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One-sided weakness of facial muscles

One-sided weakness of facial muscles is caused by pathological processes that affect the facial (VII) nerve. Among pregnant women, as well as patients with diabetes mellitus and arterial hypertension, neuropathy of the nerve VII is more common than in the rest of the population.

Facial hyperkinesis

Facial paraspasm is a peculiar form of idiopathic (primary) dystonia, described in the literature under various names: Mesa paraspasm, Bruegel syndrome, blepharospasm syndrome - oromandibular dystonia, cranial dystonia. Women fall three times more often than men.

Forced head position and "hanging head" syndrome

The head is steadily turned or tilted to one side or the other. The presented list of diseases is not complete. Here, violations of the head pose are not analyzed in patients in a coma or a serious condition due to extensive damage to the cerebral hemispheres and (or) the brain stem.

Dizziness: treatment

The main goal of treating a patient with dizziness is to remove as completely as possible the unpleasant sensations and accompanying neurological and otiatric disorders (coordination, hearing, vision, etc.). Therapeutic tactics are determined by the cause of the disease and the mechanisms of its development.

Diagnosis of dizziness

Examination of a patient with complaints of dizziness implies the establishment of the very fact of dizziness and clarification of its topical and nosological affiliation. Often patients put in the notion of vertigo the most varied meaning, including, for example, impaired vision, nausea, headache, etc.

Symptoms of dizziness

Symptoms of dizziness are largely determined by the level of damage (peripheral or central parts of the vestibular analyzer, other parts of the nervous system) and associated neurologic symptoms associated with it. To establish the localization of the lesion and its nature, a careful analysis of the clinical picture, peculiarities of dizziness, and the recording of accompanying symptoms are necessary.

Dizziness

Dizziness is a feeling of imaginary movement of one's own body or surrounding objects. With non-systemic vertigo, in contrast to the systemic, there is no sensation of movement of the body or objects.

Body temperature

The temperature of the body in the armpit is considered normal if it is located between 36 and 37 ° C and varies within a day from a few tenths to 1 ° C. A noticeable decrease in it is observed rarely (general exhaustion of the body, heart failure, intoxication by some toxic substances, endocrine disorders).

Facial expression

The facial expression depends not only on the patient's mental state, but also on the coloring of the skin, the type of eyes, nose, lips, teeth, cheeks, and rashes that are associated with various cytological processes. At a number of diseases the person acquires a characteristic kind.

Fainting (loss of consciousness)

Most attacks of short-term loss of consciousness are associated with syncope (syncope) or, more rarely, epilepsy. When you leave this state, satisfactory or well-being returns quickly enough.

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