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Have you ever had the urge to gnaw off your fingers or lips? It may not appeal to you to do this, but people with Lesch-Nyhan syndrome see nothing wrong with chewing off their lips. Scientist do not have all of the answer to this disease, and what causes people to bite off their lips and fingers still leave scientists bewildered. Lesch-Nyhan syndrome affects how the body builds and/or breaks down purines. Purines are natural substances found in all of the body’s cells and also in most foods.…

The “behavioral manipulation” hypothesis proposes that a parasite can alter the behavior of a host in a way that will improve its chances of being retransmitted, without changing other innate behaviors. It has been hypothesized that T. gondii has evolved to specifically manipulate the behavior of rodents, its ideal secondary host, in order to improve its chances of being acquired by its definitive host, felines. Indeed, infection in mice and rats specifically abolishes innate fear of cat urine…

7) The surrounding The environment does not directly cause overweight or obesity. Some environmental factors, however, do. Some environments encourage activities that will fuels overweight and obesity. Below are environmental factors that entertain overweight: i. Availability of cheap food. In some parts where food is cheap, people tend to eat excessively especially if the food is sugary. This leads to overweight. ii. Work. Some people work in environments where they are too busy making proper…

for this disorder. In the worst case scenario, a person may potentially be hospitalized for a short duration to be evaluated and to ensure the safety of their health. If psychotic symptoms are minimal, but disabling antipsychotic medications like haloperidol, thioridazine, and chlorpromazine may be administered. However, these medications should not be given for more than a month’s time (Mohammed, 2016). Overall, we can conclude that brief psychotic disorder along with other mental illnesses…

the brain, and in which there has been some loss of contact with reality, frequently including delusions (false, rigid convictions) or hallucinations and Thought disorder. A portion of the first-generation antipsychotics include: Chlorpromazine, Haloperidol, Perphenazine, Fluphenazine etc. More current or second era meds are additionally called "atypical" antipsychotics. A portion of the regular atypical antipsychotics include: Olanzapine, Risperidone, Ziprasidone These medicines are primarily…

the most commonly prescribed, where studies found that the dopamine and serotonin neurotransmitters in the brain were affected to help maintain schizophrenic symptoms; however, first-generation medication such as cholorpromazine, fluphenazine, haloperidol, and perphanzine give off detrimental side affects such as the development of a movement disorder (6). Nevertheless, therapy and social skills training as well as housing programs are some of the resources that can be provided for families that…

with schizophrenia, who are not responding to other anti-psychotic medications (Gage et al., 2015). It has been proven in clinical trials that those SUs using clozapine showed substantial improvement in their quality of life compared to those on haloperidol (Turner & Stewart, 2006). For example, in my clinical placement, a SU was admitted to our inpatient unit following a relapse from clozapine. His past history clearly shows, he was discharged on clozapine medication six years ago and had not…

Home visits are a typical part of research studies especially when it involves the developmental stages of children. Recently, when entering a participant’s home and preparing to perform the Bayley’s Scales of Infant Development, it is obvious the participant (a thirty month old child) was not interested in the visitors whom just entered her home. However, it is apparent that the child is intrigued by the toys being unpacked and quickly zero-in’s on small red blocks (just big enough to fit…

Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe mental disorder that affects the person’s way of thinking. Sometimes people with schizophrenia are out of touch with reality and that is how others view them. Scientists also think that interactions between genes and aspects of the individual’s environment are necessary for schizophrenia to develop (NIMH, 2018). Doctors don't know the change in a person's behavior or genetic information that would predict who gets the mental illness. There are many symptoms…

Rationale for NDDS (1500): NDDSs are being developed to overcome several limitations of conventional drug delivery systems. Although oral risperidone has superior efficacy to older antipsychotics and has remarkably less side effects (5), the greatest limitation with the use of risperidone for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder is non-compliance such as partial dosing or infrequent dosing by patients (6) Three quarter of all patients with schizophrenia are not compliant to their oral…