I) A 77-year-old woman was cooking in the kitchen when she collapsed onto the fl
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I) A 77-year-old woman was cooking in the kitchen when she collapsed onto the floor. Her daughter called an ambulance and the woman was taken to the emergency room. She had suffered a stroke, and slowly regained consciousness over the next two days. However, when she woke up, she had the following signs and symptoms: - paralysis of the right face and arm - loss of sensation to touch on the skin of the right face and arm - inability to answer questions but ability to understand what was said to her - ability to write down her thoughts more easily than to speak them
Questions : 1. Based upon the patient's symptoms, which lobe(s) blood supply is/are distrupted? (Be Specific)
2. Why was she paralyzed in the right face and arm?
3. What is the name of her language disorder, and what caused it?
4. Was this woman's dominant or non-dominant hemisphere damaged?
II) Define the following terms with an explanation/example(s):
a) Aphasia
b) Ataxia
c) Cerebrovascular accident
d) Cerebral palsy
i) Describe the etiology and types of CP?
ii) What treatment options (if any) are available?
Explanation / Answer
II) a) Aphasia:
loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend word usually resulting from brain damage. Eg:The person who suffer stroke. Those effect can range from mild to severe reduction in the ability to use language
B) Ataxia:
An inability to coordinate voluntary muscular movement that symptomatic of some disorder of the central nervous system. Eg:Head trauma, stroke, multiple sclerosis.
C) Cerebrovascular accident:
Sudden death of some brain cell due to lack of oxygen when the blood flow to the brain is impaired by blockage of rupture of an artery to the brain.
D) Cerebral palsy :
A condition marked by impaired muscule coordination and /or other disabilities,typically caused by damage to the brain before or at birth.
I) Etiology:The noun etiology is usually used by doctor and researcher who study disease and other medical topics.It mean "origin"when you use it to describe illness or medical disorder and it also refer to study of the way things are caused. Types of CP:mixed cerebral palsy,Ataxia cerebral palsy, Hypotonic cerebral palsy.
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