Hydrocephalus

AGS is an autosomal-dominant condition affecting several body systems and characterized by neonatal jaundice along with a paucity of intrahepatic bile ducts on liver histology. It is also known as Alagille-Watson syndrome or arterio-hepatic dysplasia, and is caused by defects in the Notch signaling pathway. The disease affects the liver, heart, skeleton, eyes, kidneys, central nervous system, and is associated with characteristic facial features. (1, 2) The syndrome was first described by…

prohibiting “removal of life-sustaining treatment to a pregnant woman” didn’t apply in this case because she was already legally dead. At this point Ms. Munoz was 22 weeks pregnant and the fetus was not viable, as well as having suffered from hydrocephalus, a possible heart condition, and the lower extremities were deformed. This poses the question of is it…

complexity. Small dime-sized craniotomies are called burr holes or keyhole craniotomies” (mayfieldclinic.com). These ´small dime-sized’ craniotomies are specifically used for a ´minimally invasive procedures: insert a shunt into the ventricles to drain hydrocephalus, insert a deep brain stimulator to treat Parkinsonś disease, insert an ICP monitor, remove a sample of needle biopsy, drain a blood clot, and lastly, insert an endoscope to remove small tumors and clip aneurysm. There are six main…

listen to them when it tells them to walk. There was a series of fourteen studies, with a wide variety of debilitating injuries such as; dementia, stroke, Huntington’s disease, spinal cord injury, traumatic head injury, multiple sclerosis, and hydrocephalus. Although the journal does admit to quite a bit of short term improvement, it seems that they did not have enough participants from all groups to recommended this therapy yet, and suggested “further high quality studies are needed before…

15. Bill Haast, the "Snake Man," was bitten by poisonous snakes at least 173 times, he injected himself with snake venom every day for over 60 years, he saved countless lives with his antibody-rich blood, and he lived to be 100. haast Image Source: Telegraph Bill Haast who has been bitten at least 173 times, 20 of them almost fatally built up his immunity by injecting himself with the mix of venom from almost 32 species of poisonous snakes. He did this for every day for over 60 years. Haast…

Their third child was Theo Matthew Dahl. A little after he was brought home he was involved in a serious accident. His baby carriage got hit by a taxicab in New York. Theo suffered from a severe head injury, developing a medical condition called Hydrocephalus. Following the tragic accident the oldest daughter Olivia began to get sick, they realized she caught measles. At the time she was seven years old. The measles had turned into something worse, they called it measles encephalitis. Back then…

and his health during the time, Watson reported the child’s health as ‘healthy and normal’ however it has since been debated by Beck, Levinson, and Irons (2009) that Albert’s identity is that of Douglas Merritte (1919-1925) a child who died of hydrocephalus. (Fridlund, 2012) Which would question why Watson would use a child with a neurological impairment in his research, while further jeopardizing the conclusions obtained from his…

recondition Albert before officially ending the experiment shows the lack of responsibility and, quite frankly, lack of moral and credibility. However, no real judgements can be made since baby Albert unfortunately died at the age of 6 due to hydrocephalus; therefore, no long term effects of the experimented were ever obtained. While this topic may cause some heated arguments, one must still remember that it was through this very experiment that we are now able to look and psychology the way we…

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman is an anecdotal novel that was both clever and diverting. The fundamental character, Arnold Spirit Jr, is an Indian kid experiencing the delayed consequences of Hydrocephalus. He lives on a destitution stricken Indian hold, home to drunks, addicts and abusers. Because of his therapeutic conditions he experiences various physical disfigurements that make him a prime focus for badgering. In any case, those are the slightest of his issues.…

Brachycephalic Airway Obstruction Syndrome in Dogs: Overview: Brachycephalic Airway Obstruction Syndrome, or more commonly referred to as Brachycephalic syndrome or abbreviated BAOS, is a syndrome that leads to respiratory distress in the affected breeds of dogs (CIDD). Brachycephalia is best described as a chondrodysplasia that has been a product of selected breeding of domesticated breeds of dogs and cats (Koch). Breed standards often encourage and require these negative anatomical features,…