neurological (redirected from neurological deficit)

neurologic, neurological.

See neurology.

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neurological, neurologic

pertaining to or emanating from the nervous system or from neurology.

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neurological assessment

evaluation of the health status of a patient with a nervous system disorder or dysfunction. The purposes of the assessment include establishing a diagnosis to guide the veterinarian in prescribing medical and surgical treatments and in planning and implementing nursing measures to help the patient cope effectively with daily living. Includes evaluation of cranial nerves, gait, mental state, muscle tone (1), postural reactions, sensory perceptivity, spinal nerves and visceral function.

neurological deficit

any defect or absence of function of a peripheral nerve or a system; e.g. nystagmus is a vestibular deficit.

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Patient discussion about neurological deficit.

Q. Could I be going through a Brain aneurysm? i woke up in the night with a bad headache in the back of my head and above my eye. never had a headache like that. but all day today have not had the headache. could this be an aneurysm?

A. An Aneurysm is when a blood vessel just pops out in you’re brain. Very ironically, there are no sensory nerves inside the brain and the headache that comes with aneurysm is when the brain starts pressuring the material that surrounds it. That means this will be a later symptoms and you’ll probably have a paralyses before, or have problem speaking and things like that. If you are not convinced – you can go to the hospital and ask for a scan.

Q. Migraine stroke Hi, I'm 58 years-old male and I have migraines with aura since age 14. Two weeks ago, I felt weakness in the left side of my body, and at the hospital the doctors told me I had a stroke. I underwent several tests, but they still don't know the cause for the stroke (my lab tests are normal; I don't have diabetes or hypertension). My neurologist said that although it's very rare, he thinks that my stroke was caused by my migraine. I tried to find information about it, but couldn't find much – do you know where I can get some more info? Thanks!

A. I was sorry to hear about your stroke. I hope you feel better now. I tried to search the net and found several links you may find intresting:

http://headaches.about.com/od/migrainediseas1/a/mx_stroke_risk.htm

http://chealth.canoe.ca/channel_section_details.asp?text_id=3578&channel_id=7&relation_id=24636

I hope you'll find them helpfull

best wishes!