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Aphasia is an ACQUIRED loss, inidence of______ Americans
1 million
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Aphasia is the impairment and comprehension and/or production of...
Language that results from fairly LOCALIZED damage to the brain
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Aphasia usually accompanies focal areas of damage to the....
Left cerebral hemisphere.
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Aphasia affects what?
Reading, writing, speaking, understanding, gestures, and other symbol systems used for communication.
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Diseases of the nervous system will affect 50 americans which is ___ out of ____people.
1 out of 70
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Who is the most likely candidate to be aphasic?
- Adults
- Usually males
- 50+ years of age
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Aphasia happens because...
- Strokes
- CHI (closed head injuries
- or TBI (traumatic brain injuries)
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The causes of Aphasia include:
- CVA (cerebrovascular accident)
- Tumor
- Trauma
- Infectionous diseases
- Toxic Agents
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CVA (cerebrovascular accident) is caused by:
- Embolus
- Thrombus
- Aneurysm
- Stenosis
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CVA's are usually not...
Predictable
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What is the MAIN cause of Aphasia?
Impaired blood flow TO or WITHIN the brain
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Aphasia is the ____ leading killer in the US and the primary cause of adult disability
3rd
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____% of strokes comes from ______
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20% of strokes comes from_______
A brain bleed (hemorrage)
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(CVA) In Thrombus, a blood clot forms ___ the blood vessel in the ____obstructing the flow of blood to the brain cells.
- In
- Brain
- (causes thrombosis)
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(causes thrombosis) Brain cells can only survive _____minutes without oxygen, and the damage is_____.
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In Embolus, a blood clot forms in one part of the body and_____to the brain, eventually____flow of blood to brain cells
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t-PA stands for what?
What is it used for?
- tissue-plaminogen activator
- It is a clot-busting thrombolytic being given to lessen the effets of a stoke in Embolus
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an Aneurysm causes what?
Cerebral hemorrage
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What is a hemorrhage?
A rupture of blood vessel due to weakness in the vessel wall
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A hemorrhage can be caused by what?
- Trauma
- Conditions such as HBP or is can be congenital weakness
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Congenital weakness is also known as what?
Aneurysm (weakness in blood vessel wall)
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What is Stenosis?
cerebral arteriosclerosis blockage of arteries from fatty deposites.
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Stenosis has a _____onset.
Gradual
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Stenosis is largely due to.....
High levels of cholesterol
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LDL=
- Low density lipoproteins
- (least desirable)
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HDL=
- high density lipoproteins
- (highly desirable)
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TIA (trasient ischemic attack) is what?
The gradual closing of blood vessel, reduced blood flow. It comes and goes like a spasm
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Other causes of Aphasia is what?
- Brain Tumors
- TBI
- Inefectionous diseases
- Toxic Agents (carbon monoxide)
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brain tumors are usually ____or _____.
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