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    First, you said only one eye has leukocoria in this infant. Leukocoria is a common clinical feature of retinoblastoma, and this indication is usually a late sign of the disease (Balmer et al., 2006). Retinoblastoma can be either a hereditary disease and a nonhereditary disease. Generally, 60% of the cases of retinoblastoma are nonhereditary, with the remaining 40% being hereditary. Usually, 25% of the hereditary cases have family disease history, which is what we have in this case (NORD).…

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    Parkinson Disease History

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    overtime. Sixty years later, Jean Martin Charcot, a French neurologist and professor of anatomical pathology, also the founder of modern neurology. He clearly defined the disease as a slow progressive disease of the central nervous system that leads to motor impairment. It involves extensive degenerative changes in the basal ganglia which has a role in movement. As well as the loss of or decrease in levels of dopamine in the basal ganglia. Parkinson disease involves the lack of dopamine…

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    Psoriasis on scalp (Scalp Psoriasis) is an inflammatory and persistent disease. The main causes of this disease are not yet identified but it is believed that it is slightly hereditary. The common reasons are lack of personal hygiene, repeated use of blow dryers and some fashion products. It takes several years to show up on the scalp. It is mostly seen in adults compared to children. It is seen in both sex but little more in women compared to men. Scalp psoriasis takes place in three phases.…

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    Compare and Contrast Parkinson and Alzeihmer disease Alzheimer’s disease and Parkinson’s disease are both degenerative brain diseases. However they differ in their symptoms, biological. Similiarities Parkinson and and alzeihmer usually occur after 50 years of age and both are neuro degenerative disease they destroy neural system thus cause in loss of memory and other neural functions. Another thing that is common between them is that they are progressive disease they get worse over time.…

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    How would you feel if you were unable to effectively communicate your feelings and emotions? Would you become frustrated, depressed, or even angry? Alzheimer’s disease affects numerous people, in fact one in ten people age 65 or older has Alzheimer’s dementia. Alzheimer’s causes memory loss and gradually diminishes a person’s ability to communicate; therefore, learning how to effectively communicate with those who have Alzheimer’s is very important. Good communication with an Alzheimer’s patient…

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    Cantu Syndrome is a rare condition that excesses the growth of hair, exclusive facial oestrogen. As well as other anomaly this disorder conflict against affected individuals, abnormal development of bones enlarges heart and cartilage. People with Cantu Syndrome are very hairy people as well as the most affected abnormal people. It starts affecting shortly after birth in babies with PDA “abnormal buildup of fluid around the heart and high blood pressure in the blood vessels that carry blood from…

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    Alzheimer's Forgetting

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    essentially takes away who you are as a person. Alzheimer’s takes away the personality and memory of a person with the disease. The symptoms of Alzheimer’s begin when the synapses are disrupted. Plaque forms between nerve cells and blocks communication. Neurons in the brain cannot connect and synapses disappear. Not only does Alzheimer’s disease affect the synapses in the brain, it also attacks the hippocampus, which is the main component of memory, and new memories cannot form. 2.) The genes…

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    Neurons are one of the most important cells in living animals. There are billions of neurons throughout our bodies, especially the brain which is the control house of the body. Neurons are what help us see, hear, taste, and feel sensation. This is all do to a critical phenomenon known as action potential. Action potential is caused by a change in various ions, specifically sodium and potassium. When the neuron is in a resting state with -70mV, there is a great amount of potassium ions inside the…

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    Alzheimer disease is a disease that robs people’s memory in other words, it destroys memory and other important mental functions. At first people have a hard time remembering recent events, and they will also forget the important people in their lives. Alzheimer disease usually occurs to elderly people, but symptoms begin to develop in the mid 60’s. People with Alzheimer disease will develop dementia. Dementia is a persistent disorder of the mental processes caused by brain disease or injury…

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    The removal of the hippocampus in Henry Molaise (HM) has taught us a lot about memory. Because he was suffering from a massive amount of epileptic seizures, it was no wonder that he agreed to the surgery to gain some relief that drugs could not provide him. Understanding of the hippocampus was in its infancy in 1953 (Kalat, 2016). After the removal of his hippocampus, to a great extent, his seizures reduced radically, however, it impacted the use of his short-term and long-term memory. He…

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