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Name: _________________________ | Period: ___________________ |
This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter Seventeen.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. The ________ with which the patient should be seen depends on the tendency toward the migraines, according to Sacks.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Frequency.
(c) Action.
(d) Ability.
2. The advice that Sacks gives patients, as referenced in #125, has been around since the time of __________, according to the author.
(a) Plato.
(b) Caesar.
(c) Tyrranus.
(d) Hippocrates.
3. Sometimes auras can be so powerful so as to have the appearance of a __________ in some patients.
(a) Stroke.
(b) Seizure.
(c) Heart murmur.
(d) Madness.
4. How many areas of aural symptoms does Sacks point out to be the case for most patients?
(a) Six.
(b) Three.
(c) Five.
(d) Ten.
5. What do many patients notice about the pain they might feel when they are experiencing a migraine?
(a) It's always on one side.
(b) It doesn't go away.
(c) It's spotty.
(d) It's dull.
Short Answer Questions
1. There are _____ and transitional attacks of migraines which can make it difficult for a doctor or researcher to decide on a diagnosis of migraine.
2. Throughout time, there have been theories about the contractions of _________ and how this might relate to migraines.
3. When ________ happens and it is not followed by a headache, it can be confusing and misinterpreted by the person experiencing it.
4. One of the medical deterrents to treating a migraine addresses the ________ of the malady.
5. The intensity of pain of a migraine might be relieved by manual __________ of the arteries which are being affected.
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