A disorder of the olfactory system, which manifests itself in the fact that ordinary odors seem unpleasant and even disgusting to a person, is defined as parosmia, troposmia or cacosmia (literally from Greek - bad smell).
The term "meningism" refers to a syndrome that occurs in some common infectious pathologies under the influence of irritation of the meninges. Meningism is characterized by such symptoms as headache, rigidity of the neck muscles, increased intracranial pressure against the background of unchanged composition of the cerebrospinal fluid.
A systematic review and meta-analysis of studies worldwide found that the point prevalence of active epilepsy was 6.38 per 1000 persons and the lifetime prevalence was 7.6 per 1000 persons.
Among organic cerebral pathologies, such a congenital anomaly of brain development as lissencephaly stands out, the essence of which lies in the almost smooth surface of the cortex of its hemispheres - with an insufficient number of convolutions and furrows.
A decrease in skeletal muscle tone (residual tension and resistance of muscles to passive stretching) with a deterioration in its contractile function is defined as muscle hypotonia.
In neurology, spinal shock is defined as a clinical syndrome that occurs as a result of the initial neurological response to traumatic injury to the spinal cord - with reversible loss or reduction of all its functions below the level of the injury.
To improve the prognosis of patients diagnosed with syringomyelia, regardless of the underlying cause of the pathology, it is necessary to monitor themselves and avoid possible increases in intra-abdominal and intracranial pressure.
