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| the inability to recognize objects by sight |
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| total loss of comprehension and use of language. Caused by left hemisphere stroke |
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| difficulty in speaking and writing |
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| neither the sounds of speech nor its meaning can be understood |
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| all communication and receptive function is lost |
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| a neurological condition characterized by loss of the ability to perform activities that a person is physically able and willing to do. |
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| inability to manipulate objects of perform purposeful tasks |
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| loss of ability to use an object due to lack of perception of its use |
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| lack of muscle coordination during voluntary movements, such as walking or picking up objects |
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| sensation of light or warmth or other sensation that may be a warning of an attack of a migraine or an epileptic seizure |
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| seizure begin with a loss of consciousness and sudden loss of muscle tone, followed by limb jerking that may or may not be symmetric |
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| muscle rigidity results in resistance to passive muscle stretching and may be uniform or jerky |
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| These may be very brief or last several minutes and are the most variable of all seizures. The person does not lose consciousness but loses awareness. He/she may ramble around, speak senselessly, and engage in some type of repetitive behavior. Aura often precedes this type of seizure. |
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| spontaneous production of false memories: either memories for events which never occurred, or memories of actual events which are displaced in space or time. |
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| left hemisphere is dominant for language skills in right handed people and most left handed people. The cerebral hemisphere which is more concerned than the other in the integration of sensations and the control of voluntary functions. |
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| a condition of excessive emotional reactions and frequent mood changes |
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| Paralysis affecting only one side of the body |
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| an intense burning or stabbing pain caused by irritation of or damage to a nerve. The pain is usually brief but may be severe. It often feels as if it is shooting along the course of the affected nerve |
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| the thumb and forefinger appear to move in a rotary fashion as if rolling a pill, coin, or other small object. Frequently seen in Parkinson’s patients |
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| A skin sensation, such as burning, prickling, itching, or tingling, with no apparent physical cause |
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| persistent repetition of the same verbal or motor response to varied stimuli; continuance of activity after cessation of the causative stimulus |
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| a stooped, rigid posture, with the head and neck bent forward |
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| state of continuous seizure activity or a condition in which seizures recur in rapid succession without return to consciousness between seizures |
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| a sudden, repetitive, nonrhythmic, stereotyped motor movement or vocalization involving discrete muscle groups |
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| seizure involves a sudden onset of maintained increased tone in the extensor muscles. These patients often fall |
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| a type of involuntary shaking movement |
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| Cerebrovascular accident- death of brain cells that occurs when there is ischemia to a part of the brain or hemorrhage into the brain |
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| Trans Ischemic Attack- a temporary focal loss of neurologic function caused by ischemia of the brain, lasting less than 24 hours, and often lasting less than 15 minutes |
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Decadron
antiasthmatic/corticosteroid
Action/Use: management of cerebral edema, diagnostic agent in adrenal disorders |
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Dopar
antiparkinson agent/dopamine agonist
Action/Use: converted to dopamine in the CNS, relief of tremor and rigidity in Parkinson’s |
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Dilantin
antiarrhythmics, anticonvulsants/hydantoins
Action/Use: treatment/prevention of tonic-clonic seizures and complex partial seizures |
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Neurontin
analgesic adjuct,anticonvulsant,mood stabilizer
Action/Use: decreased incidence of seizures, decreased post herpetic pain |
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anti-infectives
Action/Use: treatment and prophylaxis of various bacterial infections. |
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Solu-medrol
antiasthmatics/corticosteroids (short-acting systemic)
Action/Use: suppress inflammation and the normal immune response. Prevent organ rejection in transplantation surgery, asthma |
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| a condition caused by excessive secretion of growth hormone characterized by an overgrowth of the bones and soft tissues |
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| an endocrine disorder that occurs when the adrenal glands do not produce enough of the hormone cortisol, and in some cases, the hormone aldosterone. AKA adrenal insufficiency or hypocortisolism |
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| a group of abnormalities caused by an excess of glucocorticoids. Most common cause is administration of corticosteroids (prednisone) |
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| lack of ADH - Anti diuretic hormone (vasopressin) w/o ADH replacement, pts will become fatally dehydrated |
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| the state of having normal thyroid gland function |
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| When there is an increase in the volume of the tissue behind the eyes, the eyes will appear to bulge out of the face |
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| any visible enlargement of the thyroid gland |
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| a dry, waxy type of swelling (nonpitting edema) with abnormal deposits of mucin in the skin (mucinosis) and other tissues, associated with hypothyroidism; the facial changes are distinctive, with swollen lips and thickened |
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| a tumor of special cells (called chromaffin cells), most often found in the middle of the adrenal gland. |
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| syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion (SIADH), an abnormal condition characterized by the excessive release of antidiuretic hormone (ADH) that alters the body's fluid and electrolytic balances. It results in various malfunctions, such as the inability to produce and secrete dilute urine, water retention, increased extracellular fluid volume, and hyponatremia. SIADH develops in association with diseases that affect the osmoreceptors of the hypothalamus. |
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