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Diseases » Catatonia » Glossary

Glossary for Catatonia

AIDS: A term given to HIV patients who have a low CD4 count (below 200) which means that they have low levels of a type of immune cell called T-cells. AIDS patients tend to develop opportunistic infections and cancers. Opportunistic infections are infections that would not normally affect a person with a healthy immune system. The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the body's immune system.
Acute stress disorder: An acute anxiety state
Addison's Disease: A rare progressive hormonal disorder characterized by insufficient production of certain hormones called adrenal corticosteroids.
Anorexia: Any type of appetite loss; often refers to anorexia nervosa
Bipolar disorder: Cycles of mania and depression; commonly called "manic-depression".
Bleeding symptoms: Any type of bleeding symptoms.
Brain cancer: Cancer of the brain.
Brain conditions: Medical conditions that affect the brain
Brain tumor: Cancer of the brain.
Catalepsy: Complete trance-like mental detachment
Catatonic depression: Catatonic Schizophrenia means lessened muscle tone its symptoms are motor disturbances.
Convulsions: Involuntary spasms especially those affecting the full body
Delirium: Severe state of mental confusion
Depression: Various syndromes with excessive anxiety, phobias, or fear.
Drug abuse: Addiction to any of various illicit drugs.
Encephalitis: Dangerous infection of the brain
Heatstroke: Heat exhaustion and collapse from heat exposure
Huntington's Disease: Inherited disease causing progressive mental deterioration.
Hysteria: Psychological disorder causing physical symptoms
Lorazepam - Teratogenic Agent: There is evidence to indicate that exposure to Lorazepam during pregnancy may have a teratogenic effect on the fetus. A teratogen is a substance that can cause birth defects. The likelihood and severity of defects may be affected by the level of exposure and the stage of pregnancy that the exposure occurred at.
Malaria: A parasitic disease transmitted through mosquito bites.
Malignant hyperthermia: A very rare genetic disorder where sufferers suffer episodes of adverse reactions when certain anesthetics or muscle relaxants are administered.
Meningitis: Dangerous infection of the membranes surrounding the brain.
Mental illness: Any psychological syndrome
Mood disorders: Disorders that affect a persons mood
Multiple Sclerosis: Autoimmune attack on spinal nerves causing diverse and varying neural problems.
Muscle spasms: Involuntary movement or contraction of muscles without full control
Neurolept malignant syndrome:
Neuroleptic Malignant Syndrome: A severe, potentially fatal reaction to antipsychotic drugs.
Neurosyphilis: A complication of untreated syphilis where the infection invades the central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and causes a range of neurological symptoms. The condition can be life-threatening but some cases are asymptomatic. There are four forms of the condition: asymptomatic, meningovascular, tabes dorsalis and general paresis.
Parkinson's Disease: Degenerative brain condition characterised by tremor.
Poisoning: The condition produced by poison
Presenile dementia, Kraepelin type: A form of dementia that occurs prematurely and is inherited in a familial pattern.
Psychiatric disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
Psychological disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
Repetition: Inappropriately repeating routines, rituals, movements or actions.
Schizophrenia: Psychiatric disorder with delusional beliefs and hallucinations.
Seizures - intellectual deficit due to hydroxylysinuria: A rare syndrome characterized by mental retardation, seizures and high levels of hydroxylysine in the urine.
Speech symptoms: Problems with speech or voice.
Status epilepticus: A condition which is characterized by a continuous series of generalized tonic clonic seizures
Stroke: Serious brain event from bleeding or blood clots.
Strychnine poisoning: Excessive ingestion of strychnine.
Subarachnoid haemorrhage: A condition which is characterized by haemorrhage of blood into the subarachnoid space
Tay Sachs Disease: A condition which is causes GM2 gangliosidosis
Tetanus: A disease caused by chemicals which are produced by a bacterium (clostridium tetani) and are toxic to the nerves. The infection usually occurs when the bacteria enter the body through a deep wound - these bacteria are anaerobic and hence don't need oxygen to survive.
Tuberculosis: Bacterial infection causing nodules forming, most commonly in the lung.
Tuberous sclerosis: A rare genetic disorder characterized by harmartomatous skin nodules, seizures, phakomata and bone lesions.
Wilson's Disease: Wilson disease, or hepatolenticular degeneration, is a neurodegenerative disease of copper metabolism.