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20 Cards in this Set
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agnosia
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unable to comprehend auditory, visual, spatial, olfactory, or other senses
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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
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aura
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awareness of approaching physical of mental disorder, sensation that precedes seizures
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convulsion
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sudden, violent contraction of muscle/s
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dementia
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cognitive deficit
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Guillain-Barre syndrome
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autoimmune condition, acute infflamation of peripheral nerves
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herpes zoster
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acute, infectious disease of posterior root of ganglia
shingles |
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huntington chorea
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disease of CNS, quick involuntary movements, disturbances
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hydrocephalus
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accumulation of fluid in ventricles of brain
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neurosis
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nonpsychotic illness triggers distress anxiety
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palsy
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paralysis
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spina bifida
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neural tube fails to close during embryogenesis
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paresthesia
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numbness, prickling
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poliomyelitis
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inflammation of gray matter of spinal cord caused by virus, results in paralysis
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reye syndrome
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acute encephalopathy
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sciatica
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severe pain in leg
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syncope
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temp loss of consciousness from sudden decline of blood flow to brain
fainting |
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tonic-clonic seizure
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general seizure
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TIA
transient ischemic attack |
temp interference with blood supply to brain
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