4. Wave summation occurs with the muscle are stimulated rapidly without rest in-between the stimulus. The failure to remove the calcium before each stimulus causing the calcium to build up in the sarcoplasm and creating multiple power stroke of the myosin and actin. The MMU, the multiple motor neuron, is a stimulation of a whole group of muscle nerves.…
Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD), the most common form of all muscular dystrophies, is an X-linked disorder affecting approximately one in 5000 newborn boys. " (page1; paragraph 1; lines 1-4)" Patients are usually restricted to a wheelchair around the age of twelve and facing death somewhere between the ages twenty-five to thirty. DMD is caused when the dystrophin gene is mutated. That mutation stops the communication for a functional protein.…
Lung Cancer Lung cancer is a malignant neoplasm of the lung tissue characterized by an uncontrolled cell proliferation. It is also referred to as carcinoma of the lung. This neoplasm arises from epithelia of the lungs, bronchi and trachea. Lung cancers can be of epithelial cell origin (carcinoma) or mesothelial cell origin (malignant mesothelioma). Lung cancer begins with inactivation of tumor suppressor genes or with activation of oncogenes.…
Ehler’s Danlos, EDS for short, is a genetic connective tissue disorder caused through abnormalities in the body’s processing, production, and or integral structure of collagen(Mayo Clinic, 2017). Ehler’s Danlos is what numerous call chronic and degenerative; a patient may endure this particular condition with no hope for a cure throughout their entire life, as the disease rapidly progresses. Most diagnoses face a lifelong commitment to the syndrome and pains that plagues them. This is independent on whether a proper diagnosis is initially given, which is sadly often untrue.…
When should you file Mesothelioma Lawsuit? A large number of Mesothelioma patients usually do not file Mesothelioma Lawsuit, solely because they are either ignorant or not sure when to file or they are too busy getting the treatment. Filing a lawsuit allows patients to focus on treatment and eliminate financial worries as well as cover medical costs. What is Mesothelioma?…
An inherited disorder identified as Alpha-1 Antitrypsin is a commonly disregarded source of lung disease. (1) To begin, this essay will include a general description of the disorder, highlight the pattern of inheritance, biology of the condition and lastly, how the condition can be inherited or diagnosed. The disorder induces low levels of the Alpha-1 antitrypsin protein in the blood, essentially harming the lungs and in return making the simple task of breathing increasingly difficult for the affected individual. (4) This A1AT protein is produced in the liver and subsequently pumped into the bloodstream, therefore regulation of the protein is necessary in order to maintain and protect the lungs.…
In this essay I will talk about diseases that affect the nervous and the muscular system. For the nervous I had pit Dementia. Dementia is a syndrome that affects the brain, it starts in the memory, patient with this syndrome star by experience forcedness they cannot reminder where they place there keys, or become unfamiliar with their own homes. And for the muscular system I had pit Myasthenia Gravis. Myasthenia Gravis also known as MG was discovered in 1972.…
Myasthenia gravis is an autoimmune disease that prevents proper conduction of impulses at the neuromuscular junction of voluntary muscles. The immune system produces defective antibodies that bind to receptor sites at the neuromuscular junction usually reserved for the neurotransmitter acetylcholine (Conti-Fine 2006). In individuals with myasthenia gravis, up to 80% of these sites can be taken up by antibodies. Because these sites are already occupied, acetylcholine is unable to play its part in the transmission of the nerve impulse to the muscle. This ultimately leads to muscle weakness, the hallmark symptom of myasthenia gravis (Trouth 2012).…
The patient is a 71-year-old female who presented to the ED after a two-week history of palpitations, on and off related to some stress. She was seen by a psychiatrist on the outside placed on Ativan 1 mg 3 times a day, however despite of the medication she continued to have palpitations, pressure on her chest she was unable to tolerate the pressure and palpitations therefore she presented to the ED. In the emergency room EKG was remarkable. Troponins were unremarkable.…
Analysis of Sarcoidosis exploration to include a timely diagnosis and treatment of people with this disease are imperative to the future wellbeing and recovery of each person that may be affected. The decision to treat a medical condition depends on several factors including the natural course of the disease, the reaction to treatment, and the potential danger of therapy. The analysis of Sarcoidosis has remained troublesome and results in the postponed treatment of the patient because of the general, unordinary, or at first deceptive presentation of symptoms. This can proceed for quite a long time before the patient starts to get treatment for anything. This research will outline a way to deal with the determination and treatment of Pulmonary…
Questions for Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Case Study Approach 5th ed. Case 8 – Gastroparesis 1. Identify the major physiological controls for gastric emptying. • Contraction and motility are major controls for gastric emptying involving autocrine, paracrine, and neuronal systems. •…
Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy Duchenne’s Muscular Dystrophy Zachary Uecker Genetic Disease Abstract Duchenne’s muscular dystrophy is a genetic disease that targets skeletal muscles and over time, the muscles lose protein and are replaced by fats and connective tissue, making the skeletal muscles unusable. In this paper, the parts of Duchenne’s that will be covered are the method of transmission, statistics about Duchenne’s in the population, the pathophysiology, the body systems effected, signs and symptoms, age of onset, treatment/therapy options, psychological factors, prognosis, prevention techniques, ethical considerations, and how genetic counseling may be utilized for patients.…
20 people out of every 100,000 people worldwide have Myasthenia Gravis (Myasthenia Gravis, 2012). Myasthenia Gravis is a disorder that causes skeletal muscle weakness. People experience the worst weakness during periods of activity and the weakness improves under periods of rest. The most common weakness is located in the muscles around the eyes. This causes blurred or double vision in the eyes.…
I chose emphysema because I have known several people in my life that have either struggled personally with the condition or have had a family member that has suffered from the condition. This was also a condition that I am very interested in knowing more about and this offered an opportunity to find and organize information. Emphysema is a condition that is mainly cause by consistent and long-term exposure to irritants. Some causes are tobacco smoke, marijuana smoke, pollution of the air, and manufactured fumes. Patients can also rarely inherit a deficiency of a protein that works to protect the elastic structures in the lungs.…
INTRODUCTION History of Asbestos use: Previously viewed as the “magic” or “indispensable” mineral, asbestos, a naturally occurring fibrous mineral, was widely used for centuries due to its unique and attractive characteristics. However, the extensive utilization, mining and distribution did not begin until the mid-20th century, when it started to be a ubiquitous ingredient; used in motor cars, building materials, warships, domestic fabrics to name a few. No other mineral possessed asbestos’s exceptional features; it is electrically non-conductive, resistant to fire, water and chemicals, lightweight, and can be woven into clothes, yet it is abundant and cheap to mine and process.1-3 Its use was also considered vital during World War II.4 Some…