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What is the life expectancy for epilepsy? Is it possible to die from epileptic seizures? How to protect the life of a sick child or adult? The death rate in epilepsy is twice as high as in healthy people. We are talking exclusively about deaths, which relate only to epilepsy and seizures, and not to…
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What are epileptic seizures? How do myoclonic , tonic, clonic and other seizures manifest themselves in children and adults? Depending on the type of epilepsy, as well as the cause of the disease, patients may experience different types of seizures. It is important to remember that the same patient may experience various epileptic seizures. Types…
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What is epileptic encephalopathy and how does it manifest itself in children? What treatment is needed and what is important for parents to know? Epileptic encephalopathy is a type of epilepsy that can lead to brain damage. Epileptic encephalopathy is a severe variant of the course of the disease, in which, in most cases, not…
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BRAIN DAMAGE IN CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES: HOW TO DETECT AND CAN I AVOID? The frequency of cerebral strokes in people older than 50-55 years increases by 1.8-2 times in each subsequent decade of life. The development of acute disorders of cerebral circulation is preceded by long and complex changes in the cardiovascular system and the system…
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To select the optimal therapeutic tactics, the assessment of the severity of SCI is of great importance. The diagnosis of moderate SCI is based on: on complaints of the patient and (or) people close to him about memory impairment and other cognitive functions; the presence of a syndrome of moderate cognitive impairment according to neuropsychological…
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a Russian term that does not quite correctly reflect the essence of the phenomena. The fact is that skull injuries, types of fractures occur only with brain bruises and then in less than 50-60% of cases, and with a concussion of the brain, which accounts for 80% of all TBIs,…
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INTRODUCTION The management of patients with AD is one of the urgent problems of modern medicine, because AD is one of the most common causes of acquired cognitive impairment (CI) and, as a result, disability among the elderly [1]. Currently, more than 44 million people suffer from dementia, and 5 to 7 million new cases…
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Post-stroke cognitive impairment Post-stroke cognitive impairment can be presented in a wide range, from mild dysfunction (decreased concentration of attention, decreased speed of solving cognitive tasks, mild memory impairment) to the degree of dementia (inability to perform the usual daily functional duties). However, if such vivid forms of CD as dementia in patients who have…
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Magnetotherapy is a method of physiotherapeutic treatment by exposing the body to a constant, variable or traveling magnetic field. In the Yusupov hospital, procedures are performed using modern stationary and mobile magnetotherapy devices. Doctors of the rehabilitation clinic take into account the presence of indications and contraindications for the appointment of magnetotherapy for a particular…
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Fainting (syncope) is a short-term loss of consciousness, in which muscle tone decreases sharply, then – after a minute or two – the person returns to consciousness without resuscitation. There are different types of syncope, and in each case, the prognosis is different. However, the essence of this condition is always that the brain does…
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