Dementia Notes The term ’dementia’ is used to describe the symptoms that occur when the brain is affected by specific diseases and conditions. Symptoms of dementia include loss of memory‚ confusion and problems with speech and understanding. When a person with dementia finds that their mental abilities are declining‚ they often feel vulnerable and in need of reassurance and support. The people closest to them - including their carers‚ friends and family - need to do everything they can to help
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Cancer Causes‚ Symptoms and treatment There are over 10‚000‚000‚000‚000 cells in your body. Although these cells can do different jobs‚ each one has a nucleus with the same set of 46 chromosomes. Yet all of this came from a single cell with one set of 46 chromosomes. Within about 6 minutes of fertilization‚ this cell copied itself to make two cells. This was your first experience of mitosis. Soon after‚ these two cells copied themselves to make four and so on. You have been subject to mitosis
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perspective. In this paper‚ I would like to discuss some main symptoms of schizophrenia what Nash had. According to National Institute of Mental Health: “Schizophrenia is a chronic and severe disorder that affects how a person thinks‚ feels‚ and acts. Although schizophrenia is not as common as other mental disorders‚ it can be very disabling. Approximately 7 or 8 individuals out of 1‚000 will have schizophrenia in their lifetime”
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National Public Radio broadcast‚ "Study Finds Online Symptom Checkers Are Only Accurate Half The Time" (July 2015)‚ suggests that although online symptom checkers are sometimes correct‚ the real solution to the illness takes more than just a potentially correct diagnosis. The author used evidence from a Harvard Medical School study about the accuracy of online symptom checkers‚ and also some quotes from the people who work for or run the symptom checking websites. The purpose of this broadcast seems
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than not; while the onset of symptoms typically occurs in a person’s 40s and 50s‚ research has also shown that individuals in their 70s‚ 80s and even 90s have enough repeats in the HTT gene to develop mild HD symptoms. (Samson‚ 2016) Through the selective degeneration of neurons and with the loss of neurons from the striatum and cerebral cortex‚ Huntington’s disease affects the nervous system by impacting movement‚ cognitive abilities‚ as well as neuropsychiatric symptoms. (Liou‚ 2010)
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Optic Nerve The optic nerve is located in the back of the eye and is also called second cranial nerve and cranial nerve II. the optic nerve is to transfer visual information from the retina to teh vision centres of the brain via electrical impulses. It is made up of ganglionic cells or nerve cells and consists of more than 1 million nerve fibres . Our blind spot is caused by the absence of specialised photosensitive/light-sensitive cells or photoreceptors; the part of the retina where the optic
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Chlamydia Chlamydia is a curable sexually transmitted infection (STI)‚ which is caused by bacteria called Chlamydia Trachomatis. Chlamydia infection is very common among young adults and teenagers. Many people do not know that they have Chlamydia because although they are infected they may not have any symptoms. About 75% of infected women and half of infected men have no symptoms of Chlamydia. This disease can cause serious complications that cause irreversible damage such as
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in at least one other thinking function” (Bronstein & Pulst‚ 2003). When we hear about Alzheimer’s disease we automatically think of older people. This is because this disease most often occurs in adults after the age of 65. Statistics show that one in eight individuals will have Alzheimer’s after they reach age 65 (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields‚ 2002). Alzheimer’s disease is a form of dementia‚ which is any medical condition that affects the brain (Cavanaugh & Blanchard-Fields‚ 2002). A diagnosis
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000 cases per year in the united states alone and the symptoms can be extremely disabling. Risk Factors With the help of science and our advanced technology‚ scientists have known that schizophrenia sometimes runs in the family. Nonetheless‚ there are many people who can still be prone to having schizophrenia. On the other hand‚ there are people who have family mebers with this illness who do not develop the disorder themselves. Although genes
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Alcoholism: Symptoms‚ Causes‚ and Effects Composition I April 1‚ 1997 Alcoholism is a disease that affects many people in the United States today. It not only affects the alcoholic‚ but also their family‚ friends‚ co- workers‚ and eventually total strangers. The symptoms are many‚ as are the causes and the effects. Alcoholism is defined as a pattern of drinking in which harmful consequences result for the drinker‚ yet‚ they continue to drink. There are two types of drinkers. The first type
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