It was 1868 when Dr. Jean Charcot discovered hardening of the plaques during an autopsy he was performing. He called it “Sclerosis in plaques‚” also known as Multiple Sclerosis and today that affects more than 2.1 million people worldwide. MS is a chronic autoimmune disorder caused by the destruction of the myelin sheath that covers nerve fibers in the CNS. Myelin is the insulator of nerve conduction and it allows the signals to travel at fast speeds. During MS‚ demyelination occurs causing the nerves
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Multiple Sclerosis‚ also known as MS‚ is a disease causing demylination of the white matter in the spinal cord and brain. The nerve damage slows‚ blocks or distorts transmission of nerve impulses. MS is characterized by periods of exacerbation and remissions. The crippling disease is a major cause of chronic disability in young adults. It usually becomes symptomatic between the ages of twenty and forty with twenty-seven being the average. Prognosis varies greatly from person to person. MS can progress
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A heart break struck my family hard almost three years ago. My brother‚ Alex‚ was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. His own body was fighting him and there was no cure. The doctors gave him two more years of mobility before he would more than likely be bound to crutches or even a wheelchair. When the doctors told him that he should quit the high intensity exercise that has become a part of his personality; Alex stood up and told them no. They advised him that there was a larger chance that working
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BACKGROUND The patient is an 18-year-old female Division I collegiate golf player. The athlete’s chief complaint was pain‚ clicking and grinding in her hip region when walking. Her hip issues were congenital and led to the diagnosis of a hip labral tear. The patient’s hip issues were bilateral with the left hip being worse than the right. Before coming to X‚ she had pain and an affected gait from her hip. When she arrived atX‚ she saw a hip specialist and developed a plan for surgery. The patient
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Multiple Sclerosis Jason Garoutte November 18‚ 1996 English / Mr. Blunt Multiple sclerosis is one of the most misunderstood diseases of this century. Since it’s discovery‚ there is still no known causes‚ no proven treatments‚ and no known cure‚ yet it affects possibly five hundred thousand people in the United States alone. People need to learn more about this disease so it can be brought to the attention of the nation. Multiple Sclerosis is a disease of the central nervous system
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Lateral Violence and Nursing Leadership The ability to determine what encourages and discourages positive nurse to nurse relationships is vital for establishing and strengthening a productive work environment. Due to the influence that these relationships can have on patients‚ organizations‚ and nurses‚ it is important to grasp how nurses connect to each other (Moore‚ Leahy‚ Sublett‚ & Lanig‚ 2013). Nurse relationships can be impacted by lateral violence in the workplace‚ nursing leadership skills
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The National Multiple Sclerosis Society In Singapore The National Multiple Sclerosis Society is a non- profit organization that supports MS related research and provides programs for people with MS and their families. Multiple Sclerosis is an auto- immune disease. It is a chronic and often disabling disease that attacks the central nervous system. The mission statement of the National Multiple Sclerosis Society is to end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. The funds that are provided
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Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable disease that affects the central nervous system. MS is a disabling disease that disrupts the flow of information within the brain‚ and between the brain and the rest of the body. MS destroys myelin‚ which is a protein that protects nerve cells‚ and when myelin is destroyed‚ signals travelling through the nerve cells are interrupted or delayed (Carter-Batiste‚ 2013). Mr. John Smith will be a new employee on our campus‚ and he will serve as one of our assistant
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Lateral Violence Shelisa Cooper Southern New Hampshire University Nursing Leadership and Management NUR 310 Joyce O ’Reilly June 16‚ 2014 Lateral Violence Lateral violence (LV) is growing issue in nursing and tend to be oxymoronic since the nursing profession is known as a profession of caring. Though lateral violence exist in other professions‚ the nursing profession should lead the charge in resolving such acts among a profession that plays such a vital role in the quality of others’ lives
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Formulas of Surface area and Lateral surface area of Polyhedrons LSA or Lateral Surface Area refers to the sum of the areas of all the faces of a three-dimensional figure‚ excluding its bases. SA or Surface Area- refers to the sum of the areas of all the faces of a three-dimensional figure. It also referred to as the Total Surface Area (TSA). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ For Rectangular Prism LSA= P(h) *where P=perimeter of the base ; h= measurement of the height SA= 2B+ LSA *where
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