football players with this type of disease do not have a heightened risk of injury or paralysis. Ultimately, everyone allowed A.B and his parents make the decision and he chose to play. With three games left in the season, he was paralyzed, however, he eventually recovered and was able to move again.…
tongue, face and neck. Dr. Marshal also had a feeling of nausea and acutely vomiting because of the pains in his stomach and throat. He was immediately rushed to the ED. His symptoms are diaphoresis, motor dysfunction, parethesias, nausea, ascending paralysis, cyanosis, and hypoventilation. He was prescribed with atropine due to the bradycardia. As he was assumed to be poisonous with tetrodotoxin which is a neurotoxin, intravenous hydration, gastric lavage and activated charcoal was conducted…
the field of biology, one in particular stood out to me; Dr. Milos R. Popovic. He is the founder of MyndTec., and the man behind the leading Functional Electrical Stimulation (FES) therapy product, MyndMove. The idea of the invention, fighting paralysis, is extremely intriguing. A disability people once thought would never be cured, is now showing drastic changes, and hope for a permanent solution. Mostly a result of the valuable research of Canada’s Milos Popovic. Dr. Milos R. Popovic…
prevent the hypotensive effect of magnesium. (96) The negative inotropic effect of hypermagnesaemia may contribute to the hypotension. Other potential factors contributing to the hypotension include central nervous system effects, skeletal muscle paralysis and depression of the carotid baro-receptor. Magnesium is also cardiotoxic. At serum Mg concentrations greater than 3 mmol/L, prolonged PR intervals, increased QRS duration and prolonged QT intervals are seen. Mild bradycardia is observed at…
When you enter REM sleep, your body enters a state paralysis, so that if you are running a marathon in a dream, you don’t start reenacting this in your bed. What they did later is deactivated the mouse’s neurons. This wouldn’t allow the ability for the mouse to enter REM sleep, hence preventing the mouse of dreaming. science-can-tell-what-you-are-dreaming “People used to think that this region of the medulla was only involved in the paralysis of skeletal muscles during REM sleep,” explained…
and total paralysis just before falling asleep or just after waking up. The people who can get narcolepsy can vary, the diagnostic process for discovering if someone has…
Ever wonder what makes things scary? There are several different factors for something to be scary/creepy. Fear can be used in different ways such as literature and art. When it’s used in literature and art you can get drawn in by how it’s presented. When settings, lack of control, and the unknown occur in literature and art our imagination can take over and we start to lose it. Often times an imagination can cause terrible, mindless fear when shown in photographs because of what is shown in…
the SNARE proteins, the entire process is disrupted and paralysis of the myosin filaments…
Bell’s palsy and it’s causes; second, the signs and symptoms; and third, diagnosis along with treatment. What is Bell’s Palsy? According to The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke “Bell’s Palsy is a form of temporary facial paralysis resulting from damage or trauma to the nerves (Bell's Palsy Fact Sheet, 2003)”. The nerve affected is seventh cranial nerve and it is responsible for normal muscle function; for example, blinking, chewing and smiling etc. Bell’s Palsy was…
paralysed by the Roman Catholic Church, because the country was held back from modern times and failed economically. His first story The Sisters shows the overall themes of Joyce’s collection of short stories. It introduces the themes of corruption and paralysis, as well as the symbols of yellow and brown, and the motif of death. His last story The Dead is the be-all end-all of the collection. It is regarded as perhaps Joyce’s greatest story, and it encompasses all his previous…