PART 2 – Patient History & Complaints
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What are the two types of PNS complaints?
Sensory and motor.
What are CNS complaints typically related to?
Fainting, speaking, reading, or consciousness issues.
Psychiatric complaints relate to
Emotional and behavioral problems (depression, anxiety, etc.).
Aphasia definition
Inability to speak or understand language.
Dysphasia definition
Difficulty speaking or understanding language.
Ataxia definition
Lack of coordination or order in movement.
Catatonia definition
Reduced muscle tone and unresponsiveness.
Dystonia definition
Abnormal muscle tone causing awkward movement.
Delirium definition
Brief loss of mental function with confusion.
Dementia definition
Progressive loss of brain function, memory, and judgment.
Dyslexia definition
Difficulty reading or interpreting words.
Dyskinesia definition
Difficulty or abnormality in voluntary movement.
Myoclonus definition
Muscle twitching or sudden jerks.
Myospasm definition
Involuntary muscle contraction or spasm.
Neurasthenia definition
Generalized weakness or lack of energy.
Insomnia definition
Inability to sleep.
Somnambulism definition
Sleepwalking.
Syncope definition
Fainting due to reduced blood flow to brain.
Cephalalgia or cephalodynia meaning
Headache.
Encephalalgia meaning
Pain within the brain.
Neuralgia meaning
Nerve pain.
Neurodynia meaning
Pain along a nerve pathway.
Paresis meaning
Partial loss of movement or sensation.
Hemiparesis meaning
Partial paralysis on one side.
Monoparesis meaning
Partial paralysis of one limb.
Paralysis meaning
Complete loss of sensation and movement.
Hemiplegia meaning
Paralysis on one side.
Monoplegia meaning
Paralysis of one limb.
Dysesthesia meaning
Abnormal sensation (burning or tingling).
Hyperesthesia meaning
Increased sensitivity.
Paresthesia meaning
Abnormal tingling or prickling.
Pseudesthesia meaning
False or imagined sensation.
Synesthesia meaning
One sensation perceived as another.
Causalgia meaning
Burning pain from nerve injury.
Suffix -phobia meaning
Abnormal fear.
Suffix -mania meaning
Abnormal desire.
Acrophobia meaning
Fear of heights.
Agoraphobia meaning
Fear of open/public spaces.
Hydrophobia meaning
Fear of water.
Kleptomania meaning
Uncontrollable urge to steal.