Nervous tic is an involuntary stereotypic contraction of the muscles of the face, sometimes the neck. This deviation is expressed mainly by small twitching. Uncontrolled muscle contractions are not uncommon and occurred once in almost every human subject. For example, in most individuals with severe psycho-emotional overstrain, the appearance of stereotypical twitching of the eyelids is noted. It is known that nerve tic of the eyes and contraction of facial muscles are found [...]
Archives for the 'Diseases of the Nervous System' rubric
Mutism

Mutism is a severe psychomotor pathology in which the sick person cannot answer the questions posed and make it clear with signs about his ability to communicate with the individuals around him. Translated from the Latin language, mutism means mute, dumb. In neurology, this pathology is characterized by speech impairment, and in psychiatry this condition is considered within the framework of mental disorders, [...]
Perseveration

Perseveration is a stable reproduction of any statement, activity, emotional reaction, sensation. From this, motor, sensory, intellectual and emotional perseverations are distinguished. The concept of perseveration, in other words, is a “stuck” in the human mind of a certain thought, uncomplicated presentation, or their repeated and uniform reproduction as an answer to the previous last interrogative statement (intellectual perseveration). There are spontaneous and repeated repetitions already [...]
Eating behavior

Eating behavior is a topic that has become popular today for a wide range of people. Now, not only obese patients are interested in weight loss, even maintaining good shape is becoming the norm. Will it help to lose weight, eat less and move more? It is impossible to change externally without changing internally. Yes, diets, training give an effect, but not supported by internal changes, he [...]
Why do you always want to sleep

Why do you always want to sleep? Many individuals are familiar with the feeling of lethargy, increased fatigue, a steady desire to sleep or sit back. However, when such a state becomes an unchanged companion of everyday life, this indicates a severe physical overwork or mental overstrain. Physiological drowsiness is a brain ring, screaming about the need for a break from the avalanche of information. The consequence of this is the inclusion of the braking systems of the guard mode, [...]
Why does a child grit his teeth in his sleep

Why does a child grit his teeth in his sleep? Nocturnal knocks, grinding of teeth are an uncontrolled contraction of the masticatory muscles, causing the jaws to close and their movement uncontrolled. In this case, friction of the upper jaw against the lower teeth is noted, which creates a rattle. Such attacks are often accompanied by a change in heart rate, fluctuations in blood pressure, short-term respiratory arrest. Tooth creaking usually lasts a couple of seconds, [...]
Sopor

A lethargic dream is a deviation, a specific condition similar in appearance to deep sleep. In this case, the subject, having fallen into lethargy, does not show reactions of irritants from the outside. This condition reminds someone. All vital indicators are preserved, but it is impossible to wake a person. In a severe manifestation, an imaginary death may occur, characterized by a decrease in body temperature, a slowing of the heartbeat and the disappearance of respiratory movements. Today considered [...]
How to calm your nerves

How to calm your nerves? The state of nervous tension is familiar to everyone, only someone feels it and notices it, while someone gets used to it and lives in such a permanent frozen nervous lump, solves problems, builds the future, naturally complaining of inefficiency and a lot of problems. The most reliable way to put the nervous system in order is to establish the sphere of life that causes [...]