My fingers say my hair is short, Others tell me it is grey. O, how I wish my mirror could show me too

Neuromuscular Diseases affects nerve and muscle strength. Different types of neuromuscular diseases affect different muscles and nerves. Loss of muscle strength often leaves the patient with varying degrees of deteriorating muscle use. This can le

Electromyography (EMG) and nerve conduction velocity (NCV) Tests are two of the different tests done by neurologists in the diagnosis of certain neuromuscular diseases. What is it all about and how is it done?

Charcot-Marie-Tooth (CMT), Discovered in 1886 by three physicians, Jean-Martin-Charcot, Pierre Marie, and Howard Henry Tooth, is the most commonly inherited neurological disorder which is found world-wide in all races and ethnic groups. This

How does poetry as a therapy for Neuromuscular Diseases differ from any other type of poetry? The focus of poetry as therapy is self-expression and growth of the individual whereas the focus of poetry as art is the poem itself. The same tools and techniques;

Suffering from Depression? Laughter can be one of the best mild depression medicines as there really is a connection between humour and health. According to the late magazine editor Norman Cousins, who suffered from a crippling and irreversible connective tissue

Disabled people often complain that so-called “able-bodied” people treat them as though they have the plague or other contagious disease or talk down to them as though there must be something wrong with their brain as well as there body. My question is do

Motor Neuron disease is one of the more serious neuromuscular diseases. It forms part of a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy cells controlling essential muscle activity. Messages from nerve cells in the brain (called upper motor neurons) are

Malignant hyperthermia is an inherited disease that causes a rapid rise in body temperature (fever) and severe muscle contractions when the affected person receives general anesthesia. It is also known as Hyperthermia - malignant; Hyperpyrexia – malignant.

Neuromuscular diseases are often the cause of Scoliosis, a common deformity in patients with some of these diseases. Scoliosis is a musculoskeletal condition, which primarily affects children and adolescents where there is an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine.