Medical Disorder Flashcards

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Genetic disorder that can result in intellectual disability. Temper outbursts, stubbornness, and compulsive behaviors such as skin picking

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Prader-Willi Syndrome

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Excessive thyroid hormones. Anxiety, depression, hyperactivity restlessness agitation and fatigue

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Hyperthyroidism

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Reduce thyroid activity and lower hormone levels. fatigue, apathy, depression, anxiety, irritability, impaired memory, rapid onset can cause delirium and psychosis

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Hypothyroidism

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Caused by limited sunlight exposure, unbalanced diets, alcoholism and malabsorption due to medications.

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Vitamin Deficiencies

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Difficulty falling asleep, waking early, having trouble staying asleep, abnormal breathing during sleep, excessive sleepiness and sleep attacks at inappropriate times

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Sleep Disorders

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Brain injury caused by direct impact or secondary indirect injuries

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Traumatic Brain injury

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7
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Degeneration of neurons in the brain

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Parkinson Disease

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Bacterial infection often from a deer tick bite

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Lyme Disease

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Immune mediated diseases in which the bodys immune system attacks its own tissues and eats away at the protective covering of nerves.

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Multiple Sclerosis

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