NSC-2201 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article: Muscle Tone, Dyskinesia, Jerky
1 May 2017
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Intro: mrs. schwartz is 86 and suffered stroke, kept alive by machines and costs taxpayers a a day, debates about her degree of consciousness. States of consciousness: spectrum of states of awareness. Alert consciousness: consciousness made of two qualitatively different components: wakefulness and awareness. Chronic vegetative state: chronic vegetative state: awareness stops at level of brainstem, can only perform most primitive reflexes (e. g. sucking and chewing, body can still maintain vegetative functions (e. g. maintain blood pressure) Irreversible loss of memories and cognitive function: patient"s reaction to stimuli is no longer appropriate. Parkinson"s disease: parkinson"s disease or paralysis agitans, not genetically inherited and not virally caused, may be environmentally induced but cause is unknown. Iatrogenic parkinson"s disease: when parkinson"s is induced by prolonged medications. Symptoms of parkinson"s disease: no blood test or official diagnosis until autopsy, clinical judgment based on four cardinal symptoms, 1.
