MS
Causes symptoms in multiple sclerosis
Demyelination of the nerve fibers
Caused by viral infection of flu vaccine
What is Guillain-Barre
Form of dementia
What is Alzheimer's?
Deficiency of this chemical causes Parkinson's.
What is dopamine?
Genetically transmitted
What is Huntington disease?
Age at which symptoms usually occur
What is between 20 and 50 years of age?
Paralysis associated with Guillain-Barre
What is ascending?
When definitive proof of Alzheimer's can be made
What is at death via autopsy?
Contributing are two factors to Parkinson's disease
What are genetic and environmental factors?
Percentage chance of having Huntington disease
What is 50/50 chance?
What is periods of remission and exacerbation?
Two viruses liked to GBS
What is cytomegalovirus and Epstein-Barr?
Another name for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)
What is Lou Gehrig disease?
Number of stages of Parkingson's disease
What is 5?
Death usually occurs
What is within 15-25 years after signs appear?
Best form of exercise
What is swimming?
Problems associated with GBS
What are paralysis, respiratory arrest, difficulty talking or swallowing and bowel and bladder dysfunction?
Types of ALS
What are familial or sporadic?
Poor body balance, characteristic gait and difficulty initiating movement
What is bradykinsesia?
Child did not inherit the disease
What is not passing gene to next generation?
Treatment falls into two categories
What is prevent attacks or modify the disease process?
Phases of GBS
What are acute, static and rehabilitation phases?
Nursing management for ALS
What is neurological baseline, assist family to understand disease, patient makes wishes known, and grieving process throughout disease?
Blocks metabolism of dopamine
What are Monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI)?
What is women?