The human nervous system has never been completely unraveled by doctors and scientists. Humanity is gradually beginning to understand medical words like a reflex, an axon, or a nerve impulse.
But in every field of activity there are those who, in fact, turned science around and made a significant contribution to the development of the medical industries. Academician Pavlov, who gave an explanation of the physiology of human reflexes, can be safely attributed to such people. By doing this, he allowed others to look at the world with different eyes. As a result of his discovery, the active development of such branches as psychiatry and neurology began. And further development was facilitated by scientists, for example, Oppenheim.
Pathologies: neurological reflexes
Oppenheim reflex is a neurological disease. This means that a he althy person will not observethese signs. Pathological Oppenheim reflexes can be tested by pressing a finger on the tibia with movements from the bottom up, after which the big toe will begin to contract and stretch upward.
This sign is similar to the Babinski reflex (when stroking the back of the leg, the same phenomenon will be visible). Pathological reflexes in neurology, as a rule, are paired. Now many other signs are distinguished (Gordon, Hirshberg, Zhukovsky), but in practice the symptoms are not checked by a specialist, it is enough to check only three.
Characteristic of the Oppenheim reflex
Pathological foot extensor reflex is associated with a failure in the cerebral hemispheres. It indicates a malfunction of the efferent conduction of the nerve impulse directly to the reflector organs.
Often, failures in the extrapyramidal system imply an Oppenheim reflex. Based on this, the first stage in the development of neurodegenerative dementia is suggested. Thanks to this, it is possible to start treatment in a timely manner and keep the disease at the initial stage.
As a rule, this disease is considered Parkinson's disease, which provokes the defeat of the efferent innervation. As a result, even paralysis of the skeleton can occur, and after the heart muscle. It should be understood that such an ailment develops and occurs in the region of the motor nuclei from the bottom up.
Signs of Oppenheim's syndrome in the eye area
The main symptom of this disease arevegetative colic in the eyeball. This is a burning pain that applies to all vegetalgia and appears in the form of a painful paroxysm, which lasts about half an hour or more. In some cases, there is an Oppenheim reflex, in which the duration of the painful paroxysm is about 7 days. The patient has a feeling that something is squeezing the eyeball out of the orbit. Pain enters and spreads across the temple and forehead.
Reflex irradiation is rare, it implies the development of pain in the back of the head, shoulder girdle. At the time of the attack, the patient has conjunctivitis, accompanied by lacrimation and fear of light. Often the symptoms appear in the evening or at night. The acute period implies the presence of daily attacks, after which there must be an interictal stage. As a rule, the disease occurs in a certain season - in spring or autumn.
Sometimes, complications after surgery can provoke such symptoms. The development of the disease can be facilitated by cold effects on the face and head, as well as constant stress.
Physiological symptoms
The sign shows irreversible changes in the area of efferent innervation. And such a phenomenon occurs due to the impact of a finger on the bone, after which the signal is received by sensory reflexes associated with the brain. First, they follow in the region of the spinal cord and only then they enter the motor neuron site of the brain.
Oppenheim reflex lies in the fact that at the time of the passage of the nerveimpulse, the body must respond. Since the neurons of the extrapyramidal system are damaged, the signal does not reach the organ in full, so the spinal reflex is involved in the work. It consists in the extension of the big toe.
There is also another version of this pathology. It consists of the following: since nerve cells produce dopamine synthesis, the process of neuronal dementia simply lacks the required amount of its synthesis. Based on what there is no signal from the central nervous system, the links of the reflex arc are violated. Human spinal reflexes are involved in the activity, which are not observed in a he althy person.
Treatment
The initial stage of treatment of the Oppenheim reflex is the differential diagnosis of brain disorders. Due to the simplicity and accessibility of the procedure, every neurologist will be able to make the correct diagnosis and provide competent treatment. Therapy consists in stopping paroxysms. For these purposes, symptomatic medications are prescribed, including vitamins.
