by coloradoback | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Trigeminal neuralgia is a common neurologic disorder in which there are severe zaps of pain in the face. Patients often describe the pain as aching or stabbing or sometimes like an electric shock. The pain attacks start and stop suddenly, and they are brought on by...
by coloradoback | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
A glioma is a type of tumor that begins from inside the brain itself. These tumors can be either benign (not cancer) or malignant (cancerous). They are graded from 1-4, with grade 4 tumors (glioblastoma) being the most aggressive, and unfortunately the most common. We...
by coloradoback | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Moyamoya disease is a rare disease that translates to “Puff of Smoke” in Japanese. Normally, blood is taken to the brain through the internal carotid artery. Once it gets to the base of the brain, it splits into the anterior cerebral artery which goes to the front of...
by coloradoback | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
An AVM or an arteriovenous malformation, is a tangle of blood vessels within the brain. Normally, blood travels to the brain by arteries and spreads out once it gets to the brain through small networks called capillaries which provide blood to the brain. It then pools...
by coloradoback | Feb 3, 2023 | Uncategorized
Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is therapy that delivers targeted electrical impulses to the brain to treat different neurologic disorders like Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, epilepsy, and dystonia. Some people compare DBS to a pacemaker – but for the...
