Metabolic syndrome

The following summary looks at the article titled, “Increased Risk of Alcohol and Drug use Among Children From Deployed Military Families”, and is from the journal Addiction. The article was authored by Laura Acion, Marizen R. Ramirez, Ricardo E. Jorge, and Stephan Arndt. The research discussed in this article examines the relationship between the deployment of a military parent and the alcohol and drug usage among the children of these deployed military parents (Acion, Ramirez, Jorge, & Arndt,…

Case Summary Ms. Charles is a female who presented with a gradual onset of seemingly unrelated symptoms that progressively worsened throughout her life. As a child she developed multiple dental caries and periodontal disease. A few years later, she began having dry mouth symptoms; generalized myalgias and arthralgias; and chronic eye irritation and blepharitis, which did not respond to over-the-counter eye drops, allergy medications, or pain medications. She was evaluated by multiple physicians…

Each year, about 6,000 babies are born with Down Syndrome, according to the CDC. Down Syndrome is a congenital disorder that causes intellectual impairment and physical abnormalities such as hypotonia, ligamentous laxity, and decreased strength which prevent children with Down Syndrome from developing motor skills at the same level as children without the disorder. The Children’s TherAplay Foundation provides therapy for children with disorders such as this. An employee from this foundation…

Published in 2015, the Retinitis Pigmentosa article, provided by The Gale Encyclopedia of Genetic Disorders, defines retinitis pigmentosa as a disease that “refers to a group of inherited disorders that slowly lead to blindness due to abnormalities of the photoreceptors (primarily in the rods) in the retina.”. The article explained what happens throughout the eye of a retinitis pigmentosa or a RP patient. In the article readers were told how RP only affects the eye. However since most of human…

originally caused by a DNA abnormality. Genetic disorders can be inherited or can form early, in the development of child’s womb. Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that came from a French doctor named, Antoine Marfan. He first discovered it when he noticed a five-year-old girl, with symptoms of Marfan syndrome. He would later go on to describe this disorder. Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the body’s connective tissues in many parts of the human body. The connective…

kids, though with earlier diagnosis will make treatment plans better and more valuable. Although autism is a result of neurologic abnormality the cause of the problems with the nervous system is unknown (Norwell). The environment, immunologic and metabolic all influence on the autism disorder. There is no single gene that is responsible for autism, researchers suggest that a variety of genes combined together increase the risk of a child getting autism. Although there is no known reason why…

ABA and TEACCH Autism is a developmental disorder with no cure, but there are interventional treatments available for autistic children that family can use. Two of the most widely known comprehensive intervention models is “Applied Behaviour Analysis” (ABA) and “Treatment and Education of Autistic and related Communication-handicapped Children” (TEACCH). These two interventions are broadly requested and implemented in schools, educators, service providers, and parents (Callahan, et.al. 2009).…

What Happened to my Brain? ASD You might have witnessed strange behaviors from children or adults. You ask yourself, what could be wrong with them? Well it could be ASD, also known as Autistic Spectrum Disorder which can affect anybody at any age. Autistic Spectrum Disorder is a mental disorder with no true origin or cause, it’s well known throughout the world, attacking our brain and mind with fury, causing minimal to severe mental disorders, various physical ,mental, and dietary treatments…

There have always been alternative therapies and treatments for children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and their effects vary in a number of ways. Some are more novel, practical, specific, or general. Different forms of therapy demand different things of the child with ASD. This then results in the different forms of therapy producing different results. Collecting data from different articles and researches, there is an obvious difference in what the children with ASD get out of the…

What is Asperger's Syndrome? Asperger's syndrome (also known to as Asperger syndrome, Asperger's disorder, Aspergers, or AS) is a condition on the autistic spectrum. Like other autistic spectrum disorders, Asperger's involves "limited, similar, and stereotyped patterns of behavior, interests, and activities."1 However, this syndrome differs from 'classic' autism in that there is no significant delay in low-social aspects of intellectual development. AS might have both positive and side effects…