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Mamm phys test II *
PATHOLOGIES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| NEURITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE NERVE DUE TO A TRAUMATIC EVENT, TRAUMA OR DRUGS, PAIN IS CALLED NEURALGIA |
| SCIATICA | INFLAMMATION OF THE SCIATIC NERVE |
| TIC DOULOREUX | NEURALGIA OF THE TRIGEMINAL (CN X) NERVE |
| BELLS PALSY | PARALYSIS OF THE FACIAL MUSCULATURE PARALYSIS OF THE 7TH CRANIAL NERVE PEOPLE DO RECOVER |
| SHINGLES | CP VIRUS TAKES ROOT IN THE DORSAL ROOT GANGLION LIES DORMANT, AFTER STRESSOR ULCERS AND BLISTERS FORM UPON THAT DERMATOME |
| CEREBRAL PALSY | DAMAGES MOTOR PARTS OF THE BRAIN USUALLY OCCURS IN CHILDREN MAY BE DUE TO A LACK OF OXYGEN OR TRAUMA |
| TUMORS | NEUROMA GLIOMA MULTIPLE NEUROFIBROMATOSIS |
| NEUROMA | TUMOR IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
| GLIOMA | TUMOR IN THE GLIAL CELLS, MOST COMMON OF THE BRAIN TUMORS LIFE THREATENING |
| MULTIPLE NEUROFIBROMATOSIS | INHERITED MULTIPLE NEUROMAS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHWANN CELLS DISFIGURING TUMORS |
| CVA | MOST COMMON TYPE OF BRAIN DISORDER, THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH THIS IS WHEN BLOOD VESSEL TO BRAIN BLOCKS OFF OR BURSTS. |
| EMBOLITIC EVENT | BLOOD CLOT BREAKS AWAY AND BLOCKS BLOOD FLOW |
| SEIZURE DISORDERS | SECOND MOST COMMON BRAIN DISORDER DRUGS SERIOUSLY DEPRESS NEURAL ACTIVITY |
| MENINGITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE MENINGES BACTERIAL ORIGIN FEVER STIFF NECK SEIZURES TREAT WITH ANTIBIOTICS |
| ENCEPHALITIS | INFLAMMATION OF THE BRAIN TISSUE ITSELF HAS AN INTERMEDIATE HOST (TICK) MORE SEVERE AND HIGHER MORTALITY RATE |
| REYE'S SYNDROME | RARE TYPE OF ENCEPHALITIS OCCURS AFTER CHILDREN RECEIVED ASA DUE TO A VIRAL DISEASE... WE NOW GIVE CHILDREN APAP |
| ALZHEIMER'S | 1/3 OF PATIENTS WITH AGE RELATED DEMENTIA CANNOT BE IDENTIFIED UNTIL AUTOPSY |