Symptoms/Complications
This neurological disease is a gradual decline in memory, reasoning, task handling, language, understanding, behavior, personality, expression, and problem-solving.
What is Alzheimer’s Disease?
The personal determinant of health that predisposes individuals to neurological conditions.
What is Genetics/Heredity?
This type of therapy combines physical and occupational methods to improve daily life skills.
What is Occupational Therapy?
This term describes the lack of muscle coordination often seen in patients with neurological conditions.
What is ataxia?
The hormone that is produced during stress.
What is Cortisol?
T/F:
Parkinson’s Disease has the following symptoms/complications: tremors, rigid muscles, poor balance, changes in speech, and loss of automatic movements.
True.
The condition affecting nearly half of all American adults that puts them more at risk for neurological conditions.
What is Hypertension?
This type of surgery removes abnormal brain tissue causing seizures.
What is epilepsy surgery?
This term describes the inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
What is meningitis?
This type of chocolate is filled with tryptophan, an amino acid that acts as a neurotransmitter.
What is Dark chocolate?
T/F:
Meningitis has the following symptoms/complications: walking on the toes, trouble speaking, cognitive deficits, stiff/tight muscles, chewing/swallowing difficulty, and lack of muscle coordination.
False.
The health events that are often precursors for many neurological conditions.
What is Heart Attack or Stroke?
This mind-body practice combines physical postures, breathing techniques and meditation to improve wellness.
What is yoga therapy?
This is the most common form of dementia, accounting for 60-80% of dementia cases.
What is Alzheimer’s disease?
The activity that is often recommended by doctors to lower cortisol levels.
What is breathing or regular exercise?
T/F:
Cerebral Palsy has the following symptoms/complications: brain damage, severe headaches, seizures, fluid buildup, hearing loss, lethargy, light sensitivity, sudden fever, decreased appetite, and confusion.
False.
This Gender is most affected by Parkinson's Disease.
What are Men?
The practice involving inserting needles into specific points on the body to relieve pain.
What is acupuncture?
This condition is characterized by recurrent, unprovoked seizures.
What is epilepsy?
Seen often in movies to show off the intelligence of a character for solving this puzzle quickly, this “Brainy activity” is often used to show memory retention and motor functions.
What is a rubix cube?
This neurological disease is a gradual onset of numbness, prickling/tingling in hands and feet, sharp/burning pains, touch sensitivity, weakness, and the inability to feel temperature changes.
What is Peripheral Neuropathy?
The primary risk-factor for most neurological conditions.
What is Age?
The class of drugs that are commonly prescribed to manage seizures in epilepsy.
What are antiepileptics?
This condition occurs when blood flow to a part of the brain is interrupted or reduced, preventing brain tissue from getting oxygen and nutrients.
What is a stroke?
This type of vitamin can be used to improve the myelin sheath at the end of nerves.
What are B-Vitamins?