diseases

Question 1

what are the 5 Motor only neurological diseases

Answer 1

Muscular Dystrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
ALS
CP
Parkinsonisn

Question 2

young boys, CPK-MM, weak muscles, difficulty walking, Gowers, fatal by 20yrs, muscle only no nerves (motor only)

Answer 2

Erb Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy

Question 3

descending paralysis, Diplopia, difficult swallowing, fatigue, masked facies. intermittent naps help

Answer 3

Myasthenia Gravis

Question 4

older males, terminal in 5 years, starts in intrinisic hand muscles, UMNL and LMNL, bulbar palsy

Answer 4

ALS

Question 5

basal gnaglia/ substania nigra lesion, extrapyramidal tract - resting tremor, blank stare, oily, festinating gait

Answer 5

Parkinsonism

Question 6

shawl like pain and temp loss, fluid filed cavitation that expands and puts pressure on lateral spinothalamic tract

Answer 6

syringomyelia

Question 7

demyelination of the cord, diplopia, speech, incontinence, UMNL, LMNL, intention tremors + charcot’s triad, has remissions Lhermittes test is positive when active

Answer 7

Multiple Sclerosis

Question 8

Stomach gastritis leading to B12 anemia leads to ____ will have non reversable glove and stocking parasthesis

Answer 8

PLS

Question 9

hemisection of spinal cord with ipsilateral loss of motor and contralateral loss of pain and tem

Answer 9

Brown Sequard

Question 10

rapidly ascending polyneuropathy

Answer 10

Guillain Barre

Question 11

caused by taking asprin when you have a viral infection leading to a brain bleed

Answer 11

Reyes syndrom

Question 12

inborn error of metabolism characterized by calf weakness and sensory loss, steppage gait

Answer 12

Charcot marie tooth

Question 13

non tramatic tinnitus, vertigo, and transient daefness

Answer 13

menier’s

Question 14

post trauma tinnitus, vertigo, and transient daefness only with rotation

Answer 14

Barre Lieou’s