Cataplexy
is characterized by transient episodes of voluntary muscle weakness precipitated by intense emotion.
CerebritisÂ
Inflammation of the cerebral hemispheres
Encephalitis
Inflammation of the brain and brainstem
Encephalopathy
Dysfunction of the brain
Epilepsy
Sudden, uncontrolled burst of electrical activity in the brain
Mononeuropathy
Dysfunction of individual nerves
Mononeuritis multiplex
Dysfunction of multiple single nerves
Myelitis
Inflammation of the spinal cord
Myelopathy
Dysfunction of the spinal cord
Myopathy
Myopathies are a group of disorders that are characterized by a primary structural or functional impairment of the skeletal muscle.
Myositis
Inflammation of the muscles
NarcolepsyÂ
Sudden attacks manifesting as an uncontrollable urge to sleep
Neuronopathy
Dysfunction of the cortical cranial, or spinal neurons
Polyneuropathy
- Bilateral symmetric ascending (stocking and glove) or
- descending dysfunction of the peripheral nerves
Radiculopathy
Dysfunction of the nerve roots
“SLURRED SPEECH”: DEFINITIONS
- Problem with articulation or pronouciation (dysarthria)
- Problem with language or word finding (aphasia)
- Problem with vocal quality (dysphonia or hypophonia)
- Problem of fluency (stutters, stammers, bradyphrenia)
- Mumbled speech is not an expressive aphasia
- Patient with profound facial weakness with dense hemiplegia may have lost the capacity to articulate but is not aphasic