Answer:
Amy E French, MD MSc
Department of Paediatrics, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Susanne M Benseler, MD FRCPC
Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Rheumatology, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Catherine S Birken, MD MSc FRCPC
Department of Paediatrics, Division of Paediatric Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
Explanation:
pregnancy (if sexually active )
hormonal imbalance (amenorrhea)
body fats (weight gain)
menopause (if old in age)
breastfeeding (if she had baby)
Answer:
The most common area of the brain that might have been affected by a stroke, when there is impairment in language comprehension, be it written, or oral, would be Wernicke´s area, on the temporal lobe, surrounding the auditory cortex.
Explanation:
Wernicke´s area, like Broca´s area, is a part of the brain that has been generally linked to speech comprehension and speech production. Fed by branches of the middle cerebral artery, this area, just like Broca´s, can be severelly affected when there is a stroke in the branches of the artery. In speech comprehension, Wernicke´s area is directly related to speech comprehension and it is known that a person who is unable to understand words, wether they are written or spoken to them, suffer from Wernicke´s aphasia. There are two types of aphasias in this area, fluent, and non-fluent.