Guest guest Posted June 11, 2002 Report Share Posted June 11, 2002 Aletta, Let us know your blood test results. Hope you are doing as well as can be expected today. You are doing a great job with the definitions! Keep up the good work but don't over do at one time! Love and gentle hugs, Belinda > > ---------- > Had some blood tests today, took a lot of poking to extract four > vials. Looks a lot like chocolate syrup. > > I did a bit of work on the plain laguage terminology of what we might come > accross when dealing with medical professionals and literature. Not all > are done, and no doubt more need to be added in. Feel free to add terms > and/or definitions. I've made it blue, so you can add in a differnt colour > (black, red whatever) - makes for easier editing. Hope it helps.PLAINLY PUT: > > Ablation = the removal of a body part, often by surgery > > Alien limb phenomenon = dystonia = extreme muscle cramp resulting in loss > of movement with limb > in permanent cramp - also seen it described as the sense that your limb is > no longer under your control > and pretty much does at it pleases > > Aspiration = to breathe take in liquid or solid > > Aspiration pneumonia = developing pneumonia as a consequence of aspiration > > Ataxia = movement disorders > > Athropy = wasting or withering > > Atypical features = not normal > > Autonomic dysfunction. = unable to control function which should not > require thought (breathing, > heart rate, thermoregulation) > > Candiasis = yeast infection, yeast needs moist warm places, can affect any > number of body parts - > most obvious Thrush, a white coating on tongue and throat - not treatable > with anti-biotics, treated as > a fungus, or by adding good' bacteria to your diet (Acidophilus - in > yogurt, buttermilk or live culture > supplement) > > Cerebellar signs = concerned primarily with somatic motor function, the > control of muscle tone and > the maintenance of balance > > Cerebellar = pertaining to loss of somatic motor function, the control of > muscle tone and the > maintenance of balance > > Cerebellar dysfunction= somatic motor function, the control of muscle tone > and the maintenance of > balance are not working > > Chronic = ongoing > > Contractures = cramps > > Cortical-basal ganglionic degeneration = CBGD > > Cortical sensory loss = > > Cortical reflex myoclonus = > > Diffuse Lewy body disease (LBD) = Ken had this - much like MSA > symptom wise, Lewy > Bodies can be imaged like lesions, but more obscure > > Drug induced = caused by drugs > > Dysautonomia = autonomic failure = automatic functions of the body do not > work properly like > temperature and OH > > Dysphagia = speech or swallowing difficulties > > Dystonia = extreme muscle cramp resulting in loss of movement with limb in > permanent cramp > > Edema = swelling of tissue due to excessive fluid buildup (swollen feet, > ankles, abdomen) > > Encephalitis lethargica = viral brain infection (sleeping sickness) > > Focal rigidity = > > Hederodegenerative diseases = ('s, Hallervorden-Spatz, Huntington's > disease, etc.) > > Hederodegenerative disease. = some sort of ivy shaped nerves I think > > Hepatocerebral degeneration = > > HIV = AIDS - Human Immunodeficient Virus - AIDS refers to the later stages > > Hospice = palliative care for those with progressive and terminal illness > where the emphasis is on > comfort of the patient, not treatment/cure > > Hydrocephalus = water on the brain > > Hyper = over > > Hypertense = high blood pressure > > Hyperthermic = above normal temperature > > Hypervolemic = too much blood volume > > Hypo = under > > Hypotense = low blood pressure > > Hypothermic = below normal temperature > > Hypothyroidism = underfunctioning thyroid > > Hypovolemic = too little blood volume > > Ideomotor apraxias = > > Infection = hope we know that - just to be sure - caused by bacteria, will > show on culuture and treated > with anti-biotics > > Inflammation = swelling, redness, irritation (eg urinary inflammation due > to retention, in sufficient > urine production, stones etc.) - can not be treated with anti biotics - > treating the sources and anti-inflammaroty medications (Aspirin or Tylenol) > may offer some relief > > Intellectual = thought processing ability > > Intracytoplasmic oligodendroglial inclusion body = > > Long-tract signs = > > Marked asymmetry of involvement = one side of body affected more than the > other > > Mass lesions = scarring all over (from demyelating disease etc.) > > Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (parkinsonism with cerebellar dysfunction) or > OPCA = disease affecting > movement, and balance problems > > Orthostatic hypotension = blood pressure falls (at least 20 points) when > patient rises to a sitting or > standing position > > Palliative = care of patient with focus on quality of life not extension of > life > > Paraneoplastic = pertaining to hormonal, neurological, haematological, and > other clinical and > biochemical disturbances associated with malignant neoplasms but not > directly related to invasion by > the primary tumour or its metastases - plainly put due to the spread of cancer > > Pick's disease = predominant feature is frontal lobe dementia (personality > changes etc.) > > Prion disease = like mad cow disease - the Prion is neither virus nor > bacteria the word Prion descrtibes > a specific type of organism, it does not react to antibiotic or other > treatment, it is a contagion (can be > passed on - like eating infected meats) actually most Parkinson's Plus > disorders fit description - of the > symptoms not the disease process > > Progressive = gets worse > > Progressive Supranuclear Palsy or PSP = degenerative neurological disorder > characterized by speech > and gait problems, difficulty gazing upward, with no intellectual impairment > > Progressive pallidal atrophy = > > Pulmonary edema = fluid buildup in body cavity affecting lungs and breathing > > Pulmonary = to do with the lungs > > Pyramidal = > > Pyramidal signs = > > Respiration = to breathe, take in oxygen (gas) > > Secondary Parkinsonism = second to another medical condition, medication or > toxin (poisin) > > Shy-Drager Syndrome (MSA with primarily autonomic dysfunction). = automatic > functions not > working properly (OH, temperature control bladder incontenence, digestion, > heart rate, allergic > reactions, saliva and tear production) > > Somatic = to do with the body, physical > > Sporadic = all over the place, unpredictable > > SSPE = subacute sclerosing panencephalitis = ask a neuro > > Striatonigral degeneration (parkinsonism poorly responsive to levodopa and > frequently associated with > cervical dystonia) = cervical dystonia = rigid back= rigidity > > Subcortical dementia = relating to the subcortex; beneath the cerebral cortex. > > Supine hypertension = blood pressure rises when patient lays down (normally > it should go down) > > Syndrome = constellation of symptoms > > Syringomesencephalia = > > Toxins = poinson, cadmium would be an example - drugs such as opiates are > considered here also > > Trauma = blow to the head for example, or life altering experience > > Vascular = to do with blood and it's circulation > > aletta mes > vancouver, bc Canada > web: http://aletta.0catch.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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