Sentences with phrase «inflammation of the brain due»

Published work show that people who have had inflammation of the brain due to head trauma, viral or bacterial illnesses are at a much higher risk of developing a neurodegenerative disease.

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The guidelines provide parameters regarding when clinicians should consider the possibility of ventriculitis (inflammation of the ventricles in the brain) or meningitis (inflammation of the lining of the brain or spinal cord) in patients who have cerebrospinal fluid shunts and drains (devices placed in the brain to relieve pressure due to fluid buildup), intrathecal drug pumps (for administration of pain medicine or other drugs into the spinal canal), deep brain stimulation hardware (medical devices that provide electrostimulation in the brain to treat Parkinson's disease or other neurological symptoms) or who have undergone neurosurgery or suffered from head trauma.

Surprisingly, methamphetamine addicts» brains were about 10 percent larger than normal brains, apparently due to inflammation of the brain's white matter — the nerve cells that link the different thinking centers of the organ.

The scientists had expected inflammation markers in the CSF to be more robust predictors of AD - related pathology and neuronal damage than those in the blood due to the «blood brain barrier.»

«While the study may not conclusively show that brain shrinkage is due to inflammation, it does highlight the importance of taking care of your cognitive health throughout your life, particularly in middle age.

Brain fog that is a sensation of cloudiness or fogginess is due to a build up of cytokine inflammation chemicals and another chemical made in brain infections called quinolinic Brain fog that is a sensation of cloudiness or fogginess is due to a build up of cytokine inflammation chemicals and another chemical made in brain infections called quinolinic brain infections called quinolinic acid.

Due to the way a ketogenic diet works, there is a general decrease of inflammation in the body, but more specifically the brain.

Due to the effects of fatty acids on inflammation and brain health, it's vital when you have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism to eat a diet rich in healthy fats that is high in omega 3s and low in omega 6s.

However, these other areas of the brain may not fire adequately into the basal ganglia due to various reasons, including imbalanced brain development in childhood, brain injury, brain inflammation, brain degeneration, or other glitches in brain circuitry.

This type of paralysis may be due to infection, inflammation, degenerative disease, spinal issues, tumour (won't know if there is anything affecting the brain without CT or MRI), parasites, autoimmune disease (corticosteroids should have helped) among other causes.