Neurologic diseases

Individuals may also be at higher risk of heart attack.

Brown-Sequard Syndrome - is an incomplete spinal cord lesion characterized by a clinical picture reflecting hemisection of the spinal cord, often in the cervical cord region. Brain injuries may be diffuse, occurring over a wide area, or focal, located in a small, specific area.

The cause is often undetermined, but fatigue or an irritant are possible contributing factors. Infantile spasms a form of seizures Lesions or "lacunae" of the retina of the eye that are very specific to this disorder.

It begins late in the fourth decade of life and increases in severity with age. Symptoms include headaches, fever, malaise feeling out-of-sortsrapid weight loss, confusion or forgetfulness, aches and pains in the joints and muscles, pain while chewing or swallowing, paralysis or numbness in the arms or legs, double vision, blurred vision, or blindness.

The early signs of cerebral palsy usually appear before a child reaches 3 years of age.