bellows. It inflated and deflated the lungs by forcing air in and then sucking it back out again. The process worked‚ but some patients experienced chest pain. Many people suffering from polio or infantile paralysis required such a device. The polio virus can damage the nervous system causing paralysis of the diaphragm. Without the movement of the diaphragm‚ polio-sufferers often died by suffocation. Drinker’s Research Drinker got his idea from a Swedish physician named Thunberg‚ who had been experimenting
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Trisomy 21 is a congenital disorder when a person is born with an extra chromosome. Normally‚ a baby is born with 46 chromosomes; a Down syndrome baby has a total of 47 chromosomes. This extra chromosome changes the babies’ brain and body development‚ which may cause physical and mental delays and challenges for the baby. It is caused when an error occurs during cell division. This error is called nondisjunction normally‚ when one cell splits into two‚ the pairs of chromosome are separated so
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It is often extremely hard for patients to adjust to sudden paralysis and dependence upon others for help with routine daily activities. Patients usually sometimes need psychological counseling to help them adapt to the sudden onset of Guillain-Barre syndrome. When it comes to how long Guillain-Barre syndrome will
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problems they face‚ once they enter the “real world.”Chapter one: Higher and Higher Education‚ Draut gives several examples of how the cost of education has change over the generations from the baby boomers to generation X.Chapter two: Paycheck Paralysis‚ Draut says that generation Xers are living paycheck to paycheck. Many of those who are qualified for many jobs are not able to find work because they truly are not qualified.Chapter three: Generation Debt‚ the author explains the debt students occur
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Although the virus is extremely contagious‚ the human immune response can be considered a very worthy advisory in fighting polio. Most of those infected will not experience any symptoms‚ and only a very small percentage of those who do will develop paralysis from the virus. There are three known strands of the poliovirus‚ commonly referred to as PV1‚ PV2‚ and PV3. Brilliant research and modern science have since almost eradicated the virus through the development of vaccines and a global eradication
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Handout Lab 5 - Cranial Nerves: Assessment of Functions INTRODUCTION The central nervous system (CNS) consists of the brain and the spinal cord. The CNS receives sensory information from other parts of the body or the body’s external environment and transmits motor information to other parts of the body by way of the peripheral nervous system (PNS). The PNS of the human includes 31 pairs of spinal nerves and 12 pairs of cranial nerves. Some nerves contain only motor nerve fibers (efferent
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The effect of drugs‚ toxins‚ and other molecules on synapse and synapse transmission. The synapse is the small gap separating two neurons‚ the presynaptic neuron (neuron that carries the impulse to the synapse‚) and postsynaptic neuron (neuron that carries the impulse away from the synapse.) It separates the axon terminals of the presynaptic neuron from the postsynaptic neuron. The synapse is made of three major parts: a presynaptic neuron‚ a postsynaptic neuron‚ and a synaptic cleft. The presynaptic
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These problems may include a herniated disc‚ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)‚ or myasthenia gravis. Electromyography is also useful in determining the cause of weakness‚ paralysis‚ or muscle pain that can only be resolved with movement. The issues associated with these sorts of diagnosis may stem from problems in a muscle‚ the nerves supplying a muscle‚ the spinal cord‚ or the areas of the brain that control these muscles
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Polio Still Exists? About two months after you were born your parents took you to the pediatrician for your set of “two month shots” (Crosta). Your doctor handed them a list of vaccinations he was going to administer to you and they looked over it carefully. They were curious to see exactly what diseases might have infected you without the doctor’s care. On the lengthy list in their hands a few names of the vaccinations puzzle your parents‚ a small amount intrigue them‚ but only one vaccination
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The loss of an arm or leg through amputation is not an easy experience to endure‚ and is even more difficult when the patient begins to feel uncomfortable sensations in their now missing limb. This feeling‚ referred to as "phantom pain" or "stump hallucination"‚ is a frustrating sensation to an amputee. For some amputees‚ these phantom sensations may be no more than painless distractions of pressure‚ warmth‚ and cold that do not interfere with their everyday lives. Some patients have even reported
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