cerebrovascular accident (CVA) and Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)

Question 1

ipsilateral

Answer 1

same side (usually from the neck up [the face] left facial droop left facial weakness) → could be left sided stroke

Question 2

contralateral

Answer 2

neck down (left brain stroke= right sided weakness or paralysis= opposite) → most common in strokes

Question 3

dysphagia

Answer 3

trouble swallowing– biggest problem is aspiration pneumonia

Question 4

dysarthria

Answer 4

Difficulty forming and pronouncing words

slurring of the speech (can still talk)

Question 5

aphasia

Answer 5

inability to comprehend or formulate a language– can be mild to severe

Question 6

expressive aphasia

Answer 6

inability to express oneself

Question 7

receptive aphasia

Answer 7

inability to understand language

Question 8

global aphasia

Answer 8

mixed most severe

Question 9

apraxia

Answer 9

Inability to perform previously learned action

sometimes patient makes verbal substitution of the desired word

Question 10

homonymous hemianopsia

Answer 10

blindness in half of the visual field on one or both eyes

ex: either right halves of both eyes or 1 eye

Question 11

unilateral neglect

Answer 11

Loss of awareness of the side affected by stroke

may ”forget” that these parts exist!

Question 12

frontal lobe damage

Answer 12

problem with learning, memory and other intellectual functions
comprehension, increased forgetfulness, issue with motivation (lack of)