Neurology
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https://t.co/6IhEGswDpE New consensus guidelines for restless leg syndrome (RLS) are out, making it the perfect time to review this common condition. Top line: these consensus g...
When cheque bounced due to signature mismatch 1. 48-yr old Venky was surprised when two of the cheques issued by him bounced due to signature mismatch. On enquiry with bank staff,...
A seemingly innocuous habit resulted in tinnitus and hearing impairment in a young woman 1. 30-year old Lata presented with tinnitus in both ears of three months duration. It was...
What if I told you there were a drug that could halt/reverse CTE and Alzheimer's? What if I told you that drug could reverse stroke damage? Cerebrolysin is that Thread below 👇...
🖖✋A show of hands: upper limb apraxia types and assessment. 🧠🧵 #Neurology #Neurotwitter #Apraxia #Teaching 👌🥸 1/🧵 https://t.co/xDJ6MATI9C
1. 32-yr old presented with overthinking, stress, anger, difficulty in making correct decisions, inability to focus in work and #memory impairment for 4 months. He was vegetarian....
Young woman with unexpected cause of repeated bouts of vomiting 1. 1999: It was another busy day, when I had seen 60 outpatients, worked up & written case notes for 8 ward admissio...
1/Having trouble remembering how to differentiate dementias on imaging? Here’s a #tweetorial to show you how to remember the imaging findings in dementia & never forget! #medtwit...
A teenager whose left arm & leg would briefly twist without his control 1. 13 year old Ali was brought with complaints of involuntary twisting movements of left arm & leg for thre...
Young man who would develop severe #itching over body after #running 1. 33-year old Sid presented with an unusual symptom. He used to develop severe itching all over body whenever...
1/Do you know all the aspects of, well, ASPECTS? Many know the anterior circulation #stroke scoring system—but posterior circulation (pc) ASPECTS is often unknown Here’s a #tweet...
(1/12) Another interesting case. 26F. LUCS 2 days earlier 👉🏾 Headache, vomiting. CT brain 👇 on 06.07.2022 normal. #Medtwitter #Neurotwitter #Neurorad https://t.co/RNtS8hhAkD
Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) in this patient with headache, seizures, and history of lupus Possible etiology: failure of cerebral autoregulation in response...
Top 10 warning signs of dementia:
Long-term #depression is associated with #brain aging & poor cognitive function 1. 649 adults aged 23-36 years were followed up for 25 years in USA. Participants with elevated de...
A common habit resulted in severe #vision impairment in a young woman 1. 30-year old Manju had severe disabling vision symptoms for one and half years. This included seeing floate...
Right sided pronator drift! This gentleman had an abrupt onset weakness over the right side. By the time he came to hospital, he said he had recovered, however subtle signs of pyra...
1/If all you know is: To Zanzibar By Motor Car—then you don’t even know half of facial nerve anatomy—literally! Here’s a #tweetorial on the facial nerve anatomy you don’t know! #...
Uncontrolled #epileptic fits stopped by #insulin 1. A man aged 75 had for five days experienced tonic-clonic #seizures involving the right side of the face and right upper and low...
Poor sleep quality and sleeping
RAPD or Marcus Gunn Pupil Alternatively shine a light back and forth on each pupil and observe. 1 second interval in a diy lit room. Ask pt to fixate on a distant object Avoid...
Carefully observing a patient walk 20 steps gave clue to diagnosis 1. 1995- I was a first year MD Medicine PG at CMC Vellore. 35-yr old Rami from Midnapore had got admitted with...
Head Injury increases the Long-term Mortality Risk in Community-Dwelling Adults 1. Even a single #head #injury could increase the risk of all-cause #death by 66%, as reported in a...
@Anand_Venkatram @rahuldewan @pickover You're welcome -- we have discussed this before, but I'm just reposting -- you as a neurologist would probably be best positioned to assess t...
