Stockholm syndrome

progeria syndrome, HGPS is a disease that causes the body to "prematurely age". Manifestations of this disease affects the skin, musculoskeletal system, and vasculature. The term progeria is derived from the Greek word geras, meaning "old age" (Shah, 2015). Dr. Jonathan Hutchinson first described this syndrome in 1886, and again in 1897 by Dr. Hastings Gildford. Since the first discovery only approximately 130 cases have been reported in literature (Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria syndrome,…

How many of you know what autism really is? Well not a lot of people do unless you have a child with autism. Scientist have not found the cause of autism but they continue to work very hard to find out what is causing this disorder. Autism continues affect children around the world. After reviewing, I found that the United States started to use the word autism on the children that where diagnosed with emotional or social problems. There are some studies that say that Autism and schizophrenia…

Langdon Down who is considered the first person to medically describe its features in 1866, and is more commonly known as Down Syndrome. I decided to do this research on Down Syndrome because it strikes close to home for me. My Aunt on my mother’s side was born with a moderate…

that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. This disabilities affect people differently depending on the severity of the disability and they all share the same symptom like social interaction. People with Asperger syndrome usually have some symptoms of autistic disorder. They might have social challenges and unusual behaviors and interests but they often do not have problems…

Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Most individuals know that child abuse exists but do not realize that there are different ways to harm a child. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy, or factitious disorder, being one of them, a term that not many have heard of. Munchausen by Proxy will be defined, know how it came about, shown in different settings, such as educational and medical, and know the warning signs of this disorder. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is an unusual form of child abuse in which…

Students with autism can face possible barriers that could hinder their rights to inclusive education. Autism is considered to be a pervasive neurobiological disorder that emerges early in a child’s development (Corkum, Bryson & Smith, 2014). It is a life-long developmental deficiency which affects a students social interaction, social communication and flexibility of imagination and thought.To elaborate, autism is referred to as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) because it occurs in different…

Progeria Progeria, or Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome, is an extremely rare progressive genetic disorder that cause children to uncontrollably age at a rapid pace. Progeria is very fatal/terminal and it starts within the first 2-3 years of the child’s life. If a parent has never had a kid with Progeria, the probability of the parents having one is 1 in 4 million. The American Pregnancy Association says that Progeria “occurs in 1 of every 4-8 million newborns, and manifests itself physically in…

Introduction Munchausen syndrome by proxy was given the name by Dr. Roy Meadow in 1977. He figured out the name when he had two cases that had similar symptoms to those of Munchausen syndrome but were projected onto children by mothers who fabricated the symptoms. In the cases that he had one mother put her own blood into the child’s urine and the other case was of a mother who poisoned her toddler with excessive amount of salt. Many terms have been used to describe this diagnosis like…

How has autism changed since the 1930s? Jensen, C. M., Lauritsen, M. B., Steinhausen, H. (2014). Time Trends of Over 16 Years in Incidence-Rates of Autism Spectrum Disorders Across the Lifespan Based on Nationwide Danish Register Data. Springer Science & Business Media B.V. This scholarly web article provides specific details to describe the diagnosis of autism and how it has increased in the past two decades. The authors discuss how all of the studies show an increase in incidence rates from…

Atrial Septal Defect Atrial Septal Defect, commonly abbreviated as ASD, is a congenital heart defect that is caused by a slit like opening in the septum that separates the upper chambers of the heart known as the atria. ASD is one of the most common acyanotic congenital heart defects, which causes the normal blood flow of the heart to shunt from the left to right side of the heart. Although ASD causes the normal blood flow to be redirected it can have little to no effect on the person that has…