Mrs. Adams is a 41 year-old female, nonsmoker, not currently on medication, physically active (plays tennis 2x/week), BMI: 26, family history of diabetes, Alzheimer’s, and pancreatic cancer. Symptoms include: tinnitus, vertigo, presyncope, and unilateral auditory impairment. Mrs. Adams is later diagnosed with a brain condition (not a disease). 1. Describe the definition of each symptom. 2. What are two names for this condition? 3. Which brain lobe and cranial nerve does it affect? 4. What are the possible causes of this condition? 5. How is it diagnosed? 6. What are the treatment options? Ten years later, Mrs. Adams is experiencing sever unilateral bodily pain and sees her doctor to describe her symptoms. She describes “pain starting in her lower back and traveling down the back of her legs into her calf muscle.” She states that the pain sometimes feels like an electrical shock, sometimes a burning sensation, and sometimes a dull ache. She also describes the pain being worse when sitting and standing up suddenly. She is not able to exercise and the ease of being able to do normal, everyday activities is impaired. 1. What is this type of pain referred to as? 2. What vertebra and spinal nerves are affected? 3. What are the possible causes and risk factors for this condition? 4. How is it treated?
[Expert Solution]: Mrs. Adams is a 41 year-old female, nonsmoker,
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