Motor Neurone Disease Poster 2024

TREATMENT: Progressive CAUSES: Wikipedia, (2024) THERE IS NO neurological disease Currently unknown...

TREATMENT: Progressive CAUSES: Wikipedia, (2024) THERE IS NO neurological disease Currently unknown CURE that affects the motor & unclear. MND Australia, (2024) Involves managing neurone nerves causing May include symptoms and improving them to stop working following factors; Kills a third of quality of life. over time. MOTOR NEURONE people within a year & more than half within Genetic factors 2 years of DISEASE diagnosis. implications: Oral hygiene Lifestyle factors DENTAL treatment Apollo Hospital, (2024) Access to dental care modifications: Symptoms: DENTAL ▪ Appropriate access. Muscle weakness Oral ▪ Extended appointment times Slurred speech abnormalities for patients specific needs. Environmental Twitches ▪ Tailor oral hygiene to patient. Muscle Difficulty swallowing ▪ Highlight importance of good weakness OH to patient and carer. Weight loss References Apollo Hospitals, 2024, Motor neurone disease (MND): Types, causes, symptoms, treatment [online] Available at: https://www.apollohospitals.com/diseases-and-conditions/motor-neurone-disease-mnd-types-causes-symptoms-treatment/ [Accessed 19th October 2024] Jividen. S., 2024, Neurons and how they work in your body [online] Available at: https://www.verywellhealth.com/neurons-5217652 [Accessed 19th October 2024] Motor Neurone Disease Association, 2024, Early signs of MND? [online] Available at: https://www.mndassociation.org/about-mnd/mnd-explained/early- signs-of-mnd [ Accedded 18th October 2024] Motor Neurone Disease Association, 2024, What causes MND? [online] Available at: https://www.mndassociation.org/about-mnd/mnd-explained/what- causes-mnd [ Accessed 11th October 2024] Motor Neurone Disease Association, 2024, What is MND? [online] Available at: https://www.mndassociation.org/about-mnd/mnd-explained/what-is-mnd [Accessed 11th October 2024] MMD Australia, 2024, What is motor neurone disease? [online] Available at: https://www.mndaustralia.org.au/mnd-connect/what-is-mnd/what-is-motor- neurone-disease-mnd [Accessed 18th October 2024] National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, 2024, Motor neurone disease [online] Available at: https://bnf.nice.org.uk/treatment-summaries/motor- neurone-disease/ [Accessed 6th November 2024] NHS UK, 2021, Motor neurone disease [online] Available at: https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/motor-neurone-disease/#symptoms [Accessed 17th October 2024] Wikipedia photo, 2024, Motor neurone disease association [online] Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motor_Neurone_Disease_Association [Accessed 19th October 2024]