Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy is a serious disorder that is often looked over by many. It is a very serious disease and must not be taken lightly. Munchausen syndrome by proxy‚ also known as factitious disorder by proxy‚ is a form of child abuse where the mother or parent makes up or produces illnesses in their own child. Many cases of this disease have lead to the death of the child and imprisonment of the parent. This is a disease that needs to be made aware of and
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What is Marfan Syndrome Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that affects the connective tissue in the body. Connective tissues are one of the most important parts of the body. Connective tissues holds together all of the body’s cells‚ organs and other tissues. The connective tissues play a major part in ensuring the proper growth and development throughout the body. Marfan syndrome affects a protein called fibrillin-1. Marfan syndrome is caused by a defect in the gene that tells the body how to
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1. Explain what must happen in order for Greg and Susan to have a child with O type blood and nail-patella syndrome. Greg needs to pass down his chromosome 9 which carry the alleles‚ n and i. Susan also has the n and I alleles on chromosome 9. If both these alleles from both parents are passed down‚ it will create the allele Nnii which produced the blood type O and nail patella syndrome. 2. Determine all possible parental and recombinant gametes produced by Greg and Susan. Greg’s parental
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Patau syndrome is a disorder that occurs due to the appearance of a person’s thirteen chromosome three times (trisomy 13) instead of only twice in the cell. In some cases of the disorder‚ only a select percentage of the cells display the third thirteen chromosome while others contain the average amount of pairs‚ this is known as mosaicism. The extra chromosomal material in the cell can lead to many problems in the developmental stages of the humans life‚ these developmental issues cause severe mental
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Todd’s syndrome‚ more frequently referred to as Alice in Wonderland syndrome‚ it is a disorienting neurological condition that primarily targets children‚ mostly young woman between ages of 2-13. Alice in wonderland syndrome affects human visual perception and involves an array of symptoms that include transient altered perception of the shapes of inanimate and animate objects that appear to be smaller or larger than normal. There can also be an impaired sense of passage of time or the feeling of
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Down Syndrome‚ or DS‚ occurs when a trisomy is found in the twenty-first chromosome leaving three genetically identical chromatids. Down Syndrome is often seen as a disability that limits people while society is also portraying it as a defining characteristic that makes these unique people societal outcasts. Down Syndrome is taken very lightly instead of receiving the attention and care that it requires. In order to understand Down Syndrome‚ one must know the outcome and impact of Down Syndrome‚ one
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Culture-Bound Syndromes By: Central Arkansas University Table of Contents Abstract Pg. 3 Introduction Pg. 4 - 8 Methodology Pg. 8 - 10 Analysis & Discussion Pg. 10 - 11 Conclusion & Recommendations Pg. 11- 13 Bibliography Pg. 14 Abstract Mental Health as described by LaVeist and Thomas (2005) is “a state of successful performance of mental function‚ resulting in productive activities‚ fulfilling relationships with
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Alien hand syndrome Alien hand syndrome is a neurological disorder in which one of the sufferer’s hands seems to take on a life of its own. Sometimes the sufferer will not be aware of what the hand is doing until it is brought to his or her attention. Alien hands can perform complex acts such as undoing buttons or removing clothing. Causes: condition is a result from a brain surgical intervention‚ in treatment of w epilepsy. Some reports would also say that this condition can be acquired after
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Fetal alcohol syndrome From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search Fetal alcohol syndrome Classification and external resources Baby with fetal alcohol syndrome. ICD-10 Q86.0 ICD-9 760.71 DiseasesDB 32957 MedlinePlus 000911 eMedicine ped/767 MeSH D005310 Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a pattern of mental and physical defects that can develop in a fetus in association with high levels of alcohol consumption during pregnancy. Alcohol crosses the placental
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Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) or Stein-Leventhal syndrome‚ is an endocrine disorder in women that has varying degrees of early and long-term reproductive and metabolic risk. PCOS is the most common female endocrinopathy during childbearing age with around 6%-10% of the population afflicted. (Palomba et al.‚ 2015). While many that have been diagnosed with PCOS have ovarian cyst‚ it is not the symptom required for diagnoses. To be diagnosed with PCOS one must be afflicted with at least two of three
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