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How is MS diagnosed?

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By process of elimination

2
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What is Charcot’s Traid in MS?

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  • Cerebellum has been destroyed- Action tremor SIN
    Speech problems
    Intention tremors
    Nystagmus
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What part of the brain is affected in Parkinson’s Disease

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Basil Ganglia –> Resting Tremors

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What part of the brain is affected in Multiple Sclerosis?

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Cerebellum –> Intention Tremors

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Who is most likely to get MS?

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Female

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what is another name for ALS?

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Lou Gehrigs Disease

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What type of disease is ALS?

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Motor and LMNL of the upper extremities and UMNL of the lower extremities *Fatal and rapid

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What deficiency is associated with Postero-Lateral Sclerosis (PSL)

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Neurological effects of vitamin B12 deficiency

“Stocking and glove paresthesis” irreversible

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what is another name for PLS?

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Combined systems disease

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What does PSL affect?

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Stomach, which affects blood, which affects the nervous system

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What is Syringomyelia?

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A fluid filled cavity present at birth

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What symptom’s are associated with syringomyelia?

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Shawl or cape- like paraesthesia– loss of pain and temperature: Lateral spinothalamic tract

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Are commissure lesions bilateral or lateral?

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ALWAYS bilateral! “Cant fill up one side of the water balloon”

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What is Alzheimer’s?

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Neuro-tangles- presenile dementia

occurs in 50-60 year olds

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What is another name for Parkinson’s?

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Paralysis Agitans “Loui”

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What symptoms are associated with Parkinson’s?

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Lewy Body! 
Resting tremors
postural instability
muscular rigidity
mask like face
shuffling gait
17
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Does cerebral palsy progress?

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NO

Anoxia (absence of oxygen) at birth

18
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What can poliomyelitis affect? CNS or PNS?

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BOTH! Paralysis

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What is Chorea movement?

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Disorganized movement- Abrupt, jerky movements

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Athetosis- Athetoid definition

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Disorganized movement- worm like- rhythmical movements with writhing movements. Cerebral Palsy*

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What is ALS?

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Muscle weakness, both atrophy and spasticity, dysarthria (motor speech disorder) , dysphagia (difficulty swallowing), dyspnea (labored breathing)

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What are neurofibromas?

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Benign nerve sheath tumors

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are neurofibromas genetically inherited?

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Yes

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What are the characteristics of neurofibromas?

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physical disfiguration, pain, cognitive disability

25
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What condition would you get at the final stage of Parkinson’s Disease

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Progressive Bulbar Palsy

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What is Progressive Bulbar Palsy?

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Difficulty Swallowing, chewing, and talking

Has a poor prognosis*

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What are the alternative names for Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome RSDS?

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Sudek’s Atrophy

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

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What is RSDS?

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Pain after injury, injured proximal –> pain is distal

Autonomic changes, loss of hiar, increased or no sweat

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What is Horner’s Syndrome?

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An interruption of the sympathetics:

Ptosis, Miosis, Anhydrosis (without sweat) – Unilateral

30
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R-S-D-S a _______ mess!

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Sympathetic

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What is Graves disease?

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An autoimmune condition-

Hyperthyroidism, exopthalmosis, weight loss, insomnia, anxiety, and tremors

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What is the key sign with SLE? “Lupus”

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Malar (Cheek) Rash - butterfly (Cheek and Forehead) rash on face (sometimes called red wolf rash)
** can have kidney problems associated

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Who does SLE occur in?

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Females

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What is Sjogren’s associated with?

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RA

35
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what does Xero mean?

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DRY

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What are the symptoms of Sjogern’s?

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DRY eyes, mouth, and arthritis

37
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What is the other name for Scleroderma?

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PSS- Progressive Systemic Sclerosis

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What kind of condition is Scleroderma?

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Chronic and Progressive– associated with thickening of skin

39
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What is the crest sign? (Scleroderma)

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Calcinosis 
Raynaud's Phenomenon
Esophageal Dysfunction (hardening)
Sclerodactyly
Telangiectasia
40
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What is another name for Trisomy 21?

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Down’s Syndrome

41
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Who normally delivers a down’s syndrome baby?

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mothers over the age of 40

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What is another name for Turner’s Syndrome?

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Bonnevie- Ullrich

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What age do downs children generally pass away from heart complications?

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by age 40-50

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What is the story for Turner’s Syndrome?

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Bonnie (Bonnevie-Ullrich) is on the unparalleled bars, and she turns (Turners Syndrome) on the bars and lands with no breasts and no periods.

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What is the key characteristic for Turner’s Syndrome?

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An infantile Female– never matures with breasts and periods

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What is Klinefelter’s Syndrome?

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XXY male with very small testes and a possible mental deficiency (47)

47
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What organ is involved with DiGeorge Anamaly?

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The thymus

48
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What kind of deficnency is in DiGeorge Anomaly?

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T cell immunodeficiency – Thymic hypoplasia

49
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What is apoptosis?

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Cell death

50
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What is Rhabdomyoma

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Skeletal muscle benign

51
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What is attacked in Goodpasture’s Disease?

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Basement membrane is attacked

52
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What is right sided heart failure?

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Cor Pulmonale

53
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What does Gouty arthritis have?

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Uric acid crystals

54
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What condition is associated with Pott’s Disease?

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TB

55
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What key sign is seen with Emphysema?

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Barrel chest

56
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Lipofuscin

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“Wear and tear” Pigments, dark spots