1. Ronald is experiencing a cerebral vascular accident also known as a CVA or in layman’s terms‚ he is experiencing a stroke. Cerebral vascular accidents are very serious medical emergencies that are life threatening. Stroke is a generalized term that explains injury or death of the brain tissue due to interruption of cerebral blood flow (Bledsoe‚ p.g.197). A stroke occurs when the flow of blood to a part of the brain is stopped completely or significantly reduced. With no oxygen supply from the
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In 1950‚ nine out of ten people died from strokes. Cardio Vascular Accident (CVA) affects the heart and its ability to supply blood to the body’s brain cells. This leaves the brain cells dead and causes a stroke. More than one-half million people in the United States have a new or recurrent stroke every year. Believe it or not‚ strokes affect African Americans more than Caucasian and are more likely to cause death in them as well. You can have valve rupture‚ heart failure‚ cardiac tapenade‚ or
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common type being vascular dementia 10-30%.” Vascular dementia is a disease that mirrors the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease. However‚ vascular dementia is caused by a lack of oxygen that travels to the brain‚ which in turn results in memory loss. Those who suffer from vascular dementia are usually older individuals. Age is one of the biggest risk factors with vascular dementia. According to Peters (2012)‚ blood pressure‚ smoking‚ and alcohol have all played roles in causes of vascular dementia. As most
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3&3.4 Case study Imogen is a 4 year old girl who has just begun nursery for the first time‚ but unfortunately Imogen has cerebral palsy. Nursery is a place she is enjoying attending she is a bright and happy girl who enjoys having peers around her .Her favourite activity is being creative but has difficulty in controlling her body movements with a tendency which makes her body have random action. Her speech is affected and being unable to control her tongue causes her to drool. Cerebral palsy
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Cerebral Palsy is one of the most common movement disorders‚ especially in children. Approximately 2.1 per 1000 births are diagnosed with this disorder (CDC 2013). Causes of cerebral palsy range from preterm birth and birth complications to poor genetics to hypoxia or inflammation in the newborn brain. Since many causes of cerebral palsy occur prenatally rather than postnatally or perinatally‚ and given that it is hard to isolate any one of these factors as the cause‚ it is very difficult to determine
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I. INTRODUCTION Background and rationale of the study: One of the leading cases of musculoskeletal trauma is fracture. Fractures are any break in the continuity of the bone. It usually occurs when the stress placed on a bone is greater than the bone can absorb. Muscles‚ blood vessels‚ nerves‚ tendons‚ joints and other organs may be injured when fracture occurs (Nettina‚ Sandra B. 2006). It can be caused by metabolic bone diseases such as osteoporosis‚ or as a result of direct force when
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Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy is caused by a brain injury or brain malformation caused before‚ during or after birth‚ which is when the baby’s brain is under development.As a result of the brain damage a child’s muscle control‚ muscle coordination‚ muscle tone‚ reflex‚ posture and balance could be affected because of this. Can impact the child’s motor skill. In order to prevent your child from having Cerebral Palsy you have to be careful with birth injuries. In some cases‚ Cerebral Palsy cannot
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Braden Lee Neal‚ an aspiring eleven year old‚ is my brother who suffers from Cerebral Palsy (CP). Adopted from a drunken‚ strung out sixteen year old mother of three‚ Braden is a miracle and should not have made it out of the womb‚ or the hospital. My passion‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ has changed my outlook on life and will bring more awareness to living life with Cerebral Palsy. Just a little background about CP; Cerebral Palsy is the most prominent childhood disability‚ and also has no cure. There are
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Peripheral vascular disease (PVD) is a medical condition that affects the blood vessels. One main cause of the peripheral vascular disease is diabetes. Therefore‚ being diagnosed with diabetes will increase a person’s chances of developing PVD later on in life. Type 2 diabetes occurs in individuals that have had a long history of medical symptoms such as obesity‚ high blood pressure‚ high cholesterol‚ and insulin resistance. After a period of time without treatment‚ there is a buildup of medical
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Wren‚ T.A.L.‚ Lee‚ D.C.‚ Hara‚ R.‚ Rethlefsen‚ S.A.‚ Kay‚ R.M.‚ Dorey‚ F.J.‚ & Gilsanz‚ V. (2010) performed a randomized study to examine the effects of vibration therapy in children with cerebral palsy (CP). The investigators pursued effects on bone and muscle in this population. The criteria for inclusion were children with cerebral palsy 6 -12 years old (most likely to show response for bone mass accrual due to their young age)‚ children with Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS)
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