Head Injuries
This type of head injury is typically mild & temporary.
What is a Concussion?
A sudden, severe headache described as "the worst headache of one's life" is a classic symptom of this event associated with aneurysm rupture.
What is a subarachnoid hemorrhage?
What are your bodies chemical messengers called?
Neurotransmitters
This type of stroke occurs when a blood clot blocks or narrows an artery leading to the brain, cutting off its oxygen supply.
What is an ischemic stroke?
When someone can tell when a seizure is about to happen.
What is an aura?
This rare condition, often triggered by an infection, causes the body's immune system to attack the peripheral nerves, leading to progressive muscle weakness and even paralysis.
What is Guillain-Barré Syndrome?
This condition occurs when cerebrospinal fluid accumulates in the brain, often due to traumatic brain injury.
What is Hydrocephalus?
This is the most common location for an intracranial aneurysm to form, often at the junctions of major blood vessels in the brain
What is the circle of Willis?
This type of spinal cord injury results in complete loss of motor and sensory function below the level of injury.
What is a complete spinal cord injury?
This term refers to a temporary reduction in blood flow to the brain, often leading to symptoms that resolve within 24 hours.
What is a transient ischemic attack (TIA)?
This type of seizure involves both sides of the brain and can result in convulsions, loss of consciousness, and stiffening or jerking of the body
What is a generalized tonic-clonic seizure?
This condition, typically causing sudden facial paralysis or weakness on one side of the face, is often associated with viral infections, particularly the herpes simplex virus
What is Bell’s Palsy
his term describes a condition in which axons in the brain are stretched or torn, disrupting normal brain function.
What is Diffuse Axonal Injury?
In patients with AVMs, this sound, heard during auscultation, indicates turbulent blood flow through the malformation.
What is a bruit?
This symptom, characterized by a sudden loss of muscle function, can occur immediately after a spinal cord injury.
What is paralysis?
This imaging test is often used to identify blockages in the brain's blood vessels and diagnose the type of
stroke a patient has suffered
What is a CT scan (or MRI)?
These factors trigger relapses in which auto immune disease. Triggers: viruses, cold climates, injury, emotional stress, pregnancy, fatigue and hot baths.
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?
A sharp, shooting pain that affects one side of the face, often triggered by touch or wind, is characteristic of this disorder, which involves the fifth cranial nerve
What is Trigeminal Neuralgia?
This condition, which involves bruising of the brain, usually occurs after a blow to the head, and can cause
symptoms like confusion, dizziness, and memory problems.
What is a cerebral contusion?
This potentially life-threatening compilation after a cerebral aneurysm rupture involves the narrowing of blood vessels in the brain?
What is cerebral vasospasm?
This medication is often administered within 8 hours of a spinal cord injury to reduce inflammation and improve outcomes.
What is methylprednisolone?
This is the condition when a blood vessel in the brain bursts, causing bleeding into the brain tissue.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke?
This antiepileptic drug is prescribed for patients that experience seizures
What is Phenytoin
This degenerative brain disease, also known as "Mad Cow Disease" in cattle, is caused by prions and can result in rapid cognitive decline, motor issues, and ultimately death.
What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)?
This potentially life-threatening condition occurs when brain swelling from a head injury causes a dangerous
increase in intracranial pressure.
What is intracranial hypertension?
This rare, but serious, complication of an AVM occurs when the tangle of vessels ruptures, leading to bleeding in the brain and often requiring emergency surgical intervention.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke due to an AVM rupture?
This condition, often associated with spinal cord injuries at or above the T6 level, involves a sudden onset of dangerously high blood pressure
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
This specific area of the brain, when damaged in a stroke, can cause weakness or paralysis on one side of the body, difficulty with speech, and vision problems.
What is the middle cerebral artery (MCA) territory?
The average life expectancy of someone who is diagnosed with ALS.
What are 2-5 years?
This condition, which affects individuals who previously had polio, is marked by new muscle weakness, fatigue, and pain that can occur decades after the initial infection.
What is Post-Polio Syndrome?