Week 2 - Neuro Diseases / Disorders Flashcards
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tension-type headache
<40, more women, most common headache, episodic or chronic, 30 min - 7 days, bilateral headband pattern, may wake with it, phonophobia or photophobia, muscle tightness in scalp and neck, Tx stress reduction and tricyclic antidepressants (amitriptyline) and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (fluoxetine), acute Tx NSAIDs, tylenol, relaxation
cluster headache
20-30, more males, less common, episodic clusters, severe, unilateral, orbital, 15-180 min, lacrimation, congestion, sweating, eyelid edema, Tx verapamil, melatonin, prednisone; acute Tx oxygen, triptan injection; caused by dilation of vessels in dura (internal carotid artery in cavernous sinus)
migraine
<40, more adult females, more male children, intermittent, unilateral, crescendoing, lasts hours to days, possible preceding aura, Tx amitripyline, divalproex, propranolol, timolol; acute Tx triptans, DHE, perchlorperazine, metoclopramide, apap, ibu, naproxen, dexamethasone
subdural hematoma
hours to several weeks after head trauma, anticoagulant use
epidural hematoma
within hours of trauma, lucid period, associated with skull fractures
viral syndrome
flu-like, possible non-specific rash, contact with sick people with similar symptoms
glaucoma
severe, sudden onset, eye pain, vision loss, blurred vision, halos
meningitis
fever, stiff neck, photophobia, altered mental status
encephalitis
fever, stiff neck, photophobia, altered mental status
temporal arteritis
new onset of headaches, >50, high ESR, scalp tenderness
subarachnoid hemorrhage
sudden, sever headache, hypertension, smoker, alcohol, non-white, thunderclap headache
intracranial mass
gradual, focal neurologic deficits or symptoms
ruptured aneurysm
headache onset with exercise or sex, thunderclap headache - type of subarachnoid hemorrhage
environmental exposure
CO, new building, others at home or work with same symptoms
symptoms of cluster headache
pupil constriction, ptosis, lacrimation, diaphoresis, sharp frontotemporal pain
infection defense mechanisms
scalp / skull, meninges (dura, arachnoid, pia), blood-brain barrier
microbial invasion of brain
contiguous spread from previous infection, hematogenous spread, trauma or congenital lesion, viral infection
meningitis
infection in subarachnoid space
encephalitis
infection in brain parenchyma
abscess
focal infection in brain parenchyma
myelitis
spinal cord infection
shared symptoms of CNS infection
fever, headache, altered mental state; infectious - meningitis / encephalitis / abscess; noninfectious - subarachnoid hemorrhage, inflammatory disease (lupus), neoplasia, antimicrobial drugs
CNS infection acute Tx
H & P, blood culture –> empiric treatment, imaging (MRI/CT), lumbar puncture, ID organism, antibiotic susceptibility testing, switch to definitive Tx or supportive Tx (viral)
meningitis
headache, fever, altered mental status; plus nuchal rigidity, photophobia, rash, upper resp. symptoms; some with 3 symp.; most with 2 symp