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dysphagia...aphagia... RHS....TBI....Dementia

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Dementia   degenerative central nervous system disease. Acquired. Progressive decline, Physical deterioration  
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Early Signs   memory declines, Disorientation, lapse in judgement, difficulty in adls, difficulty in mentally challenging, apathy loss of initiative rapid changes in mood  
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Gray Matter   Cortical regions it the outer layer of the hemisphere where the nerve cell body resides.  
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Cortical Dementia   Alzeihmers disease. memory intellect and language. Loss of mylein sheath brain shrins sulci widens. unknown causes. environmental or genetic death 5 to 10 years after diagnosis. occurs more in women.  
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White matter   Subcortical region. Located on the brain in which the nerve cell fibers reside. Neuromuscular control. Parkinson disease  
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Lang & communication AD   Cognition, memory and intellect affected in early stages.. Speech language deficits in the mid to late stages..Aphasia: language disorders. AD language disorder due to cognitive deficits. Early AD and Anomic Aphasia Late AD and wernickes Aphasia.  
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Early Stage of AD   Word retrieval difficulty. Subtle comprehension problems. Fluid and syntactically correct speech  
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Middle Stage of AD   Semantic Paraphrasia. unnecessary repetition of ideas. Excessive speech fewer ideas. Mod to severe comprehension problems.  
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Late Stage of AD   Nonfunctional, Comprehension of simple familair material. Single word speech. limited automatic speech, minimally verbal.  
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PArkinson Disease   Subcortical region, James Parkisonn, Rigidity, tremors, slowness, loss of balance. Death within 15 to 20 yrs after diagnosis. Aspiration Pneumonia  
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Speech and Lang in PD   weak voice, rapid speech, small writing impaired articulation, Drooling and dysphgia in early stage and cognitive and communication in late stage, stuttering like repetition.  
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Dementia Vs Aphasia   non verbal intelligence and problems solving tests.dementia is a gradual onset and worsening but no hope for recoveryAphasia is suddent onset with a expect improvement.  
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