121 week 9 nervous system
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Objectives
• Identify anatomy and physiology of the nervous system• Recognize common symptoms of the nervous system• Recognize common laboratory and diagnostic tests for
diseases of the nervous system• Differentiate various diseases of the nervous system
MeningitisBell’s PalsyCVA/TIAMultiple SclerosisConcussion (Shaken Baby Syndrome)
Identify anatomy and physiology of the nervous system
Functions
Gather sensory input (afferent)
Integrates info (to CNS)
Responds with motor output (efferent)
Acetylcholine Dopamine GABA Glutamate Nor epinephrine Serotonin
Breakdown of the Nervous System(s)
Recognize common symptoms of the nervous system
• Headache• Weakness• Nausea and vomiting• Motor disturbances (stiff neck or back, rigid
muscles, seizures, convulsions, paralysis)• Sensory disturbances (vision or speech)• Drowsiness, stupor, coma• Mood swings• Fever
Recognize common laboratory and diagnostic tests
• Reflexes• Lumbar puncture• CT, MRI• EEG• EMG
Meningitis
• Medical emergency: inflammation of the meninges
• Caused by Haemophilus influenza type B, neisseria meningitis
• Signs/symptoms: severe H/A, vomiting, seizures, nuchal rigidity
• Dx’d by lumbar puncture• Tx with ABO, isolation
Bell’s Palsy
• Paralysis of muscles on one side of the face (7th cranial nerve)
• Caused by tumors, vascular ischemia, autoimmune or virus
• Signs/symptoms: facial weakness, drooping mouth, decrease sense of taste, unable to close eye of affected side
• Dx’d by physical exam• Tx with electrical
stimulation; massage
CVA-TIA
• CVA= Cerebrovascular Accident
• TIA= Transient Ischemic Attack
• Ischemic Stroke• Hemorrhagic Stroke• Commonly called
Stroke or Brain Attack
CVA/TIA: how can you tell???
• Smile• Raise both arms• Speak a simple
sentence• Stick out your tongue
Multiple Sclerosis
• Destruction of myelin sheath (protects axons)
• May be immunological, viral , genetic
• Signs/symptoms: transient motor and sensory disturbances
• Dx’d by CSF analysis, CT, MRI
• Tx is symptomatic; corticosteroids; avoidance of temp extremes
Concussion
• Grade 1: mild; no loss of consciousness; dazed
• Grade 2: more severe; no loss of consciousness and no recall of event
• Grade 3: loss of consciousness; amnesia
Shaken Baby Syndrome
• Shaken baby syndrome is a severe form of head injury caused by the baby's brain rebounding inside of the baby's skull when shaken.
• In this injury there is bruising of the brain, swelling, pressure, and bleeding (intracerebral hemorrhage).
• This can easily lead to permanent, severe brain damage or death.