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What body system is neuritis related to?
Neuritis is inflammation of a nerve, so it relates to the nervous system.
What age does Optic neuritis strike?
Optic neuritis tends to afflict young adults with an average age in their 30s
What is the main term for auditory neuritis?
neuro
What is viral neuritis?
Neuritis is a generic term meaning Inflammation of a nerve (neuro=nerve, itis=Inflam.) To be more specific you then put the type or name of the nerve with neuritis. Median nerve neuritis is carpal tunnel syndrome a nerve that runs through your wrist. Ulnar neuritis is a nerve that runs through your elbow etc...
What is lumbosacral neuritis?
Lumbosacral neuritis is characterized by the nerves in the lumbar area of the spine being inflamed. Pain in the lower back and pain shooting down the legs are both common symptoms.
How is optic neuritis treated?
Treatment of optic neuritis with steroids is controversial
What is the ulnar groove?
The ulnar groove also known as the ulnar sulcus is a slight depression found at the inferior, posterior, medial side of the humerus bone. The ulnar nerve runs downwards in the ulnar groove to go to the ulna.
What body system is neuritis related to?
Neuritis is inflammation of a nerve, so it relates to the nervous system.
Is optic neuritis related to multiple sclerosis?
There is a strong association between optic neuritis and MS
Does optic neuritis affect women more?
Seventy-five percent of patients with optic neuritis are women
Why does holding a book such that arm is bent at elbow cause left arm to ache and feel numb?
Usually it's from having a nerve that runs through elbow (ulnar nerve) being pressed or crimped.Its called ulnar neuritis..AKA draftsman's elbow.You can get numbeness and pain along bottom of forearm into last 2 fingers.Reposition arm/elbow...if it is occurring all the time you may need surgery to reposition the nerve.It can mimic carpal tunnel syndrome
What has the author Guy Hains written?
Guy Hains has written: 'Post-traumatic neuritis' -- subject(s): Neuritis
What age does Optic neuritis strike?
Optic neuritis tends to afflict young adults with an average age in their 30s
What is Gion's canal part of the body?
" The ulnar canal or ulnar tunnel, also called Guyon's canal, is a space at the wrist between the pisiform bone and the hamatebone through which the ulnar artery and the ulnar nerve travel into the hand. " It is on Wikipedia.
Can you get pain in your elbow with carpal tunnel?
Not usually, you can sometimes get "retrograde" symptoms that go up the forearm from the wrist from CTS. However, you may have elbow pathology..something like lateral or medial epicondylitis (tennis/golfers elbow) or you could have ulnar neuritis or cubital tunnel syndrome. This ulnar nerve passes through the elbow joint and can give you symptoms at the elbow and DOWN the forearm into the hand(4th and 5th fingers) where as CTS effects the first 2-3 fingers typically.
Can neuritis come from cirrhosis?
Yes
What is the term for inflammation of the nerve?
Neuritis
