Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus: Can Surgery Reverse It
Normal pressure hydrocephalus is treatable. That’s often news to families who’ve spent months managing what looked like dementia. Gait disturbance, cognitive decline, urinary incontinence. All three from one cause: excess CSF accumulating in the ventricles and...
Do Seizures Cause Brain Damage?
Seizures don’t damage the brain. One brief tonic-clonic seizure, self-terminating in under two minutes no structural injury on MRI, no cognitive deficit that follow-up studies can detect. That’s the reassurance most patients are looking for. But it’s not the complete...
What Is Geniculate Neuralgia?
Deep ear pain. Electric. Triggered by swallowing, touching the ear canal, or even with no clear trigger. Geniculate neuralgia is rare. Frequently missed. Often labelled as an ear problem for years. The pain originates at the geniculate ganglion a sensory cluster...
Swallowing Problems After Stroke: Will They Come Back?
Half of stroke patients have trouble swallowing in the first days. It has a name: dysphagia, but the experience varies more than the label suggests. Food goes the wrong way. Liquids are harder than solids. Coughing at meals. The feeling that something is stuck. Most...