Top of the Chain
A Chronic disorder characterized by recurrent seizures
What is Epilepsy?
What is Guillian-Barre Syndrome?
An entrapment syndrome of the brachial plexus between the interscalene triangle & inferior border of the axilla
What is TOS?
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
A CNS neoplasm that develops in the brain, SC, pituitary gland
What is a primary tumor?
May last 30-60 seconds displaying a rigid body, cyanotic, jaw fixed and clenched hands
What is the tonic phase of a seizure?
Autoimmune disorder that attacks the neuromuscular junction with fluctuating weakness and fatigability of the skeletal mms
What is Myasthenia Gravis?
The most common entrapment neuropathy with compression of the median nerve
What is CTS?
Carpal Tunnel syndrome
When the otoconia loosen and float in the semicircular canal
What is BPPV?
Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo
A prolonged seizure without recovery
What is status epilepticus?
Patient c/o burning pain that is spontaneous and greater than expected for the stimulus with vasomotor and thermal skin changes
What is CRPS or RSD?
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome / Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
Compression of the nerve root with radiculopathy into 1 or both LE worsened by a cough, sneeze or sitting
What is Sciatica?
Canalith Repositioning for BPPV
What is the Eply Maneuver?
HA, mood change, myoclonic jerking
What are some Prodromal clinical manifestations of a seizure?
Pain, atrophy, respiratory, swallowing difficulty with strength, and nerve cell deterioration symptoms can reoccur after 25 years
What is Post-polio Syndrome?
Unilateral facial Paralysis of the 7th CN
What is Bell's Palsy?
Decreased myelin due to deterioration, reduced nerve fibers with loss of strength and sensory receptors altered occur causing numbness, tingling, poor balance and gait
What occurs with aging in the PNS?
Reports of an aura, throbbing pain on 1 side of the head, with N & V
What is a Migraine HA?
Buring electric shock-like pain worsening at night
If chronic displays in a stocking pattern with impaired vibration, proprioception, touch, pressure, and loss of DTR at the ankle
What is a Diabectic Neuropathy?
A slow progressive inherited disorder of motor and sensor nerves -- Known as peroneal muscular atrophy
What is Charcot Marie Tooth disease?
Sensory Symptoms begin distally such as tingling, burning, stocking or glove like distribution of the dermatone.
Motor parisis or paralysis distally (DF & PF), tone changes and diminished DTR's
What are the Signs and Symptoms of Peripheral Dysfunction?