Neurology and psychiatry

Question 1

What is cerebral palsy?

Answer 1

Name given to permanent neurological problems resulting from damage to the brain around the time of birth (from before birth to less than 1 month after birth) .

Question 2

Causes of cerebral palsy that occur before birth?

Answer 2

Maternal infections
Trauma during pregnancy

Question 3

Causes of cerebral palsy that occur during or shortly after birth?

Answer 3

Birth asphyxia
Pre-term birth

Question 4

Causes of cerebral palsy that occur after birth (1 month after)?

Answer 4

Meningitis
Severe neonatal jaundice
Head injuries

Question 5

What is Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy?

Answer 5

A genetic disease causing muscle weakness and wasting.

Question 6

Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy only affects boys. True/false?

Answer 6

True, however girls can be carriers.

Question 7

What manoeuvre can be used to assess Duchenne’s?

Answer 7

Gower’s manoeuvre - Gower’s sign is when children with proximal muscle weakness use a specific technique to stand up from a lying position.