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Lhermitte's sign (as if an electrical sensation shoots down back & into arms) loss of consciousness. Syncope (medicine) (R55) neck stiffness; opisthotonus; paralysis and paresis; paresthesia (R20.2) prosopagnosia; somnolence (R40.0) Obstetric / Gynaecological. abnormal vaginal bleeding. vaginal bleeding in early pregnancy / miscarriage; vaginal ...
patient clenches fist over chest when asked to describe pain Lhermitte's sign: Jean Lhermitte: neurology: lesions of cervical cord dorsal columns or caudal medulla, MS, chemotherapy, Behçet's disease: electrical sensation down the back and into limbs with neck flexion or extension Liebermeister's rule: Carl von Liebermeister: internal medicine
A medical triad is a group of three signs or symptoms, the result of injury to three organs, which characterise a specific medical condition. The appearance of all three signs conjoined together in another patient, points to that the patient has the same medical condition, or diagnosis.
Laryngopharyngeal reflux (LPR) or laryngopharyngeal reflux disease (LPRD) is the retrograde flow of gastric contents into the larynx, oropharynx and/or the nasopharynx. [4] [5] LPR causes respiratory symptoms such as cough and wheezing [6] and is often associated with head and neck complaints such as dysphonia, globus pharyngis, and dysphagia. [7]
The term derives from Latin angere 'to strangle' and pectus 'chest', and can therefore be translated as "a strangling feeling in the chest". An urgent medical assessment is suggested to rule out serious medical conditions. [5] There is a relationship between severity of angina and degree of oxygen deprivation in the heart muscle.
Individuals may feel "physically drained" and unable to start or finish activities. They may also feel restless while fatigued, describing their experience as "wired but tired". When starting an activity, muscle strength may drop rapidly, which can lead to difficulty with coordination, clumsiness or sudden weakness .
Signs and symptoms are also applied to physiological states outside the context of disease, as for example when referring to the signs and symptoms of pregnancy, or the symptoms of dehydration. Sometimes a disease may be present without showing any signs or symptoms when it is known as being asymptomatic . [ 13 ]
A further assumption is that a low levels of serotonin can causes spasms in the cervical area. [1] A plausible explanation for the cricopharyngeal spasms is a lack of neurotransmitter preventing the central nervous system from detecting that the eosophagus is closed, so that the upper esophagus sphincter becomes, randomly, hypertonic.