Fasciculation without weakness, muscle atrophy or increased tendon reflexes suggests a benign fasciculation syndrome ... Nonetheless, in clinical practice, fasciculation of the tongue is sometimes ...

Anemia causes atrophic glossitis, in which the taste buds, also known as tongue papillae, are lost. Blood cell deficiency causes low oxygen supply, leading to tongue atrophy (shrinking and withering ...

Study using a new, child-friendly scale found patients up to age 2 had smaller mouth openings than healthy peers, risking ...

Background: Spinal and bulbar muscular atrophy (SBMA) or Kennedy disease [OMIM ... with large polyphasic motor unit potentials, fibrillation potentials, and fasciculations (Table 4). Motor and sensory ...

This phenomenon, known as having a word "on the tip of the tongue," is both fascinating ... cingulate cortex and the insula—tend to atrophy over time. This means they lose some efficiency ...

He had tongue fasciculations, brisk jaw jerk, weakness ... This is the first report to demonstrate metabolic abnormalities and hypothalamic atrophy in a patient with a TBK1 mutation. Given that these ...

Villous atrophy occurs when your intestinal villi—the microscopic, finger-like tentacles that line the wall of your small intestine—erode away, leaving a virtually flat surface. Celiac disease, an ...

Geographic atrophy is a subtype of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). It causes blind spots in the center of vision and a permanent loss of visual sharpness. AMD progresses through ...

Involuntary head twitching may range from neck spasms to uncontrolled tremors. Causes may include several movement disorders, such as Tourette syndrome and Parkinson’s disease. Involuntary head ...

"I bit my tongue almost half-off a few months ago," Washington said. "It’s affecting my speech," he continued. "It forces me to slow down. I have to use it." Washington explained that his health ...