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| Absence seizures (petit mal) |
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| Bried staring spell that lasts only a few seconds; may be a brief loss of consciousness |
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Inequality of the size of the pupils; may be congenital or a symptom of a disease
Lesion or ICP in area of midbrain |
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Loss of comprehension of auditory, visual, or other sensations; Inability to determine meaing or significance of sensory stimulus
Cerebral cortex lesion |
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Inability to perform learned movements; defect in motor planning
Cerebral cortex lesion |
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Loss of language faculty (language comprehension, expression, or both)
Cerebral cortex lesion |
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Loss of pain sensation
Lesion in spinothalamic tract or thalamus |
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Absence of sensation
Lesion in spinal cord, thalamus, sensory cortex, or peripheral sensory nerve |
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Inability to recognize bodily defect or disease; common in right-brain stroke
Lesion in right parietal cortex |
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Inability to recognize form of object by touch
Lesion in parietal cortex |
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Lack of coordination of movement
Lesions of sensory or motor pathways, cerebellum; antiseizure drugs, sedative, hypnotic drug toxicity |
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| Sensation of light or warmth that precedes a migraine |
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Common in injury at level T6 or higher
Massive uncompensated cardiovascular reaction mediated by the SNS; It occurs in response to visceral stimulation once spinal shock is resolved
Life Threatening! |
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| Atonic bladder dysfunction |
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Absence of muscle tone and contractility; enlargement of capacity, no sensation of discomfort, overflow with large residual, inability to voluntarily empty or empty by reflex
Early stage of spinal cord injury |
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| Hypotonic bladder dysfunction |
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More ability than atonic bladder, but less than normal
Interruption of afferent pathways from bladder |
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| Hypertonic bladder dysfunction |
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Increase in muscle tone, diminshed capacity, reflex emptying, dribbling, incontinence
Lesions in pyramidal tracts |
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| A physiological mechanism that alters the permeability of brain capillaries, so that some substances, such as certain drugs, are prevented from entering brain tissue, while other substances are allowed to enter freely. |
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| Repeated headaches that can occur for weeks to months at a time, followed by remission involving severe unilateral orbital, supraorbital, or temporal pain and possibly conjunctival injection, lacrimation, nasal congestion, swelling, miosis, ptosis |
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| Thinking skills that include language use, calculation, perception, memory, awareness, reasoning, judgment, learning, intellect, social skills, and imagination |
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Not being aware of or oriented to time, place, or self
Decreased ability to comprehend the environment |
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More serious than decorticate
All four extremities in rigid extension, with hyperpronation of forearms and plantar flexion of feet
Disruption of motor fibers in the midbrain and brainstem |
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Flexion of arms, wrists, and fingers with adduction in upper extremities; extension, internal rotation, and plantar flexion in lower extremities
Interruption of voluntary motor tract |
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Double vision
Lesions affecting nerves of extraocular muscles, cerebellar damage |
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Used to decompress the nerve root
Removal of a herniated disk |
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Lack of coordination in articulating speech
Lesion in cerebellum or pathway of cranial nerves; antiseizure drugs, sedative or hypnotic drug toxicity |
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Impairment of power of voluntary movement, rsulting in fragmentary or incomplete movments
Disorders of basal ganglia; reaction to psychotropic drugs |
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Way to assess degree of consciouness impairment
Assesses ability to speak, obey commands, or open the eyes when a verbal or painful stimulus is applied |
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Loss of vision in one side of visual field
Injury or lesions in area of optic tract or its radiation to occipital cortex |
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Paralysis on one side
Stroke or other lesions involving motor cortex |
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| Increased intracranial pressure |
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| Excision of a vertebral posterior arch, usually to remove a lesion or herniated disk. |
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| Removal of part of the disk |
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| Recurring h/a characterized by unilateral or bilateral throbbing pain, a triggering event or factor, strong fam hx, and manifestations associated with neurologic and autonomic nervous system dysfunction |
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| An acute exacerbation of muscle weakness triggered by infection, surgery, emotional distress, or overdose of or inadequate drugs |
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Jerking or bobbing of eyes as they track moving object
Lesions in cerebellum, brainstem, vestibular system; antiseizure, sedative, hypnotic toxicity |
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Paralysis of lower extremities
Spinal cord transection or mass lesion in thoracolumbar region |
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| Pupils equal round react to light and accommodation |
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Adjustment of the body temperature to the room termperature
Occurs in spinal cord injuries because the interruption of the SNS prevents peripheral temperature sensations from reaching the hypothalamus |
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Drooping of eyelid
Generally not treated |
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Paralysis of all extremities
Spinal cord transection or mass lesion in cervical region or brainstem |
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50% of people with acute spinal cord injury experience this temporary syndrome
Characterized by decreased reflexes, loss of sensation, and flaccid paralysis below the level of the injury
Lasts days to months and may mask postinjury neurologic function |
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| State of continuous seizure activity or a condition in which seizures recur in rapid succession without return to consciousness between seizures |
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| Most common h/a characterized by a bilateral feeling of pressure around the head |
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TIA
Transient Ischemic Attack |
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| Temporary focal loss of neurologic function caused by ischemia of one of the vascular territories of the brain, lasting less than 24 hrs and often lasting less than 15 min; may be due to microemboli that temporarily block the blood flow |
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Most common generalized seizure
"Grand mal"
loss of consciousness and falling to the ground followed by stiffening of the body for 10-20 sec and then jerking of the extremities for another 30-40 sec |
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A chocked optic disc seen on retinal exam
Associated with increased ICP |
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