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what tone loss is noticed first in older adults - Answer high-frequency
senile tremors - Answer benign and include head nodding (as if saying yes or
no) and tongue protrusion (older adult)
kyphosis - Answer humpback
when performing ROM on older adult... - Answer PERFORM ROM SLOWLY
to prevent lightheaded/diziness
tension headache - Answer occurs on both sides across frontal, temporal and
occipital region, BAND LIKE TIGHTNESS, non throbbing, non pulsatile
migraine headache - Answer commonly one sided but can occur on both sides,
pain behind eyes, temples and forehead, throbbing, pulsating
cluster headache - Answer rare HA, intermittent, excruciating , unilateral,
always one sided, often behind or around eye, temple, forehead, cheek, continuous,
burning or piercing
,Parkinsons syndrome facial appearances - Answer immobility of features
produces face that is flat, expressionless, "MASK LIKE" with elevated eyebrows,
staring gaze, oily skin, drooling
Cushing syndrome facial appearances - Answer rounded "MOONLIKE" face,
prominent jewels, red cheeks and chin, acneiform rash on chest
Graves disease facial appearance - Answer (hyperthyroidism) goiter, eyelid
retraction and exophthalmos (bulging eyeballs)
Hypothyroidism (myxedema) - Answer puffy, edematous face, periorbital
edema, puffy hands feet, coarse face feature, cool dry skin, coarse hair and
eyebrow
bells palsy facial appearance - Answer complete paralysis of one side of face,
person cannot wrinkle forehead, raise eyebrows, close eyelids, whistle or show
teeth on left side. usually presents w smooth forehead, wide palepral fissure
stroke (brain attack/cerebrovasular accident) facial appearance - Answer note
paralysis of lower facial muscle but also note the upper half of the face is NOT
affected, person is able to wrinkle forehead and close eyes
cachet appearance - Answer sunken eyes, hollow cheeks and exhausted defeated
expression
scleroderma - Answer "hard skin". a chronic connective tissue disorder
associated with decreased mobility
, strabismus - Answer crossed eyes
diplopia - Answer double vision
what do normal conjunctiva look like - Answer clear and show normal color,
pink lower ids and white sclera
normal eye appearance in African Americans - Answer have gray/blue or darker
color to sclera, normally my see small brown macule (like freckles) on sclera
-may have yellowish fatty deposits beneath lids away from cornea
esotropia - Answer inward turning of the eye
exotropia - Answer outward turning of the eye
periorbital edema - Answer edema around the eyes
exophthalmos - Answer protruding eyeballs
Enophthalmos - Answer sunken eyes
ptosis - Answer drooping upper lid