Imagine waking up one morning and not remembering what happened the other day, or important things like the names of loved one? That is what it feels like to have a progressed stage of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). There are many known diseases in the world, but AD is a very deadly disease with no known treatment or exact cause. AD is a disease that more commonly develops in the elderly and not younger people. AD not only affects the patient, but it also affects their family and friends because they…
be Granted to Fund Research on the Alzheimer’s Disease Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disorder and the most common form of dementia that affects memory, thinking skills, behavior, and normal bodily functions. There are about 5.2 million Americans living with the Alzheimer’s disease in 2014. Currently there is no prevention, treatment, or cure for the Alzheimer’s disease. Every year more than 500,000 seniors die due to the disease. Alzheimer’s has a mortality rate of 100%.…
do for research is Alzheimer Disease. Alzheimer’s is a disease that destroys Memories and other functions in the brain by death of brain cells. It grows worse and worse over time as the person ages. Some of the symptoms for this disorder are forgetfulness such as asking a question over and over again without realizing. Mild confusion, and over time memory will be lost. Also Anxiety, Irritability, and depression will occur. Some of the causes of this Alzheimer’s is ageing and two main forms of…
Mitochondria, LHON The Organelle The most well known function of the mitochondria is to produce energy for the cell. It does this by regulating cell metabolism and respiration. Mitochondria carry out multiple other functions that are extremely important (such as various forms of signaling) The mitochondria also contains DNA which can have a direct effect on some functions of the human body if there is a mutation. ( Mitochondrion.(2016, October 9)) Word count 63 (not including headings or…
As we celebrate our veterans and their service, we must also take special care in how we recognize our veterans living with dementia. The course of Alzheimer’s and dementia will often take people on an emotional journey down memory lane. Resulting in people reliving past events as though they were current. Everyone is at risk for developing dementia and the effects are unique to each individual. Each of us has followed our own path in life bringing to our experience of dementia all the…
There are a few physical and mental changes which occur with aging. One of the most common physical change with aging is dealing with the skin. Often when people get older their skin becomes thinner and loses elasticity in the outer surfaces. Another physical change which occurs with aging is dealing with our bones and joints. Over the years our bones become more less dense and often results in a disease called osteoporosis. Osteoporosis can occur in both males and females also at any age. As we…
On November 1, 2017, I had the privilege of visiting Mount Carmel Assisted Living to play bingo with the residents. I was greeted by a woman who came to play bingo with her husband who was a resident at arrival. We walked to the bingo room and began setting up. The volunteers conversed with the residents, helped pass out cards, call bingo numbers, and help the residents look for a “bingo”. Speech Language Pathologists work with clients of all ages. A number of Speech Language Pathologists work…
Among annually 2.4 million eye injuries in the United States, 40,000-60,000 of them trigger blindness as a consequence of Blunt Trauma Impact (BTI). The injury as a result of BTI to the eye could be minimized if and only if the process and detail of that were thoroughly available. Numerical models, such as Finite Element (FE), might be applicable since experimental measurements on the detail of injury in each component of the eye is almost impossible. In this study, in order to understand…
of the diagnosis so that patients can be effectively treated. Differential diagnosis is used often, especially in cases with similar symptoms such as that of the patient in which it is difficult to distinguish been disorders such as in CTE and Alzheimer’s. It is important to examine other disorders to rule out those with similar symptoms from the actual condition. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Parkinson’s disease (PD), and many more conditions. CTE is used to describe brain…
Cerebral Palsy Passion Project Paper Cerebral Palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood (Cerebral Palsy Foundation, yourcpf.org., n.d., factsheet) This means that Cerebral Palsy also becomes a prominent disorder in adults. Cerebral Palsy is a lifelong disease, it is not progressive, however, the symptoms a person has can change over time (Cerebral Palsy Foundation, yourcpf.org.) This means that while the individual who has Cerebral Palsy will not get any worse, their symptoms…