Exam prep

Question 1

what are the risk factors for a stroke?

Answer 1

age >75 increases by 50%
men
ethenicity: maori, aboriginal and south asian
smoking, driking, hypertension, af, family history and diabetes

Question 2

what are some of the effects that right sided brain damage may cause?

Answer 2

tendency to deny or minamise problems, short attention span, impulsivity, impared judgment, impared time concepts

Question 3

what can left sided brain damage cause?

Answer 3

impared speech, impared performanace, slow, aware of defects, impared comprehension in relation to language and mathmatics