the most common disease among young Americans is "Narcissism"
Yes, you can become color blind from accidents or illness. The most common causes are brain injuries, medications affecting the retina, or retinal disease. If it's affecting the retina, you usually can acquire a red/green color blindness. You can check by looking at a red object and compare the brightness/color between the two eyes by closing one eye at a time to compare. Brain injuries usually produce a blue color blindness.
Brain lesions associated with Alzheimer's disease are called amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. These are abnormal protein deposits that interfere with normal brain function and are characteristic features of the disease.
No, grey matter is not a disease. Grey matter refers to the part of the brain and spinal cord where nerve cell bodies are located. Alzheimer's disease, on the other hand, is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects memory and cognition.
Kuru disease is caused by prion proteins found in contaminated human brain tissue. It is transmitted through ritualistic cannibalism practices, where consumption of infected brain tissue can lead to the development of the disease.
Vertigo itself is not infectious. It is a symptom of an underlying medical condition affecting the inner ear or brain that can lead to a sensation of spinning or dizziness. Infectious causes of vertigo may include conditions like labyrinthitis or vestibular neuritis, which are caused by viral infections affecting the inner ear.
Dyspraxia is a disorder affecting fine and gross motor coordination in children and adults. This disorder is a developmental coordination disorder.
Brain surgeons are helpful because say you have a disease that affects your brain and there were no brain surgeons to help you remove the disease. Say that the disease starts from your brain, if there weren't any brain surgeons it would spread through all of your body affecting your arms, legs,ect.
Mebulloblastoma is the most common children's brain tumour. It is vary rare in adults.
Dementia, or Alzheimer's
pituitary adenoma affecting the optic chiasm.
Beta waves.
They are most common in children between the ages of 3-12, and in adults aged 55-65
In Alzheimer's disease, the first part of the brain to deteriorate is typically the hippocampus. This region is crucial for memory formation and spatial navigation. As the disease progresses, the damage spreads to other areas of the brain, affecting cognitive functions and daily activities. Early degeneration of the hippocampus is often linked to the early symptoms of memory loss characteristic of Alzheimer’s.
narrow-angle glaucoma liver disease enlarged heart disorders affecting the arteries and veins diseases and disorders affecting the blood supply to the brain
Dengue,Malaria,Brain fever,Swine flu,Common Cold.
Yes and No! TB is most common in the lungs but can affect the spine, skin, genitals, kidneys and brain
Each year, approximately 700,000 people in the United States are living with a primary brain tumor. It is estimated that around 80,000 new cases of primary brain tumors are diagnosed in adults every year. Brain tumors can occur at any age, but they are most common in older adults and children.