Duodenitis is an immensely discomforting condition which affects people all over the world. In this disorder, upper section of your small intestine between stomach and jejunum or the duodenum suffers inflammation. Usually, this condition is accompanied by other disorders like gastritis, Hepatitis or Dyspepsia. Gastritis and Duodenitis both have same symptoms, causes and even treatment. While Gastritis swells up the stomach lining,...

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...