Neurological System Disorders exam
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Driving requires the drive to have an adequate sensory perception through vision and hearing, proper attention, cognitive integrity, and precise immediate and well-coordinated motor response.
30 topics
Peripheral neuropathy and its limitations for driving
Learn more about Guillain-Barron’s syndrome or acute inflammatory polyradiculoneuritis. Discover tips on Peripheral neuropathy and conduction.
Neurological disorders due to renal failure and liver disease, and their influence on driving
Urea increases can cause malaise, anorexia, laxity, fatigue, vomiting, and reduction of the mental sharpness. For more information visit Fundación MAPFRE.
Myasthenia gravis, loss of strength of central origin, rigid-akinetic syndromes, and their impact in driving
Diseases of the neuromotor plaque cause loss of pure strength with no sensory disorders. Learn more about myasthenia gravis and driving at Fundación MAPFRE.
Cranial injury, traumatic marrow injury, and their influence in driving
The imprudence and the limited experience in driving are the leading causes that provoking traffic accidents, particularly in the youngest population.
Non-traumatic spinal cord compression and its interference with driving
The etiology of non-traumatic spinal cord compressions is multiple, either of extradural or intradural. For more information visit Fundación MAPFRE.
Skull-mandibular dysfunction and neurological disorders due to excess of metals, and their impact in driving
Experts in the skull-mandibular dysfunction already estimate that 10% people suffer orofacial headache and in the musculature of the head and neck and back.
Demyelinating and motor neuron diseases, and their impact in driving
Demyelinization is characteristic of many neurological disorders, and can occur due to local injuries, ischemia, toxic substances, or metabolic disorders.
The patient with Alzheimer, his caregiver, and driving
Alzheimer’s disease is due to a degenerative process, associated with significant neuronal loss in multiple brain areas, and marked brain atrophy.
Convulsive disorders and their interference with driving
Epilepsy is an intermittent disorder of the nervous system due to a sharp, sudden and disordered discharge of the brain neurons. More at Fundación MAPFRE.
Dementia from organic brain disease, and its influence on driving
Dementia is a clinical syndrome characterized by the acquired loss of cognitive capacities. For more information about dementia visit Fundación MAPFRE.
Treatment of seizures and driving
The treatment of epilepsy is based on the use of drugs that reduce the abnormal activity of the nerve cells, reducing or suppressing epileptic discharges.
Syncope due to reduced brain perfusion and its impact in driving
Syncope can be defined as the sharp loss of consciousness due to a sudden brain blood flow reduction or to changes in the chemical composition of blood.