Tuberous sclerosis

Multiple Sclerosis Cluster in El Paso? An Analysis of the Data Andre L. Beasley Sr. University of Saint Francis Background A Texas resident with multiple sclerosis (MS) contacted the Texas Department of Health (TDH) to report a suspected cluster of MS cases among people that spent their childhood in the Kern-Place-Mission Hills area of El Paso, Texas in 1994 (Henry, Garabedian, Wagner, and Shire, 2007, p. 5). Fifteen individuals that lived in the area from the 1940s through the 1960s, had…

Outline Multiple Sclerosis is unique and different from other diseases due to its causes, symptoms and treatment. I. Many causes can lead to multiple sclerosis but the main cause still unknown. A. One of the causes is Genetics 1. MS seems to be inherited, or a person may have abnormal genes when he was born. B. Environmental factors raise the risk of having Multiple sclerosis 2. Smoking and the deficit in vitamin D and other environmental factors can lead…

become increasingly common. The principle that a proper diet, exercise, and mindfulness are key to survivorship for the incurably ill has become pervasive within healthcare discourses. This essay examines the global organization Overcoming Multiple Sclerosis, and their adoption of a behavioural approach of understanding disease as an organizational framework. I argue that this places the burden of mitigating disease exclusively on the individual, resulting in the “responsibilization” of health.…

level of control presently assigned. One of the reasons I do not agree is because marijuana clearly have medical usage as mentioned earlier. Some of those medical uses include marijuana is used medically to treat muscle spasms caused by multiple sclerosis, nausea from cancer chemotherapy, poor appetite and weight loss caused by chronic illness, such as HIV, or nerve pain, seizure disorders, Crohn 's disease, and many more. In addition, I don’t agree with the present level of control because…

as the people misused it. Medically prescribed marijuana has a beneficial effect on patients who suffer from disabilities, cancer, and mental health issues. Medical marijuana can help different types of disabilities like schizophrenia, multiple sclerosis, and HIV. A cannabidiol (CBD) treatment was given and studied with schizophrenia. The results of…

A medical diagnosis can change our minds in a positive or negative way, we can suggest to keep an open mind, when Cancer and Multiple sclerosis change our perspective on how we see illness. The Cancer Journal by Audre Lorde reflects on how a woman who loses her breast still believes that she is a warrior. Likewise, a famous feminist, Nancy Mairs, author of “On Being a Cripple” is a woman who calls herself “a cripple” by making fun of herself instead of having others do it for her. The way people…

cell membranes more pliable. Steroids can also help by reducing the swelling around the MS lesions, which causes better nerve transmission through the damaged area. (Steroids, MS Drugs). Kathy was experiencing common issues associated with multiple sclerosis, symptoms such as numbness and weakness or loss of muscle movement. These problems are due to the loss of myelin sheath around axons in the CNS, the impulses are not being properly communicated. Instead the impulses become confused or stop…

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease that impacts the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system). MS impacts the brain and spinal cord because the myelin sheath, which protects nerve fibers, is attacked by the immune system. Nerve fibers over time deteriorate or they become severely damages to the point where it is not reversible. The cause of this disease is not yet known but is classified as an autoimmune disease. It is said that a mix between genetics and environmental factors could be…

Jamie-Lynn Sigler. Jack Osbourne. Montell Williams. What do these three celebrities – and many Americans – have in common? They are all living with Multiple Sclerosis (MS), which is “an adult onset neurological condition in which scattered lesions in the central nervous system [CNS] produce varying combinations of motor, sensory and cognitive impairments” (Yorkston, Baylor, & Amtmann, p. 197). The symptoms depend in part on where the plaques in the CNS are located and can include optic neuritis,…

The question is what is Lou Gehrigs Disease? The answer is Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, also known as ALS and the most common name Lou Gehrigs disease. ALS was founded in 1869 by a French neurologist Sean Martin Charcot. Amyotrophic means there is no muscle nourishment. Lateral meaning the area in the spinal cord where the nerve cells that instruct and manage are. Sclerosis is a condition in which a tissue has become hard. This is a neurodegenerative disease that is progressive and…