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Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy (TIC) is a disease where prolonged tachycardia (a fast heart rate) or arrhythmia (an irregular heart rhythm) causes an impairment of the myocardium (heart muscle), which can result in heart failure. [1][5] People with TIC may have symptoms associated with heart failure (e.g. shortness of breath or ankle ...
Paresthesia is an abnormal sensation of the skin (tingling, pricking, chilling, burning, numbness) with no apparent physical cause. [ 1 ] Paresthesia may be transient or chronic, and may have many possible underlying causes. [ 1 ] Paresthesias are usually painless and can occur anywhere on the body, but most commonly occur in the arms and legs.
Endocrinology. Burning feet syndrome, also known as Grierson-Gopalan syndrome, is a medical condition that causes severe burning and aching of the feet, hyperesthesia, and vasomotor changes of the feet that lead to excessive sweating. It can even affect the eyes, causing scotoma and amblyopia. The condition occurs more frequently in women, and ...
A tic is a sudden and repetitive motor movement or vocalization that is not rhythmic and involves discrete muscle groups. [ 1 ][ 2 ][ 3 ] It is typically brief and may resemble a normal behavioral characteristic or gesture. [ 4 ] Tics can be invisible to the observer, such as abdominal tensing or toe crunching.
Premonitory urges are "uncomfortable feelings or sensations preceding tics that usually are relieved by [a particular] movement". [1] "Individuals with tics may have either a generalized or a localized sensation of tension that is relieved by movement, [that is] the tic." [2] Sensory phenomena in tic disorders include bodily sensations, mental ...
Alcoholic polyneuropathy is a neurological disorder in which peripheral nerves throughout the body malfunction simultaneously. It is defined by axonal degeneration in neurons of both the sensory and motor systems and initially occurs at the distal ends of the longest axons in the body.
Primitive reflexes. Primitive reflexes are reflex actions originating in the central nervous system that are exhibited by normal infants, but not neurologically intact adults, in response to particular stimuli. These reflexes are suppressed by the development of the frontal lobes as a child transitions normally into child development. [1]
Tarsal tunnel syndrome (TTS) is a nerve compression syndrome or nerve entrapment syndrome causing a painful foot condition in which the tibial nerve is entrapped as it travels through the tarsal tunnel. [1][2] The tarsal tunnel is found along the inner leg behind the medial malleolus (bump on the inside of the ankle).