What is is: Posterior Tibial Neuralgia‚ more commonly known as Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome is a painful condition caused by the entrapment or compression of the posterior tibial nerve. Anatomy: The posterior tibial nerve is a branch of the sciatic nerve and innervates the posterior compartment of the legs. As it continues down the leg‚ it passes posteriorly and inferiorly to the medial malleolus. It ends and branches off into sensory branches that innervate the sole of the foot. The tibial nerve travels
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Turner’s Syndrome Turner’s syndrome is a genetic condition in which a female does not have the usual pair of two X chromosomes. This medical disorder affects about 1 in every 2‚500 girls. I do not know exactly what causes Turner syndrome‚ but researchers know that it is the result of a problem with a girl ’s chromosomes either not being there at all or only part of it is still there. I think the most known effects of the condition vary widely with girls with Turner syndrome. It all depends
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DEMENTIA AWARNESS 1.Understand what dementia is 1.1 Explain what is meant by the term ’dementia’ A syndrome due to disease of the brain‚ usually of a chronic progressive nature in which there are multiple disturbances of higher cognitive function. These include impairment of memory‚ thinking and orientation‚ learning ability‚ language and judgement. 1.2 Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia The key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia are the temporal
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read and am aware of the university requirements regarding academic honesty." Should the battered woman syndrome be admissible as a murder defense in American courts and should expert testimony be permitted on such a syndrome? Since the 1970’s when the battered woman syndrome was first proposed by Dr. Lenore Walker‚ women have been using this syndrome to proclaim mental illness due to the syndrome aligned with self-defense as an excuse for their crimes (Dixon‚ 2001). Dr. Walker defined the battered
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Shock Syndrome is a syndrome that can occur between both male and females‚ but is more prevalent in females. Also‚ the condition can occur no matter of the age of the patient. This syndrome is considered to be an acute and life-threatening condition with the death rate being for Staphylococcus aureus five to fifteen percent‚ but for Streptococcus pyogenes it increases to a thirty to seventy percent mortality rate (Hirsch‚ 2014). Staphylococcus infections is a form of Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS)
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is a disorder that occurs in the nerves of the hands and wrist. The carpal tunnel is a narrow‚ rigid passageway of ligament and bones at the base of the hand. The median nerve and tendons run through the carpal tunnel. When the tunnel is swollen the median nerve is pinched and causes pain‚ weakness and numbness to the hand and wrist. While many believe that Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is work-related‚ the main cause is actually hereditary. Carpal Tunnel
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The history and background of marfan disease. Marfan syndrome (MFS) is an inherited connective tissue disorder noteworthy for its worldwide distribution‚ relatively high prevalence‚ and clinical variability. This autosomal dominant syndrome has pleiotropic manifestations involving primarily the ocular‚ cardiovascular‚ and skeletal systems. Classic marfan syndrome MFS type 1‚ MFS1 has been considered a condition caused by the deficiency of a structural extracellular matrix protein‚ fibrillin-1; however
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MSSW JAYWANT [] Acute coronary syndrome is a term used for any condition brought on by sudden‚ reduced blood flow to the heart. Table of Contents ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROMES IN OLD AGE. DEFINITION Acute coronary syndrome is a term used for any condition brought on by sudden‚ reduced blood flow to the heart. Acute coronary syndrome symptoms may include the type of chest pressure that you feel during a heart attack‚ or pressure in your chest while you’re at rest or doing light
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Assignment Question: Diet and Health. “Irritable Bowel Syndrome” Many people today‚ including children suffer from an ache localized in the stomach. This abdominal discomfort usually takes place in the stomach and intestines. This condition is known as the irritable bowel syndrome. Irritable bowel syndrome‚ commonly known as (IBS)‚ is a diet-related disease that causes significant abdominal discomfort involving the entire digestive tract (Martin Hughes‚ n
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Angelman Syndrome What is Angelman Syndrome? Angelman syndrome is a neuro-genetic disorder first described in 1965 by Dr. Harry Angelman. This is where the name of the disorder derived. Dr. Angelman referred to the disorder as ‘Happy Puppet Syndrome’‚ because the people affected with it generally had a happy‚ puppet like demeanor‚ and walked in a stiff‚ jerky‚ marionette-like gait. Angelman Syndrome affects about 1 in every 20‚000 people. The life span of an individual affected
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