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Diseases

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A _____________ is known as a brain attack or cerebrovascular accident that affects the arteries that supply blood to the brain.   Stroke  
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_____________________________ Nerve impulses are not sent to and from the brain in a normal way due to the myelin sheaths have been destroyed in the brain and spinal cord.   Multiple Sclerosis  
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This disease attacks the nerve cells that control voluntary muscles, it is rapidly progressive and fatal______________________________________.   Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)  
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__________________is a disease that lays dormant in the nerve tissue and can become active you may and then you will have a rash or blisters appear on the skin.   Shingles  
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. ___________is a syndrome that can occur with spinal cord injuries above the mid-thoracic level and will have an uncontrolled stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system, if untreated the patient is at risk for a stroke, heart attack, or death.   Autonomic dysreflexia  
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Your patient is looking straight at you but cannot see your face what eye disease do they have?   Age related macular degeneration  
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. _____________________________ is a slow, progressive disorder with no cure, and you may see hand tremors, a stooped posture, rigid or stiff muscles.   Parkinson Disease  
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