Dystonia

learning to tell my story; it gets easier to give advice to people who struggle daily with abuse. I am always reminded I am so lucky it was a one time thing and I really only takes one time to ruin more than one person’s life. I have struggled with Dystonia and PTSD. I make sure to tell these girls that it’s not ok and that little things add up. I tell them not to be a victim of domestic violence but to be a survivor. I am a survivor, everyday proves that to…

“Gastro” is a term that means stomach, while “Paresis” means weakness. Gastroparesis commonly referred as gastric emptying is a digestive disorder in which the food movement from the stomach to small intestine slows down or gets abnormal. In order to move food from the stomach to small intestine the stomach contracts. The stomach muscles are regulated by the vagus nerves. In order to break down food and movement food over gastrointestinal tract, the stomach muscle controlled by vagus nerve…

“When Brains Attack” Podcast By: Robert Krulwich & Jad Abumrad (1 hour long) Brains are amazing. They have so much power and control over us; that sometimes one feels as if they are a completely separate force from us that can go against our will. In this podcast they tell us four stories of how the brain took a course of it’s own. From a fiber optic wire in a mouse’s brain, to a change in space position, to secrets our brain keeps from us, to a complete power out of a section of the brain, we…

The Summary The Four Corners Health Partners (FCHP) was a company that buys up health facilities in Colorado and the company was expanding into other areas of the country. A proposal for the County Hospital to turn over the management of the hospital to FCHP prompted the county commissioner to ask the board of physicians for their recommendations. The County Hospital Director of Medical Staff, Dr. Melvin Wood, held meetings with the Green River County Hospital Board of Physicians to discuss…

What exactly is Tourette Syndrome? It's a disorder that causes random spastic and normally strange movements, sounds, words, or even a combination of the three. According to Encyclopedia Britannica, it's "Tourette Syndrome is a rare inherited neurological disorder characterized by recurrent motor and phonic tics (involuntary muscle spasms and vocalizations). It is three times more prevalent in males than in females. Although the cause of Tourette syndrome is unknown, evidence suggests that there…

Hardware-Related Problems of DBS[12] Deep brain stimulation for the improvement of movement disorders and pain is now a well-established therapy. A strange fact here is that very little has been published on the topic of hardware failure in the treatment of such conditions irrespective of clinical results are. Such device-related problems can cause significant patient morbidity and increased cost of therapy in the form of prolonged antibiotics, in-patient hospitalization, device replacement and…

Parkinson's disease is a long-lasting disease that affects all parts of the body. This disease is a chronic neurodegenerative disease that has no cure, but a lot of symptoms. This disease was first described by a British doctor named James Parkinson’s in 1817 and was first called as shaking palsy. Parkinson’s disease has been around for a very long time and dates to around 5000 B.C. There are different conditions and problems that are like Parkinson’s disease like Essential tremor, Lewy-body…

Have you ever heard of someone dying or overdosing from marijuana? No, because no one has ever died or overdosed from marijuana. When it comes to smoking cigarettes and tobacco, more than 480,000 deaths occur per year and; around 88,000 deaths per year due to alcohol. Yet cigarettes, tobacco, and alcohol are legal and marijuana is not (Smoking & Tobacco Use). I support the legalization of marijuana for several reasons. Marijuana is not harmful; it does not cause cancer and does not lead to…

of alpha motor neurones at the neuromuscular junction(Nigam, 2010). When most people think of toxins they only affiliated them with being harmful, however botulinum toxin has been able to be used in conditions with muscular overactivity, such as dystonia which is involuntary muscle contractions. There are many serotypes of botulinum toxin, however Serotype A which is the only commercially available form of botulinum toxin for clinical use is the example we most commonly hear about. Two…

status examiners pay attention to activity levels, such as cognitive activity and motor coordination. For instance, if a client is experiencing symptoms of stereotypy it may be suggestive of autism or another intellectual disability; or symptoms of dystonia, for example, may be indicative of reactions to medications (Bennett & Evans,…