Falls and Drop Attacks—Introduction Falling in childhood is part of growing up and usually medically insignificant, unless a serious childhood illness contributes. With advancing age, the potential for injury and other complications increases, and falling eventually develops into a dangerous…
Temporary loss of consciousness may be caused by transient impaired cerebral perfusion (the presumed mechanism for syncope), cerebral ischemia, migraine, epileptic seizures, metabolic disturbances, sudden increases in intracranial pressure (ICP), or sleep disorders. These conditions may be difficult to distinguish…
Neurological diagnosis is sometimes easy, sometimes quite challenging, and specialized skills are required. If a patient shuffles into the physician’s office, demonstrating a pill-rolling tremor of the hands and loss of facial expression, Parkinson disease comes readily to mind. Although…