Encephalitis Lethargica (EL) and Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
(FOP) are both disorders that affect a certain bodily System. Bodily Disorders
can upset homeostasis and cause problems with even the most normal
functions that the body performs. EL and FOP are two such disorders that
can wreak havoc on the body and severely inhibit a person's ability to
function regularly.
Encephalitis Lethargica and Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva are
disorders of the Nervous System and Skeletal System, respectively. The
earliest recorded cases of FOP present themselves in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. The cases were recorded by the French physician, Guy
Patin, in 1692, and the British physician, …show more content…
Regarding Encephalitis Lethargica, there have been
reports since the late sixteenth century regarding the epidemic outbreaks, in
various European countries, of a disease that at least appears similar to EL.
The name Encephalitis Lethargica was given by its discoverer, the
neurologist, Constantin Von Economo, in the year 1916 in an early stage of
the epidemic that occurred during and after World War I.
FOP has no cure nor an effective treatment, however, drugs used to
inhibit bone growth may help with the progression of the disorder and
steroids can help reduce inflammation that may trigger flare-ups. In
diagnosing FOP, the person with FOP will have a distinctive malformation of
their big toes. EL also has no known cure nor any form of obviously …show more content…
FOP affects the Skeletal system in the way that tendons and
ligaments, key connective structures, are ossified, turned to bone, possibly
severely inhibiting movement. The inflammation involved in EL can damage,
or destroy, certain regions of the brain. Because of the damage caused, the
victim can become severly debilitated in a plethora of ways, some even
leaving the victim in a Parkinson's-like state. Determining the mortality rate
of EL is difficult given the infrequency of its appearance following the end of
its last outbreak that lasted from 1917 to 1928. Victims of FOP have a
severely shortened lifespan, only about 40 years, and their deaths are most
often directly linked to FOP. EL has fewer obviously harmful physical signs
than FOP but one can notice various changes in behaviour and motor
abilities in addition to its first phase which can be deadly due tooo the
possibility of respiratory failure. FOP can cause, sometimes painful,
swellings on the neck, shoulders, and back that eventually disappear, but
(FOP) are both disorders that affect a certain bodily System. Bodily Disorders
can upset homeostasis and cause problems with even the most normal
functions that the body performs. EL and FOP are two such disorders that
can wreak havoc on the body and severely inhibit a person's ability to
function regularly.
Encephalitis Lethargica and Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva are
disorders of the Nervous System and Skeletal System, respectively. The
earliest recorded cases of FOP present themselves in the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries. The cases were recorded by the French physician, Guy
Patin, in 1692, and the British physician, …show more content…
Regarding Encephalitis Lethargica, there have been
reports since the late sixteenth century regarding the epidemic outbreaks, in
various European countries, of a disease that at least appears similar to EL.
The name Encephalitis Lethargica was given by its discoverer, the
neurologist, Constantin Von Economo, in the year 1916 in an early stage of
the epidemic that occurred during and after World War I.
FOP has no cure nor an effective treatment, however, drugs used to
inhibit bone growth may help with the progression of the disorder and
steroids can help reduce inflammation that may trigger flare-ups. In
diagnosing FOP, the person with FOP will have a distinctive malformation of
their big toes. EL also has no known cure nor any form of obviously …show more content…
FOP affects the Skeletal system in the way that tendons and
ligaments, key connective structures, are ossified, turned to bone, possibly
severely inhibiting movement. The inflammation involved in EL can damage,
or destroy, certain regions of the brain. Because of the damage caused, the
victim can become severly debilitated in a plethora of ways, some even
leaving the victim in a Parkinson's-like state. Determining the mortality rate
of EL is difficult given the infrequency of its appearance following the end of
its last outbreak that lasted from 1917 to 1928. Victims of FOP have a
severely shortened lifespan, only about 40 years, and their deaths are most
often directly linked to FOP. EL has fewer obviously harmful physical signs
than FOP but one can notice various changes in behaviour and motor
abilities in addition to its first phase which can be deadly due tooo the
possibility of respiratory failure. FOP can cause, sometimes painful,
swellings on the neck, shoulders, and back that eventually disappear, but