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Pathologies
| Word-NERVOUS SYSTEM | Definition-NERVOUS SYSTEM |
|---|---|
| Alzheimer's Disease | Progressive, degenerative disease of the brain consisting of dementia, memory loss, impairment to speech, gait, and other cognitive functions. INDICATION |
| Amyotrophic Lateral sclerosis(ALS) | Degeneration of motor neurons at the spinal cord causing muscular weakness and atrophy, cause unknown; also called motor neuron disease or Lou Gehrig's disease after the baseball player who died from the disease. INDICATION |
| Bell's palsy | Inflammation of the facial nerve resulting in temporary paralysis of one side of the face; recovery usually occurs within weeks or months.INDICATION |
| Brain tumor | Cranial tumor either benign or malignant. INDICATION |
| Cerebral palsy(CP) | Brain damage causing motor or posture dysfunctions; result of defect, trauma, or oxygen derivation at birth. INDICATION |
| Cerebrovascular accident(CVA) | Death of brain tissue resultiong from a lack of blood and oxygen in the brain; can be caused by an arterial clot (embolus) that blocks the flow of blood to the brain or a hemorrhage in the brain;(stroke). MEDICAL EMERGENCY; INDICATION REHABILITATION |
| Concussion | Injury to the brain caued by a blow or impact; loss of consciousness, dizziness, vomiting, and shock can result. MEDICAL EMERGENCY |
| Epilepsy | Neurological disorder caused by interference in the brain's electrical impulses resulting in episodic seizures; convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of conciousness can occur. CONTRAINDICATION IF UNCONCTROLLED |
| Guillain-Barre syndrome | Condition in which the mylein sheaths covering peripheral nerves are destroyed, resulting in loss of sensation and muscle control beginning at the legs and continuing up the body; paralysis can occur.INDICATION |
| Headaches | Moderate, migraine, tensions, cluster, posttraumatic. MIGRAINE, CLUSTER, OR POSTTRAUMATIC- GENERAL CONTRAINDICATION, TENSION-INDICATION |
| Meningitis | Bacterial or viral infection of the meninges that surround the brain and spinal cord; can be fatal if untreated. MEDICAL EMERGENCY |
| Multiple sclerosis(MS) | Chronic autoimmune disease affectiong the brain and spinal cord; the body attacks and destroys the myelin sheaths surrounding brain and spinal cord nervous. INDICATION |
| Neuralgia | Intense pain caused by irritation or injury to a nerve. GENERAL CONTRAINDICATION |
| Parkinson's disease | Chronic disorder of the nervous system resulting in tremors,muscular weakness, rigidity , and shuffleing gait. INDICATION |
| Sciatica | Pain along the large sciatic nerve that runs from the lower back down the back of each leg; often caused by pressure on the nerve from a herniated (slipped) disk. CONTRAINDICATION UNDIAGNOSED; INDICATOIN |
| Shingles | Painful rash erupting along a sensory nerve path. GENERAL CONTRAINDICATION |
| Spinal cord injury(SCI) | Damage to the spinal cord due to trauma; can result in paralysis of certain areas of the body; paraplegia refers to paralysis from the waist down; quadriplegia refers to paralysis from shoulders down. GENERAL CONTRAINDICATION-ACUTE PHASE, INDICATION-AFTER |
| Transient ischemic attack(TIA) | Temporary interference with blood and oxygen supply to the brain; aso called ministroke; may lead to true stroke. MEDICAL EMERGENCY |
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