Unit 7: Nervous system disease Flashcards
Signs:
- eating non nutritional things
- ex: rocks, ice, paint
PICA
PICA Treatment:
behavioral changes,
- some medictions
- education
Cortard’s delusion Causes:
- depression
- schizophrenia
- trauma/TBI
“are you dead”
Brain thinks it is dead; vegataive state; yet you are alive
Cortard’s delusion
Cortard’s delusion
Treatment:
(mainly meds)
- antidepressents
- psychotherapy
Disease as a result of possible Dopamine loss
Parkinson’s
Parkinson’s Symptom:
excessive tremors
- loss of balance
- slowness of movement
Parkinson’s Treatment:
- no cure
- physical therapy for management
- new drug trials coming
concussions Cause:
- sudden impact to the head or body
concussions Symptoms:
- balance problems
-delayed response to questions - loss of consciousness
- headaches
- sensitivity to light
concussionsTreatment:
mental and physical rest
- pain killer
- fish oil (Omega-3 fatty acids)
Epilepsy Cause:
-unknown
what it is: abnormal electrical activity in the brain.
Epilepsy Symptoms:
- seizures
- tingling
- unconscious
- deja vu
Epilepsy Treatment:
- medicine
- surgery
- keto diet
- brain stimulation
a rare genetic disorder that causes a buildup of collagen in the skin, soft tissues, and brain
Urbach wiethe
Urbach wiethe cause:
- ## loss of to the chromosome 1 @ 1q21
Urbach wiethe Symptoms:
- showing fearlessness
- damage to amygdala
- hoarse voice
- easily damaged skin
Urbach wiethe treatments:
- NO KNOWN CURE
- Therapy…?
OCD Cause:
- No main cause
- inheritable
factors:
- brain evolving
- genes
- picking up behaviors from close ones
a mental health disorder that causes people to have unwanted thoughts and repetitive behaviors.
OCD
OCD Symptoms:
- having unwanted anxiety or urges
OCD Treatments:
-therapy: speech and/or behavioral
- medicine to help with mood and/or anxiety
Alzheimer’s disease Causes:
- abnormal build up of proteins called amyloids and Tan, causing brain cells to die.
- Amyloids form plaques
a progressive brain disorder that causes memory loss and a decline in thinking skills. It’s the most common cause of dementia in older adults.
Alzheimer’s disease
Alzheimer’s disease Symptoms:
- increased memory loss
- vulnerable to infections
- urinary problems
- personality changes
- unaware of surroundings
Alzheimer’s disease Treatment:
- NO CURE
- Cholinesterase inhibitors
- brain stimulation
Not being able to remember past memories/events
Amnesia (retrograde)
not being able to form new memories
Amnesia (anterograde)
Causes:
- Alzheimer’s disease
-cerebral hypoxia
- brain trauma
Amnesia
Amnesia Treatments:
(symptom oriented)
- medications,
- therapy,
- memory aid
CIPA
Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis
anhidrosis
not being able to sweat
Congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis (CIPA) Causes:
- Genetic
(Mutation in the NTRK1 gene)
CIPA Symptoms:
- no pain
- no sweat
- can’t feel temperature
CIPA Treatments:
- No cure
- Naloxone
Cerebral Palsy Causes:
preterm birth
- head injuries
- infection of the brain
- obstruction of oxygen/blood flow
Cerebral Palsy symptoms:
- seizures
- vision/hearing/speech problems
- learning disorders
- intellectual or developmental problems.
Cerebral Palsy Treatments:
- medication like Baclofen (muscle relaxation)
- therapy
- assistive technology
Huntington disease
causes:
- mutation in chromosome 4
- inheritable disease
- sporadic (can just happen with no reason)
Huntington disease symptoms:
-involuntary movement
- loss of coordination
- difficulty swallowing
- slurred speech
a genetic disorder that causes nerve cells in the brain to break down over time (Affects mainly ganglian region)
Huntington disease
Huntington disease treatment
Treatment:
- physical & speech therapy
- medication
- change of diet
