Mc201-14 – Symptomatic

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agnosia

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inability to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial, olfactory, or other sensations even though the sensory sphere is intact

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asthenia

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weakness, debility, loss of strength

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ataxia

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lack of muscle coordination in the execution of voluntary movement

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aphasia

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inability to speak

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aura

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premonitory awareness of an approaching physical or mental disorder; peculiar sensation that precedes seizures

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autism

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developmental disorder – extreme withdrawal and an abnormal absorption in fantasy, usually accompanied by inability to communicate even on a basic level

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closed head trauma

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head injury in which the dura matter remains intact and brain tissue is not exposed

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coma

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abnormally deep unconciousness with absence of voluntary response to stimuli

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concussion

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injury to the brain, occasionaly with transient loss of conciousness as a result of injury or trauma to the head

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convulsion

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any sudden and violent contraction of one or more muscles

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dementia

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broad term refering to cognitive deficit, including memory impairment

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dyslexia

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inability to learn and process written language despite adequate intelligence, sensory ability, and exposure

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Guillian-Barre’ syndrome

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autoimmune condition causing acute inflammation of peripheral nerves in which axon myelin sheaths are destroyed. Results in decreased nerve impulses, loss of reflex response, sudden muscle weakness (pr. Geeyah Baray)

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herpes zoster

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infectious disease of posterior root ganglia of only a few segments of the spinal or cranial nerves (aka shingles)

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Huntington chorea

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inherited CNS disease characterized by quick involuntary movements, speech disturbance, and mental deterioration

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hydrocephalus

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accumulation of fluid in brain ventricles, causing increased cranial pressure, thinning of brain tissue, and separation of cranial bones

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lethargy

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abnormal inactivity or lack of response to normal stimuli; also called sluggishness

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neurosis

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nonpsychotic mental illness that triggers feelings of distress and anxiety and impairs normal behavior

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palsy

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paralysis, usually partial and commonly characterized by weakness and shaking or uncontrolled tremor

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Bell palsy

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facial paralysis caused by functional disorder of the seventh cranial nerve, associated with herpes virus

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cerebral palsy (CP)

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paralysis that affects movement and body position and sometimes speech and learning ability

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paralysis

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loss of voluntary motion in one or more muscle groups, with or without loss of sensation

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hemiplegia

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paralysis of one side of the body (aka unilateral paralysis)

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paraplegia

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paralysis of both lower limbs

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quadriplegia

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paralysis of both arms and legs

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psychosis

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major emotional disorder in which contact with reality is lost to the point that the individual cannot meet challenges of everyday life

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spina bifida

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defect in which the neural tube (fetal brain and spinal cord) fails to close during embryogenesis

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spina bifida meningocele

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spina bifida in which spinal cord develops properly but the meninges protrude through the spine

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spina bifida myelomeningocele

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spina bifida in which the spinal cord and meninges protrude through the spine

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spina bifida acculta

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spina bifida in which one or more vertebrae are malformed and the spinal cord is covered with a layer of skin

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parathesia

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sensations of numbness, prickling, tingling, or heightened sensitivity

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poliomyelitis

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inflammation of spinal cord gray matter caused by a virus, commonly resulting in spinal and muscle deformity and paralysis

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Reye syndrome

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acute encephalopathy and fatty infiltration of the brain, liver, and possibly the pancreas, heart, kidney, spleen, and lymph nodes. (rhymes with high)

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sciatica

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severe pain in leg along the course of the sciatic nerve felt at the base of the spine, down the thigh and radiating down the leg, due to a compressed nerve

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syncope

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temporary loss of conciousness due to the sudden decline in blood flow to the brain (aka fainting)

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tonic-clonic seizure

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general type of seizure characterized by loss of conciousness and stiffening of the body (tonic phase) followed by rhythmic, jerking movements (clonic phase)

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transient ischemic attack (TIA)

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temporary interference with blood supply to the brain lasting from a few minutes to a few hours, where symptoms resolve within 24 hours