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Snoring
Snoring is loud, hoarse, or harsh breathing sounds that happen while you are asleep.
Fatigue
Fatigue is a feeling of weariness, tiredness, or lack of energy.
Vision - light sensitive
Photophobia is eye discomfort in bright light.
Vision problems
There are many types of eye problems and visual disturbances. These include blurred vision, halos, blind spots, floaters, and other symptoms. Blurred vision is the loss of sharpness of vision and the inability to see small details. Blind spots (scotomas) are dark "holes" in the visual field in which nothing can be seen. For the most severe form of visual loss, see .
Face pain
Face pain may be dull and throbbing or intense and stabbing discomfort in one or both sides of the face or forehead.
Headache
Headache
Caffeine in the diet
Caffeine is a substance that exists naturally in certain plants. It can also be produced synthetically and used as an additive in food products. It is a stimulant and a diuretic.
Biofeedback
Biofeedback
Migraine - resources
Migraine - resources
Acupuncture and pain
Acupuncture and pain
Developmental milestones record - 9 months
This article describes the skills and growth markers relevant to 9 month-old infants.
Ethmoiditis
Ethmoiditis is an inflammation of the ethmoidal cells in the sinuses. Symptoms usually include a between the eyes and a .
Encephalitis
Encephalitis is an inflammation (irritation and swelling with presence of extra immune cells) of the brain, usually caused by infections. See also .
Aneurysm in the brain
An "aneurysm" is an abnormal widening or ballooning of a section of a blood vessel. When an aneurysm occurs in the brain, it is called a cerebral aneurysm.
Bruxism
Bruxism
Extradural hemorrhage
Extradural hemorrhage is a disorder caused by bleeding between the inner skull wall and the outer membrane covering the brain, called the "dura mater" (which literally means "tough mother") or "dura."
Posterior fossa tumor
This is a (abnormal growth) located in or near the posterior fossa (a depression on the interior, back portion of the base of the skull, near the cerebellum part of the brain).
Dengue fever
Dengue fever is a mild viral illness transmitted by mosquitoes. It is characterized by fever, rash, and muscle and joint pains. See also .
Yellow fever
Yellow fever is a viral infection transmitted by mosquitoes and characterized by , kidney failure, and bleeding.
TMJ disorders
TMJ disorders
Chinese restaurant syndrome
Chinese restaurant syndrome is a collection of symptoms that some people experience after eating Chinese food. A food additive called monosodium glutamate (MSG) has been implicated, but it has not been proven to be the agent that causes this condition.
CSF leak
Escape of fluid that normally surrounds the brain and spinal cord from between the cavities within the brain or from the central canal in the spinal cord.
Hypertensive retinopathy
Hypertensive retinopathy involves damage to the caused by .
Somatization disorder
Somatization disorder is a chronic condition in which there are numerous physical complaints -- lasting for years and resulting in substantial impairment -- that are caused by psychological problems and for which no underlying physical problem can be identified.
Concussion
A concussion is a significant blow to the head that may result in (see also ).
Mixed tension migraine
Mixed tension migraine
Tension headache
A tension headache is a condition involving pain or discomfort in the head, scalp, or neck, usually associated with muscle tightness in these areas.
Intracerebral hemorrhage
Intracerebral hemorrhage involves bleeding in the brain caused by the rupture of an intracranial (within the head) blood vessel. See also .
Neurofibromatosis 2
Neurofibromatosis 2
Increased intracranial pressure
Raised intracranial pressure indicates an increase in the normal brain pressure. This can be due to an increase in cerebrospinal fluid pressure. It can also be due to increased pressure within brain matter because of lesions or swelling within the brain matter itself.
Cluster headaches
Cluster affect one side of the head (unilateral) and may be associated with tearing of the eyes and nasal congestion. They occurs in clusters, happening repeatedly every day at the same time for several weeks and then remitting.
Chronic subdural hematoma
A chronic subdural hematoma is an "old" collection (several weeks after initial injury) of blood and blood breakdown products between the surface of the brain and its outermost covering (the dura).
Arteriovenous malformation - cerebral
A cerebral arteriovenenous malformation is a disorder of the blood vessels in the brain, in which there is an abnormal connection between the arteries and the veins. It is a congenital disorder, which means it is present at birth.
Metastatic brain tumor
Metastatic brain tumor
Primary brain tumor
A brain tumor is any growth of abnormal cells or uncontrolled of cells in the brain. Primary brain tumors involve any such growth that originates in the brain, rather than spreading to the brain from another part of the body.
Hemorrhagic stroke
Hemorrhagic involves bleeding within the brain, damaging adjacent brain tissue.
Primary lymphoma of the brain
A (cancer) of the brain without evidence that it has spread from somewhere else in the body.
Syphilitic aseptic meningitis
Syphilitic aseptic meningitis is a complication of untreated infections characterized by and nerve functions.
Common migraine
Common migraine is a disorder involving recurrent , which may be accompanied by symptoms other than headache but which rarely include a preliminary warning (called an aura).
Classic migraine
Classic migraine
Lobar intracerebral hemorrhage
Lobar intracerebral hemorrhage involves bleeding in a localized area of the brain near its outer surfaces (cerebrum).
Deep intracerebral hemorrhage
Deep intracerebral hemorrhage is a type of caused by within the deep structures of the brain (thalamus, basal ganglia, pons, and cerebellum).
Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage
Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage is bleeding in the brain caused by .
Lambert-Eaton Syndrome
Lambert-Eaton syndrome is characterized by that improves with continued contraction of the .
Migraine
Migraine
Horners syndrome
Horners syndrome
Neurosyphilis
Neurosyphilis is a slowly progressive and destructive infection of the brain or spinal cord. It occurs in untreated many years after the primary infection.
Subarachnoid hemorrhage
Subarachnoid hemorrhage is a disorder involving bleeding between the middle membrane covering of the brain and the brain itself, within the cerebrospinal fluid-filled spaces surrounding the brain (also known as the subarachnoid space).
Cranial mononeuropathy III - compression type
Cranial mononeuropathy III is a disorder associated with dysfunction in the third cranial nerve, which causes double vision and .
Cranial mononeuropathy VI
Cranial mononeuropathy VI is a disorder that causes double vision, associated with dysfunction of cranial nerve VI, which is responsible for moving the eye to the side.
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
Aseptic meningitis
Aseptic meningitis is an illness characterized by , , and inflammation of the lining of the brain (meninges) that is not caused by bacteria.
Craniopharyngioma
A craniopharyngioma is a benign that develops near the pituitary gland (a small gland at the base of the brain).
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