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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Throughout time, there have been theories about the contractions of _________ and how this might relate to migraines.
2. Symptomatic drugs include _________, according to the treatment methods and history of Sacks.
3. What is identified as crude images among the possible visualizations that a patient can see during their migraine attack?
4. One researcher describes the presence of __________ work patterns during some migraine events.
5. Sometimes the hallucination events happen in a __________ order, with fewer patients experiencing the third category.
Short Essay Questions
1. What does Sacks have to say about patients who have to face chronic migraines in their lives?
2. What are the three categories of hallucinosis, according to the last section of the book?
3. What does Sacks see as happening with patients who are treated by physicians who make hasty decisions for their patients?
4. What are the two categories of hallucinations that are most often attributed to migraine experiences?
5. What is the correlation that Sacks discounts because of a lack of studies of migraine patients?
6. What does Sacks say about the possibility that animals might also experience migraines?
7. What are two of the ways in which a person can manage their risk of migraines, according to Sacks?
8. What are some of the polygons that migraine patients have reported seeing as a part of their auras or hallucinations?
9. What happens when systems are open to the environment around them, versus those systems which are closed?
10. What affects at least ten percent of the population, so many people that they have attracted attention and curiosity since the beginning of time?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Migraines are at risk of being misdiagnosed, according to Sacks in the book.
Part 1: Why do you think it might be difficult to diagnose migraines in patients?
Part 2: How do you think misdiagnosis might be avoided in the treatment of migraines?
Part 3: Do you think that misdiagnosis is every completely avoidable?
Essay Topic 2
Migraines seem to be conditions with progressive symptoms, symptoms that come on slowly as opposed to suddenly.
Part 1: Why do you think patients are not always aware of their symptoms when they come on gradually?
Part 2: Do you think a migraine patient should be able to spot their symptoms early?
Part 3: How do you think a patient can treat gradual symptoms? Or can't they?
Essay Topic 3
Migraines are associated with debilitating pain, which means that patients need pain medications.
Part 1: Do you think some people fake migraines in order to get pain medications?
Part 2: How do you think migraines could be treated without pain medications? Is this possible?
Part 3: Do you think pain medication should be the only treatment for migraines?
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