Question

A 73-year-old client is visiting the neurologist. the client reports light-headedness, speech disturbance, and left-sided weakness that have lasted for several hours. in the examination, an abnormal sound is auscultated in an artery leading to the brain. what is the term for the auscultated discovery

Answer 1

The term for the auscultated discovery is called Bruit. Bruit is an abnormal sound or a vascular murmur that is because flow of blood in an obstructed artery. This murmur or abnormal sounds are heard from the stethoscope. Having bruit or vascular murmur shows that a person maybe diagnosed of having carotid artery disease. Carotid artery disease or CAD is a disease where in a waxy substance blocks or builds up inside the carotid arteries. CAD can lead to stroke when not treated. People that are at risks of having Carotid Artery Disease are obese people, diabetics, patients with high cholesterol and high blood pressure, and people who have a family history of having atherosclerosis.