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Okay, so Doug, would you like to tell us the chief concern, chief complaint this morning?

Yeah, sure. The chief concern is slurred speech.

Slurred speech.

Dion, what comes to mind when you hear a slurred speech? What are you starting to think about?

Well, I'm thinking when did it start?

What exactly are they talking about when they say slurred speech?

Like, is it someone that we cannot understand what they're saying or is it, you know,

trying to understand exactly what slurred speech means?

I'm thinking, is there anything else associated with it?

Is there any, like, weakness or facial weakness or any, like, focal deficit associated with it?

Yeah, that's what comes to my mind.

I'm thinking about a lot of things.

Yeah, great. There are any disease that the person knows that they have like hypertension or.

Yeah, perfect.

So let's pick up on some of the great ideas that you had.

So you said you're wondering what's really meant by slurred speech.

What neurologic entities are you thinking of when you hear about slurred speech?

What that a patient or their person bringing them to the hospital might about slurred speech what that a patient or

their person bringing them to the hospital might say slurred speech what sort of medical

neurologic things are you thinking of diana that could cause that um description what disease or what

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