SUDDEN ONSET OF WEAKNESS

blood Supply of the brain and the spinal cord
UPPER AND LOWER MOTOR NEURONS
SPEECH
1. organs
  1. lips, tongue, teeth
  2. vocal cords
  3. uvula, glottis, soft palate
2. Disorders
  1. Apraxia
  2. Cluttering
  3. Dysarthria
  4. Dysprosody
  5. Muteness
DDX OF LOSS OF VISION
1. Glaucoma
2. Diabetic Retinopathy
3. Stroke
4. Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
5. Cataracts
TYPES OF HEADACHE
1. Tension headache
2. Migraines
3. Exertional Headaches
4. Cluster headache
5. Trigeminal Neuralgia
6. Hemicrania continua
7. causes
  1. trauma
  2. infection
  3. psychiatric disorder
TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK
1. mini stroke
  1. lasting only a few minutes and causing no permanent damage
  2. Symptoms
    1. Weakness
    2. Slurred or garbled speech
    3. Blindness in one or both eyes or double vision
    4. Sudden, severe headache with no known cause
  3. Risk Factors
    1. Family history
    2. Age & Sex
    3. Prior transient ischemic attack
Stroke
1. Definition
  1. clinical term that describes an acute onset of neurologic deficit as a result of vascular lesions, hemorrhage, or loss of blood supply
2. TYPES AND CLASSIFICATIONS
3. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
  1. Paralysis or weakness in the face, arm and/or legs
  2. Dysphagia
  3. • Personality change
  4. Dysarthria
  5. Confusion
  6. • Sudden change in eye-sight
  7. • Decreased motor skills
  8. • Severe headaches
4. complications
5. Investigations
  1. blood tests
  2. EEG
  3. Neuroimaging
    1. CT
    2. MRI
    3. Vascular Imaging
6. Management
  1. Cardiac and respiratory support
  2. CT scan and glucose test
  3. Administration of IV tPA
  4. Neuroimaging
  5. Anticoagulation

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