The Onset

AKF does not appear any signs or symptoms. AKF has four phases which are the onset phase, the oliguric phase, the diuretic phase, and finally the recovery phase. In this essay, the development…

current standard for mental health diagnoses, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM5,) to assist them in their diagnostic assessments. To determine a diagnosis of Schizophrenia, a health care provider must follow the DSM 5 and define the time of onset, length, and characteristic of symptoms (CITE). Active symptoms must be present at least 6 months to be diagnosed (CITE). There must be positive and negative symptoms present and they must significantly impair functioning (CITE). After…

The purpose of this literature review is to have a look at the various information available, regarding the relationship between stress and asthma. There is more to stress than a state of mind, it is a physical state of being that can affect the immune system and possibly airflow, and as a result may have an effect on asthma (Vig, Forsythe, and Vliagoftis, 2006). We are in search of the connection between stress and asthmatic symptoms as well as the emotional effects asthma has on the individual…

alcohol initiation (AI) and depressive symptom onset (DSO) will provide clues for prevention of negative health outcomes associated with co-occurring alcohol use and depressive symptoms. Limited evidence focuses on the sequence of AI and DSO and existing findings of the association of alcohol use and depressive symptoms…

a gene or multiple mutations in a gene. Early onset familial Alzheimer’s disease is an autosomal dominant disease, which means that there is enough of a mutation on one of the non-sex chromosomes to cause the disease. You can receive this from either parent, depending on which parent has the dominant gene, most likely the parent who has familial history of Alzheimer’s. There have been studies to try and figure out the mode of inheritance for late onset Alzheimer’s, however; there has yet to be a…

Currently there are two types of muscular dystrophy that are known in the both the medical and scientific community. There’s type one myotonic dystrophy also known as congenital myotonic dystrophy which has an onset at birth. Then there is type two, myotonic muscular dystrophy which has an onset at adulthood[2]. Both type one and type two myotonic dystrophy have many similarities where they share a repeat expression in noncoding regions and similar RNA transcript defects. Both type one and type…

explain the onset of Schizophrenia? Schizophrenia is one of the most challenging mental disorders as it’s caused by a combination of factors rather than one root cause. Reductionism is an approach which attempts to understand the nature of complex phenomena by reducing them into a smaller set of properties (Jones, 2004) and therefore disregarding the complexities of an individual’s brain and experiences. The purpose of this essay is to assess whether a reductionist approach can explain the…

Wickman, S. (2005). An examination of the five factors of personality, pubertal onset and alcohol usage in adolescent males. Masters theses & specialist projects. Paper 981. http://digitalcommons.wku.edu.libsrv.wku.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1984&context=theses This study was conducted to determine the combined effects of early pubertal onset and certain personality characteristics on the alcohol usage demonstrated by adolescent males. The subjects for this study were 100 males in the…

three different subtypes, which are established at the onset of the disorder and their age. The different subtypes of conduct disorder are childhood onset, adolescent onset, and unspecified onset. Childhood onset is when a child that is experiencing signs of conduct behavior appear before the age of ten. This usually appears in males, which show frequent aggression toward people. ADHD is also found in this subtype. Another subtype is adolescent onset.…

to the respiratory muscles being weakened (Pompe Disease, 2010). In Infantile-Onset, the child is unable to keep up with the development of children their own age and have problems with hearing and during feeding (Pompe Disease Clinical, 2013). With Late-Onset Pompe Disease patients can experience sleeping disorders associated with respiratory problems (Pompe Disease Clinical, 2013). Also associated with Late-Onset Pompe Disease is struggling to carryout everyday tasks due to muscle weakness,…