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med term
somatic diseases and conditions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| alzheimer's disease (AD) | idiopathic atrophy of neurons in brain (nerves in brain are shrinking/disintegrating), typically frontal lobe (personality, relationships) BUT long term memory is okay, angry outbursts, forgetfulness of daily things causes complications |
| amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) (Lou gherig's disease) | degeneration of skeletal motor neurons (stephen hawking), idiopathic, you're aware you can't move your body, brain = bueno, body = no bueno, no treatment |
| bells palsy | hemiplegia of face (can't move half of your face), cranial nerve 7 (peripheral - supplies face), could be from a virus/infection |
| cerebral aneurysm | localized ballooning of vessel in the brain |
| cerebral contusion | brain bruise, bump on the head (concussion) but brain bonks into skull |
| cerebral palsy (CP) | usually due to birth trauma, brain goes without oxygen too long and causes it not to develop normally (cord around neck) |
| cerebrovascular accident (CVA) | loss of blood supply in brain (stroke) |
| hemorrhagic stroke | ruptured system |
| ischemic stroke | artery blocked |
| coma | brain turns off everything except vita body functions, way to heal/repair |
| concussion | bruising/injury to brain from sports/trauma, (a contusion could occur), affects sight (also called TBI - any type of traumatic brain injury) |
| dementia | precursor to AD or may not progress at all (bit of forgetfulness of daily tasks like PARKING) |
| epidural hematoma (EDH) | bleeding from trauma in between the dura mater and skull, can cause intracranial pressure to increase from brain moving out of the way, to relieve pressure, HOLES and taking part of the skull out to drain |
| epilepsy | disease that causes seizures, arrhythmia of brain (misfire of neurons) (seizures are to correct itself like an AED for heart) |
| gullian-barre syndrome (GB syndrome) | inflammation of peripheral nervous system (post infection), progressive muscle weakness, that may lead to paralysis, (no treatment, brain must fix itself) (travis fredrick) |
| headache/migrane | NOT BRAIN (meninges, cranium, muscles of scalp, skin, blood vessels) |
| multiple sclerosis (MS) | autoimmune (anywhere, any way, any time, varies w/ patient), causes degeneration of myelin (makes sure messages get sent w/ out escaping) on neuron, results in paralysis a lot bc messages can't be sent properly, a lot of pain, weakness |
| parkinson's disease (PD) | idiopathic disease that causes tremors (dopamine tells muscle to keep contracting), not many treatments (michael j fox) |
| poliomyelitis (polio) | viral infection of nervous system that causes paralysis (there's a vaccine), post-polio syndrome -> developing symptoms of polio (not severe) after vaccine later in life |
| seizure | high fever, brain trauma, toxic environment to brain (medication, drugs, alcohol), infections (meningitis, sepsis) |
| shingles | herpes (chicken pox), viral infection that causes breakout (NASTY) along ribs (instead of all over), a "reawakening" of chicken pox (less harsh), treated with antivirals |
| subdural hematoma (SDH) | like EDH, except under the dura mater |
| transient ischemic attack (TIA) | line angina is to an MI (myocardial infection) , as TIA Is to CVA (warning sign of a stroke) |
Created by:
elianag