Medical Diagnoses Flashcards
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Dysarthria
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- weakness in the muscles used for speech
2
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Communicating with client w/ left-brain stroke
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- simple nonverbal cues and gestures
3
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Communicating with client w/ right-brain stroke
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- short, simple verbal cues
4
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Intellectual Disability (ID)
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- broad impairment in cognitive and adaptive functioning
5
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Developmental Delay (DD)
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- any significant lag in a child’s physical, cognitive, emotional, or social maturity
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Trisomy 18
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- genetic disorder
- extra chromosome 18
- severe developmental delays
- AKA Edward’s syndrome
7
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Down Syndrome
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- genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results in an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21
- causes developmental changes and physical features of Down syndrome
8
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Anorexia Nervosa
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- low body weight
- engage in excessive exercising and restricting to lose weight
9
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ASD Level 3
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- severe deficits in communication, socialization, sensory input
- causing great distress or difficulty adapting to change
- self-injurious behaviour may be due to lack of communication and/or sensory overload
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ASD Level 1
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- hard time communicating appropriately with others
- usually able to speak in full sentences, but has trouble engaging in back-and-forth conversation
- problems with organization and planning
- inflexibility
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ASD Level 2
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- hard to change focus
- narrow interests
- repetitive behaviours
- simple sentences
- struggle with nonverbal forms of communication
12
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Aphasia
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- speech disorder that may be caused by damage to Broca’s area
13
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Dysphagia
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inability to swallow
14
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Ataxia
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- lack of voluntary muscle movement
15
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Dyspnea
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- shortness of breath
