Degenerative Neuromuscular Disorders
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| Parkinson's Disease | Affecting brain; loss of dopamine; loss of ability to control and initiate movement.
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| Multiple Sclerosis | - Affecting brain and spinal cord; scarring of myelin sheath
- Decreased nerve conduction
- Loss of motor, sensory, cerebellar function, emotional lability
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| ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis) | - Degeneration of upper/lower motor neurons of brain stem and spinal cord
- Progressive muscle weakness, atrophy, deterioration
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| Gillian-Barre' Syndrome | - Acute attack on peripheral nervous system
- Inflammation causes ascending muscle weakness, paralysis and paresthesia
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| Myasthenia Gravis | - Attach on acetylcholine (Ach) receptors
- Prevents acetylcholine from stimulating skeletal muscle contraction
- No sensory loss
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| Parkinson's Disease complications | - Dysphagia, nutritional problem, loss of spontaneous movement, immobility, falls, pneumonia, dementia
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| Parkinson's Disease S&S | Rigidity, tremors at rest, decreased arm swing, bradykinesia, stooped, shuffling, difficulty initiating movement
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| Multiple Sclerosis S&S | Fatigue, motor weakness, bowel & bladder incontinence, diplopia, paresthesia, sexual dysfunction, spasticity, emotional lability
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| Multiple Sclerosis complications | - Immobility, UTI, pneumonia, depression
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| ALS S&S |
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| ALS Complications | - Paralysis
- Respiratory failure
- Death from respiratory failure in 3 years
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| Gillian-Barre' Syndrome S&S | Ascending bilateral weakness and paresthesia of legs progressing upward to include trunk and respiratory muscles.
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| Myasthenia Gravis S&S | Descending muscle weakness, eye/mouth drooping, decreased arm strength, may progress to respiratory fatigue
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| Gillian-Barre' Syndrome complication | Paralysis, aspiration, autonomic nervous system involvement, dysrhythmias, respiratory failure
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| Myasthenia Gravis complication | - Respiratory failure
- Myasthenia crisis (increased muscle weakness) caused by missing
medication
- Cholinergic crisis: too many myasthenia meds causing cholinergic effects
(NVD, sweating, salivation, weakness, bradycardia
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