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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Alzheimer disease | type of dementia that occurs frequently after age 65, the brain shrinks dramatically as nerves cells die and tissues atrophy. slowly progressive and usually profound to dementia in 5-10 years. Inability to remember the recent past, while memories of dista |
| Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis | progressive muscle atrophy caused by degeneration and scarring of neurons along the lateral column of spinal cord that controls muscles |
| bells palsy | paralysis of muscles of the side of the face, caused by inflammation or compression of the facial nerve. sagging mouth on affected side and non closure of eye and is temporary |
| cerebral palsy | condition characterized by lack of muscle control and parital paralysis caused by brain defect or lesion present at birth |
| dementia | cognitive impairment characterized by loss intellectual brain function. |
| epilepsy | Condition characterized by recurrent seizures abnormal electrical activity of the brain |
| Hydrocephalus | congenital or acquired disorder caused by obstructed circulation of CSF that dilated cerebral ventricles and impaired function |
| intracerebral hemorrhage | bleeding in the brain in result of ruptured BV in brain, High blood pressure |
| multiple sclerosis | chronic degenerative disease characterized by scerlotic patches along brain and spinal cord |
| parkinsons disease | chronic degenerative disease of CNS. |
| shingles | viral disease that affects Peripheral nerves and causes blisters on skin that follow course of affected nerves |
| Stroke | interruption of blood supply to region of the brain. |
| subarachnoid hemorrhage | bleeding between Pia mater and arachnoid layers of meninges causes by ruptured BV |
| vascular or multiple infarct dementia | 10 percent of patients. secondary cerebrovascular disease and usually occurs in older individuals worsens in step wise fashion and other neurological findings |
| Lewy body dementia | rapidly progressive form. Characterized by hallucinations fluctuation In severity sleep disorders,parkinsons, |
| normal pressure hydrocephalus | imbalance of CSF in brain that leads to dementia, urinary incontinence and gait instability. sometimes caused by trauma or subarachnoid hemorrhage and treated with ventricular peritoneal shunt |
| wernicke Korsakoff syndrome | Chronic alcoholism caused by thiamine deficiency and poor nutrition |
| tumors and chronic subdural hematoma | space occupying lesions that prevent normal brain function |
| positron emission tomography | nuclear medicine procedure combining CT and radioactive chemicals to produce sectional images of the brain and other organs to examine blood flow and metabolic activity |
| evoked potential studies | group of diagnostic tests measured changes and responses in brain waves elicited by visual, auditory, or somatosensory stimuli. |
| lumbar punture | Diagnostic procedure performed by insertion of needle into subarachnoid space usually between 4 or 5th lumbar vertebrae. removal of CSF |
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