In 1950 when antipsychotic medicines were first given to treat schizophrenia, patients started complaining of certain neurological side effects (an adverse or unwanted secondary effect). One of these is akathisia (psychomotor restlessness). In medical terms ‘it is an involuntary movement disorder’. The sufferer has a strong urge for moving, without getting any relief after the movement. They have an intense sense of restlessness,...

The occipital nerves are a pair that starts from the second and third vertebrae of the neck, coursing along the side of the head, upwards to the skull all the way to the forehead. These nerves do not directly connect with any structure with in the skull but forms a continuous curved neural network that can affect any given area through which they pass. Their main function is to transmit to the brains, all the feeling from the back and top...

PINCHED NERVE IN NECK Pinched nerve or cervical radiculopathy is a condition in which the nerve gets pressurized between a pair of spinal disc or cartilage causing immense pain. A cervical spine or the neck is made up of vertebras and the nerves exit from these vertebras. So when a vertebra is displaced it traps a nerve root that exits the spinal column, which stops the functions of the nerve causing inflammation and pain. A human neck,...

Depression is a disorder in which the person feels intense sadness such that it interferes with the functioning of the body. Depressive dementia with cognitive impairment is called Pseudodementia. In other words when a person shows signs of dementia which is caused by depression other than a disease like Alzheimer’s is called pseudodementia. When a person is impaired on the neuropsychological testing of the memory and concentration,...

Piercing is not bound to any one of the sexes – both men and women get their body parts pierced. The most favorite part has been the ear; it has been popular all along in many parts of the world and still people get their ears, noses and helix pierced to wear jewelries. It is a part of both their inheritance and tradition. Not just India and Nepal but these practices are acknowledged in the western part of the globe too. So, let’s get...