Clinical reasoning of the symptoms
While listening to the above audio file the below list may help you understand some of the terms.
Cognition - Understanding of information, making sense of it and decision making.
Dysphasia - Difficulties with speech, can be receptive (understanding) or expressive (producing) of speech.
Dysphagia - Difficulties with swallowing mechanism, can result in becoming nil by mouth or thickened fluids and altered diet.
Vision (Hemionopia) - A loss of half of the visual field
Spatial Neglect - A loss of awarness of half of the body or environment around you.
Weakness - Reduced movement abilities and holding of postures e.g sitting and walking
Altered Tone - The readiness of a muscle and its response to passive stretch.
Sensation - Potentaily reduced ability to feel objects, pain or heat. If increased then may result in enhanced interpreting of routine stimuli.
Proprioception - Ability to know where body parts are without looking at them. Can cause increased risk of injury, falls and anxiety around tasks.
Coordination - production of smooth movements in activites of daily living.
Pain - Is an abnormal finding following stroke and it common at the shoulder following poor positioning.
Altered mental health - Sudden life changing symptoms can increase anxiety levels, depression and suicidal thoughts.