suffer from this disease will no longer be limited by this medical condition. Epilepsy became part of my life at a young age. It effected my life physically and emotionally and took a toll on my family and the people I consider myself closet to. This essay will go through the following topics: a brief explanation of epilepsy‚ my life through epilepsy‚ the effects on the individual with epilepsy‚ and their caregiver‚ and medicines and surgery that can help relive
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Epilepsy is a brain disorder that affects the brain and how it functions. Epilepsy is when the brain causes the human body to have unprovoked seizures. People can be born with epilepsy or a person can get epilepsy from a brain tumor‚ have brain trauma (stroke or after a motored vehicle accident) or get it from any serious type of brain injury. The main cause of epilepsy is to be born with the disorder. Epilepsy was known by the Ancient Greeks and the word epilepsy came from the Greek word epilambanem
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Cerebral palsy is a disorder of movement‚ muscle tone or posture that is caused by disruptions to the premature‚ growing brain‚ often occurs before birth. Signs and symptoms are seen during infancy or preschool years. Commonly‚ cerebral palsy is brought on by impaired movement associated with excessive reflexes‚ floppiness‚ or rigidity of the arms and legs and body‚ abnormal posture‚ compulsory movements‚ unsteadiness of walking‚ or some combination of these. The result of having cerebral palsy affects
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Research Paper: Abstract: Parkinson’s disease (PD) is one of the major public health problems in the world. It is a well-known fact that around one million people suffer from Parkinson’s disease in the United States whereas the number of people suffering from Parkinson’s disease worldwide is around 5 million. Thus‚ it is very important for us to predict Parkinson disease in early stages so that we can take the necessary treatment. People are mostly familiar with the motor symptoms of Parkinson’s
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Canavan’s disease is one of the most common and fatal progressive cerebellar degenerative disorder affecting the white matter of the brain which is caused due to the enzyme aspartoacylase. 1 Aspartoacylase (ASPA gene) promotes the deacetylation of N-acetylaspartic acid (NAA) to produce acetate and L-aspartate which is the only brain enzyme that has been shown to effectively metabolize NAA. 2 NAA metabolism plays a major role in the formation of myelin lipids. Oligodendrocytes present in the brain
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Huntington’s disease is the degeneration‚ or breakdown‚ of neurons within the structures of the brain. The structures affected are responsible for thought‚ perception‚ emotions‚ and memory. The basal ganglia‚ which controls movement and coordination‚ is also affected by the disease. Huntington’s disease is usually developed between the ages of 30 and 50‚ but can still develop earlier or later depending on the person. Juvenile Huntington’s disease is when it is developed in people under 20 years
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Bullous pemphigoid is a rather rare disease as it only occurs in 1 of 40‚000 individuals. It may manifest in many different ways. These include urticarial lesions‚ pruritus with or without lesions‚ blisters on nodular skin‚ tense lesions‚ or fluid filled blisters (Bakker‚ Terra‚ Pas‚ & Jonkman‚ 2013). These blisters may manifest on multiple areas of the body including the eye and oral cavity‚ inner thighs‚ groin‚ axillae‚ abdomen‚ neck‚ and flexural aspects of limbs (Mutasim‚ 2010). The most common
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Inheritance and Symptoms Spinocerebellar ataxia is divided into two primary categories: acquired and heredity. Acquired (non-genetic) ataxia is caused by trauma or environmental damage to the cerebellum. Several physical causes of are stroke‚ tumors‚ or head injuries like concussions. Chemical causes that can lead to SCA are: lead exposure‚ excessive alcohol levels‚ HIV‚ Chickenpox and even vitamin B12/ E deficiency. There are two sub categories of heritable spinocerebellar ataxia divided according
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Ménière’s disease‚ also known as endolymphatic hydrops‚ is a disease that causes problems with hearing and balance. It most commonly starts between the age of forty and sixty and people suffering from Ménière’s disease may encounter problems such as vertigo‚ tinnitus‚ which is hearing a buzz in you ear at all time‚ and hearing loss. Fifteen to one hundred and fifty seven cases of Ménière’s disease are seen per hundred thousand people and 10% of these patients will have Ménière’s disease in both
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Every four seconds someone is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s currently the disease affects over fourty million people worldwide. Dr Alois Alzheimer was a German psychiatrist who first described the symptoms of Alzheimer’s in 1901 when he noticed a particular hospital patient had peculiar problems which were a difficulty in sleeping‚ disturbed memories‚ drastic changes to mood throughout the day and general confusion. When the patient passed away Dr Alzheimer was able to conduct an autopsy on the body
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