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21 Cards in this Set
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Alzheimer Disease (AD)
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Progresive, degenerative Brain disorder marked by gradual and progressive mental deterioration (dementia) memory loss with personality changes and impairment of daily functioning
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
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Degenerative disorder of moter neurons in the spinal cord and brainstem causing muscle weakness and atrophy, Cause Unknown, also called LOU GEHRIG's Disease
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Bell's Palsy
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Temporary Paralysis of the facial nerve that caused dropping of the affected side of the face
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Brain Tumor
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Cranial tumor either benign or malignant
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Cerebral Palsy
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Brain damage causing motor and posture dysfunctions, results of defect trauma or oxygen deprivation at birth
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Cerebrovascular accident( CVA )
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Death of brain tissue resulting from a lack of blood and oxygen in the brain, can be caused by an artereial clot that blocks the flow of blood to the brain, or a hemorrhage in the ,also called a stroke
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Concussion
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Injury to the brain caused by a blow or impact, loss of consciousness, dizziness, vomiting, and shock can result
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Guillain-Barre syndrome
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Condition in which the myelin sheaths covering peripheal nerves are destroyed, resulting in episodic seizures, convulsions muscle spasms and loss of consciousness can occur
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Headaches
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moderate or intense pain in the head may be episodic or chronic, Tyrpes of headaches include,
Migraine-Tension-Cluster-Postraumatic |
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Headache-Migraine
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generally pain is experienced on one side of the head behind the eye.
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Headache-Tension
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squeezing or pressing pain on one side of the head behind the eye
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Headache-Cluster
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Excruciating pain behind the eyes or in the temples may occur over 2-3 months, often at night....
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Headache-Posttraumatic
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symptoms similar to migraine or tension headaches due to a head or neck injury...
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Meningitis
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Bacterial or viral infection of the meninges that surrond the brain and spinal cord nerves
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Neuralagia
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Intense pain caused by irritation to a nerve
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Parkinson's disease
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Chronic disorder of the nervous system resulting in tremors muscular weakness, rigidity and a shuffling gait
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Shingles
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Painful rash errupting along a sensory nerve path
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Spinal Cord Injury
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Damage to the spinal cord due to trauma can result in paraysis of certain area's of the body, parplegia reffers to paralysis from the waist down, quadriplegia reffers to paralysis from the shoulders down.
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Transient Ischemic Attack
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Temporary interfernece with blood and oxygen supply to the brain, also called a mini stroke....
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Epilepsy
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Neurological disorder caused by interference in the brain's electrical impulses resulting in episodic seizures; convulsions, muscle spasms, and loss of consciousness can occur.
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Sciatica
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Pain along the large sciatic nerve that runs from the lower back down the back of each leg; often caused by pressure on the nerve from a herniated (slipped) disk.
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