Neurology

The question is what is Lou Gehrigs Disease? The answer is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS and the most common name Lou Gehrigs disease. ALS was founded in 1869 by a French neurologist Sean Martin Charcot. Amyotrophic means there is no muscle nourishment. Lateral meaning the area in the spinal cord where the nerve cells that instruct and manage are. Sclerosis is a condition in which a tissue has become hard. This is a neurodegenerative disease that is progressive and…

Encephalopathy is defined as a general term for brain dysfunction and can include a number of syndromes and diseases (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2015). Specifically, traumatic encephalopathy is the result of trauma or force to the head, which is what occurred to patient J.M. However, encephalopathy can also be caused secondary to infections, anoxia, metabolic problems, and drugs (Hockenberry & Wilson, 2015). In this case, forceful trauma to the head can cause further brain damage due to bleeding in…

Hearing loss has a significant impact on a person's life. Though they want to join in with others in conversations, the words that they hear, if any, are muffled, which causes them to constantly have to ask someone to repeat what they said. It is embarrassing, so after a while, they just stop trying. The sounds of nature and traffic slowly disappear over time too. Television sets don't seem to have volume settings that are high enough, and going to a play or musical is often frustrating. The…

Lewy Body Dementia: Lewy body dementia is the second most common type of escalating dementia after Alzheimer's disease. This condition leads to a gradual decline in mental capabilities. It may also create visual hallucinations, which typically take the form of animals or people who are not there. This can cause abnormal behavior such as having discussions with deceased loved ones. Another sign of Lewy Body Dementia may be massive shifts in awareness and attentiveness. Incidences may include…

Vitiligo is a condition in which a loss of cells that give color to the skin melanocytes results in smooth, white patches in the midst of normally pigmented skin. It is a common disorder that is caused by the loss of pigment in the skin. Melanin is the pigment that gives the skin its color, so when you lose some pigment in the skin you will see a change of color in your skin. That's due to the destruction of pigment forming cells known as melanocytes. People with vitiligo seem to inherit a…

Parkinson’s disease is a hazardous disease and one of the most common diseases in US, about one million people live with it. It is a progressive movement disorder which means that the symptoms may get worse over time. Till now the cause is not identified or known .There is no cure but there are treatments to reduce the symptoms by medications and surgery. WHAT IS PARKINSON’S DISEASE? It is a brain disorder affecting brain cells in the brain. Parkinson’s affects neurons in an…

In today’s society dermatologist treat many different skin diseases from childhood age to adulthood. Psoriasis among others is a very common chronic skin disease that will cause the skin to become inflamed, red, itchy and can show small scaling spots or thick red patches. Many people live with this chronic disease. This disease can affect a variety of ages but it is very common to onset in childhood. Psoriasis is a familiar condition in pediatrics. According to studies in North India, twenty to…

Because every living organism on the planet is part of the ecosystem I thought it was important to incorporate what Chemtrails do to the human body. The deterioration of cognitive function is just one effect of Chemtrails on our immune system. The skin, being the largest organ in our body, is a permeable membrane. This means that invisible toxins in our air, including Chemtrails and other highly dangerous chemicals, go right into our skin. Poisoned rainwater or snow touching our skin does the…

It’s hard when forgetting becomes constant and remembering fades away. Through early life it’s all okay until aging becomes a scare. All the while, the brain deteriorates along with the “normal” self. Most commonly in humans starting at the age of sixty-five, Alzheimer’s snatches away the ability to remember and the person’s identity. Alzheimer’s is a dementia that affects the memory, behavior and thinking which leads to many complications and problems. It is the sixth leading cause of death and…

According to the spinal cord injury zone (2005) “Paraplegia is the loss of sensation and movement in legs and in part or on the trunk, usually resulting from an injury to the spinal cord below the neck”. Paraplegia refers to loss of sensory and motor function in the thoracic, lumber or sacral segments of the spinal cord, secondary damage of neural elements within the spinal canal. Paraplegic function depends on the level of injury; the trunk, legs and pelvic organs may be involved (Steven et al.…