Congenital Insensitivity to Pain with Anhidrosis Congenital Insensitivity to Pain is a very amazing disease. I chose to report on the specific section of it dealing with Anhidrosis because this also leaves the infected individual with the inability to sweat. This causes problems such as fevers and overheating from over exertion or external heat which in turn can cause brain damage. Many people affected by this disease die before the age of twenty-five from infections left untreated‚ metal retardation
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Organizational Insensitivity - Discriminatory Worldviews Organizational culture refers to the beliefs and values that have existed in an organization for a long time‚ and to the beliefs of the staff and the foreseen value of their work that will influence their attitudes and behavior. Manifestations of cultures in organizations include formal practices such as pay levels‚ structure of chain of command‚ job descriptions‚ and other written policies. Furthermore‚ aspects of organizations include
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Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome Sara L. Condition • Androgen insensitivity syndrome is a condition that affects sexual development before birth and during puberty. • It results in the partial or complete inability of the cell to respond to androgens • Androgen is a male sex hormone; testosterone • People with this condition are genetically male‚ with one X chromosome and one Y chromosome in each cell • There are two types of androgen insensitivity; complete androgen insensitivity and partial
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Tuesday‚ 21 January 2014 Systemic congenital malformations! GIT - aglossia- without mouth! - lingua plicata- fissured tongue! - micrognathia- small jaw! - progenia- premature ageing! - fordyce spots- raised sebaceous (sweat) glands! - dens in dente- tooth within tooth ( coronal more common)! - amelogenesis imperfecta- AR disorder of enamel—>small‚ discolored‚ pitted or grooved‚ and prone to rapid wear and breakage! - dentinogenesis imperfecta- dentin dysplasia that causes teeth to
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Lowdermilk: Maternity & Women’s Health Care‚ 10th Edition Chapter 36: Hemolytic Disorders and Congenital Anomalies Key Points - Print This section discusses key points about hemolytic disorders. · Hyperbilirubinemia is a condition in which the total serum bilirubin level is increased. It is characterized by jaundice‚ a yellow discoloration of the skin‚ mucous membranes‚ and sclerae. Jaundice primarily results from accumulation of unconjugated bilirubin‚ which is a product of hemoglobin
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Congenital heart disease is when your heart has a problem when you are born. Congenital heart defects can range from having a small hole in your heart to something super severe. Although these can be very serious conditions‚ many can be treated with surgery. Doctors don’t always know why a baby has congenital heart defect. They tend to run in families. Problems with genes or chromosomes in the child
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com/children/congenital-abnormalities-congenital-abnormalities/ DEFINITIONS Congenital Abnormalities (Congenital Disorders) is a disorder in the structure‚ function or body metabolism that is found in the baby when she was born. Approximately 3-4% of the newborn has a severe congenital abnormality. Some new abnormality found at the time the child begins to grow‚ which is about 7.5% diagnosed when the child was 5 years old‚ but mostly mild. CAUSE Most babies born with congenital abnormalities
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The common cause of congenital myasthenic syndromes is genetics‚ affecting the junction where the nerve triggers muscle activity. The inherited autosomal recessive gene exists in both parents‚ who pass the mutated gene to the offspring. The syndrome appears shortly after birth or early childhood. Severity ranges from minor to increasing concentrations of muscle weakness. There are over twenty different genes known to cause congenital myasthenic syndromes‚ as different as each individual. Sometimes
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Congenital Heart Disease Steven J. Walton Florida State College at Cecil North Center Congenital Heart Disease Congenital Heart Disease can be described as a number of different problems affecting the heart. According to professors at many universities‚ it is the most common type of birth defect. It is said that Congenital Heart Disease is responsible for more deaths in the first year of life than any other birth defect. Some of the defects may heal over time‚ but others will require treatment
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Congenital prosopagnosia (CP) refers to the deficit in face processing that is apparent from early childhood in the absence of any underlying neurological basis and in the presence of intact sensory and intellectual function (Behrmann & Avidan‚ 2005). According to recent studies‚ there is growing evidence suggesting that there might be a heredofamilial factor in congenital prosopagnosia. The research report of Thomas Grüter caused a strong reaction in the field of medicine. Innate weakness of a certain
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