Femur

MPS II, Hunter syndrome or iduronate sulfatase deficiency, is caused by lack of the enzyme iduronate sulfatase. Hunter syndrome has two clinical subtypes and as it is inherited in X-linked recessive fashion, it is the only one of the mucopolysaccharidoses in which the mother alone can pass the defective gene to a son. Genu valgum: Family history is usually important because certain heritable conditions, such as hereditary multiple exostoses, Marfan syndrome, osteogenesis imperfecta, or vitamin…

Southern France who enjoyed hunting and horseback riding. At a young age, he suffered from severe pain in his legs and eventually had to withdraw from school and these activities. When Toulouse-Lautrec was 13, he suffered two falls which caused broken femurs. Throughout his young life his medical ailments were attributed to dampness, nerves, poor nutrition and rheumatism (Hodder, Huntley, Aronson, & Ramachandran, 2014). It wasn’t until 1965 when Drs. Maroteaux and Lamy diagnosed…

electronics. Emotionally, he was a blunt and outspoken person. Casey’s life was drastically altered in 1995 when he got into a horrible motorcycle accident. He was speeding and hit a telephone pole. Some of the injuries his body sustained were a broken femur, broken tibia, and collapsed lung. Because he hit his head, the back…

I was at the baseball field and it was a tuesday that night. It was cloudy with a chance of rain. I was in the dugout out and we just got done with taking grounder. I was talking with my team mate Dawson and he was having fun. Then the coach comes in and says were taking batting practice and I was pitching and Dwain,Grant,and Sam were batting. Grand came up and I thought him a few pitches and then I hit him. It may or may not been on purpose and he is bad because he wanted everyone…

and left leg, along with the right wrist. Ms. Perez has severe pain to her ankles and leg and the wrist. We had a lengthy discussion. Dr. Wolohan said she needs to have more surgery on the right wrist, she was given a brace today. He said the left femur is still healing. Her ankles and limited flexion so she cannot flex them enough to stand. He said at some point she may have a fusion of the ankles. He said in the meantime she needs to heal and get the cellulitis under control. She has edema to…

The infamous event of the Piltdown hoax is one that continues to draw speculative attention over a century after the initial announcement of the paleoanthropological findings. Although many scientists, especially those involved in the field of paleoanthropology, would like to forget the incident entirely, the Piltdown man—otherwise taxonomically referred to as Eoanthropus dawsoni—is perhaps the greatest hoax in anthropological history. Since the exposure of the Piltdown discovery as a forgery in…

Gordon Hayward Injury/Career Injuries often occur in the NBA, some are really bad injuries and some are not that horrible. The injury that I’m going to talk about is one of the most horrifying injuries to witness in NBA history. The injury was seen all over the world on national television and seen by 20,562 fans of the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics in Cleveland Ohio. What I am going to talk about in this essay is about Boston Celtics forward Gordon journey to the NBA, Career, and…

ambulance this time around, but both ambulances were very similar in their set up. We first went to Presence Medical Center and did not receive our first call till 3:00 P.M. It was a transport for a 93-year-old female who had a closed fracture on her left femur. She recently had surgery to fix the fracture and from her medical papers it said she had a history of arthritis and chest pain. The patient was confused so we were unable to get a full detailed history and did not know the cause her…

Anterior Crucial Ligaments tears, commonly known as ACL tears, are the most common and most debilitating knee injuries known to athletes. Sports today have become such a fast paced style of play some that players bodies can’t keep up with the quick movements they have to perform causing sudden tears in ligaments and muscles. The ACL tears because of these quick movements, which is a significant problem because it is one of the main stabilizing ligaments in the knee. The ACL is the most…

HuHip Fractures Population at Greatest Risk for Hip Fractures Population at greatest risk for hip fractures is older people with osteoporosis, especially white women. The elderly have weaker bone due to osteoporosis and they are more likely to fall due to conditions such as neurological impairment, impaired vision, poor balance, side effects from medications, institutional living, physical inactivity, and difficulty maneuvering around environmental hazards. After a hip fracture, many are…