we have all seen them played out on our favorite drama shows but these shows do not address the real severity of an actual heart attack despite the great acting skills portrayed . A heart attack can also be known as a myocardial infarction (MI)‚ acute myocardial infarction (AMI)‚ acute coronary syndrome‚ coronary thrombosis‚ or coronary occlusion‚ either way it is not good news. Over 1.2 million people in American have heart attacks with many of them resulting in death (Heart attack‚ 2011). A heart
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1. Introduction 1.1Cerebral palsy Cerebral palsy is one of the most serious neurological disorders which are usually diagnosed in the early childhood. Cerebral palsy is a disorder of the primarily motor body functions. Caused by damage or incomplete development of the brain areas that regulate‚ supervise and coordinate movements and balance of the body. The gravity of the condition varies from case to case. Some have very light disabilities and show no apparent disability. Others however‚ have
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Hadlee Gibson November 13th‚ 2017 4th period Disease Diary Cerebral Palsy Cerebral palsy is the disorder of movement‚ posture or muscle tone. Some people diagnosed with this disease have a loss of hearing and vision. Cerebral palsy doesn’t a ffect the life expectancy of some people. Some of the symptoms are: stiff muscles‚ exaggerated or jerky reflexes‚ problems with movement on one side of the body‚ involuntary movements or tremors‚ lack of coordination and balance‚ problems swallowing or sucking
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Cerebral Lateralization and Functionality There are several methods for studying cerebral lateralization; four methods in the forefront are the study of unilateral lesions‚ sodium amytal‚ dichotic listening‚ and functional brain imaging. The traditional method for studying cerebral lateralization is unilateral lesions study‚ which is the study of the location and effect lesions have on the brain and body functionality. In past‚ this was primarily done after the subject was deceased or through
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including cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is one of the more serious disorders occupational therapists have to come across in their careers. In actuality‚ cerebral palsy refers to a group of disorders and is prominent in children‚ “Cerebral palsy is a blanket term that refers to a group of disorders that affect a child’s ability to move and maintain balance and posture and is the most common motor disability in childhood” (Anonymous). Cerebral palsy is divided into two types—Congenital Cerebral Palsy
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On earth there are approximately 17 million people with Cerebral Palsy. Cerebral Palsy is the most common physical disability in childhood. This physical disability can impact the body in numerous ways‚ and except in its mildest forms‚ it can be evident in the first 12-18 months of a child’s life. (Alliance 2016) Cerebral Palsy is one general term that refers to a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move. Cerebral Palsy is a life-long condition and there is no cure. It is due to
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research on cerebral palsy. The nervous system is a delicate body system made up of many parts and has many functions. The nervous system has three main functions- sensory‚ integration‚ as well as motor. There are two components or the nervous system (the central and peripheral nervous system) as well as two subdivisions (the autonomic or involuntary and the somatic or voluntary nervous system) that are complex and each have a specific job that they do within this body system. Cerebral palsy is
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Diseases Cause Symptoms Treatment And Management ST- elevation myocardial infarction (1). Occlusion of one or more coronary arteries results in transmural myocardial ischemia‚ which in turn causes myocardial damage or necrosis‚ which causes an abrupt ST-elevation myocardial infarction. (1) - Typical symptoms (common in both sexes): Chest pain Arm pain Jaw pain - Atypical symptoms (more common in females): Nausea Vomiting Shortness of breath IV line - Cardiac monitoring. Oxygen treatment for hypoxemic
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Riya Ragbarsingh General Biology Dr. Samira Ziaei-Halaby May 8‚ 2012 Myocardial Infarction Myocardial Infarction also known as “heart attack”‚ is when a damaged muscle or artery is blocked preventing the blood to flow through. Because of fast food places such as McDonalds‚ Burger King‚ Wendy’s and etc… Most Americans prefer eating outside than having a healthy home cooked meal. Many people do not realize the amount of fatty and oily substances that are in the meals that are being cooked
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if you do get the chance don’t waste it go to therapy to get you muscles in shape. Information Cerebral Palsy is not as aware as it should be‚ being that it is one of the most common disabilities before birth. There is 1/278 people in America that have CP. In America alone there are more than 500‚000 people that are affected by this. There are three types of Cerebral Palsy (CP). Spastic
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