Nerves And Muscles Disorders Flashcards
Paralysis or weakness of facial nerve unilaterally due to nerve inflammation
Bell’s palsy
Inability to wrinkle brow, drooling eyelid, inability to close eye, inability to puff cheeks, no muscle tone, drooping mouth
Bell’s Palsy
Onset of pain initiated by trigger point on face
Trigeminal neuralgia
Pain extreme shock like, paroxysmal or lancinating
Trigeminal neuralgia
Compression of nerve by various anatomical structures
Trigeminal neuralgia
Neuralgia of ninth cranial nerve
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
Sharp, stabbing pulses of pain in the back of the throat, tongue, tonsils and middle ear
Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
Nerve pain followed by recent outbreak of herpes zoster
Postherpatic neuralgia
Severe burning/ stabbing pain caused by nerve damage by herpes zoster virus
Postherpetic neuralgia
When parotid gland removed surgically the auriculotemporal nerve that innervates into parotid tries to heal and accidentally innervates the sweat glands of face
Frey’s syndrome
Gustatory sweating, flushing and sweating while eating
Frey’s syndrome
Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder leads to muscle weakness and fatigue
Myasthenia Gravis
Autoantibodies block or alter or destroy the receptors for Ach at neuromuscular junction which prevents muscles from contracting
Myasthenia gravis
Flat smile, double vision, difficulty eating, droopy eyes with slow papillary light response, xerostomia, rampant caries
Myasthenia Gravis
Weakness, mouth drop, dysphagia, immobile expressionless appearance, tongue furrowed flaccid appearance due to lipomatous atrophy
Myasthenia Gravis
