Mourn Muscle Strength Loss - Neuromuscular Diseases
Neuromuscular Diseases affect nerve and muscle strength. Different types of neuromuscular diseases affect different muscles and nerves. Loss of muscle strength often leaves the patient with varying degrees of deteriorating muscle use. This can ... [... more]
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Caregivers and Family Members - Neuromuscular Diseases
We are living in a world with other human beings around us. This is fantastic as no one lives on an island all by themselves. It is also true that the modern living has become so sophisticated and self-sufficient that we are not as close to one ... [... more]
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Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) - Neuromuscular Diseases
Ekbom wrote in several articles published between 1944 through 1960 about a syndrome he described as "Restless Legs Syndrome." This ill-defined condition was described as unpleasant sensations in the legs that urged the patient to almost ... [... more]
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What is Motor Neuron Disease? - Neuromuscular Diseases
Motor Neuron disease is one of the more serious neuromuscular diseases. It forms part of a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy cells controlling essential muscle activity. Messages from nerve cells in the brain (called upper ... [... more]
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Two Pictures of Myself - Neuromuscular Diseases
I have two physical sides: One known by myself and the other known by others. This poem was inspired by a compliment I received last Friday when someone remarked on how well red suits me. Once again I realized to what extent my appearance is ... [... more]
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Electromyography and nerve conduction velocity - ...
Electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) Tests are two of the different tests done by neurologists in the diagnosis of certain neuromuscular diseases. What is it all about and how is it done? An EMG is often used along with NCV ... [... more]
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The Deaf Leading the Blind - Neuromuscular Diseases
Disabled people often complain that so-called "able-bodied" people treat them as though they have the plague or other contagious disease or talk down to them as though there must be something wrong with their brain as well as there body. My ... [... more]
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Self Perception - Neuromuscular Diseases
The perception the public have from a person with some type of neuromuscular disease is often the reason why this person believes that he is worthless. As a child other children have ignored, made fun of him and treated him as though he had the ... [... more]
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Welcome to the Weekly Newsletter - Neuromuscular Diseases
Greetings, and welcome to the Neuromuscular Diseases Newsletter This free newsletter is put out weekly and provides a wealth of information for anybody living with or interested in Neuromuscular Diseases and the effect it has on people's ... [... more]
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT) - Neuromuscular Diseases
Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), Discovered in 1886 by three physicians, Jean-Martin-Charcot, Pierre Marie, and Howard Henry Tooth, is the most commonly inherited neurological disorder which is found world-wide in all races and ethnic groups. This ... [... more]
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Laugh for Lesure - Neuromuscular Diseases
Suffering from Depression? Laughter can be one of the best mild depression medicines as there really is a connection between humour and health. According to the late magazine editor Norman Cousins, who suffered from a crippling and irreversible ... [... more]
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October Spina Bifida Month - Neuromuscular Diseases
October focuses on Spina Bifida awareness. Doctors are still not sure of what causes the disease but agree that there is a strong hereditary component in the disease being passed on from generation to generation. Many studies show that mothers' ... [... more]
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