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Local (Focal) Effects
Signs related to the specific area of the brain or spinal cord where lesion is located
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Supratentorial and Infratentorial Lesions
Occur in the cerebral hemispheres...,
Located in the brainstem or below...
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Left and Right Hemispheres
Loss of logical thinking ability ...,
Impairs appreciation of music and...
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Level of Consciousness
Decreased level of consciousness ...,
Levels of reduced consciousness m...,
Loss of awareness and mental capa...
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Criteria for brain death
Including function of the cortex ...,
Absence of spontaneous respiratio...,
Absence of brainstem responses
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Motor Dysfunction
Interference with voluntary movem...,
Weakness or paralysis on the same...,
Severe brain damage
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Language Disorders
Inability to comprehend or expres...,
Inability to read or understand,
Inability to speak or write fluently
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Seizures
Caused by spontaneous excessive d...,
Seizures are caused by,
Related to the particular site of...
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Epilepsy
Recurrent paroxymal sudden period...,
Often idiopathic sometimes a brai...,
Range from almost imperceptible a...
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Traumatic Brain Injury
Physical injury to brain tissue t...,
Tbi includes acute subdural hemat...
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Types of Hematomas
Results from bleeding between dur...,
Develops between dura and arachno...,
Tear in arachnoid may allow csf t...
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Concussion
Defined as a transient and revers...,
Nausea headache dizziness memory ...,
Glasgow coma scale ct
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Increased Intracranial Pressure
If cause is not removed,
Decreasing level of consciousness...,
Decreased pupillary responses sev...
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Brain Tumors
Space occupying lesions that caus...,
Form the largest category of prim...,
Classified according to cell deri...
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Vascular Disorders
Interference with blood supplyloc...,
Increased icp will cause local is...,
Impaired perfusion of entire brai...
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Transient Ischemic Attaks (TIAS)
May occur singly or in a series,
Result from temmporary localized ...,
Last less than 1 hour directly re...
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Cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke)
Sudden impairment od consciousnes...,
Can be caused by hemorrhage throm...,
Determined by the region of the b...
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Spinal Cord Injury
Results from fracture dislocation...,
May result from hyperextention or...,
May crush or compress spinal cord
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Acute Bacterial Meningitis
Inflammation of meninges of brain...,
3 bacteria account for 80 of cases,
Bacteria reach meninges by blood ...
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Bell's Palsy
Unilateral facial paralysis,
Presumed to involve swelling of c...,
Pain behind ear may precede paral...
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Alzhelmer's disease
A structurally caused permanent o...,
A degenerative process with a los...,
Depression paranoia anxiety slow ...
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Parkinson's disease
Idiopathic slowly progressive cns...,
Loss of neurons in substantia nig...,
Often begins as slight tremor in ...
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Multiple Sclerosis
Chronic progressive disease chara...,
Believed to involve and immunolog...,
Muscle weakness paralysis mood sw...
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Headache
One od the most commoon reasons p...,
Migrane cluster headache and tens...,
Dental disorders viral infections...
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Migrane
An episodic severe headache lasti...,
Is often unilateral throbbing and...,
Thought to be neurovascular syndr...
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Amyottrophic lateral sclerosis
Steady and progressive degenerati...,
Stiffness awkward movements cramp...,
Suggesed by progressive generaliz...
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Refractive Errors
Defects in visual acity,
Vision is best far awaay farsight...,
Loss of elasticity in lens a form...
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Cataract
Opacity or clouding of the lens,
Caused by a change in chemical co...,
Gradual loss or blurring of visio...
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Glaucoma
Accumulating fluid pressure damag...,
Open angle is primary form and re...,
Often asymptomatic until irrepara...
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Detached Retina
Acute emergency retina tears away...,
Visual field contains areas of bl...,
Surgical reattachment of retina
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Macular Degeneration
Age relation amd common cause of ...,
Central vision becomes blurred th...
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Otitis Media
Accumulation of fluid within the ...,
Acute serous may form spontaneous...,
The supportive form is caused by ...
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Otosclerosis
Formation oof cancellous bone aro...,
Idiopathic possibly genetic,
Gradual bilateral hearing loss ti...
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Meniere's Disease
Chronic inner ear syndrome,
Unknown appears to be due to dest...,
Vertigo tinnitus and sensorineura...
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Endocrine Diseases
Excess body weight sufficient to ...,
Excess body weight can occur thro...,
1mutations in leptin or leptin re...
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Diabetes Mellitus
Characterized by hyperglycemia re...,
Autoimmune caused by destruction ...,
Hyperglycemia usually in patients...
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Diabetes Insipidus
Polyuria excessive urination and ...,
Almost half of the cases are iiop...,
Polyuria excessive thirst dehydra...
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Euthryroid goiter (simple goiter)
An englargement of the thyroid gl...,
Thyroid gland enlarges in order t...,
Can appear as a small nodule pr a...
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Hyperthyroidism (Graves' Disease)
Abnormally high secretion of thyr...,
Autoantibody against thyroid rece...,
Goiter nervousness loss of sleep ...
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Hypothyroidism (Cretinism or Myxedema)
Undersecretion of hormones by the...,
The aquired form,
The congenital form
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Cushing Syndrome
Heypersecretion of the adrenal co...,
Bilateral hyperplasia of the adre...,
Rounded or moon shaped face with ...
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