MDC4 Exam 1 – Rasmussen University (2025) |

Migraine signs/symptoms – Answer✅️☑️Episodic, head pain lasting from 4 to 72 hours

Steady ache to violent throbbing

Unilateral, worse with activity

Aura

Photophobia, phonophobia, osmophobia

Education about propranolol – Answer✅️☑️take daily at the same time

Multiple Sclerosis treatment – Answer✅️☑️immunomodulators and immosuppressants. Commonly given as injections so rotate injection sites

Clinical manifestations of meningitis – Answer✅️☑️nuchal rigidity (stiff neck), positive kernigs, brudzinskis sign,

Treatment for severe migraines* - Answer✅️☑️ergotamine tartrate (taken at the start of the headache) can take up to 6 tablets in 24 hours

How does ergotamine tartrate work? – Answer✅️☑️acts by constricting the cerebal blood vessels