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ALS (Causes)
- 10% of cases have genetic causes
- mutation in chromosome
- other 90% have no known causes
- Possible causes are head trauma, electrical shock, chemical exposure
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ALS (Symptoms)
- Degeneration of motor neurons in brain and spinal cord (lead to muscle atrophy)
- difficulty talking
- difficulty swallowing
- eventual loss of all voluntary motor control
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ALS (Treatment)
- Medication (Glutamate inhibitor can slow disease by a few months)
- physical therapy to slow muscle atrophy
- ventilator to aid breathing
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Bell's Palsy (Causes)
- facial paralysis from dysfunction of CN VII
- no specific cause (if specific cause then NOT bell's palsy)
- often associated with inflammation of the facial nerve
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Bell's Palsy (Symptoms)
facial dropping on one half of face
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Bell's Palsy (Treatment)
- most patients recover without treatment
- steroids to reduce inflammation of nerve
- antiviral medications if inflammation is believed to be caused by virus
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Cerebral Palsy (Causes)
- groups of non-contagious motor conditions that do not get worse
- affects cerebrum
- damage to motor control centers of brain
- can happen after pregnancy, birth
- lack of oxygen due to trauma of infection is most common cause
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Cerebral Palsy (Symptoms)
- slouching while sitting
- poor reflexes
- underdeveloped coordination
- symptoms can be very mild too extreme that a patient has no coordinated movement
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Cerebral Palsy (Treatment)
- cannot treat disease, can manage symptoms
- brains in young children can compensate for damaged tissue by reorganizing pathways
- PT
- assistive devices
- occupational therapy
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Parkinson's (causes)
- degenerative disorder of CNS
- environmental (pesticide exposure, heavy metal exposure)
- genetics (1/8 family history)
- head trauma
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Parkinson's (Symptoms)
- temors
- slow movement
- limb stiffness
- posture instability
- slower cognition
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Parkinson's (treatment)
- cannot treat, but manage symptoms
- dopamine replacement to aid muscle control
- deep brain stimulation
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Seizures (Causes)
- unusually high and/or synchronous brain activity
- head trauma
- infection in CNS
- drug overdose or withdrawl
- blood vessel malformations
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Seizures (symptoms)
- involuntary changes in movement and behavior
- often sudden contraction of muscles and loss of consciousness
- memory loss
- sensory alteration
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Seizures (treatment)
anti-epileptic medication
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Vertigo (causes)
- type of dizziness
- problems in semicircular canals of ear
- lesions in brainstem or cerebellum
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Vertigo (symptoms)
- patient feels they or their environment is spinning
- nausea
- postural instability
- difficulty walking
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Vertigo (treatment)
- epley maneuver (series of head movements to get foreign substances out of semicircular canals)
- anti-inflammatory drugs for inner ear infections
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