Nervous and endocrine system illness

Neurodegenerative diseases

Infectious diseases

Traumatic injuries and cerebrovascular accidents

Genetic diseases

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease nejmicm1710121_f1

Encephalitis

Meningitis descargam

Inflammation of the meninges

Caused by: viral or bacterial infection

Can cause: irreversible brain damage

Group of diseases caused by inflammation of the brain

Symptoms: High fever,stiff neck,headache, seizures...

Caused by: Infectious protein called prions

Symptoms: Memory loss,behavioural changes...

A rare, degenerative, fatal brain disorder

Alzheimer disease

Destruction of neurons in cerebral cortex

Multiple sclerosis ms-nerve-cells

Parkinson's disease parkinsons_patients_have_less_dopamine

Causes: Memory loss, confusion, reduces motor skills...

A progressive nervous system disorder that affects movement.

Causes: Muscle stiffness, tremors...

Disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body.

Caused by: Destruction of myelin sheats

Symptoms: Loss of mobility and eventually, total disability

Autism

Appears first three years of life and it affects the brain's normal development of communication and social skills

Depression

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Temporary or permanent mood disorder

Charactericed by: unhappiness, hopelessness...

Mental disorder and causes a distorted perception of reality

Traumatic injuries

Cerebrovascular accidents

Caused by: Blows of the skull or spinal column

Can cause: Permanent , irreversible damage of the brain or spinal column

Most common cause of: Paraplegia and tetrapegia quadriplegia-paraplegia-2-638

Caused by: Cerebral haemorrhages or thrombosis.

Cause: Loss of brain functions and hemiplegia. Hemiplegia