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Cause and symptoms of Metabolic Encephalopathy
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- Hypoxia!, hypoglycemia, hypo/hypernatremia, hypocalcemia, low Mg, kidney/liver failure
- impairs RAS (change consciousness), diffuse and bilateral cortical activity (myclonic, hallucinations, decreased thought) *reflexes are intact b/c doesn't affect brainstem |
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Cause and symptoms of Nutritional disorder B1/Thymine
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- Thymine deficiency (esp alcoholics)
- Wernicke's Encephalopathy traid~ oculomotor defects, confusion, gait instability - Korsakoff psychosis~ confabulations, impaired recent memory, polyneuropathy |
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Cause and symptoms of Nutritional disorder B12/cyanobalamin
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- loss of intrinsic factor so B12 cannot be absorbed
- microcytic anemia, neurosymptoms with posterior and lateral columns (deficient vib/position, stiff, hyperreflexia) |
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Cause and symptoms of lead poisoning
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- targets immature endothelial cells
- metabolic encephalopathy |
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Cause and symptoms of mercury poisoning
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- impairs neuronal ribosomes
- cerebellar dysfunction b/c granular cell layer los |
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Cause and symptoms of MPTP poisoning
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- impairs dopaminergic cells
- Parkinsons |
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Cause and symptoms of toxic levels of phenytoin
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- impairs cerebellar neurons
- cerebellar dysfunction |
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Cause and symptoms of clostritium tetani poisoning
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- goes to ant horn cells and inhibits inhibitor interneurons
- spasms |
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Cause and symptoms of botulinum toxin poisoning
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- prevents Ach release
- descending paralysis |
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Cause and symptoms of Diptheria poisoning
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- attacks Schwann cells
- neuropathy of pharynx and later limbs |
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Cause and symptoms of Jimson weed poisoning
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- NM junction block (parasympathetic)
- mydriasis |
