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Module Five
Diseases
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| A _____________ is known as a brain attack or cerebrovascular accident that affects the arteries that supply blood to the brain. | Stroke |
| _____________________________ Nerve impulses are not sent to and from the brain in a normal way due to the myelin sheaths have been destroyed in the brain and spinal cord. | Multiple Sclerosis |
| This disease attacks the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles, it is rapidly progressive and fatal______________________________________. | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) |
| __________________is a disease that lays dormant in the nerve tissue and can become active you may and then you will have a rash or blisters appear on the skin. | Shingles |
| . ___________is a syndrome that can occur with spinal cord injuries above the mid-thoracic level and will have an uncontrolled stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, if untreated the patient is at risk for a stroke, heart attack, or death. | Autonomic dysreflexia |
| Your patient is looking straight at you but cannot see your face what eye disease do they have? | Age related macular degeneration |
| . _____________________________ is a slow, progressive disorder with no cure, and you may see hand tremors, a stooped posture, rigid or stiff muscles. | Parkinson Disease |
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