Nervous

Question 1

Traumatic Brain Injury(Concussion and Severe Traumatic Brain Injury)

Answer 1

Concussion: Physical(short-term loss of consciousness, headache, nausea or vomiting, sensitivity to light, dizziness), cognitive(confusion, inability to concentrate, and memory problems, changes in mood, sadness, irritability, fatigue and sleep disturbances
Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: Serious short-term and long-term impairments of brain function, loss of consciousness, amnesia(memory loss), muscle weakness and coordination, changes in emotion, personality, and mood

Question 2

Spinal Cord Injury

Answer 2

Depend on location of injury, motor, sensory, and internal organ functions may be partly or completely lost

Question 3

Epilepsy

Answer 3

Vary, ranges from staring spells to the complete loss of motor functions and unconsciousness

Question 4

Strokes

Answer 4

Numbness, loss of vision, muscle weakness on one side of the face or body, confusion, difficulty walking, speaking and understanding

Question 5

Trigeminal Neuralgia(Tic Douloureux)

Answer 5

Sudden stabbing pain resembling electric shock in the lips, gums, or chin, triggered by touching the face, chewing, drinking or talking

Question 6

Bell’s Palsy

Answer 6

Appear suddenly, occurs on one side of the face, and include the inability to salivate, to form tears, blink, and move facial muscles, which results in droopy eyelids, lips and an expressionless face

Question 7

Bacterial Meningitis

Answer 7

Severe headache, stiff neck, high fever, chills, vomiting, confusion, sensitivity to light, infants(bulging fontanel, irritability, poor reflexes)

Question 8

Viral Meningitis

Answer 8

Mild symptoms

Question 9

Encephalitis

Answer 9

Headache, fever, muscle and joints aches and weaknesses, severe cases(severe headache, confusion, perpetual changes, weakness, seizures)

Question 10

Poliomyelitis(Polio)

Answer 10

Fever, sore throat, headache, weakness, vomiting, stiff neck, backache, paralytic(muscle weakness, atrophy)

Question 11

Rabies

Answer 11

Fever, headache, agitation, confusion, hallucinations, difficulty swallowing and excess salivation, fear of water(hydrophobia), insomnia, partial paralysis

Question 12

Shingles(Herpes Zoster)

Answer 12

Band of painful red, water blisters around the trunk, often on one side(may occur on the face, around the eyes, or on other areas), Postherpetic neuralgia(when the pain continues after the rash clears)

Question 13

Tetanus

Answer 13

Characteristic rigidity, painful muscle spasms, difficulty swallowing, respiratory failure, rigid, flexed jaw is called trismus

Question 14

Botulism

Answer 14

Infants(constipation, floppy head, difficulty crying and swallowing, drooling and difficulty sucking or feeding
Foodbourne(Droopy facial and eye muscles, difficulty swallowing or speaking, nausea, double vision, vomiting and cramps, difficulty breathing
Wound(Resembles foodbourne botulism)

Question 15

Reye Syndrome(RS)

Answer 15

Persistent vomiting, rash, lethargy about 1 week after viral infection, seizures and coma

Question 16

Alzheimer’s Disease

Answer 16

Neurons and connections die, presence of knots of protein deposits called plaques, tangles of protein called neurofibrillary tangles
Signs and Symptoms: Begins with memory loss and confusion, lost memory, spatial and temporal orientation become confused, swings in emotion, personality changes, unable to care for themselves, death from pneumonia, other infections, or injuries from falls and accidents

Question 17

Multiple Sclerosis(MS)

Answer 17

Numbness, weakness, fatigue, double vision, vision loss

Question 18

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS)

Answer 18

Starts with twitching, weakness in limbs and slurred speech, paralysis, inability to chew, swallow, speak and breathe

Question 19

Parkinson’s Disease

Answer 19

Starts with noticeable shaking in the hands and rigid masklike facial muscles, tremors, stiffness, inability to initiate movement, uncoordinated shuffling gait, hunched posture, loss of reflexes, problems swallowing and chewing, difficulty speaking, cognitive impairment, depression, sexual dysfunction

Question 20

Essential Tremor

Answer 20

Shaking heads and hands(in “yes” and “no” motion), difficulty eating, drinking from glass, writing and grasping objects, voice tremors

Question 21

Huntington’s Disease

Answer 21

Jerking and writhing movements, involuntary sustained muscle contraction, difficulty walking, speaking, swallowing and moving eyes, cognitive and mental degenerations(difficulty planning, loss of visual perception, inflexible thinking, impaired memory), loss of judgement and impulse control, angry outbursts, personality changes, death(10-30 years after onset of symptoms

Question 22

Spina Bifida

Answer 22

Sign and symptoms vary and depend on the extent of the neural tube defect; Occulta and Meningocele doesn’t cause neurological problems; Meningomyelocele and Myelocele are more serious with signs and symptoms such as motor weakness, paralysis, loss of bowel and bladder control

Question 23

Hydrocephalus

Answer 23

Bulging fontanel, large head, downward-facing eyes(sunsetting), vomiting, seizures, poor feeding, uncoordinated movements possibly leading to permanent motor and cognitive impairments

Question 24

Cerebral Palsy

Answer 24

Muscle problems(abnormal rigidity or floppiness of muscles, movement is jerky, stiff and writhing, trouble walking, grasping objects, and producing smooth, fine movements, excessive drooling and difficulty swallowing and chewing, hearing and visual impairments, seizures, dental problems, mental and cognitive problems, incontinence

Question 25

Brain Tumors

Answer 25

More frequent and severe headaches, vision loss and double vision, confusion, dizziness, unexplained vomiting, loss of coordination, speech and hearing problems, personality changes