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Post-dural-puncture headache (PDPH) is a complication of puncture of the dura mater (one of the membranes around the brain and spinal cord). [3] The headache is severe and described as "searing and spreading like hot metal", involving the back and front of the head and spreading to the neck and shoulders, sometimes involving neck stiffness.
Werner syndrome patients exhibit growth retardation, short stature, premature graying of hair, alopecia (hair loss), wrinkling, prematurely aged faces with beaked noses, skin atrophy (wasting away) with scleroderma-like lesions, lipodystrophy (loss of fat tissues), abnormal fat deposition leading to thin legs and arms, and severe ulcerations around the Achilles tendon and malleoli (around ankles).
Spinal anaesthesia is the technique of choice for Caesarean section as it avoids a general anaesthetic and the risk of failed intubation (which is probably a lot lower than the widely quoted 1 in 250 in pregnant women [3]). It also means the mother is conscious and the partner is able to be present at the birth of the child.
[42] [58] Women are three times more likely than men to have a congenital Chiari malformation. [59] Type II malformations are more prevalent in people of Celtic descent. [58] A study using upright MRI found cerebellar tonsillar ectopia in 23% of adults with headache from motor-vehicle-accident head trauma.
Diagnosis may occur either before or after a child is born. [5] Before birth, if a blood test or amniocentesis finds a high level of alpha-fetoprotein (AFP), there is a higher risk of spina bifida. [5] Ultrasound examination may also detect the problem. Medical imaging can confirm the diagnosis after birth. [5]
The first time this disease was documented was in 1962 when Eickle studied a 36-year-old woman. Her first symptoms, gait difficulties and secondary amenorrhoea , occurred when she was 31 years old. Throughout the duration of her life, she experienced chronic episodes with extensive deterioration of her brain following minor physical trauma.
The CDC said 1.7% of adults ages 65 to 74 reported a dementia diagnosis, a rate that increased with age. For those ages 75 to 84, the reported dementia rate was 5.7%
Klippel–Trénaunay syndrome, formerly Klippel–Trénaunay–Weber syndrome [1] and sometimes angioosteohypertrophy syndrome and hemangiectatic hypertrophy, [2] is a rare congenital medical condition in which blood vessels and/or lymph vessels fail to form properly.