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Brain fog is a common symptom in many illnesses where chronic pain is a major component. [26] Brain fog affects 15% to 40% of those with chronic pain as their major illness. [27] In such illnesses, pain processing may use up resources, decreasing the brain's ability to think effectively. [26]
One root cause of brain fog could be inflammation, says Von Ah. Certain conditions can cause lots of inflammation, resulting in damage throughout the body, including the brain. Inflammatory ...
Racing thoughts refers to the rapid thought patterns that often occur in manic, hypomanic, or mixed episodes.While racing thoughts are most commonly described in people with bipolar disorder and sleep apnea, they are also common with anxiety disorders, obsessive–compulsive disorder (OCD), and other psychiatric disorders such as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
An earworm happens when you have the “inability to dislodge a song and prevent it from repeating itself” in your head, explains Steven Gordon, M.D., neurotologist at UC Health and assistant ...
Although Weikard mainly described a single disorder of attention resembling the combined presentation of ADHD, Crichton postulates an additional attention disorder, described as a "morbid diminution of its power or energy", and further explores possible "corporeal" and "mental" causes for the disorder (including "irregularities in diet ...
A failure of inhibitory action from the TRN to the thalamus may be the underlying cause for the inability to suppress excitatory sensory information. [ 4 ] [ 6 ] Research has been limited due to issues of case identification, diagnosis, and the limited size of any studied cohort, though the issue of diagnosis is now largely addressed.
Pneumocephalus is the presence of air or gas within the cranial cavity.It is usually associated with disruption of the skull: after head and facial trauma, tumors of the skull base, after neurosurgery or otorhinolaryngology, and rarely, spontaneously.
Sleep inertia is a physiological state of impaired cognitive and sensory-motor performance that is present immediately after awakening. It persists during the transition of sleep to wakefulness, where an individual will experience feelings of drowsiness, disorientation and a decline in motor dexterity.