You may have heard about Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Dementia. There’s multiple types of dementia like Vascular‚ Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s disease. This is important to understand between Alzheimer’s and Dementia because most people confuse them for not being the same. The AD and dementia falls under the category having the same cognitive impairment symptom. In fact‚ some people get confused by aging you start forgetting thinking you have dementia. To understand this disease‚ you have to know
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Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) can occur frequently and may cause serious damage. TBI can happen when a bump‚ jolt‚ blow‚ or any head injury causes damage to the brain. MIllions of people a year suffer brain injuries in the United States alone. More than half of those million incidents require the patient to be taken to a hospital because of the severity of the injury. Depending on how severe the injury is‚ it could cause serious brain damage and potentially be life threatening. Half of all TBIs occur
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Frontotemporal dementia is a common and severe neurodegenerative disorder and is estimated to account for 20% of cases of degenerative dementia with presenile onset. People with Frontotemporal dementia usually affect people in the age range of 35–75‚ and head trauma is identified as a risk factor‚ there is an increased positive family history. There is a 2.5 times increased risk due a positive association with Thyroid disease and FTD. (Weder‚ Aziz‚ Wilkins‚ & Tampi‚ 2007) People with Frontotemporal
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Damaging the part of the brain dealing with the cortex that is part of the brain that helps with the memory‚ behavior‚ and intelligence. Affecting parts of the brain from gathering its creative memories‚ controlling thinking skills and behavior. Mostly known from being the form of dementia that is also called Alzheimer’s disease. Dealing with chronic disease there are pros and cons that deals with the cost of healthcare and also the cost of the beneficial drugs that are known to be helpful. Branching
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Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva also known as F.O.P is a rare disorder that becomes noticeable in early childhood. This disorder includes the muscle and connective tissues like the tendons and ligaments. Those tissues are gradually replaced by bone‚ which in turn constrains movement. F.O.P occurs approx. one in two million people only a several hundred cases have been reported. Fibrodysplasia ossifican progressiva is a deadly disease that affects more
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In the reading we examined and debunked the myth of some people being left- brained and others being right- brained. They explain that the laterality of function means that one or the other hemisphere of the brain can perform or process certain mental tasks better than the other side. This is only true to those who have undergone a “ split brain” operation. The split brain phenomenon refers to a surgical processor that involves surgeons cut the corpus callosum that connects the left and right hemisphere
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Exorcism of Anneliese Michele There are many controversial topics not only in the United States‚ but around the world and Exorcism is on the top of the list. There have been multiple supposed accounts of demonic possession throughout the world‚ one of the them beginning in 1968 in the town of Klingenberg‚ Germany with the Anneliese Michele (Hansen). The event was so drastic that the horrifying movie “ The Exorcism of Emily Rose” released in 2005was based after this common German girl (Chasing
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Q 1.) What should you do in response to Eric’s request for “light duty”? Would you grant his request? Why/ Why not? Please be specific about the factors you would consider and the potential solutions. The first step in considering if Eric is entitled to a light duty accommodation would be to understand if he is covered under the American Disability Act. To ascertain his eligibility‚ it is essential to consider if Eric is disabled under ADA and if he can perform all the essential job functions of
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Vitiligo is a complex disease associated with selective and progressive loss of melanocytes from epidermal basal layer resulting in white patches‚ commonly on the skin and occasionally on mucosae. It is also known as leukoderma or phulwari in India. The condition is non-contagious and asymptomatic but is associated with a significant psychosocial implication leading to an exaggerated sense of humiliation‚ loss of self-esteem and job discrimination among patients. Worldwide prevalence of vitiligo
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This woman presents with a moderately-severe dysarthria‚ with 85% intelligibility in known contexts and 80% intelligibility in unknown contexts. Primary characteristics of the dysarthria are forced audible inspiration‚ forced inspiration-expiration‚ strained-strangled voice‚ voice stoppages‚ imprecise consonants‚ inappropriate silence‚ reduced stress‚ and slow rate. The client’s overall intelligibility was not greatly affected‚ since her single word and phrase productions were understood by the listener
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