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This section pertains to serious brain disorders.
520.  Alzheimer's Disease
No / don't know
There is good reason to believe I have it
Doctors think I might have it
I have been diagnosed with it
521.  Cerebral Palsy
Don't know
No
Mild
Moderate
Severe
522.  Do you have Huntington's Disease?
Don't know
No
Possilby
Early stages
Advanced
523.  Senile Dementia (non-Alzheimer's type)
No / don't know
There is good reason to believe I have it
Doctors think I might have it
I have been diagnosed with it
524.  Do you suffer from seizures or convulsions? Answer this question as though you were NOT taking any antiseizure medication.
No / don't know
Minor episode(s) now resolved
Major episode(s) now resolved
Current minor problem
Current major problem
525.  Have you been diagnosed with or suspected of having schizophrenia or schizophrenic tendencies?
No / never
It has been hinted at only
Yes, a significant problem, but in the past only
Yes, it is a chronic but minor problem
Yes, it is a chronic and serious problem
526.  Parkinson's Disease
No / don't know
There is good reason to believe I have it
Doctors think I might have it
I have been diagnosed with it

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GLOSSARY

Alzheimer's Disease:  A progressive disease of the middle-aged and elderly, characterized by loss of function and death of nerve cells in several areas of the brain, leading to loss of mental functions such as memory and learning. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia.

Dementia:  An acquired progressive impairment of intellectual function. Marked compromise exists in at least three of the following mental activity spheres: memory, language, personality, visuospatial skills, and cognition (i.e., abstraction and calculation).

Parkinson's Disease:  A chronic, slowly-progressing disease of the nervous system characterized clinically by the combination of tremor, rigidity, extreme slowness of movement, and stooped posture. It is characterized pathologically by loss of dopamine in the substantia nigra.

Schizophrenia:  Any of a group of psychotic disorders usually characterized by withdrawal from reality, illogical patterns of thinking, delusions, and hallucinations, and accompanied in varying degrees by other emotional, behavioral, or intellectual disturbances. Schizophrenia is associated with dopamine imbalances in the brain and defects of the frontal lobe and is caused by genetic, other biological, and psychosocial factors.

Seizure:  While there are over 40 types of seizure, most are classed as either partial seizures which occur when the excessive electrical activity in the brain is limited to one area or generalized seizures which occur when the excessive electrical activity in the brain encompasses the entire organ. Although there is a wide range of signs, they mainly include such things as falling to the ground; muscle stiffening; jerking and twitching; loss of consciousness; an empty stare; rapid chewing/blinking/breathing. Usually lasting from between a couple of seconds and several minutes, recovery may be immediate or take up to several days.



 


A man gets a telephone call from a doctor. The doctor says: "About this medical test I did on you, I have some good news and some bad news."
The man asks for the good news first: "The good news is that you have 24 hours to live," says the doctor.
Horrified, the man asked: "If that is the good news, then what is the bad news??"
"I couldn't reach you yesterday!"