Neuro 1 Flashcards
Treatment for bilateral band-like headache. Nonthrobbing and not worse with routine activity. No associated nausea, vomiting, photophobia.
Tension HA
NSAIDS
Treatment for a headache that is brief, episodic, stabbing, lancinating or shock-like pain in 2nd or 3rd divisions of the face. Worse with touch, chewing, brushing teeth, etc.
Carbamazepine or Oxcarbazepine
First line tx for Migraine HA
NSAIDS, Acetaminophen, or Aspirin
Cluster headaches can be localized to which area of the head other than periorbital?
Temporal
Management for Pseudotumor cerebri
Acetazolamide
MC bacterial cause of meningitis
Strep pneumoniae
What is the treatment for an elderly patient with dilation of the cerebral ventricles and normal opening pressures on LP.
Patient is demented, wide shuffling gait, and has urinary incontinence.
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt.
Tx for an HSV infection of the brain parenchyma.
HA, neck stiffness, photosensitivity, fever.
Altered mental status, changes in personality, speech and movement.
Encephalitis
IV acyclovir.
Autosomal dominant neurodegenerative disorder.
Behavior and mood changes, chorea, and dementia.
Huntington’s
Neurodegenerative disorder due to necrosis of both upper and lower motor neurons leading to progressive motor degeneration.
Sensation, voluntary eye movement, sphincter function and sexual function are spared.
ALS
Asymmetric limb weakness mc presenting symptom, difficulty in chewing, aspiration.
Mixed upper and lower motor neuron signs and symptoms. Spasticity, stiffness, hyperreflexia. Progressive bilateral fasciculations, muscle atrophy.
Respiratory failure is mc cause of death.
ALS
Management for Tourette disorder
Habit reversal therapy
What is the hallmark clinical manifestation of Cerebral palsy?
Spasticity.
Muscle tone, movement, and postural abnormalities.
Management for restless leg syndrome?
Dopamine agonists such as Pramipexole or Ropinirole.
Restless leg syndrome can be caused by what nutritional deficiency?
Iron deficiency
