What is FAS/FASD? Fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) is a set of physical and mental birth defects that can result when a woman drinks alcohol during her pregnancy. When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol‚ such as beer‚ wine‚ or mixed drinks‚ so does her baby. Alcohol passes through the placenta right into the developing baby. The baby may suffer lifelong damage as a result. FAS is characterized by brain damage‚ facial deformities‚ and growth deficits. Heart‚ liver‚ and kidney defects also are common‚ as
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Parental Alienation Syndrome or PAS is a condition named conceived by the late Richard Gardener MD in the late 1980’s. It is described by Gardener as: a disorder that arises primarily in the context of child-custody disputes. Its primary manifestation is the child’s campaign of denigration against the parent‚ a campaign that has no justification. The disorder results from the combination of indoctrinations by the alienating parent and the child’s own contributions to the vilification of the alienated
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advantages and disadvantages? Budd Chiari Syndrome •Clinical term used to describe the manifestation of hepatic venous outflow obstruction •Secondary to hepatic vein thrombosis •Or to the narrowing/occlusion of the inferior vena cava (Khan 2009‚Val DC 2003) Ostial stenosis web thrombus Abdominal vein Liver Stomach Gallbladder Enlarged caudate lobe Inferior vena cava Portal vein (Menon et al.‚ 2004) Budd Chiari Syndrome • Primary type -Endoluminal venous (I.e. Thrombosis
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ultural Bound Syndromes Culture-bound syndrome The term culture-bound syndrome was included in the fourth version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (American Psychiatric Association‚ 2000) which also includes a list of the most common culture-bound conditions (DSM-IV: Appendix I). Included in DSM-IV-TR (4th.ed) the term cultural-bound syndrome denotes recurrent‚ locality-specific patterns of abnormal behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked
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Overview Tourette Syndrome (TS)‚ also named multiple tics-coprolalia syndrome‚ was initially described by Gilles de la Tourette in 1900. It is a “developmentally regulated neurobehavioral disorder characterized by multiform‚ frequently changing motor and phonic tics.” (Brunn‚ Cohen‚ &Leckman‚ 2012) Tics means “involuntary‚ rapid repetitive and stereotyped movements of individual muscle groups.” (Brunn‚ Cohen‚ &Leckman‚ 2012) Although the definite cause of TS is unknown‚ it is well recognized that
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CARPAL TUNNEL SYNDROME A Term Paper Presented to the Faculty of Information Technology In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Information Technology Barros‚ Nikki Jezzel C. Introduction Carpal Tunnel Syndrome or CTS is a condition where an affected person finds his hands being numb for quite some time and then suddenly feels a sharp‚ tingling pain from the wrists up to the arms. Also called median nerve entrapment‚ CTS occurs
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Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Carpal Tunnel Syndrome (CTS) also called median nerve compression is a very common injury to the hand and wrist that causes numbness and tingling. More than 3 million cases of Carpal Tunnel Syndrome are reported each year in the United States . The carpal tunnel is a passageway from your wrist to your hand that consists of bones‚ tendons‚ ligaments‚ and the median nerve. The median nerve that passes through this tunnel is responsible for delivering sensations to the thumb
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Dementia awareness -CU238P What is dementia? Dementia is a gradual loss of brain functions. The most common form of dementia is caused by Alzheimer’s disease but there are many other forms of dementia including: alcohol related dememtias‚vascular dementia‚ frontotemporal dementias and Lewy body dementia. Key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. Each case of dementia is different. The area of the brain affected will depend on the type of dementia. Dementia can affect every
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Dementia and Memory Loss Expository Essay By: Brett Barker Date: August 9‚ 2009 Dementia and Memory Loss In today’s world‚ there are many people that have been diagnosed with dementia or some sort of memory loss. Types of dementia include‚ but are not limited to‚ Alzheimer’s Disease‚ Lewy Body Dementia‚ Vascular Dementia‚ and Chronic Brain Syndrome. ”www. Alzcombo.com” Although many of us have heard a lot about dementia‚ we really do not understand the disease process. Even though
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Turner Syndrome is when a baby girl is born with only one complete X chromosome instead of two X chromosome. Scientist are not really sure what causes the other X or Y chromosome disappears but‚ they are certain that it disappears when the baby is conceived inside the womb. Girls with Turner Syndrome are usually diagnosed at a young age or at birth. When baby girls are born with a webbed neck‚ a broad chest‚ widely spaced nipples‚ or heart problems they are tested for TS. Girls with TS only
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