The following‚ is a case study of a male patient‚ Mr Claude Toe‚ a 48 year old decorator. Mr Toe acquired a foot infection as the result of a penetrating injury caused by a nail that he stepped on while he was working. Furthermore‚ this provoked an infected ulcer of 0.8 cm in diameter on his right foot which has become slow to heal and according to case notes‚ is painful when standing. This case study will outline how Mr Toe acquired this problem‚ how he can be treated‚ the precautions a practitioner
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A. 1967 : Fusion of the Charcot spine. 53: 83-93‚ Brown‚ C Culling‚ J.‚ and Gibberd‚ F. B Charcot ’s disease of the spine. Proc. Roy. Soc. Med.‚ 67: 1026-1027‚ 1974. Daher‚ Y. H.; Lonstein‚ J. E.; Winter‚ R. B.; and Bradford‚ D. S.: Spinal deformities in patients with Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. A review of 12 patients. Clin. Orthop.‚ 202: 219-222‚ 1986. Kronig‚ G. Spondylolisthese bei einem Tabiker. VII (fase Supplement): 165‚ 1884. Lee‚ C. K.‚ and Langrana‚ N. A. Lumbosacral spinal fusion
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Jimenez Topic: Scoliosis General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: To inform the audience about the deformity‚ scoliosis Central idea: Today‚ I would like to share with you what scoliosis is‚ how one gets scoliosis‚ and what are the options one has on preventing scoliosis from getting worse. INTRODUCTION Preview of speech: Scoliosis is a rapidly growing deformity in the United Stated‚ 3 out of 4 children in an elementary school sized classroom have scoliosis and only 1 will know
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Abstract Klippel-Feil Syndrome (KFS) is a rare congenital condition characterized by the abnormal fusion of two or more vertebrae in the cervical spine. This results from a failed division in the vertebrae during the early weeks of fetal development. Although KFS is present at birth‚ milder cases can go undetected for years until symptoms worsen. The various symptoms that accompany KFS can vary from slight to extreme due to the wide possible range of severity of the fusion. For those who suffer from
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teratogen that has irreversible effects on infant development. There are several birth defects that a mother who drinks should be aware of; they are fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASDs) fetal alcohol syndrome‚ hyperactivity‚ heart defects‚ facial deformities‚ and speech impairment (Ismail et al.‚ 2010). A mother who drinks mild alcohol during pregnancy could cause their infant to suffer from fetal alcohol effect. Infants with this effect suffer from learning and behavior disorders. It is very important
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Primary diagnosis: Borderline intellectual functioning. Secondary diagnosis: Autistic disorders and other pervasive developmental disorders. The claimant was a 43-year-old woman. Alleged disability: learning disability. The claimant did not report any difficulties with activities of daily living. She reported problems with memory and understanding. She was interested in computers‚ reading books‚ watching television‚ and riding horses. She did not eat and did not care about her personal hygiene
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control over the fate of her children. This is made evident based off the information given in Table 4 Law 1 where it states‚ “A dreadfully deformed child shall be quickly killed.”2 The law does not set a clear standard as to what is considered a deformity therefore‚ the decision was always left up to the male to decide if a child should be killed or not. The ideals and moral values of the Romans also can be found in the examination of the
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Written by R.J. Palacio‚ the book armed with a message that wanted everyone to be serious about. Everyone is beautiful‚ no matter what they are. It’s centered around a boy with a facial deformity‚ this facial deformity was Treacher Collins syndrome. Because of this‚ it prevented him from going to a public mainstream school. That was until the time he was in fifth grade‚ which was when he enrolled in Beecher Prep. The majority of his classmates didn’t
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glass menagerie finds deeper approaches to sociology through meticulously characterizing its characters. The use of "surrealism" here‚ a successor of the realism approach‚ can be spotted in a series of occurrences and psychological deformities (not necessarily deformities) that act simultaneously. The desired outcome is inextricably linked to those factors. As such‚ Laura’s physical predicament placed in an environment lacking patriarchal support and run by a south-dreaming mother probably explains
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PAGET’S DISEASE Paget’s disease or osteitis deformans (now corrected as osteodystrophia deformans) is normally a benign chronic disorder of the bone that results in various complications like bone deformities‚ pathological fractures and osteoarthritis (Ralston 2008). It is estimated to occur in about 2-3% of the U.S population of adults over 60 years of age and is the second most common disease after osteoporosis. The occurrence of this disease has been characterized by a significant increase in
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