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CVA by brain struct
Characteristics of CVA accident by brain structures affected
Question | Answer |
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Right hemisphere | Weakness, paralysis on the left side |
Right hemisphere | Decreased attention span |
Right hemisphere | Left hemianopsia |
Right hemisphere | Decreased awareness and judgment |
Right hemisphere | Memory deficits |
Right hemisphere | Left inattention |
Right hemisphere | Decreased abstract reasoning |
Right hemisphere | Emotional lability |
Right hemisphere | Impulsive behaviors |
Right hemisphere | Decreased spatial orientation |
Left hemisphere | Weakness, paralysis on the left side |
Left hemisphere | Increased frustration |
Left hemisphere | Decreased processing |
Left hemisphere | Possible aphasia (expressive, receptive, global) |
Left hemisphere | Possible dysphagia |
Left hemisphere | Possible motor apraxia (ideomotor and ideational) |
Left hemisphere | Decreased discrimination between left and right. |
Left hemisphere | Right hemianopsia |
Brainstem | Unstable vital signs |
Brainstem | Decreased consciousness |
Brainstem | Decreased ability to swallow |
Brainstem | Weakness and paralysis on both sides of body |
Cerebellum | Decreased balance and coordination |
Cerebellum | Ataxia |
Cerebellum | Nausea |
Cerebellum | Decreased ability for postural adjustment |
Cerebellum | Nystagmus |