The brain and Nervous system
Syndrome characterized by recurrent uncontrollable drowsiness and sleep
What is narcolepsy?
Compulsive, uncontrollable dependence on a substance habit or action.
What is addiction
Inability to see
what is blindness
Otalgia
What is pain in the ear? Earache
Nearsightedness
What is myopia
The Brain is divided into these odd sections each performing major functions.
What are 5 hemispheres?
Development of symptoms such as sleep disorder and anxiety after a psychologically traumatic event
What is Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)?
Cloudiness of the lens of the eye
What are cataracts?
Inflammation of the outer ear
What is Otitis externa?
Ringing in ears
Tinnitus
structural and functional unit of nerve tissue
What is a neuron?
This patient can be senile, disorder characterized by degeneration of nervous tissue lowering intellectual functions until death
What is Alzheimer’s disease
“Lazy eye”;inability of both eyes to focus on the same thing
What is a Strabismus?
Inability to hear due to damage to the sensitive hair like cells of the inner ear caused by repeated exposure to intense noise
What is noise-induced deafness?
Diplopia
What is double vision?
Damage to the brain tissue caused by the rupture of a blood vessel within the brain; brain bleed
What is a Hemorrhagic Stroke?
Characterized by the patient” repeatedly making up clinically convincing simulations of disease for the gain of attention
What is Munchausen syndrome ?
Accumulation of fluid in the eye, increases pressure, can cause damage to the retina and optic nerve
What is glaucoma
Progressive age-related hearing loss
What is Presbycusis
Impacted cerumen
What is solidified ear wax? Compacted with in the ear canal
Inflammation of peripheral nerves
What is neuritis?
distinct period during which there is an abnormally and persistently elevated, expansive,and irritable mood
What is bipolar disorder
Drying of the eye surfaces; can result in the loss of the conjunctiva and cornea
What is Xerophalmia
Caused by problems affecting the inner ear; nerve deafness
What is sensorineural deafness?
Damage to the brain caused by narrowing or blockage to the carotid artery
What is an Ischemic Stroke?