Question

For the past 2 years, a client has had increasing difficulty remembering the events of the day, but has been able to recall events from the distant past. The client's motor skills have slowed, despite the absence of arthritis. Recent echocardiography showed the presence of atherosclerosis and the client experienced a myocardial infarction earlier this year. Which neurologic condition does the client most likely have?

Answer 1

Answer:

Vascular dementia

Explanation:

This is a neurologic condition that is brought about as a result a brain injury caused by ischemic damage e.g ischemic damage with atherosclerosis. Vascular dementia is disease of no known cure but it's effect can be treated or suppressed. It is characterized by patient or client suffering from it to have loss of memory, laughing or crying when it's unnecessary or at awkward times e.t.c it occurs as a result of damage of blood vessels in our brain or break down and it occurs as a result of stroke, diabetes and other factors.

Answer 2

Answer:

The neurologic condition from which the client is suffering is Vascular dementia.

Explanation:

This is referred to a neurologic condition which occurs as a cosequence of  a brain injury which get caused by ischemic damage.

e.g ischemic damage with atherosclerosis.

Vascular dementia is disease which has no cure. IT can only e suppressed or reduced by regular treatment.

In this disease a patient or client suffers from it to have loss of memory, laughing or crying when it's unnecessary or at awkward times and many other unexpected things which are not normal.

it mainly occurs due to damage of blood vessels in our brain or nervous break down which occurs as a result of stroke, diabetes and other factors.