| A | B |
|---|
| Myasthenia Gravis - what is it | severe weakness of 1 or more groups of muscles |
| Myasthenia Gravis - s/s | extreme weak w/activity restored w/rest, eye drooping, voick weakness |
| MS - what is it | chronic progressive disease of peripheral nerves |
| Myasthenia Gravis has a | masked like expression |
| MS is a demyelinating diseases that causes | permanent degeneration |
| myelin - what is it | insulator that enables nerve impulese to pass alone nerve fiber |
| MS s/s | blurred vision, double vision, mood swings, weakness, clumbsy, numb tingle |
| ALS - what is it | degeneration of motor neurons of spinal cord and brain stem |
| ALS results in muscle | weakness and wasting |
| ALS s/s | muscle twitch, inappropriate laugh/cry |
| ALS end stages results in | R failure and total paralysis |
| Bells Palsy affects ___ nerve | 7th |
| Bells Palsy s/s | pain behind ear, numb, decreased blink reflex |
| Bells Palsy treat w/ | corticosteriods |
| Meningitis s/s Big 3 | h/a, stiff neck (nuchal), photopobia |
| meningitis s/s of severe | Brudzinski Sign |
| Brudzinski's Sign looks like | flex neck causes knees and hip to flex |
| most serious form of meningitis | bacterial |
| prevention of memingitis | immunizations |
| Guillan-Barr Syndrome - what is it | acute post infection |
| Guillan-Barr happens when | 1 month after progression |
| Guillan-Barr affects | peripheral nerves and spinal cord routes |
| Guillan-Barren believed to be | autoimmune disorder that follows a primary disorder - usually infection |
| CVA nursing acute phase repositioning | reposition q 2 hrs on unaffected side and 20-30 min on affected side |
| CVA place food on | unaffected side |
| CVA nursing chronic phase | approach from unaffected side, increase mobility, fluids & fiber, teach transfer |
| CVA risk factors | HTN, hx, obesity, diabetes, tobacco use, birth control, heart disease, sedentary |
| CVA s/s | numb tingle 1 side, mental confusion, difficult speaking, balance, sever h/a |
| expressive aphasis | speak |
| receptive aphasia | understand speech or written |
| hemianopia | only see 1/2 of visual field |
| TIA | transient ischemic attacks |
| TIA is sudden | brief attack of impairment |
| TIA s/s | same as cva, with bruite of caritoid |
| 2 types of strokes | ischemia 80% - hemorrhagic |
| ischemia is cell | insufficient blood flow |
| hemorrhagic | rupture bleeding |
| tPA | clot buster - w/in 2-3 hrs |
| only ischemic strokes can receive | tPA |
| aneurysm | weakening in the wall of blood vessels |
| aneurysm usually occur in | circle of willis |
| aneurysm s/s | sudden severe h/a, dizzy n v loss of conciousness, STIFF neck |
| seizures - what is it | brief episode of abnormal electrical activity of brain |
| seizures is depleted tissue of | ox or glucose |
| seizures - nursing | time, client on side, suction, pad rails, |
| seizures also note (2) body | presence of incontinence and note body parts affected |
| after seizures, pt are | tired and confused |
