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Female hysteria was once a common medical diagnosis for women. It was described as exhibiting a wide array of symptoms, including anxiety, shortness of breath, fainting, nervousness, sexual desire, insomnia, fluid retention, heaviness in the abdomen, irritability, loss of appetite for food or sex, even sexually forward behavior, and a "tendency to cause trouble for others". [1]
Proctalgia fugax. Specialty. General surgery. Proctalgia fugax, a variant of levator ani syndrome, is a severe, episodic pain in the regions of the rectum and anus. [1] It can be caused by cramping of the levator ani muscle, particularly in the pubococcygeal part. [2]
Specialty. Neurology. Anterior cutaneous nerve entrapment syndrome ( ACNES) is a nerve entrapment condition that causes chronic pain of the abdominal wall. [ 1] It occurs when nerve endings of the lower thoracic intercostal nerves (7–12) are 'entrapped' in abdominal muscles, causing a severe localized nerve (neuropathic) pain that is usually ...
Cramp fasciculation syndrome. Cramp fasciculation syndrome (CFS) is a rare [1] peripheral nerve hyperexcitability disorder. It is more severe than the related (and common) disorder known as benign fasciculation syndrome; it causes fasciculations, cramps, pain, fatigue, and muscle stiffness similar to those seen in neuromyotonia (another related ...
Treatment. Walking, pelvic relaxation techniques, massage, warm baths, muscle relaxant medications. Levator ani syndrome is a condition characterized by burning pain or tenesmus of the rectal or perineal area, [ 1] caused by spasm of the levator ani muscle. [ 2][ 3][ 4] The genesis of the syndrome is unknown; however, inflammation of the arcus ...
Ovarian remnant syndrome[ 1] is a condition that occurs when ovarian tissue is left behind following oophorectomy, causing development of a pelvic mass, pelvic pain, and occasionally dyspareunia. [ 2] Ovarian remnant syndrome (ORS) is characterized by the presence of residual ovarian tissue after a woman has had surgery to remove one ovary or ...
Accessory nerve disorder. Other names. Spinal accessory nerve palsy. Muscles innervated by the accessory nerve. Specialty. Neurology. Accessory nerve disorder is an injury to the spinal accessory nerve which results in diminished or absent function of the sternocleidomastoid muscle and upper portion of the trapezius muscle .
Spasmodic torticollis is an extremely painful chronic neurological movement disorder causing the neck to involuntarily turn to the left, right, upwards, and/or downwards. The condition is also referred to as "cervical dystonia ". Both agonist and antagonist muscles contract simultaneously during dystonic movement. [ 1]