Health Assessment

Gender most likely to suffer TMJ and age?

Mechanical factors of TMJ
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Gender most likely to suffer Gout

Risk factors for Gout

Gender most likely affected by Osteoarthritis

O.A. risk factors

Age and gender most likely affected by Osteoporosis

Race most likely affected by osteoporosis

Small boned and thin women weighing less than 127lb are most likely to suffer from what?

Risk factors for Osteoporosis

Use of glucocorticoids, methotrexate, thyroid hormone, antacids containing aluminum, cyclosporin A, and heparin can lead to the development of what?

This pain is typically described at deep, dull, boring, or intense

Normally, the only time bone pain is associated with movement is when?

What pain is usually described as "crampy"

What does sudden onset of pain and erythema in the great toe, ankle, and lower leg suggest?

Clients with these conditions may awaken from pain and often have morning stiffness for 1-2 hours.

When do clients with osteoarthritis experience pain?

What is migratory arthritis?

Name some examples of conditions that cause migratory arthritis.

Change in barometric pressure can cause which condition to worsen?

Which condition pain is worsened by movement and which pain is helped with movement?

Acute inflammation such as arthritis or gout produces what?

Joint pain that occurs 10-14 days after a sore throat may be associated with what?

Proximal muscle weakness is typically categorized as...

Distal muscle weakness is typically categorized as...

Defined as bone mineral density more than 2.5 standard deviations below the mean of a young healthy adult woman.

Healthy People 2010 objectives for osteoporosis.
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Primary prevention for Osteoporosis

When should routine screening begin for women for osteoporosis?

Women with increased risk of osteoporosis such as those weighing less than 70kg and no use of estrogen therapy should begin screening at what age?

What is the minimal amount of years to detect a change in BMD?

Although back pain is equally common in men and women, which gender is most likely impaired from back and spine conditions?

Which gender is more at risk for CVA, and which gender accounts for more than half the death related to CVAs?

Which race is most affected by CVAs?

Risk factors for CVA

Risk factors in women for CVA

Injury to which lobe could cause changes in memory or cognition.

Common after a lumbar puncture.

What causes a headache after a LP?

Inability to coordinate movements or a staggering gait caused by a cerebral disorder.

A neurological dysfuntion or a problem with the vestibule that makes it feel like the room is spinning.

Inner ear infection

Usually precedes a seizure and can have auditory, gustatory, olfactory, visual, or motor sensations.

Why may someone who just had a seizure feel weak, confused, or sleepy after.

What is the difference between tremors from Parkinson's and temors from a cerebellar disorder?

What should be considered the problem when balance is impaired?

If client complains of falling to the right, this may indicate that muscle weakness is due to impaired nerve function on which side of the brain?

Reduced sense of touch sensation

Sensation of tingling, pricking, or numbness to skin with no apparent long term effect

Paresthesia may be caused by what?

What causes hypoesthesia?

These diseases may cause excessive salivation that may increase need to swallow

Defective or absent language function.

Impairment in speech.

Inability to comprehend speech of others and of oneself.

Associated with lesions in the Wernicke's area in the temperol lobe.

Inability to communicate or translate ideas into meaningful speech or writing.

Associated with lesions in Broca's area in the frontal lobe.

People with Parkinson's may have trouble forming words because of what?

Healthy People 2010 goal for injury and violence prevention.