Multiple sclerosis

Sigler suffer from the nervous system disorder called multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic, typically progressive disease involving damage to the sheaths of nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord, whose symptoms may include numbness, impairment of speech and of muscular coordination, blurred vision, and severe fatigue. The symptoms and magnitude of multiple sclerosis can also very from person to person. The cause of multiple sclerosis is not fully known. What is known is that…

The motor neuron diseases (MNDs) are a group of progressive neurological disorders that destroy motor neurons, the cells that control essential voluntary muscle activity such as speaking, walking, breathing, and swallowing. Normally, messages from nerve cells in the brain (called upper motor neurons) are transmitted to nerve cells in the brain stem and spinal cord (called lower motor neurons) and from them to particular muscles. Upper motor neurons direct the lower motor neurons to produce…

Multiple Sclerosis: The Psychological Effects of Parental MS on Adolescents and Children Jessica Houge Greenville Technical College Abstract This paper defines multiple sclerosis and explores three articles that report on the behavioral and emotional psychological effects of adolescents who have a parent with multiple sclerosis (MS). The articles vary from professional studies to personal documentation. Mary Harmon (Harmon, 1999)(a parent who was diagnosed with MS) writes about her personal…

Multiple Sclerosis is a debilitating disease that affects millions of people around the world. Since my dad was diagnosed, my family is not able to do as many adventurous and fun things as normal families. I have a great deal of responsibilities in and around my home since my dad can't do much physical labor. My main goal in life is to become a Nurse Practitioner. The money from this scholarship would help me to meet my academic dreams to become a Nurse Practitioner. My dad was diagnosed in…

Chapter Two Literature Review 2.1 Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic demyelinating disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that remains incurable. The disease manifests as a wide range of neurological deficits including cognitive impairment, impaired coordination, visual disturbances, and extremity numbness (Weinshenker et al., 1989). MS affects approximately 400,000 people in the US and 2.5 million worldwide and it is the most common inflammatory neurological disease…

learning about diseases for which there are no cures. I had a patient in my third semester that was my age and had an acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. Brown (2011) believes that mastering the affective dimension of caring, similar to the acquisition of affective knowledge, is built on the premise of hierarchical learning. I had vague knowledge of multiple sclerosis but had yet to see its effect first hand much less on a lady that was the same age as myself. She was on hospice care and…

Bell’s palsy is defined as being a peripheral palsy of the facial nerve, resulting in unilateral muscle weakness of the face. Usually developing over one to three days, this facial paralysis typically reverses itself and normal function is restored without any medical intervention. In the rare case that it does not correct itself and treatment is necessary; medications, surgery, and physical therapy are indicated to assist in helping restore facial function. Goodman and Fuller state that…

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis is a disease also known as Gehrig’s Disease, that is a fatal neurological disease that affects the nerve cells rapidly. The nerve cells (neurons) are in charge of controlling voluntary muscles such as arms, legs, and face. This disease links to motor neuron diseases which is based off the death of motor neurons. Motor neurons are nerve cells that are to be located in the brain, brainstem, and spinal cord that are the…

2. Most Likely Diagnosis (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) a. Expand upon your most likely diagnoses (#1 from your list above). i. Define the pathological condition, disease or syndrome. (Make sure you include a reference for your definition). “Guillain-Barré syndrome is a serious health problem that occurs when the body's defense (immune) system mistakenly attacks part of the nervous system. This leads to nerve inflammation that causes muscle weakness or paralysis and other symptoms.” (Walling…

Sturge-Weber Syndrome (SWS) is classified as multisystem disorder that involve central nervous system, skin and eyes. It is due to the outgrowth of an abnormal non-cancerous mixture of cells and tissues of the blood vessels which creates the blockage or tumor on the specific nerves that are around the forehead, skin and upper eyelid areas. This abnormal growth of blood vessels happens at the most inner layer of the skull that wrap around the brain. As a result, this creates pressure on the brain…