Headaches I. Background of Headaches — Headache is one of the 20 most frequent reasons that cause patients to visit primary care providers in the United States. In a study of 20,468 patients, migraine headache, one of the common causes of recurrent headache, occurred one or more times yearly in 17.6%...
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Insomnia sleep disorders Insomnia causes symptoms diagnosis with Insomnia treatment The subjective experience of insufficient sleep or of sleep that is not refreshing Insomnia is defined as a persistent AND difficulty initiating to maintaining sleep. Insomnia Insomnia Insomnia can be a primary ;, however insomnia is more commonly a secondary symptom...
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How to Diagnose Different Types of Sleep Disorders sleep disorder: Any condition that interferes with sleep, excluding environmental factors such as noise, excess heat or cold, movement (as on a train, bus, or ship), travel through time zones, or change in altitude. Classifies sleep disorders into eight major categories: Insomnia...
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Porphyrias The porphyrias are inherited disorders. porphyrias are metabolic disorders caused by altered activities of enzymes within the heme biosynthetic pathway Acute intermittent porphyria: Pyrroloporphyria; neuropsychiatric–abdominal -Aminolevulinic aciduria; neuropsychiatric–abdominal Congenital erythropoietic porphyria: Günther disease; severe dermatologic Hereditary coproporphyria: Neuropsychiatric, occasionally dermatologic Other rare genetic variants reported Porphobilinogen synthetase deficiency: Porphyria...
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Sleep Disorders Disturbed sleep is one of the most common health problems. Average requirement of sleep is 7-8 hours per night. States and stages of sleep are defined by characteristic patterns in EEG (electro-encephalogram), EOG (Electrooculogram), EMG (Electromyogram) measured on the chin and neck. Polysomnography The continuous recording of...
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ARKA Calotropis procera Arka consists of dried leaves of Calotropis procera ,(Fam. Asclepiadaceae), Ayurvedic Medicine for piles and Anal Fistula ,found wild more or less throughout India. Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Gentianales Family: Asclepiadaceae Genus: Calotropis Species: C. procera Binomial name...
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SUCHI ATROPA BELLADONA MAADAK (NARCOTIC) local anaesthetic and analgesic Local uses in eye dilatation FAMILY– SOLANACEAE LATIN NAME— ATROPA BELLADONA SANSKRIT NAME— SUCHI HINDI NAME– SAAGANGUR ANGURSHAFA CHEMICAL COMPOSITION– ATROPINE HYOSCYMINE– 0.81-0.5 % GUNA GUNA- LAGHU, RUKSH RASA- TIKTA,...
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HYOSCYAMUS NIGER or PARSEEK YAVANI VEDNASTHAPAN( ANALGESIC ) and a little MAADAK( NARCOTIC ) works on CNS FAMILY– SOLANACEAE LATIN NAME– HYOSCYAMUS NIGER SANSKRIT NAME– PARSEEK YAVANI YAAVNI TURUSHKA MADKARINI HINDI NAME- KHURASANI AJWAIN COMMONLY KNOWN AS HENBANE ...
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CESTODES (Tape Worms) TAENIA SAGINATA ,TAENIA SOLIUM ,Neurologic manifestations of cysticercii (neurocysticercosis) Tapeworms, or cestodes, are hermaphroditic flatworm parasites, which can live as parasitic adults in the human gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Cysticercosis is caused by the larval stage (metacestode) of the pork tapeworm Taenia solium. A genus of tapeworms,...
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