Question 1

why are mental illnesses considered as brain diseases?

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Brain is in the body: It shows that we have learned that mental illnesses are medical diseases just like diabetes or high blood pressure for example.  For mental illness, part of the body that is diseased is the brain.  Also, we can give medicines which affect brain chemistry and improve the illness, so the brain must be involved.

Question 2

what is the definition or description of: brain diseases?

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Many entities: Brain diseases include many different areas and etiologies, but generically this refers to disorders of the brain tissue. They can be grouped into 1. Tumors, 2. Traumatic in nature (tbi), 3. Neurodegenerative (ie. Alzheimer's, parkinson's) 4. Congenital 5. Infectious, 6. Cerebrovascular. The treatment for each of these broad categories differs.

Question 3

are there any brain diseases that can only be treated by surgery?

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Neurosurgery: "brain disease" implies a disorder involving the entire brain in an organic, cellular, or functional way -- not likely to be treated by surgery alone.  However, 2 conditions that neurosurgeons certainly operate for, are brain tumors and brain aneurysms (malformations of blood vessels that nourish the brain, and which can rupture.)  many other possibilities also.

Question 4

what brain diseases can cause dizziness and it being only symptom?

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The inner ear.: Dizziness is a difficult term.  Most people mean the room is spinning around them when 'dizzy'.  Moving usually makes it worse.  If that is what you are feeling, you likely have an inner ear disorder such as labyrinthitis or BPPV Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo, if there are no other symptoms.  Meniere's is another but usually has tinnitis &amp; hearing loss with the episodes.  See an ENT doctor

Question 5

does anyone know where brain diseases start?

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Brain diseases: Depends on the type & nature of the disease. Can start from the brain such as a tumor, goes to the brain through the blood vessels such as stroke, spreads from around the brain such as growth in skull, or systemic effect of chemicals such as drugs or alcohol.

Question 6

hi what brain diseases can cause mental conditions?  i feel like i can't think properly at times and at other times i am unable to read anything mental

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SPECIFIC ITEMS: There are numerous diseases of the brain, but I am not certain that you possess any of them, and may in fact need help in the psychiatric realm.  Granted you could have a migraine issue or even temporal lobe epilepsy, but suggest you get a thorough evaluation by your primary doc first and exclude thyroid problems, anemias, and nutritional deficiencies.  Also, best to fully avoid recreational drugs.

Question 7

do all brain diseases cause seizures?

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No: While some brain diseases such as tumors and meningitis are associated with an increased rate of seizure, others such as parkinsons disease do not see any significant change in seizure risk.

Question 8

what are some of the factors that may cause heart & brain diseases?

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Many: But the number one thing that many need to stop is tobaccoism. Smoking damages the heart and brain as well as the lung, the throat and others. Smoking contributes in producing placques on the walls of blood vessels called arteries. If a piece of plaque stuck to the wall suddenly flakes off, that small particle can create havoc in one's body and lead to heart attack and stroke. You seen the dr?

Question 9

i need to know what's an asymptomatic, untreatable, fatal brain condition/disease?

Accepted Answer

None: All fatal neurological disorders have symptoms at some point.

Question 10

is there any degenerative brain diseases caused by liver disease?

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Hepatic encephalopat: Hepatic encephalopathy is probably not truly a degenerative brain disease, but it certainly causes confusion.  It is caused by a build-up of ammonia from liver failure (eg cirrhosis).  Some ailments such as alcoholism and wilson's disease that can cause liver failure are associated with degenerative brain diseases, the cerebral degeneration in those ailments is not directly from liver disease.

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