Because the nerve powers the muscles that lift the toes and feet, damage to it may cause a severe condition known as ‘foot drop’. Foot drop is characterized by pain and numbness in the shin ...

A small study of patients suffering from persistent symptoms long after a bout of COVID-19 found that nearly 60 per cent had nerve damage possibly caused by a defective immune response, a finding ...

Nerve damage often causes pain that is sharp, shooting, stabbing, or deep aching. This pain can be constant or come and go. It may feel like electric shocks or burning in the affected areas ...

Researchers say it could have important implications for study into human nerve damage. "I had never seen a nerve like that," said Wayne Vogl, of UBC's Cellular and Physiological Sciences department.

Also, 67% of participants had one or more vagus nerve-related symptoms, with more symptoms prevalent in individuals with PCC than in COVID-19-recovered and SARS-CoV-2 uninfected individuals, i.e ...

Tulane University. "RSV shown to infect nerve cells, cause inflammation and damage." ScienceDaily. ScienceDaily, 10 January 2024. <www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 01 / 240109170510.htm>.

Emerging studies now suggest that many of these symptoms may be a consequence of damage to the vagus nerve. As the body’s primary communication superhighway, the vagus nerve extends into every ...

Topline Scientists have discovered a new chemical that could help heal nerve damage, according to research published Wednesday in the journal Nature, which offers early hope for one day reversing ...

Scientists have developed a new treatment that may help regenerate myelin around nerve cells, and potentially reverse the damage caused by multiple sclerosis (MS).