Tuberous sclerosis

changes in the structure or number of chromosomes or in the DNA which may lead to a disabling condition. A parent with a dominant gene defect has a 50% change of passing the defect on to each of their children. Dominant gene defects are:- • Tuberous sclerosis (a disorder affecting the skin and nervous system) • Achondroplasia (dwarfism) • Huntington’s chorea (a disorder of the central nervous system) If both parents carry a single recessive gene defect children have a 35% chance of being…

Autism is a mental disability, present from early childhood, characterized by difficulty in communicating and forming relationships with other people and in using language and abstract concepts. Autism can be identified in toddlers, mostly boys, from 18 to 30 months in age. According to Rapin (1997), “parents and pediatricians usually detect the disease when they notice the child’s lack of speech development and a lack of normal interest in others or a regression of early speech and sociability”…

This means it was inherited from one or both parents, it can also be from a gene change before someone is born. This means, epilepsy can run within families. Idiopathic epilepsy can also be a genetic condition that results in brain injury like tuberous sclerosis. Lastly, cryptogenic epilepsy is when the cause of a person’s epilepsy has not been found yet even after an analysis. The symptomatic, idiopathic, and cryptogenic categories help divide epilepsy causes and create a better chance at…

Student Name Ms. Dorris Final Paper Date Discussion on childhood Autism Every family could be affected by Autism. What is Autism? How many types of Autism may be found in the spectrum? How many families are affected? What are the symptoms? And probably most important, how do people get Autism? And is there a cure? This paper will introduce you to Autism, and more importantly explain to you that shots don’t cause Autism, as many would like you to believe. Autism is a brain disorder…

Educating Children with Autism outlines an interdisciplinary approach to education for children with autism. These scores are important in characterizing samples and allowing independent investigators to replicate specific findings, given the wide variability of intelligence within the autism spectrum. For example, deficits in aspects of Jean Piaget was a Swiss psychologist that was famous for his four stages of cognitive development for children, which included the development of language.…

Lying within the core of the human brain is a small gland known as the pineal gland which is the principal conductor and regulator of the endocrine system. Furthermore, another essential process that the pineal gland undergoes is the secretion of melatonin, an autacoid hormone that controls the body’s circadian rhythm. Aside from controlling the body’s natural circadian rhythm, melatonin is used to cure many different conditions including radiation exposure, Alzheimer’s disease, and tinnitus.…

What is Asperger’s/Prevalence Rates Asperger’s Syndrome is on the “high-functioning” end of the autism spectrum of disorders, a person with Asperger’s has a high or above average IQ, will get fixated on a single subject, and has low quality communication and social skills. Due to these low quality communication and social skills, Asperger children often deal with mistreatment at home and bullying in the school environment. Typically, children with Asperger’s syndrome want to make friends,…

Introduction Authorities are investigating what seems to be an indication of murder after an infant child was discovered stuffed in the microwave early morning by relatives. Elizabeth Renee Otte and Joseph Anthony Martinez Sr., the mother and father of infant baby Joseph Lewis Martinez Jr. lived with the father’s elder parents in a small, one brick rancher in Lenexa, Virginia. Elizabeth Otte, who apparently suffers from severe epileptic seizures and blackouts up to 50 minutes, claims that she…

For instance whether or not the family has autism in any other branches of its tree can help to determine whether a child may or may not have autism. Aspects of the assessment will vary depending on the child's age, history, and previous evaluations. The history would include the history of the pregnancy and development of the child, marking such milestones as communication and motor skills (i.e. child’s first words or steps), and when thought to be unusual. Doctors will often discuss their…

1. Introduction: Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) can be ranked as the sixth leading cancer by incidence worldwide (1,2). Every year, there are more than 550,000 patients diagnosed with head and neck cancers worldwide and around 300,000 related deaths (3). Squamous cell carcinomas represent 90% of cases and mostly arise from the epithelial lining of the oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, and hypopharynx. SCCHN can be divided into three stages: early stage (I/II), locally…