Quick psychology/physiology question.

[JonTheBaller]

A patient comes to you complaining of weakness and a limp, both in the right leg. Se tends to drag her right leg behind her as she walks. She says she was thrown from a horse a month ago, landed on her head, blacked out, then had an awful headache for a few day, after which she felt fine for a week (then the weakness and limp started in the right leg). She has no loss of feeling in the leg. In which lobe did the damage occur? What kind of damage do you suspect in that region of the brain (why did it take weeks to show itself?).

My friend asked me that question, it's on his homeworl. Does anyone know the answer?

 

[rgwalt]

A better question to ask is who is she fixing to sue...

Sorry I can't help.

Ryan

 

[notfred]

How the hell should I know? I'm a computer science major.

 

[JonTheBaller]

The side that is damaged is left, and I think lobe that is damaged is frontal lobe, but why the delay in the symptoms?

 

[PigPig]

which chapter is it?
what that chapter covers!?

it's easier for me to look through my textbooks.....

 

[JonTheBaller]

Basically the only question left is what kind of damage do you suspect occurred in that region of the brain?

 

[PigPig]

is it the primary motor cortex in the frontal lobe was damaged.. and it's affected the function of association????

 

[JonTheBaller]

I think maybe the cerebellum was damaged. Why does she still have feeling?

 

[JonTheBaller]

bump

 

[blackdogdeek]

i'm thinking the week's delay indicates a slowly degrading condition so that the condition will get worse over time but i'm just a software developer who never took psych or anything like that.

 

[djplayx714]

the damage occurred slowly due to the formation of blockages or clotting which impaired certain regions of her brain.

dude use spellcheck.

 

[911paramedic]

Subderal hematomas take longer to present, but usually not that long. It presents as a trauma to the head, unconsciousness, lucid interval of some time, then the condition degrades.

Lots of stuff to look for with head injuries, I would suggest the ER for her presentation.

loss of feeling in a limb=bad (however it happened)

 

[PunDogg]

well i guess the left side of her brain was damaged, but can;t give u a region, don;t have my book in front of me, even though I am a IS major, ohh well post count +1 hehe

Dogg

 

[Mallow]

Originally posted by: 911paramedic
Subderal hematomas take longer to present, but usually not that long. It presents as a trauma to the head, unconsciousness, lucid interval of some time, then the condition degrades.

Lots of stuff to look for with head injuries, I would suggest the ER for her presentation.

loss of feeling in a limb=bad (however it happened)

I think your on the right track. The delay has to do with swelling building up. As far as the limp, I don't think anything in the brain could cause you to limp in a traditional sense. Maybe if the primary sensory cortex had pressure and was stimulating false pain it could cause a limp. Also, maybe if the primary motor cortex had pressure and was causing loss of muscule control? Usually a limp is conscieously done b/c of pain in that limb.

 

[Legendary]

Just a note - if it's on a homework they want to hear that is was the left side of the brain, whatever part of the brain it was, it was on the left side.