SUDDEN ONSET OF WEAKNESS

SUDDEN ONSET OF WEAKNESS

1. blood Supply of the brain and the spinal cord

2. UPPER AND LOWER MOTOR NEURONS

3. SPEECH

   • organs
     • lips, tongue, teeth
     • vocal cords
     • uvula, glottis, soft palate
   • Disorders
     • Apraxia
     • Cluttering
     • Dysarthria
     • Dysprosody
     • Muteness

4. DDX OF LOSS OF VISION

   • Glaucoma
   • Diabetic Retinopathy
   • Stroke
   • Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)
   • Cataracts

5. TYPES OF HEADACHE

   • Tension headache
   • Migraines
   • Exertional Headaches
   • Cluster headache
   • Trigeminal Neuralgia
   • Hemicrania continua
   • causes
     • trauma
     • infection
     • psychiatric disorder

6. TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK

   • mini stroke
     • lasting only a few minutes and causing no permanent damage
     • Symptoms
       • Weakness
       • Slurred or garbled speech
       • Blindness in one or both eyes or double vision
       • Sudden, severe headache with no known cause
     • Risk Factors
       • Family history
       • Age & Sex
       • Prior transient ischemic attack

7. Stroke

   • Definition
     • clinical term that describes an acute onset of neurologic deficit as a result of vascular lesions, hemorrhage, or loss of blood supply
   • TYPES AND CLASSIFICATIONS
   • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
     • Paralysis or weakness in the face, arm and/or legs
     • Dysphagia
     • • Personality change
     • Dysarthria
     • Confusion
     • • Sudden change in eye-sight
     • • Decreased motor skills
     • • Severe headaches
   • complications
   • Investigations
     • blood tests
     • EEG
     • Neuroimaging
       • CT
       • MRI
       • Vascular Imaging
   • Management
     • Cardiac and respiratory support
     • CT scan and glucose test
     • Administration of IV tPA
     • Neuroimaging
     • Anticoagulation

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