Characterstics Of CVA

Question 1

Left Hemisphere

Answer 1

• Weakness, paralysis of the right side
• Increased Frustration
• Decreased Processing
• Possible aphasia (expressive, receptive, and global)
• Possible dysphagia
• Possible motor apraxia (ideomotor and ideation)
• Decreased discrimination between left and right
• Right hemianopsia

Question 2

Right Hemisphere

Answer 2

• Weakness, paralysis of the left side
• Decreased attention span
• Left Hemianopsia
• Decreased awareness and judgement
• Memory deficits
• Left Inattention
• Decreased abstract reasoning
• Emotional lability
• Impulse behaviors
• Decreased spatial orientation

Question 3

Brainstem

Answer 3

• Unstable vital signs
• Decreased consciousness
• Decreased ability to swallow
• Weakness on both sides of the body
• Paralysis on both sides of the body

Question 4

Cerebellum

Answer 4

• Decreased balance
• Ataxia
• Decreased coordination
• Nausea
• Decreased ability for postural adjustments
• Nystagmus