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In terms of sensory fibres:
[blank_start]Alpha Delta Fibres[blank_end] facilitate cold perception and pain
[blank_start]C fibres[blank_end] facilitate warm perception and pain
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Alpha Delta Fibres
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C fibres
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Using the diagram, match the symptoms to their fibre type:
[blank_start]Large Motor Fibre[blank_end] - Weakness, unsteadiness and muscle wasting
[blank_start]Large Sensory Fibre[blank_end] - Numbness, paraesthesia and unsteadiness
[blank_start]Small Sensory Fibre[blank_end] - Pain and Dyesthesia
[blank_start]Autonomic Fibre[blank_end] - Dizziness, Impotence, Nausea & Vomiting
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Large Motor Fibre
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Large Sensory Fibre
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Small Sensory Fibre
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Autonomic Fibre
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[blank_start]Athetosis[blank_end]: Writhing movements, usually of the fingers, due to abnormal muscle contraction
[blank_start]Pseudoathetosis[blank_end]: Writhing movements, usually of the fingers, due to a failure of the neural proprioceptive pathways to the brain
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Chorea
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Athetosis
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Pseudoathetosis
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Pseudochorea
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[blank_start]High stepping[blank_end] gait is a condition whereby there is a loss of dorsiflexion when walking resulting in a foot drop and the patient having to lift their foot higher when taking a step to avoid dragging it along the floor.
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High stepping gait can occur due to damage to which nerve?
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The graphs in the diagram show different responses to Nerve Conduction Studies.
A: [blank_start]Normal Nerve Conduction[blank_end]
B: [blank_start]Axonal Loss[blank_end]
C: [blank_start]Demyelination[blank_end]
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Normal Nerve Conduction
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Axonal Loss
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Demyelination
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Guillain Barre Syndrome is an example of a [blank_start]demyelinating[blank_end] neuropathy
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demyelinating
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axonal loss
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Guillain Barre Syndrome is an acute autoimmune condition whereby autoantibodies attack the [blank_start]myelin[blank_end] of the [blank_start]peripheral[blank_end] nerves
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peripheral
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central
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myelin
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soma
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axons
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dendrites
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Guillain Barre patients progressively develop paraplegia, meaning that they have weakness/paralysis [blank_start]from the waist down[blank_end]
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Onset of Guillain Barre SYndrome is sometimes associated with infection, mainly by which organism?
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Campylobacter
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Staph Aureus
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Staph Epidermidis
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Enterococci
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Strep Viridans
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Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
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Clostridium Botulinum
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Typically, what symptom of Guillain Barre tends to present first in patients?
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Treatment of Guillain Barre Syndrome is typically by Immunoglobulin infusion
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What is the most common type of hereditary neuropathy?
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Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease Type I (HMSN Type I)
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Charcot–Marie–Tooth disease Type II (HMSN Type II)
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Dejerine–Sottas disease (HMSN Type III)
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Refsum disease (HMSN Type IV)
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Which four of the following symptoms commonly occur in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease?