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  2. Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Problems with gripping objects, tying shoe laces, and using utensils can all be brought on by upper limb involvement. Proximal limb weakness is a fundamental clinical characteristic that sets apart chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy from the vast majority of distal polyneuropathies , which are far more common.

  3. Critical illness polyneuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Respiratory difficulties can be caused by atrophy of the muscles between the ribs (intercostals), atrophy of the diaphragm muscle, and degeneration of the nerve that stimulates the diaphragm (phrenic nerve). [8] This can prolong the time it takes to wean a person off of a breathing machine (mechanical ventilation) by as much as 7 – 13 days. [9]

  4. Inflammatory demyelinating diseases of the central nervous ...

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    Inflammatory demyelinating diseases (IDDs), sometimes called Idiopathic (IIDDs) due to the unknown etiology of some of them, are a heterogenous group of demyelinating diseases - conditions that cause damage to myelin, the protective sheath of nerve fibers - that occur against the background of an acute or chronic inflammatory process.

  5. Central neurogenic hyperventilation - Wikipedia

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    Central neurogenic hyperventilation (CNH) is an abnormal pattern of breathing characterized by deep and rapid breaths at a rate of at least 25 breaths per minute. Increasing irregularity of this respiratory rate generally is a sign that the patient will enter into coma.

  6. Multifocal motor neuropathy - Wikipedia

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    Multifocal motor neuropathy (MMN) is a progressively worsening condition where muscles in the extremities gradually weaken.The disorder, a pure motor neuropathy syndrome, is sometimes mistaken for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) because of the similarity in the clinical picture, especially if muscle fasciculations are present.

  7. Dr. Maro: Breathing problems In pets: Panting, snoring, raspy ...

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    Those complaints can have many different underlying causes that relate to abnormalities in respiratory and cardiovascular organs, in addition to abdominal, hormonal and even cancerous conditions.

  8. Ataxic respiration - Wikipedia

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    Various breathing abnormalities . Ataxic respirations are one of many unique respiration styles in an ill patient. There is an apparent controversy surrounding the novelty of ataxic respirations versus the well-known Cheyne-Stokes and cluster respirations, which Dr. Camille Biot deemed mutually exclusive. [3]

  9. Today’s NYT ‘Strands’ Hints, Spangram and Answers for Sunday ...

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    In today's puzzle, there are eight theme words to find (including the spangram). Hint: The first one can be found in the bottom half of the board. Here are the first two letters for each word: SW ...