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  2. Dystonia - Wikipedia

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    Clinical characteristics such as age of onset, body distribution, nature of the symptoms, and associated features such as additional movement disorders or neurological symptoms, and; Cause (which includes changes or damage to the nervous system and inheritance). [4] Physicians use these classifications to guide diagnosis and treatment.

  3. Mannose - Wikipedia

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    Mannose (D-mannose) is used as a dietary supplement to prevent recurrent urinary tract infections (UTIs). [ 9 ] [ 10 ] As of 2022 [update] , one review found that taking mannose was as effective as antibiotics to prevent UTIs, [ 9 ] while another review found that clinical trial quality was too low to allow any conclusion about using D ...

  4. Effects of long-term benzodiazepine use - Wikipedia

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    Although anxiety can temporarily increase as a withdrawal symptom, there is evidence that a reduction or withdrawal from benzodiazepines can lead to a reduction of anxiety symptoms in the long run. [4] [5] Due to these increasing physical and mental symptoms from long-term use of benzodiazepines, slow withdrawal is recommended for long-term users.

  5. Duloxetine - Wikipedia

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    Duloxetine, sold under the brand name Cymbalta among others, [1] is a medication used to treat major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, fibromyalgia, neuropathic pain and central sensitization. [10] [11] It is taken by mouth. [10] Duloxetine is a serotonin–norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor (SNRI ...

  6. Mannan-binding lectin - Wikipedia

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    Mannose-binding lectin (MBL), also called mannan-binding lectin or mannan-binding protein (MBP), is a lectin that is instrumental in innate immunity [5] [6] as an opsonin and via the lectin pathway. Structure

  7. Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome - Wikipedia

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    The causes of persisting symptoms are a combination of pharmacological factors such as persisting drug induced receptor changes, psychological factors both caused by the drug and separate from the drug and possibly in some cases, particularly high dose users, structural brain damage or structural neuronal damage.

  8. MBL deficiency - Wikipedia

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    MBL deficiency or mannose-binding lectin deficiency is an illness that has an impact on immunity. Low levels of mannose-binding lectin, an immune system protein, are present in the blood of those who have this illness. It's unclear if this deficiency increases the risk of recurrent infections in those who are affected.

  9. Hypertonia - Wikipedia

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    Hypertonia is a term sometimes used synonymously with spasticity and rigidity in the literature surrounding damage to the central nervous system, namely upper motor neuron lesions. [1] Impaired ability of damaged motor neurons to regulate descending pathways gives rise to disordered spinal reflexes , increased excitability of muscle spindles ...