinum toxin - biological weapon
- Botulism
- Bowel, neurogenic
- BPPV
- Brachial plexus injury
- Brachial plexus palsy
- Brain attack
- Brain injury, penetrating
- Brain tumor and brain cancer - child
- Brainstem stroke
- Burner
C
- Cataract
- Cauda equina syndrome
- Causalgia
- Cavus foot
- CCS
- Central cervical cord syndrome
- Central cord injury
- Central cord syndrome
- Cerebellar stroke
- Cerebellitis
- Cerebellomedullary malformation syndrome
- Cerebral hypoxia
- Cerebral infarct
- Cerebral palsy
- Cerebrovascular accident
- Cerumen impaction
- Cervical myelopathy
- CES
- Chalazion
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease
- Cholesteatoma
- Choroiditis
- Chorioretinitis
- Chronic glaucoma
- CJD
- Claw Foot
- Closed head injury
- Cloudy cornea
- Cluster headache
- Color blindness
- Color vision deficiency
- Color vision problem
- Coma, hepatic
- Compression of spinal nerve roots
- Conjunctivitis
- Copper transport disease
- Corneal abrasion
- Corneal opacity
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
- Crossed eyes
- CVA
D
- Dacryocystitis
- Dacryostenosis
- Dandy Walker
- Dandy-Walker malformation
- Dandy-Walker syndrome
- Dawson disease
- Day sight
- Deafness
- Dejerine-Sottas disease
- Delayed gastric emptying
- Dementia with lewy bodies
- Detached retina
- Diabetic neuropathy
- Disorder, seizure - child
- Dizziness, nonvertigo
- Dry eye syndrome
- Dyslexia
- Dysphonia, episodic laryngeal dyskinesia
E
- Ear barotrauma
- Ear blockage
- Ear infection, middle
- Ear impaction
- Ear popping
- Ear wax
- Encephalitis
- Encephalopathy, hepatic
- Encephalopathy, portal-systemic
- Epilepsy - child
- Epilepsy—adult
- Epistaxis
- Erb's palsy
- Erb-duchenne paralysis
- Essential tremor
- Eustachian tube dysfunction
- Extra-axial haematoma
F
- Familial Dandy Walker
- Familial periodic paralysis syndrome
- Familial tremor
- Farsightedness
- Farsightedness and nearsightedness
- Fecal incontinence
- Fetal alcohol syndrome
- Friedreich's ataxia
G
H
- Hand injury
- Hand trauma
- Hearing loss
- Hemianopia
- Hemianopsia
- Hemianopsia (bitemporal hemianopsia)
- Hemianopsia (homonymous hemianopsia)
- Hemianopsia (inferior hemianopsia)
- Hemianopsia (left homonymous hemianopsia)
- Hemianopsia (right homonymous hemianopsia)
- Hemianopsia (superior hemianopsia)
- Hemifacial spasm
- Hemiopia
- Hepatic coma
- Hepatic encephalopathy
- Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathies
- Hiccups
- HIE
- High arched foot
- HIV encephalopathy
- HIV-associated cognitive/motor complex
- HIV-associated dementia complex
- HIV-associated encephalopathy (HAE)
- HMSNs
- Hordeolum
- Huntington's chorea
- Huntington's disease
- Hydrocephalus
- Hyperkinetic impulse disorder
- Hyperkinetic syndrome
- Hyperopia
- Hyperopia and myopia
- Hyperreflexia
- Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy
I
- Idiopathic autonomic failure
- Idiopathic orthostatic hypertension
- Idiopathic polyneuritis
- Incontinence, neurogenic - child
- Infected tear duct
- Inflammation of the optic nerve
- Injury, central cord
- Interdigital neuroma
- Intermeta2tarsal neuroma
- Iridocyclitis
- Iritis
J
K
L
- Labyrinthitis
- Lacrimal duct obstruction
- Lacrimal duct stenosis
- Laryngeal dystonia
- Lazy eye
- Left hemisphere stroke
- Left-side stroke
- Leigh's syndrome
- Leukodystrophy
- Lewy body dementia
- Lewy body disease
- Loss of movement
- Lou Gehrig's disease
M
- Macular degeneration
- Meniere's disease
- Meningioma
- Migraine headache (adult)
- Migraine - child
- Mild cognitive impairment
- Mini-stroke
- Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome
- Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy, lactic acidosis and strokelike episodes
- Mitochondrial myopathy
- Mitochondrial neurogastrointestinal encephalopathy
- Morton's neuroma
- Motion sickness
- Motor neuron disease
- MS - adult
- MS - child
- MSA
- Mucormycosis
- Multiple sclerosis - adult
- Multi-system atrophy
- Multi-system degeneration
- Multiple sclerosis - child
- Multiple system atrophy
- Multiple system atrophy with postural hypotension
- Mutilating hand injuries
- Myelopathy, cervical
- Myoclonic epilepsy associated with ragged red fibers
- Myopia and hyperopia
N
- Narcolepsy
- Nasolacrimal duct obstruction
- Nearsightedness and farsightedness
- Neonatal conjunctivitis
- Nerve damage of diabetes
- Nerve pain
- Neurofibromatosis
- Neurogenic bladder - child
- Neurogenic bowel
- Neurogenic incontinence - child
- Neurolemmoma
- Neuropathic pain
- Neuropathy, ataxia, and retinitis pigmentosa
- Neuropathy, auditory
- Newborn conjunctivitis
- Night blindness
- Nocturnal amblyopia
- Nonvertigo dizziness
- Nose fracture
- Nosebleed
- Nyctanopia
- Nyctalopia
- Nystagmus
O
- Olivopontocerebellar atrophy
- Open-angle glaucoma
- Ophthalmia neonatorum
- Optic neuritis
- Orbital cellulitis
- Otitis externa
- Otitis media
- Otosclerosis
- Otospongiosis
P
- Parkinson's disease
- Pain, nerve
- Pain, neuropathic
- Paralysis
- Paralysis agitans
- Paralysis, upper extremity
- Paraplegia
- Parkinson's plus syndrome
- Pars planitis
- Pearson's syndrome
- Penetrating brain injury
- Penetrating wound to the head
- Perforated eardrum
- Periodic paralysis syndrome
- Peripheral neuropathy
- Pervasive development disorder
- Pes cavus
- Phantom limb syndrome
- PML
- Positional vertigo of barany
- Post-herpetic neuralgia
- Postconcussion syndrome
- Post-polio syndrome
- Portal-systemic encephalopathy
- Pressure-related ear pain
- Progressive external ophthalmoplegia
- Pulmonary barotrauma
- Presbyacusis
- Presbyopia
- Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
- Pterygium
R
- Restless leg syndrome
- Retinal detachment
- Retinitis pigmentosa
- Retinoblastoma
- Retinopathy of prematurity
- Retrolental Fibroplasia
- Rett's disorder
- Rett syndrome
- Reye's syndrome
- Right hemisphere stroke
- Right-side stroke
- Ringing in the ears
- Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
- RLF
- ROP
- Ruptured eardrum
S
- Schilder’s disease
- Sciatica
- Scratched cornea
- SD
- SDH
- Seizure disorder - child
- Seizure–child
- Seizure disorder—adult
- Senile dementia, Binswanger's type
- Shaking palsy
- Shy-Drager syndrome
- Single angle-closure glaucoma
- Sinus barotrauma
- Sinus headache
- Sinus infection
- Sinusitis
- Spasmodic dysphonia
- Spastic dysphonia
- Specific reading disability
- Spinal nerve roots, compression
- Sporadic olivopontocerebellar atrophy
- SSPE
- St. Louis encephalitis
- Stammering
- Stinger
- Strabismus
- Striatonigral degeneration
- Stroke
- Stroke, brainstem
- Stroke, cerebellar
- Stroke, left hemisphere
- Stroke, left-side
- Stroke, right hemisphere
- Stroke, right-side
- Stuttering
- Stye
- Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis
- Subacute spongiform encephalopathy
- Subarachnoid hemorrhage
- Subdural haemorrhage
- Subdural hematoma
- Sudanophilic leukodystrophy
- Swimmer's ear
- Syndrome, cauda equina
- Syndrome, central cervical cord
- Syndrome, central cord
T
- Tardive dyskinesia
- Tension headache
- Text blindness
- Thoracic outlet syndrome
- TIA
- Tinnitus
- Tourette syndrome
- Tourette syndrome - child
- Transient ischemic attack
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trigeminal neuralgia
- Tropia
- TS - child
- Tympanic membrane perforation
- Tympanic membrane perforation, eardrum—ruptured or perforated
- Type II Chiari malformation
U
V
- Vascular dementia
- Vascular dementia, Binswanger's type
- Vertigo
- Vestibular schwannoma
- Viral meningitis
- Visual aphasia
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