Cranial nerves

INTRODUCTION Sarcoidosis is a multisystem chronic inflammatory disorder.1 The disease primarily affects the pulmonary system. It causes an increase in inflammatory markers which may develop into pulmonary granulomas. The disease may also affect the skin, eyes, kidneys and practically any system of the body.2 Patients require a thorough history and physical and systemic work-up with treatment focused on the most severely affected system.1 Sarcoidosis can affect any age group, ethnicity or race.…

Cerebral Palsy: The Never Ending Journey Every day many children, teens and adults struggle and fight to make the best of living with cerebral palsy, most of them never quitting and never losing hope. There are probably many inspirational stories I could tell, but one from my personal experience I knew him growing up, and he was born with cerebral palsy from birth, his being not so severe that he is able to walk on his own. However, he has had a rough time learning to slow down when walking so…

Related Treatments The decision to perform surgical treatment to evacuate a chronic subdural hematoma was guided by the clinical presentation of the patient and the radiographic appearance of the lesion (Soleman, Taussky, Fandino, & Muroi, 2014). The patient’s CT scan revealed a hypodense chronic subdural hematoma with a midline shift. She was prepared for immediate surgical evacuation. The three surgical options for chronic SDH include percutaneous twist-drill craniostomy (TDC), operative…

Tensions headaches are a cramping of the neck and shoulders, and feel like a tight “ring” around the cranial cavity. These headaches have symptoms of “icyhot” sensations around the head, neck, and shoulders. Tension headaches are divided into two main classes episodic and chronic. Episodic headaches can last to a minimum of 30 minutes or a week, more frequent…

Overview Stroke and hemorrhagic stroke A stroke is a brain attack. It is caused when blood flow to an area of brain is cut off. Brain cells are deprived of oxygen and begin to die. After that, abilities for the brain cells in that area to memory and muscle control are lost. There are two main kinds of strokes: ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke. Ischemic stroke is the main kind of strokes and it takes up to 80% of all strokes. It is caused by a blockage of blood flow of part of the brain…

The purpose of our senses has to do with how our brain works with our body. All the senses in our body are created from the information that goes into the brain. The deeper view on the senses is perception. It creates a much bigger picture on how we view our five sense. The way that we perceive why we do what we do is perspective. All these objectives go with what we do in our everyday lives. As a class we all experienced these senses as we went to The Metropolitan Museum of Art and experienced…

Synopsis According to Wheeler (2014), “Post traumatic stressed disorder (PTSD) in adults is characterized by persistent re-experiencing a highly traumatic event that involves actual or threatened death or serious injury to self or others, to which the individual responded with intense fear, helplessness, or horror.” Events or situations that are considered traumatic are natural disasters, military combat, prisoner of war, a plane accident, bombings, assault, rape, abuse, or the a diagnosis of a…

drug reactions Nephrotoxic - tubular necrosis, probably related to interference in the phospholipids metabolism in proximal tubular cells lysosomes with resultant leakage of proteolytic enzyme into the cytoplasm. Ototoxic – (Toxicity of the 8th cranial nerve). 3.2.5 Indications and uses Active against a wide range of human bacterial infections, mostly Gram-negative bacteria including Pseudomonas, Proteus, Serratia, and the Gram-positive Staphylococcus. Gentamicin is not used for Neisseria…

Impact of technology on human’s critically thinking Technology is the most pervasive industry in today’s world and it has profound impact on people’s lives. The more advanced technology becomes, the more it seems to have control over their lives. In the essay “Does The Internet Make You Dumber?” by Nikolas Carr and “The Fakebook Generation” by Alice Mathias, the authors write that technology, especially the internet, distracts people deeply. It is detrimental for damaging people’s ability to…

Cerebral palsy (CP) is a neurological disorder caused by a non-progressive brain disorder or malformation during development (Stern, 2016). CP affects body movement, muscle control, muscle coordination, muscle tone, reflexes, posture, and balance. CP does not cause any further degeneration, meaning it is non-progressive, but it is incurable. This paper will be discussing the causes, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment for CP. It will also discuss the events and information acquired through the…