Exam 3 Part 2

Question 1

How long does early Alzheimer’s last?

Answer 1

2 years

Question 2

True or false: motor function is retained in early Alzheimer’s

Answer 2

True

Question 3

How long does mid-stage Alzheimers last?

Answer 3

4-10 years

Question 4

Stage of Alzheimer’s that has a negative impact on ADL and reliance on others, may experience wanderlust, sundowner syndrome, disorientation and confusion

Answer 4

Mid-stage

Question 5

What are the symptoms of mid-stage Alzheimer’s?

Answer 5

More severe memory loss, increased loss of working memory, attention deficit, diminished vocabulary, conversation is empty/meaningless, loss of reading and writing, aggressiveness, outburst of anger, dramatic personality changes, inappropriate behavior, hallucination/delusion

Question 6

Stage of Alzheimer’s where motor function is impacted, may become non-ambulatory, unresponsive, bedridden

Answer 6

Late stage Alzheimer’s

Question 7

What are symptoms of late stage Alzheimer’s?

Answer 7

Memory, condition, expressive language deficits are profound, muteness, dysphagia, little/no memory, difficulty speaking and understanding simple sentences, difficulty recognizing others, need for assistance for ADL, difficulty chewing and swallowing

Question 8

Dementia defined by degeneration of frontal and temporal lobe; includes Pick’s disease, progressive nonfluent aphasia, semantic dementia

Answer 8

Frontotemporal dementia

Question 9

Slow reduction in verbal output

Answer 9

Progressive non-fluent aphasia

Question 10

Progressive degeneration of frontal and temporal lobe

Answer 10

Pick’s disease

Question 11

What are some symptoms of Pick’s disease?

Answer 11

Personality changes, antisocial and inappropriate behavior, memory loss in absence of language deficits

Question 12

What is the neuropathology of Pick’s disease?

Answer 12

Pick bodies and ballooned neurons

Question 13

Subcortical dementia; progressive terminal illness characterized by distinctive involuntary erratic body movements

Answer 13

Huntington’s disease

Question 14

What are the symptoms of Huntington’s disease?

Answer 14

Changes in personality, cognition, language, and emotion

Question 15

What is the neuropathology of Huntington’s disease?

Answer 15

Production of mutant Huntington protein that creates degeneration of basal ganglia, hippocampus, substantia nigra, and Purkinje cells of pons