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Cerebrovascular Accidents
changes associated with CVA
Diseases
More Diseases
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Lewy Bodies are present in this disease
What is Parkinsons Disease
100
Central cluster of cells that are suffering from a lack of blood supply.
What is penumbra
100
difficulty with talking
What is aphasia
100
Is also called frontotemporal dementia
What is Picks Disease
100
a disease whose cardinal symptoms are tremor, rigidity, and bradykinesia.
What is Parkinson Disease
200
a brain condition that may cause compartment syndrome
What is a hemorrhagic stroke
200
Stroke resulting from obstruction by thrombosis or emboli
What is an ischemic stroke
200
the affected person pays no attention to the side of the body that is affected by CVA
What is hemineglect
200
Is caused by a prion
What is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
200
This is an UMN and LMN disorder.
What is ALS
300
shows step wise declince
What is vascular dementia
300
stroke resulting from very small infarcts deep within the brain. Results inlacunae
What is Lacunar (small vessel) stroke
300
Describes the stroke on one side of the brain and the effects that are felt on the opposite side of the body are called what?
What is contralateral
300
Is hereditary and inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder
What is Huntingtons Disease
300
Risk factors for this disease include hypertension, hyper lipidemia, smoking and obesity
What is stroke
400
This condition does not significantly improve with treatment of thiamine.
What is Korsakoff Syndrome
400
this type of stroke is from an emboli moving from a site of origin to the brain.
What is Cariogenic Embolic Stroke
400
When the symptoms go away within the hour.
What is transient ischemic attack.
400
Results from chronic alcoholism and is treated with thiamine
What is Wernicke Syndrome
400
This may be first seen as the worst headache I've ever had
What is a hemorrhagic stroke
500
Results in Pick bodies in the brain.
What is Picks disease.
500
the most frequently fatal stroke.
What is a hemorrhagic stroke.
500
Impaired ability to carry out previously learned motor activities
What is apraxia
500
is a demyelinating disorder of the CNS
What is multiple sclerosis
500
Is caused by neuritic plaques and neurofibrillary tangles.
What is Alzheimers