degenerative disorders

Question 1

Signs of frontotemporal dementia

Answer 1

Early change in personality/behaviour

changes in eating habits

early dysphasia

memory and visuospatial (understanding shapes) intact

Question 2

signs of Alzheimer’s with lewd bodies

Answer 2

Early visuospatial and executive dysfunction

Parkinsonism’s and hallucinations

Question 3

What are parkinsonism’s

Answer 3

Bradykinesia (slow movement)
Rigidity
tremor
postural unsteadiness

Question 4

Cause of idiopathic Parkinson’s

Answer 4

Dementia with lewd bodies

Question 5

Causes of drug-induced Parkinson’s

Answer 5

Dopamine antagonists

Question 6

Where does vascular Parkinson’s affect

Answer 6

Lower half of body

Question 7

A diagnosis of Parkinson’s requires what

Answer 7

Bradykinesia

and 1 or more of the following:

Tremor
rigidity
postural instability

Question 8

Things that support a diagnosis of Parkinson’s

Answer 8

Asymmetrical rest tremor

Good response to dopamine replacement therapy

Question 9

Things that don’t support a diagnosis of Parkinson’s

Answer 9

Fast progression

rest tremor on both sides

lack of tremor

early falls

early dementia

Question 10

Non motor symptoms of Parkinson’s

Answer 10

anosmia (loss of smell)

REM sleep behaviour syndrome

Autonomic issues

Hallucinations and cognitive loss in later disease

Depressions fatigue and pain (later disease)

Question 11

What is progression of loss of dopamine in Parkinson’s

Answer 11

Stage 1 - one putamen reduced

stage 2 - both putamen reduced

stage 3 - caudate reduced