Only 1 in 100,000 people have to experience this scarce syndrome; Guillain Barre could possibly temporary have a serious affliction on the individual’s life, some of which we have heard of. Take Franklin D. Roosevelt for example, he suffered from Guillain Barre or also commonly known as “GBS” experienced a fight with this nerve damaging infection. GBS progressively starts to own a person’s life, being educated about this disease, the symptoms and effects, and the treatments will be beneficial. Two brilliant scientists discovered this syndrome, they found out what the syndrome is, and how the doctors could start diagnosing patients. Guillain Barre syndrome affects an individual’s nervous, immune and most likely the muscular system.…
Unfortunately there has not been a specific test, or even a trial period, for definitive diagnosis of ALS. The only way to diagnose a series of physical neurological examinations and tests are to test them in many ways, which are actually intended to reject the assumption of a person with similar illnesses. There are many other illnesses that have symptoms like Alzheimer's disease (Steinberg et al. 2012). To diagnose ALS, a neurologist performs an electromyogram test. This test is used to detect neural damage.…
Imagine laying in bed and suddenly feeling hungry but unable to get up to go to the fridge, unable to call someone to help, lift a finger, and then even if a loved one were to bring food, not having the ability to swallow the food without the assistance of someone or something. This is the life of someone with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), better known to many as Lou Gehrig's disease. Now, imagine walking into the kitchen to eat for the first time of the day, but for some reason already feeling full or walking up to the sink to wash a pile of dishes that were left the night before and seeing that nothing was there anymore. Having nothing to do but turn to a loved one who lives there to help with the confusion only to find out that this…
Although research is advancing there is still no cure. As regards to phlebotomy, working with these types of patients is a difficult task. To approach a patient like this you have to be understanding and…
Friedreich’s Ataxia (FRDA) is a progressive, degenerative multisystem disease. This is the most common autosomally inherited ataxia with an early age of onset and heterogeneous clinical phenotypes. FRDA patients predominantly show gradual deterioration of nervous system followed by cardiomyopathy and diabetes (Parkinson et al. 2013). The prevalence estimates vary greatly between 1 in 20 000 to 1 in 330 000 depending on the geographic region (Vankan 2013). The majority of the patients (98%) have GAA trinucleotide repeat expansion within the first intron of the FXN gene in both the alleles, whereas the remaining (2%) patients have a point mutation in one allele and long GAA repeats in another allele (Campuzano et al. 1996).…
Group I, Category 41 Insufficient Medical Documentation to Determine Impairment Severity ISSUE Additional evidence and documentation is needed to determine the degree of the severity imposed by the claimant’s physical condition. CASE DISCUSSION & POLICY ANALYSIS (INCLUDING SPECIFIC REFERENCES) This 52- year old claimant is filing a DI claim alleging disability due to diabetes, a stroke, kidney pain, back pain, numbness in the fingers, joint discomfort, vision problems, and high blood pressure.…
Courts have examined claims that detentions of students by school officials constitute an unlawful seizure. A seizure occurs when individuals feel they are not free to leave, such as when students are detained by school administrators for questioning. The Tenth Circuit, however, noted: “To qualify as a seizure in the school context, the limitation on the student’s freedom of movement must significantly exceed that inherent in every-day, compulsory attendance.” As in the cases involving searches, courts examine school officials’ actions to determine if a seizure or detainment of a student is reasonable—that is, justified at its inception and not excessively intrusive in light of the student’s age and sex and the specific infraction.…
Multiple Sclerosis is a very common disease in people around the world. For instance my beloved grandmother got diagnosed with it in 1958. She had primary progressive MS and it is known to be the worst type of MS out of the four different types. Right off, she started having symptoms such as double vision, problems driving, problems walking, tingling, and weakness in her legs along with getting infections easily. She lived at home and my grandfather hired a special nurse to stay with her all day to help her out and make sure she was doing well with all the treatments she was given.…
Dysautonomia affects the entire autonomic nervous system, so every involuntary bodily function can malfunction at any given time. Blood pressure, respiration, heart rate, digestion, cognition, temperature regulation, you name it. We're not lazy, we're far from it. We're battling an internal battle 24/7, 365 days a year. Only some of us are fortunate enough to have a supportive team of family and friends.…
Multiple Sclerosis is an autoimmune disease and claims the lives of an estimated 2.5 million people in the world. In Australia, it has been researched that the further away a person is from the equator, the more likely is the person is to develop multiple sclerosis. For instance, in the far north of Queensland the disease occurs 12 in every 100000 people, while in New South Wales, it rises to 36 people out of 100000, and even higher in Tasmania with 76 people out of 100000. Although multiple sclerosis mostly affects people in their twenties or thirties, people of any age can develop this disease. With improvements in technology over the years, multiple sclerosis can also be diagnosed in young children and senior citizens.…
This disease usually leads to death around 15-20 years after the disease becomes present. The main cause of death is infection, and, unfortunately, numerous patients with this disease commit suicide (Huntington Disease: MedlinePlus Medical…
I Have ADD; I take a pill everyday to fix my stupid problem. This is my challenge, at one time this made me feel very unitelligent due to the things people said about it. Now, I have learned to live with ADD and I understand more about what this problem means for me. MY limits? I do not have any, because I make my own choices and I can do anything that others can do.…
Dementia affects an estimated 3.8 million people around the world. It is most common in the ages of sixty five-years and older. It is also the sixth leading cause of death in people of the United States, and the fifth leading cause in people over the age of sixty-five. Dementia can start early, and be a very slow process that is evident throughout the rest of the patient’s lives. There are currently no cures for dementia, but there are treatments to help some of the symptoms that go along with dementia.…
Throughout the world there are around 50 million people living with epilepsy, and 3 million of them live in the United States, which to society is an alarming statistic (BroadcastMed). Epilepsy is a neurological disorder where the nerve cell activity in the brain is disturbed, causing seizures. To most people a seizure is when a person’s muscles contract and they fall to the ground, their muscles spasming, making their whole body shake. In reality, studies have shown that there are many different types of seizures. Doctors have classified seizures into two different groups; generalized and focal.…
Dyslexia is an inherited condition that makes it extremely difficult to read, write, and spell in your native language, despite having an at least average intelligence. Dyslexia is very common, but has only been talked about in recent years. It was 1878 when German neurologist, Adolph Kussmaul, first used the phrase “word blindness” describing what we know as dyslexia today. The word dyslexia was first used by Rudolf Berlin of Stuttgart, Germany, in 1887 to describe the inability to read. In 1905 W.E. Burner published the first report of childhood reading difficulties in the U.S..…