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NERV: Pathologies
Nervous system pathologies.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Bell's Palsy | paralysis of the facial nerve, causing muscular weakness in one side of the face. |
| cerebral palsy (CP) | A condition that affects body movement and coordination. It is caused by brain injury or brain malformation that occurs before, during, or immediately after birth when an infant's brain is still developing. |
| Schizophrenia | a psychological disorder characterized by delusions, hallucinations, disorganized speech, and/or diminished, inappropriate emotional expression |
| depression | A prolonged feeling of helplessness, hopelessness, and sadness |
| Alzheimer's disease | an irreversible, progressive brain disorder, characterized by the deterioration of memory, language, and eventually, physical functioning |
| Parkinson's disease | Dopamine deficiency occurs in basil ganglia. the dopamine releasing pathway that connects the substantia nigra to the corpus stratum. Results in tremor and shuffling gait. |
| spinal cord injury (SCI) | damage to spinal cord as result of trauma; spinal cord can be bruised or completely severed |
| concussion | violent shaking up or jarring of the brain |
| subarachnoid hemorrhage | Bleeding into the subarachnoid space, where the cerebrospinal fluid circulates. |
| migraine | specific type of headache characterized by severe head pain, sensitivity to light, dizziness, and nausea |
| Epilepsy | A disorder of the central nervous system characterized by loss of consciousness and recurrent seizure activity |
| Multiple Sclerosis (MS) | destruction of the myelin sheath on neurons in the CNS and its replacement by plaques of sclerotic (hard) tissue |
| Huntington's disease | a hereditary disease marked by degeneration of the brain cells and causing chorea and progressive dementia. |
| Meningitis | inflammation of the meninges of the brain and spinal cord- can be bacterial or viral |
| polio | A highly contagious infectious disease of the spinal cord caused by a virus. |
| Guillian-Barre Syndrome (GBS) | Ascending flaccid paralysis with hx of recent URI, diarrhea, or immunization for flu or Hep B), confirmed with nerve conduction studies. |
| Transiet Ischemic Attack (TIA) | Narrowing of artery causing temporary lack of blood flow/oxygen to brain. AKA mini stroke. |
| Cerebral Vascular Accident (CVA) | Caused by interruption in blood flow to the brain due to a blockage or bleeding in a cerebral artery |
| spina bifida | failure of one or more vertebral arches to close during fetal development |
| hydrocephalus | abnormal accumulation of fluid (CSF) in the brain |
| bipolar disorder | A mood disorder in which the person alternates between the hopelessness and lethargy of depression and the overexcited state of mania. |
| sciatica | pain that follows the pathway of the sciatic nerve, caused by compression or trauma of the nerve or its roots |
| carpal tunnel syndrome | compression of the median nerve as it passes between the ligament and the bones and tendons of the wrist |
| encephalitis | inflammation of the brain usually caused by a virus |
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jfoote
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