Atrophy

the possibility of the lower. If the lower aren’t affected within 2 years than it remains an upper motor neuron disease. Progressive Bulbar Palsy (PBP), affects lower motor neurons and affects about 25% of people. The last is Progressive Muscular Atrophy (PMA), affects the lower motor neurons. If the upper neurons stay unaffected within 2 years, it remains a lower neuron…

The Gulag Archipelago claims, “Sleeplessness befogs the reason, undermines the will, and the human being ceases to be himself, to be his own ‘I’” (Solzenicyn). Sleep deprivation occurs when a person has gone without sleep for an extended period of time. This condition is progressive and affects every aspect of the body. Sleep helps regulate emotions, behavior, and physical health. Getting an adequate amount of rest each night reduces one's chances of having serious health concerns. An array of…

“Physicians obtain the patient's full medical history and usually conduct a neurologic examination at regular intervals to assess whether symptoms such as muscle weakness, atrophy of muscles, hyperreflexia, and spasticity are getting progressively worse.” (http://www.alsa.org/about-als/what-is-als.html?referrer=http://www.alsa.org/about-als/symptoms.html?referrer=https://www.google.com/) There are tests a physician can run…

reproductive hormones, testicular atrophy, oligospermia, impotence, priapism, gynecomastia, prostatic hypertrophy, and prostatic carcinoma. Steroid use in men drops the level of luteinizing hormones and follicle-stimulating hormones which causes a decrease in testosterone production, spermatogenesis, and testicular atrophy (Maravelias, 2005) Steroids also affect the female reproductive system leading to menstrual irregularities, clitoral hypertrophy, uterine atrophy, breast atrophy,…

Subdural haematoma (SDH) is a type of focal brain injury which consists of contusions and bleeding (Sawauchi & Abe, 2008). Contusions and bleeding occur from small tears in blood vessels which are commonly caused by external forces such as vehicular accidents and falls (Craft et al., 2015). Subdural haematoma can be described as an extra cerebral blood collection which is located between the dura mater and the middle layer of the meninges (Iliescu, 2015). The development of haematoma does not…

effects. The only people I feel are educated on how to use such a drug are doctors and they do not even claim to know about the long term effects of steroid use. In a study of male bodybuilders, more than half had testicular atrophy and gynecosmastia. Testicular atrophy is a reversible condition in which the testicles do not produce sperm and the testicles shrink. Gynecosmastia is an irreversible condition which includes male pattern baldness and breast development. Rising levels of…

The medication Plaquenil has been prescribed for the treatment of various illnesses that include malaria, rheumatoid arthritis, and systemic lupus. The purpose of this paper is to draw attention to the side effects that can damage the visual system. Even though the side effects cover a broad range, the results on the illness that Plaquenil is prescribed for outweigh the side effects. The side effects will impact individuals in different ways, depending on the dosage and the length of time that…

I got to see patients get treated for various injuries that hindered their physical functioning abilities, which included injuries pertaining to car accidents, bursitis, osteoporosis, ataxia, muscle atrophy, loss of bone and muscle strength due to chemotherapy. Most of the patients I saw were eager to rehabilitate themselves, so that they can go back to work and their duties. I have also seen some reluctant patients who did not believe that recovery…

disorder, and degenerative bone disorder called multisystem proteinopathy. Patients with ALS maintain hearing, sight, touch, smell, and taste. The first symptoms of this disease are mostly overlooked. The patients begin to experience weakness and muscle atrophy/ they have trouble swallowing, cramping, stiffness, slurred speech, and muscle weakness. Whichever motor neurons are damaged first is where the body is being affected. Patients have trouble walking and running, they trip and stumble a…

Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive and irreversible degenerative disease of the brain. Each phase of the disease presents distinct characteristics, and it is these characteristics that are used to determine how far the disease has progressed. Although there is, as of yet, no cure, various advances in medicine are geared at easing the ravages of the diseases, with the hope of a definitive cure on the minds of many. A form of dementia, Alzheimer's disease presents in two main forms: early onset…