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Aug 8, 2023 • 11 tweets • 2 min read
1/ Always feeling dizzy? It could be PPPD.
This complex condition causes dizziness and feelings of imbalance. It can significantly affect your quality of life. Read along to learn more! 🧵🧠
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2/ PPPD (or "3-PD" or "triple PD") = Persistent Postural Perceptual Dizziness. It is a chronic functional disorder, meaning that although this condition is debilitating and real to the individual, there is no obvious evidence of significant structural damage in the brain.
Dec 11, 2022 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
1/ Cluster headache is the most common trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia,
Check out my illustration on the course of the oculomotor nerve with its associated sites of injury!
Patients with an oculomotor (CN III) nerve palsy can present with binocular horizontal, vertical, or oblique diplopia and ptosis. (1/3)
In addition to extraocular muscle weakness, one may find a dilated pupils (mydriasis) due to unopposed sympathetic innervation to the pupil. Having an understanding of the course of the oculomotor nerve, and where injury can occur, leads to the production of a (2/3)