Spina bifida

weakest in the bunch. He was born with something called Congenital Hydrocephalus, which is fluid on the brain. The Article, Hydrocephalus, says "Congenital hydrocephalus means a baby is born with the condition. This is often due to problems like Spina Bifida (abnormal development of the spinal cord) or Aquiductal Stenosis (The narrowing of a small passageway, the 'Aqueduct of Silvius,' that’s connects two major ventricles in the brain." He had to be hand fed every day. The article, Hydrocephalus…

1a. Reasons for the development of the technology The amniocentesis procedure was developed to assess the unborn baby and whether it has any risk of developing or has already developed a serious health condition or abnormality, however, its first use was to determine the sex of the baby. The test is taken when risk factors are present including: - Being aged over 35 - History of inherited problems in the family - Other tests have shown the baby may have problems During an amniocentesis, a needle…

birth defects. They are commonly ranked as structural or functional/developmental. Structural defects are when a specific body part is missing or malformed. The most prevalent types of structural defects are cleft lip, heart defects, cleft foot and spina…

Kristi Yamaguchi: Skating Legend Kristi Yamaguchi is a legend on ice. She can make triple jumps and twirls look like a breeze. Her feet, the ones that have skated her from award to award, were not always as efficient as they are now. As a young child she suffered from what is known as clubfoot (Disabled World). Walking adjustments such as casts or special shoes have a positive and a negative effect. On the negative side, large sores or calluses have a tendency to develop with the abnormal…

A neurogenic bladder stands for a lack of bladder control due to a dysfunction of nerves affecting afferent or efferent signaling. These nerves carry messages between the bladder and spinal cord, and direct the holding and release of urine. When the nerves fail to function, the symptoms of neurogenic bladder develop, which is the condition that affects millions of people around the world. Function of the bladder Several nerve mechanisms regulate urine storage and bladder emptying. As urine…

A C-section is a procedure of delieveing a baby through a surgical opening in the mothers lower stomach area, this procedure is also known as a Cesatean delivery. In the case of revieving a C-secton, women who usually get the procedure might have health issues such as past surgergery on the uterus, previous c-section, HIV infection, active genital herpes infections, or severe illness such as heart disease. A C-section is also acceptable treatment if there are problems with the baby, like…

Of many debilitating conditions that are out there in the world, one I want to discuss is a condition known as scoliosis. This can be very debilitating and in some extreme cases can affect respiratory function. What will be discussed is what scoliosis is and what it does to the body, who and how many people are affected by it as well as who is most likely to develop this condition, the signs and symptoms of the disease, how to identify scoliosis and prognosis of this degenerative condition.…

Fetal Surgery Fetal surgery in the simplest terms is surgery that is performed on the fetus inside the uterus of the mother. It was introduced in n 1963 in Auckland, New Zealand by A. William Liley. There are three types of fetal surgery; Open fetal surgery, Fetoscopic surgery, and Fetal image-guided surgery. Doctors have found that the fetus can actually sustain anesthesia by 33 to 41 weeks, and these babies have the opportunity to heal, recover and grow inside the uterus the safest place for…

IDEA Definition Intellectual disabilities are defined in IDEA as “significantly subaverage general intellectual functioning, existing concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior and manifested during the developmental period, that adversely affects a child’s educational performance” (Heward, 2013, p. 124). Causation Intellectual disabilities can effect a child’s brain development at anytime. Problems could arise prenatal, perinatal, or even postnatal. Causes are categorized into biomedical,…

nlm.nih.gov). Although not necessarily life threatening, many birth defects can come out of this exposure. Those birth defects include: Down syndrome, trisomy 18, Tay-Sachs, sickle cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, and neural tube defects, including spina bifida…