Ramsay Hunt Syndrome
Various diseases are referred to as Ramsay Hunt syndrome , named after the American neurologist James Ramsay Hunt (1874–1937):
- Ramsay Hunt neuralgia : often associated with a herpes zoster oticus of the ear nerve, a complication with neuralgia and facial palsy .
- Ramsay Hunt's ataxia , also called Dyssynergia cerebellaris myoclonica : a rare brain disease that manifests as poor coordination of movements, often accompanied by epileptic seizures.
- Ramsay Hunt's Disease : Laboratory nerve inflammation of the ulnar nerve in the hand.
- Ramsay Hunt's atrophy of the hand : an obsolete term for the shrinking of the small hand muscles without loss of feeling
- Ramsay Hunt's Juvenile Parkinson's Syndrome , also called Hunt's Paralysis , a Parkinson's disease- like disease that occurs between the ages of 10 and 30 years.
According to the Orphanet database , the term stands for facial paralysis due to varicella zoster virus
Individual evidence
- ↑ Barbara I. Tshisuaka: Hunt, James Ramsey. In: Werner E. Gerabek , Bernhard D. Haage, Gundolf Keil , Wolfgang Wegner (eds.): Enzyklopädie Medizingeschichte. De Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2005, ISBN 3-11-015714-4 , p. 644.
- ↑ C. Sweeney, D. Gilden: Ramsay Hunt syndrome. In: Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry (J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry.) August 2001, Volume 71, Number 2, pp. 149-154, doi: 10.1136 / jnnp.71.2.149 .
- ↑ Ramsay Hunt Syndrome. In: Orphanet (Rare Disease Database).