Introduction To Neurology And Epilepsy

Question 1

History taking

Answer 1

Family history
Birth history
Developmental minestones

Question 2

What is a delay in developmental minestones indicative of?

Answer 2

Underlying neurological diseases

Question 3

When are primitive reflexes present?

Answer 3

In the term infant and diminish over the next 4-6 months of life

Question 4

What are examples of primitive reflexes?

Answer 4

Moro
Grasp
Galant

Question 5

What are examples of postural reflexes

Answer 5

Positive support reflex
Landau
Lateral propping and parachute

Question 6

When do postural reflexes emerge

Answer 6

3 to 8 months

Question 7

What is indicative of a upper motor neurone abnormality

Answer 7

Persistence of primitive reflexes and lack of development of the postural reflexes

Question 8

What does head circumference indicate

Answer 8

Reflection of brain size and development

Question 9

What is a small head called

Answer 9

Microcephaly

Question 10

What is a large head in a child called

Answer 10

Macrocephaly

Hydrocephalus

Question 11

What is the definition of an cerebral palsy

Answer 11

Motor impairment syndromes secondary to non progressive lesions or anomalies in the brain arising in the early stages of development

Question 12

When does the cerebral palsy abnormality occur

Answer 12

Pre or perinatally

Question 13

Consequences of under nutrition

Answer 13

Poor growth with reduces muscle strength
Poor circulation due to reduced activity
Increased susceptibility to infection

Question 14

Causes of feeding difficulties

Answer 14

Oral motor dysfunction 
Disrupted sensitive period 
Dystonia 
Postural deformity 
Drug treatment - baclofen
Impaired hand function 
Immobility 
Vision impairment 
Deafness 
GORD