What are some ailments and disorders that involve the human body's nervous system?
I would like to know what disorders/ailments affect the nervous system for a biology project, and I figured this was the best place to go.
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I have autoimmune pernicious anaemia (unable to absorb vitamin B12 in the digestive system) which affects the nervous system as B12 is essential to maintain the myelin sheath around the nerves. If undiagnosed, it can lead to permanent paralysis, be misdiagnosed as Alzheimer's disease (and cause permanent Alzhemier's disease if not diagnosed in time) and MS and is fatal without treatment. Misdiagnosis is common as lab levels are far too low. I have nerve damage in my finger still from being misdiagnosed. I had to diagnose myself.
Pernicious Anaemia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernicious_anemia
http://www.drdach.com/B12_Jeffrey_Dach_drdach.html (
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What are some diseases of the nervous system?
i am in 7th grade and i am doing a project in science and i really need to know some diseases of the nervous system that 7th graders can understand and places to find info about them.
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go to righthealth.com and search M.S., huntington's disease and many others (
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How does chrontic bronchitis affect the nervous system?
I need to find out how it affects the nervous system for an essay I am doing. I can't find any research on it, and answering that question must be included in the essay. Any help? I'd love if you can give me resources for me to look at to help me answer this question.
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Whoever is asking the question doesn't understand chronic bronchitis. The nervous system really doesn't play a role in chronic bronchitis. Chronic bronchitis is the retention of secretions. The nervous system doesn't have anything to do with the disease, but some medications effect the nervous system to cause bronchodilation making it easier to breath. (
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What are some good websites to find information on the nervous system?
What are are some good websites to find information about the nervous system, how it works, what is included, and things that can go rong (like a disease or disorder).
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http://www.lumen.luc.edu/lumen/meded/Neuro/
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Can weight training overstimulate the sympathetic nervous system leading to erectile dysfunction?
The imbalance between sympathetic nervous system stimulation and parasympathetic nervous system stimulation can cause problems with erections? i.e. do bodybuilders often have problems keeping erections?
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I've been weightlifting 3 times a week since I was 15 and I can keep mine up easy.. and im 18
but bodybuilders maybe in very long term i have no idea (
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Can you get mercury poisoning by eating sushi everyday?
I've heard that eating too much sushi can cause mercury poisoning, is this possible? Lately I have eaten three sushi rolls every night for dinner (I am a vegetarian, so it's vegetarian sushi containing tofu, avocado, or eggs), can this seriously effect your health? Or is it healthy? Or am I worrying over nothing?
Cheers :)
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Only if the fish was caught in an area where high mercury levels were present. (
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Parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system on heart?
I am doing physiology lab homework and im struggling a bit with the cardiovascular system. There is a question that says in the absence of influences, the SA node generates Action Potentials at 100 beats per min. But the average beats per min. is 70. and it is asking what this tells me about the parasympathetic nervous system in realtion to sympathetic nervous system.
I understand that the parasympathetic slows down the heart and that sympathetic speeds it up and that they both work on the heart in sort of a tug and pull thing....but does the above senerio mean that the parasympathetic nervous system has a greater influence on the heart rate?
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In a normal situation, yes. But all these systems are interrelated. The medulla oblongata acts to control the pulse by sympathetic and parasympathetic impulses. Baroreceptors in the aorta and carotid sinuses alter the cardiac output via the glossopharyngeal nerve and the vagus nerve. Overall the parasympathetic system has a greater influence on rate in the basal rate, but those things can fluctuate as need be. (
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How do diseases of the Nervous System interrupt homeostasis?
could you please give an example of a nervous system disease & how it interferes with the system's job/ homeostasis
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What kind of problems can affect the nervous system?
I am doing a report about the nervous system and I need to know what kind of problems can occur that can affect the nervous system. Anything you can think of
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CNS-central nervous system (i.e. the brain)
epilepsy-seizures (unorganized, uncontrolled electrical firing of neurons in the brain)
encephalitis- infection of the brain.
head trauma- can cause concussions, bleeding in the brain can cause subdural/subarachnoid hematomas (big blood clots)
cerebrovascular accidents (strokes)- caused by blood clots in the vessels in the brain
PNS-peripheral nervous system (i.e. spinal cord and nerves)
meningitis- infection of the spinal cord
paraplegia/quadraplegia- caused by damage to the spinal cord (broken neck/back)
sciatica- radiating pain down the leg due to impinged nerves.
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Which statement is true about how the nervous system usually communicates with body parts?
Which statement is true about how the nervous system usually communicates with body parts?
- Peripheral nerves take in information and send it to the CNS, which then sends back a directive response.
- Sensory receptors are linked directly to the brain, which processes information coming in and sends messages to the body through the spinal cord.
- The somatic system receives messages from the autonomic system.
- The motor division sends messages to the muscles from the sensory receptors.
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I've only a guess. 1-2-4 make sense, & 3 doesn't. I hope there's a better answer. (
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