Also known as a compressed nerve, a pinched nerve typically develops if excessive pressure is placed on a nerve by the bones, cartilage, tendons, or muscles surrounding it. The pressure impairs ...

The auriculotemporal nerve is a branch of the mandibular nerve that provides sensation to several regions on the side of your head, including the area around the jaw, ear, and scalp. For much of its ...

Introduction: Compression of the nerve root by a lumbar disc herniation can cause radiating pain in the lower limbs, and the nerve root decompression treatment may leave some patients with motor ...

Once you’ve had chickenpox, the virus stays in your body forever, lying dormant in a collection of nerve fibers between vertebrae called the dorsal root ganglion. When this virus becomes active later ...

A pinched nerve feels different from a stiff back, though the pain and symptoms vary among people. A pinched nerve in the hip often causes pain in the groin. Sometimes, the pain also radiates down ...

We discuss the differential diagnosis between HMSN III and CIDP in this patient with a fluctuating but insidiously progressive 26 year history, in whom MRI demonstrated marked enlargement of multiple ...

The vagus nerve is a vine of nerve fibers with roots in nearly every organ and ... People with depression experience a variety of symptoms, but they share some commonalities: sadness, loss of ...

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