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Neglect Patient

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Neglect Patient
A patient with left-sided paralysis caused by damage to the right brain, where sensory signals for touch, joint position, proprioception, visceral sense, and pain are processed; because the damage is unilateral, there is no input from the left brain, and the patient may believe that he can move the left side of body; when accompanied by left-sided brain damage, neglect does not occur

neglect patient
Neurology A Pt with left-sided paralysis caused by damage to the right brain, where sensory signals for touch, joint position, proprioception, visceral sense, and pain are processed; because the damage is unilateral, there is no input from the left brain, and the Pt may believe that he can move the left side of body; when accompanied by left-sided brain damage, neglect does not occur


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