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OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Diseases and injuries of the brain

Diseases and injuries of the brain

  • Cerebrovascular disease
  • Organic disease of the brain
  • Degenerative changes of the brain
  • Brain damage
  • Brain derangement
  • Diseases of the brain
  • Brain disease
  • Brain infection

Broader

Health risks of alcohol consumption
Excellent
Diseases of the central nervous system
Presentable

Narrower

Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
Excellent
Narcolepsy
Excellent
Brain aneurysm
Excellent
Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy
Presentable
Meningitis
Presentable
Hydrocephaly
Presentable
Headache
Presentable
Haemorrhagic stroke
Presentable
Cerebrovascular accidents
Presentable
Cerebral paralysis
Presentable
Autism spectrum disorder
Presentable
Traumatic brain injury
Yet to rate
Kuru
Yet to rate
Cerebral degenerative diseases
Yet to rate
Brain shrinkage
Yet to rate
Brain abscess
Yet to rate
Chronic cerebrovascular spinal insufficiency
Yet to rate

Aggravates

Unhealthy anxiety
Excellent
Physical blindness
Excellent
Mental illness
Excellent
Mental depression
Excellent
Vulnerability of human intellect
Presentable
Speech disorders
Presentable
Sleep disorders
Presentable
Schizophrenia
Presentable
Epilepsy
Presentable
Deafness
Presentable
Alexia
Presentable
Diseases of the musculoskeletal system and connective tissues
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Syphilis
Excellent
Paragonimiasis
Presentable
Nutritional anaemias
Presentable
Hypertension
Presentable
Health hazards of plastics
Presentable
Diseases of the lymphatic system
Presentable
Ascariasis
Presentable
Mastoiditis
Yet to rate
Diseases of the ear
Yet to rate
Concussion
Yet to rate

Related

Punch drunk syndrome
Presentable
Disharmonies of the Kidney in the body
Presentable
Disorders of the head
Yet to rate

Strategy

Treating brain damage
Yet to rate
Studying cerebrovascular disease
Yet to rate
Repairing damage to small blood vessels
Yet to rate
Improving mental health
Yet to rate
Deranging the brain
Yet to rate
Curing mental degeneracy
Yet to rate
Avoiding work injuries
Yet to rate

Value

Injury
Yet to rate
Infection
Yet to rate
Disease
Yet to rate
Derangement
Yet to rate
Degeneration
Yet to rate
Damage
Yet to rate
Changeableness
Yet to rate

Reference

Cervos-Navarro, J and Sarkander, H I: Brain Aging: neuropathology and neuropharmacology
Gerosa, M, et al: Brain Tumors - Biopathology and Therapy: proceedings of the brain tumor workshop - Verona 1 held in Verona, Italy, 13-14 June 1985
Hetzel, B S and Smith, R M: Fetal Brain Disorders: recent approaches to the problem of mental deficiency
Katzman, Robert: Biological Aspects of Alzheimer's Disease
Black, Perry: Brain Dysfunction in Children: ethiology, diagnosis and management
Maurer, K and Wurtman, R J: Organic Brain Disorders
Gotoh, F and Letchner, H: Clinical Haemorheology - A New Approach to Cerebrovascular Diseases: proceedings of a satellite symposium sponsored by Hoechst, in conjunction with the XVII international congress of internal medicine held in Kyoto, October 8, 1984
Kameyama, Masakuni and Tomonaga, Masanori: Cerebrovascular Disease
Almli, C Robert and Finger, Stanley: Early Brain Damage

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SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #3: Good Health and Well-being

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Subject
  • Fundamental sciences » Organic chemical compounds
  • Medicine » Blood vessels » Blood vessels
  • Medicine » Nervous system » Nervous system
  • Medicine » Pathology
  • Societal problems » Accidents
    • Content quality
    Presentable
     Presentable
    Language
    English
    Last update
    May 19, 2022