Neurological diseases migraine

Neurologic diseases Migraine, anxiety, essential tremor. 

Throughout history, Cannabis has been appreciated as a healing herb. By the time of Christ it was used in India and China for the relief of pain, reduction of fever, surgery, stimulation of appetite and treatment of diarrhea, dysentery, bronchitis, migraine, insomnia and a variety of neurological diseases. Between 1840 and 1900, more than a hundred contributions were made to the Western medical literature that recommended Cannabis for one ailment or another. 

Donaghy M, Chang CL, Poulter N et al. (2002). European Collaborators of the World Health Organization Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease and Steroid Hormone Contraception. Duration, frequency, recency, and type of migraine and the risk of ischemic stroke in women of childbearing age. Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry 73 747-750... 

Gradual onset of stroke over hours or days, rather than seconds or minutes, is unusual and is much more likely to occur in ischemic than in hemorrhagic stroke. If the onset is gradual, and not Ukely to be caused by low flow or migraine (Ch. 8), then a structural intracranial lesion must be excluded. In younger patients, multiple sclerosis should also be considered. However, focal neurological deficits that develop over hours, or up to two days, in elderly patients are still most likely to have a vascular cause since vascular disease is so common in older patients. 

Pulmonary Does the patient require medications for pulmonary disease that may affect neurological functioning such as beta agonist-induced tremor Could a medication such as beta-blockers prescribed for essential tremor cause deterioration of pulmonary function Could an acute pulmonary illness such as pneumonia be contributing to delirium Does the patient have a history of pulmonary embolism that may indicate a predisposition to thromboembolic disorders Is the patient a current or past smoker, contributing to stroke risk or migraines ... 

Lipton RB, Bigal ME, Diamond M, et al. Migraine prevalence, disease burden, and the need for preventive therapy. Neurology 2007 68(5) 343 9,... 

Neurology Field concerning the nervous system, especially the brain, peripheral nerves, and spinal cord. Studies in this field include Alzheimer s disease, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), carpal tunnel syndrome, Huntington s disease, dementia, memory loss, migraine headaches, multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy, Parkinson s disease, strokes, Tourette s syndrome, and others. 

Bigal ME, KurthT, HuH,SantaneUoN, LiptonRB Migraine and cardiovascular disease possible mechanisms of interaction. Neurology 2009 72 pp. 1864-1871. 

Among the most important and challenging neurological disorders are neurodegenerative conditions (such as Parkinson s disease, Alzheimer s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis), stroke, brain tumors, epilepsy, migraine, and multiple sclerosis. 

A 28-year-old female underwent an imcomplicated umbilical hernioplasty. The patient had a history of migraine but no other neurological or psychiatric disease. She received propofol 230 mg and fentanyl for induction of anaesthesia. The nature and dose of drugs used to maintain anaesthesia and given in the postoperative period and the anaesthetic technique employed are not provided. Six hours after surgery the patient was noted to have facial spasms, hand tremor, jerky neck... 

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