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Disorders - Quoc
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Huntington's Disease | -Progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain -Affects muscle coordination and leads to cognitive decline and psychiatric problems |
| Cushing's Disease | -Occurs when body is exposed to high levels of cortisol -Upper body obesity, moon face, buffalo hump, slow growth rate in children, weak muscles, purple marks... |
| Turner's Disease | -Genetic disorder affecting a girl's development -Usually short in height with ovaries that does not function properly -Neck webbing |
| Multiple Sclerosis | -An autoimmune disease affecting the brain and spinal cord -Caused by damage to the myelin sheath |
| Myastenia Gravis | -Neuromuscular diorder involving the muscles and the nerves that control them -Causes weakness of the skeletal muscles |
| Guillain-Barre | -Acute polyneuropathy affecting the PNS -Weakness and tingling in extremities quickly spreading and eventually paralyzing the whole body |
| Grave's Disease | -Hyperthyroidism -Heat intolerance, weight loss despite increased appetite, frequent defecation, excessive sweating, goiter, rapid heartbeat,ophthalmopathy |
| Hashimoto's Thyroiditis | -Hypothyroidism -Weight gain, mania, heat/cold sensitivity, depression, constipation, migranes, muscle weakness |
| Alzheimer's | |
| Parkinson's | |
| Cerebral Palsy |
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