Hey guys, today I liked to share
with you the most important session that any universal student in the medical
field may need. I decided to gather the disorders with their definitions to be
like a review whenever we need them. But surely, I can’t gather them all in one
meeting so I will keep continuing them if God wills.
Bell’s palsy, also known as facial
paralysis, is a unilateral paralysis of the muscles of facial
expression.
Cramp is a painful spasmodic
contraction.
Diplegia is paralysis of both
upper limbs or both lower limbs.
Dysphagia is a clinical term
for difficulty in swallowing.
Fibromyalgia is a chronic,
painful, non-articular rheumatic disorder that affects the fibrous connective
tissue components of muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
Hemiplegia is paralysis of
the upper limb, trunk, and lower limb on one side of the body.
Hypertonia is an increased
muscle tone and is expressed in two ways: spasticity and rigidity.
Hypotonia is a decreased or
lost muscle tone.
Monoplegia is paralysis of
one limb only.
Muscular atrophy is a wasting
away of muscles.
Muscular dystrophy is a group
of inherited muscle-destroying diseases that cause progressive degeneration of
skeletal muscle fibers.
Myalgia is a pain in or
associated with muscles.
Myasthenia gravis is an
autoimmune disease that causes chronic, progressive damage of the neuromuscular
junction.
Myoma is a tumor consisting
of muscle tissue.
Myomalacia is a pathological softening
of muscle tissue.
Myositis is an inflammation of
muscle fibers (cells).
Myotonia is the increased
muscular excitability and contractility, with the decreased power of
relaxation; tonic spasm of the muscle.
Paraplegia is paralysis of
both lower limbs.
Quadriplegia is paralysis of
all four limbs.
Spasm is a sudden involuntary
contraction of a single muscle in a large group of muscles.
Strabismus is a condition in
which the two eyeballs are not properly aligned.
Tremor is a rhythmic, involuntary,
purposeless contraction that produces a quivering or shaking.
To be continued…
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