Diagnoses
The inflammation of the 5th cranial (trigeminal) nerve of this disorder is accompanied by severe episodic facial pain
.What is Trigeminal Neuralgia?
This class of medication is used to reduce transmission of painful nerve impulses in Trigeminal Neuralgia.
What are anticonvulsants such as phenytoin, gabapentin and carbamazepine?
The process to remove antibodies from the blood of patients with MS suffering a severe attack or not responding to steroids.
What is plasmapheresis?
A brief neurologic impairment resulting from a temporary blockage of blood to the brain.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
This disorder involves chronic progressive degeneration of the myelin sheath of the neurons in the CNS.
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
The class of a medication given to treat Bell Palsy.
What are steroids, analgesics, anticonvulsants and antiviral agents such as acyclovir?
The term for drooping eyelids.
What is ptosis?
This type of CVA occurs when the blood supply to the brain is blocked or significantly slowed.
What is an ischemic stroke?
This chronic disease of the neuromuscular junction involves weakness of the voluntary or skeletal muscles.
What is Myastenia Gravis?
This medication is given to patients with MS to slow disease progression by modifying the immune system.
What is interferon?
The medical term for muscle twitching.
What is fasciculation?
This type of CVA is caused by an embolism that becomes lodged in a cerebral artery.
What is an embolic stroke?
A progressive degenerative condition affecting neurons controlling voluntary muscles.
What is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) or Lou Gehrig's Disease?
This class of medication destroys acetylcholinesterase thereby increasing the muscle strength of patients with Myasthenia Gravis.
What are anticholinesterase drugs such as neostigmine and pyridostigmine?
Tearing, drooling, respiratory congestion, SOB, vomiting , diarrhea, muscle weakness are signs of this type of myasthenia gravis crisis.
What is a cholinergic crisis?
This type of CVA results from a rupture of a cerebral blood vessel with bleeding into the brain tissue
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
A rare neuromuscular disease characterized by a sudden onset of symmetrical paresis progressing to paralysis.
What is Guillain-Barre Syndrome?
The priority action for a patient with Bell Palsy.
What are eye drops or ointment to prevent corneal injury due to eye not closing?
Inflammation and edema of the facial nerve (cranial nerve VII) cause interruption of nerve impulses resulting in facial paralysis.
What is Bell Palsy?
The surgery performed to remove an occlusion in the carotid artery.
What is a carotid endarectomy?