5.2 Patient History, Problems, Complaints - Subjective Flashcards
Aphasia
A- Not
Phasia- speaking
inability to speak
Ataxia
A- Not
Tax/o- Arrangement, coordination
Lack of coordination
Catatonia
Cata-down
ton-muscle
ia-tone
reduced muscle tone
Delirium
brief loss of mental function
Dementia
De-down
Ment-mind
ia-condition
loss of mental function or decline
Dyskinseia
Dys- Bad
Kinesi/o - movement
bad movement
Dyslexia
Dys- bad
Lex- reading
ia- condition
Difficulty reading
Dysphasia
Dys-bad
Phasia-speaking
Difficult to speak
Dystonia
Dys- bad
ton-Muscle
ia- Condition
involuntary muscle movement
Insomnia
In-not
somni- sleeping
ia-condition
Lack of sleeping
Myoclonus
Myo-Muscle
clonus-turmoil
twitching contraction
Myospasm
Myo- Muscle
Spasm-involuntary contraction
involuntary muscle contraction
Neurasthenia
Neuro- Nerve
Asthenia- weakness
Weak nerve
Somnambulism
Somni-Sleep
Ambul-walk
ism-condition
sleep walking
Syncope
fainting losing consciousness due to temp loss of blood flow to brain
Cephalgia
ceph-head
algia-pain
head pain
cephalodynia
cepha-head
dynia- pain
head pain
neuralgia
neuro-nerve
algia-pain
nerve pain
Hemiparesis
hemi-divided in half
paresis- partial paralysis
partial of half of the body
Hemiplelgia
hemi-half
plegia-paralysis
partial paralysis of the body
Monoplegia
Mono- One
paresis-paralysis
one limb of paraylsis
Paralysis
Loss of sensation and motor function
Causalgia
Caus-burn
algia
painful sensation of burning
dysethesia
Dys-bad
ethesia-sensation
bad feeling
