Dr. Ayman Nashashibi

Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP) - Dr. Ayman Nashashibi Dr. Ayman Nashashibi -  Familial Spastic Paraparesis or Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia (HSP), is identified is a group of hereditary, degenerative, neurological disorders that primarily affect the upper motor neurons, where the upper motor neurons and the spinal cord transmit signals to the lower motor neurons as a mean to carry commands to the muscles. In the case of HSP, upper motor neurons gradually degenerate, causing the muscles to stop receive the correct commands, causing increased muscle stiffness known as “spasticity” illustration courtesy of Semantic Scholar Prevalence Hereditary spastic paraplegia has been reported in nearly every country with an estimated frequency ranging from 0.5 to 12 people per 100,000, but there isn’t an accurate data.  However, based on the most recent study by the Norwegian study rate of 7.4/100,000 of population has been estimated, without any rep...

Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) - Dr. Ayman Nashashibi Introduction Dr. Ayman Nashashibi - Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a long term autoimmune and inflammatory disease that causes stiffness and swelling of the joints around the body, but normally affects the wrist, hands, and feet. The manifestation of the disease occurs when the patient’s immune system attacks healthy cells. This causes inflammation of the organ(s) that leads to pains. However, the affect isn’t mainly affecting the joints. RA can also spread to affect tissues such as the heart and lungs In joints, RA mainly attacks many joints at the same time, where the lining of the joint becomes inflamed, causing long-term damage to joint tissue, leading to chronic pain, and deformity. Commonly affected joints are: ·          Hands ·          Wrists ·       ...