Convulsion

Event that Influenced my Decision to Become a Nurse I and my sister were boarding students of a high school in Nigeria. In February 2009, when we were still in high school, my sister had a severe convulsion episode as a result of previous infections with malaria parasites that were untreated. The convulsion let her to an unconscious state for four days. During this period, I was scared and confused because everything seemed to happen so suddenly. I had to leave school for the mean time to care…

with a shift 12 mm of the right side shift of the septum and a large arachnoid cyst in the area. Her other medical history includes HTN, dysphagia, NIDDM, major depression, muscle weakness, GERD, Chronic ischemic heart disease, cerebral cyst and convulsion. At today’s visit she is found lying in her bed at tiffany hall SNF facility. She is…

victim was able to make it alive to the hospital, live overnight, and only die when the medical staff negligently failed to restrain him. The defendant had no control over the negligence of the hospital staff. The victim died because he went into a convulsion, pulled out his nasal tubes, and suffocated to death. A legal (“proximate”) cause is a question that asks if it's fair to blame a defendant…

Grand Mals Do you or someone you know have Epilepsy? Epilepsy is a kind of certain type of seizure. There are hundreds types of seizure but Grand Mals are one of the most uncontrollable types of seizure. A few things that I am going to asking you to think about are symptoms, Causes, risk factors, the damaging it can do to your brain, and complications. Thinking about these things will open your mind to what Grand Mals really are. First, lets start with the symptoms you will have before…

Although the majority of the afflicted during the Salem Witch Trials were women, some historians believe that the men of the village were the true driving force behind the trials. Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum are two such people, and in their book Salem Possessed: The Social Origins Of Witchcraft, they write about their discoveries concerning the long standing economic and political issues underlying the trials in Salem. Within their work, they split the citizens of Salem into two separate…

the blood blisters open up and the victim will start twitching and it will end in seizures and convulsions. The seizure is caused by the disease taking control of the spine and the nervous system. During the seizure the spine bends back until it forms a “C” shape. The victim loses all control when the seizures start, they lose control of their bladder and start gnawing on their mouth due to the convulsions. Sometimes, they may even bite through their own tongue or…

for a person who has epilepsy because lack of it alters the brain’s patterns of electrical activity. A daily routine occupied with plenty of activities can reduce the chances of having a seizure. Therefore, boredom increases the likelihood of a convulsion, potentially triggering one to happen. Around the time of their menstrual cycles, females are at a higher risk of seizures due to fluctuations in hormone levels and anti-epileptic drugs in the bloodstream. External factors encompass aspects…

The Horrible Parenting of Rex and Rose Mary Walls In The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls, the actions and attitudes of Rex and Rose Mary Walls detract from their children's resilience, through many different forms of abuse, such as child neglect, being absent as a parent, and neglecting life-threatening situations, both parents hinder the children from reaching their full capabilities in life and denial of basic human rights. Both parents hinder the children from reaching their full capabilities…

The nature of the Salem Witch Trials was one of hysteria and fear. The Puritans of the Massachusetts New England colony were extraordinarily religious with a strain of Protestantism far more rigid than most, which was reflected in their reaction to supposed witchcraft. The pain of the 1692 Salem Witch Trials extended far beyond the nineteen executed and the five more who died in prison. Over a hundred more languished in jail for months on end, chained to the walls of dark, damp, and tiny jail…

of Salem’s residence by Charles W. Upham show a particular pattern between the accusers and the accused, implicating that neighborhood quarrels could have indeed played at least a minor role in these witchcraft accusations. Another point which Boyer and Nissenbaum address is witchcraft and factionalism. Claiming that Salem was full of settlers whose frustrations had festered over the years, in which they were suspicious of one another and exploding with jealousy. These power struggles and…