Botulinum toxin

My topic is Anti-ageing treatments. 1. a) Define key words like: Anti-ageing treatments: designed to prevent the appearance of getting older. Gerontology: the scientific study of old age, the process of ageing, and the particular problems of old people. Late life pathology b) What are Anti-ageing treatments? (Is it safe and Are they affective?) Anti-ageing is the study of reversing the processes of aging to extend the maximum lifespan. Researchers believe that future breakthroughs inmolecular…

upper skin layers resulting in a blue stain, with the appearance of grossly disorganized elastin fibers in the dermis. Treatment should be timely. It may be possible to improve the cosmetic appearance of the elastotic skin using laser ablation, botulinum toxin injections to reduce nervous activity and relax the skin, dermal fillers to fill in the contours and reduce the depth of the furrows, and topical imiquimod. In the long run, some of these lesions but not the majority may develop into a…

barium down your esophagus with the help of X-rays. Treatment: Treatments for achalasia include: 1. Oral medications, 2. Stretching of the lower esophageal sphincter (dilation), 3. Surgery to cut the sphincter (esophagomyotomy), 4. Injection of botulinum toxin (Botox) into the…

For years, physicians have used Botox as a means to treat facial creases and wrinkles. Botox consists of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum, which is a toxin that is capable of blocking the signals sent from the nerves to the muscles. This ability to block these signals causes the muscles that are responsible for the creation of certain wrinkles and creases to become paralyzed. Once these specific muscles are paralyzed, they are unable to contract. This softens and relaxes the wrinkles that…

Molds are multi- or unicellular while yeasts are unicellular in structure. Molds grow in the form of tangled mass called the mycelium which is composed of filamentous hyphae while yeasts are spherical or oval-shaped. Molds are colourful while yeast are colourless. Molds can reproduce through small spores sexually or asexually while yeast reproduce asexually by budding or binary fission through mitosis in which a nucleus is divided into two or more nuclei. Mould can grow on food with low pH…

contaminated with pathogens, toxins, and chemical pollutants, which poses a high safety risk with their consumption. According to the 2013 Annual Surveillance Report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Foodborne Disease Outbreaks in the United States, fish and mollusks are the top two most commonly implicated food categories for the outbreaks in the United States in 2013. The pathogen-food category pairs that were responsible for most outbreaks were scombroid toxin in…

John’s Wort. It has been used in Europe for lots of years. To help reduce hand, head and voice tremors a bacterium called Botulinum toxin has proven to be effective. At this point it is not yet known is Coenzyme Q10 actually helps to slow Parkinson’s or if it just temporarily alleviates symptoms. Unfortunately a massive dose must be taken - 1,200 milligrams a day. However it is…

Although medicine has significantly advanced, migraines still remain difficult to treat. Typically, migraines are treated using two approaches; acute/abortive and preventative care. Abortive treatment is indicated during a migraine attack and is targeted to stop symptoms by constricting blood vessels and blocking pain pathways in the brain.36 These medications are known as triptans and target the chemical serotonin. Not only are fluctuating serotonin levels linked to causing migraines, but they…

ACHALASIA Achalasia refers to a rare disease of the muscle of the lower esophageal body and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES) that prevents relaxation of the sphincter and inability of the muscles to contract, or absence of peristalsis, of the esophagus. LES pressure and relaxation are regulated by excitatory and inhibitory neurotransmitters however, patients with achalasia lack these nonadrenergic, noncholinergic inhibitory ganglion cells thus, causing imbalance between the excitatory and…

and Restylane is just like comparing apples to oranges. Apples and oranges are edible fruits and that's just about where the similarities end. Likewise Restylane and BOTOX Cosmetic are both dermal injectables that can help alleviate wrinkles, but that's all they have in common. How they work and reasons why you would want to use one over the other are completely different. BOTOX Cosmetic immobilizes facial muscles and downsizes wrinkles, while Restylane fills in fine lines and smoothes out…