Tongue scraping works by physically lifting and removing buildup, which can look like a white or dark film, from the tongue, ...

Key points A 47-year-old French-speaking woman of African descent presented to the emergency department with a 1-week history of severe foot pain and difficulty walking. For the preceding 2 months she ...

The reflexes were all present (++) and brisk (+++/++++) on the left leg. Plantar responses were in flexion bilaterally (i.e. there was no BABINSKI fS SIGN). Tibial somatosensory-evoked potentials ...

Often accompanied by a stabbing or sharp shooting pain centered around the bottom of the foot, plantar fasciitis is an inflammatory, and in many cases, degenerative condition affecting the broad thick ...

Hyporeflexia is the reduction or absence of the body's normal reflexes. It is caused by the disruptions of signals from nerve cells of the spinal cord (called motor neurons) to skeletal muscles that ...