Tuberous sclerosis

When I was in third-grade, I was diagnosed with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex, or TSC for short. TSC is a disease that causes benign tumors to grow on major organs, such as the brain, eyes, kidneys, lungs, heart, and liver. The tumors cause four major symptoms: autism, epilepsy, mental retardation, and physical retardation. That year my family attended a conference regarding the disease to learn more about the TSC and its effects. At the conference, children were put into either a regular or…

The extensive use of the measles-mumps-rubella MMR vaccine has allegedly overlapped with an increase in the frequency of autism in California. The measles virus used in the MMR vaccine is a live weakened virus that normally causes no symptoms or only very mild ones. However, wild-type measles can infect the central nervous system and even cause post infectious encephalomyelitis, probably because of an immune-mediated response to myelin proteins. A population-based study of measles, mumps, and…

no explanation for this continuing increase. Some children with autism have an identifiable genetic condition that affects the brain development. Disorders includes Fragile X syndrome( which causes intellectual disability), Angelman syndrome, tuberous sclerosis, chromosome 15 duplication syndrome and other single-gene and chromosomal disorders. No medical test can diagnose autism, the child may be diagnosed by a developmental pediatrician, psychiatrist, or psychologist, the child may be…

free. Those who received previous vaccines before June 1992 were classified in the category of received thimersoal containing vaccine (Hviid, Sellfeld,Wohlfahrt, Melbye, 2003). Information containing conditions associated with autism such as tuberous sclerosis, congenital rubella and Angelman syndrome were obtained from the National Hospital Discharge Register (Knudsen, Olsen, 1998). Other factors that may affect the study included examples such as the child’s sex or birth weight and were…

Pathophysiology: Proteus syndrome is caused by an activating somatic mosaic mutation in AKT1, a gene which encodes the well-studied serine/threonine kinase PKB/Akt .1,2 Akt is the key mediator of the PI3K signaling pathway. In response to a growth signal (e.g. IGF, EGF) and the autophosphorylation of a receptor tyrosine kinase, PI3K is recruited and activated, generating PIP¬3 molecules at the lipid membrane. These partially activate Akt and also activate PDK1/2, which complete the Akt…

Special Education: Autism Introduction: Within our society, special education in a school environment is viewed as a group of students who have social, mental, or physical disabilities. Throughout this research, autistic student’s behavior and traits will be analyzed from different perspectives. Autism has been an ongoing issue throughout the centuries across demographic groups. Autism, known as a type of special education, is not known to have any social, ethnic or racial boundaries (Dyches,…

Severe problems and syndromes that may accompany ASD includes mental retardation, seizures, and tuberous sclerosis sensory problems. Many children with ASD are very sensitive to certain sounds, textures, taste, and smells (Allen & Cowdery). Other forms of ASD is Rett’s disorder (Allen & Cowdery). It’s known as Rett syndrome is diagnosed primarily in females…

Introduction Epilepsy is known as Apasmara: apa, means negation or loss of; smara, means recollection or consciousness. Epilepsy known form thousands of years but came forward past hundred years. It was known from the Babylonians and Greeks also have records of epilepsy and they represent as Sacred Disease21. In India concept of epilepsy is known from ancient Indian medicine and it was developed during the Vedic period of .In the Ayurvedic literature of Charaka Samhita epilepsy is known…

Autism is a complex genetic developmental disorder that affects the wiring of the brain. The disorder is also known as ASD (Autism Spectrum Disorder).The severity of this disorder depends solely on the individual carrying it. There are different types of Autism, which allows each case to be unique. People diagnosed with Autism usually specialize in certain subjects, but may not be as well adapt in other areas. There are multiple causes of Autism, it is so much more than a “defective brain.”…

Did you know that dinosaurs roamed the Earth for over 165 million years? Did you know that the dinosaur with the longest name is Micropachycephalosaurus? To Max, these are facts that come as naturally as the score for the biggest football game this weekend. Max’s favorite t-shirt has a bright red Tyrannosaurus Rex on the front and he sports it proudly once a week- always on a Tuesday. Sometimes the kids at school pick on him for his unique interests and his lack of social skills. Some of the…