Munchausen’s syndrome (MS) is a difficult disorder to diagnose and treat. It is an acute form of the factitious disorder‚ which is when an individual fabricates or induces an illness to oneself for unknown reasons. Another form of this disease is Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy‚ in which a parent fabricates illness onto a child. Physicians have a difficult time to diagnose such a rare kind of disease. That’s why it’s very important that physicians‚ psychologists‚ and also social workers become more
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Marfan Syndrome is caused by a genetic mutation. Marfan can be passed on from parents or can occur spontaneously. The disorder happens in the gene that enables your body to produce a protein that helps give connective tissue its elasticity and strength. The mutation results in an increase in a protein called transforming growth factor beta‚ or TGF-B. The increase causes the problems in the connective tissues of the body. Marfan Syndrome is an autosomal recessive disorder. An autosomal recessive
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Tourette Syndrome was first described by a French doctor named Georges Gilles de la Tourette. (Joseph‚ Kidshealth) The disease can be very hard to control depending on the severity. It can cause repetitive movements or sudden jerks such as excessive eyeblinking‚ or shrugging your shoulders and even head jerking. Tourette’s can also can cause you to say unwanted things such as offensive phrases/words or blurting out random words‚ which are typically called tics. (Tourette Syndrome‚ Mayoclinic) Tics
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Klinefelter’s Syndrome “Harry Fitch Klinefelter specialized in endocrinology and rheumatology (weak bones) and through his studies Klinefelter’s syndrome was described in 1942‚” (Encyclopedia Britannica). The diagnosis of the patient is usually done at a young age through a series of many tests‚ one in which the doctor finds if the patient has two X-Chromosomes and one Y-Chromosome. As a random genetic mishap during the formation of the fetus‚ Klinefelter’s has many symptoms. The treatment is not
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Asperger syndrome is a disability which is similar to autism‚ where people see the world in a different perspective and interact with others differently. You are born with the syndrome and have it for life as there are no cure or treatment to this disability‚ however are series of strategies and approaches to help the people. What are the main difficulties that people with Asperger syndrome encounter? People with Asperger syndrome‚ have resembling difficulties as people with Autism‚ such as having
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Black Hawk Down is a story written by Mark Bowden‚ It tells the story of how a crew of Delta and Ranger Boys flew into Mogadishu‚ a city within Somalia. The mission of these men was to conduct a raid on a building in the heart of the city; they were looking for a man named Mohamed Farrid Aidid. Aidid was the warlord leader over the area and was responsible for withholding American and Foreign aid to the people of Somalia. The warlords were attempting to rule the people of Somalia using starvation
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novels are the same. All of their stories fit the archetypal pattern of a heroic quest. A heroic quest consists of twelve steps that the hero completes throughout his or her journey. In this essay‚ I will be explaining the parallels between Watership Down by Richard Adams and the archetypal pattern of a heroic quest; as well as the parallels between Hazel and the archetype of a hero. In the first step of a heroic quest‚ The Ordinary World‚ the hero who is uneasy and unaware is introduced in a way
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possess exceptional skills suggest that a definition of the savant syndrome be further critiqued. This study also assisted in the search for a correlation between autism and special talents‚ and used sensory processing in talented relative to non-talented individuals with ASD to act as a stepping stone for further research on this topic. Overall‚ it is clear that this study is crucial in discussing the definition of savant syndrome and differentiating it from symptoms of ASD. I feel that the results
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Ieva Baranauskaite Melinda Bechtell CMI 352 13‚ May‚ 2016 Dandy walker syndrome Dandy Walker syndrome (DWS) is a congenital brain defect that occurs in the cerebellum and the brain of the fourth ventricle during the first trimester. It is a genetic disorder and affects infants and children. Reason for the Dandy-Walker syndrome child’s presence is teratogenic factor‚ which adversely affect fetal development. There are‚ at present‚ three identified types of Dandy–Walker complexes. These represent closely
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Jake Tyler (Sean Faris) helps his high-school football team win an important game. A frustrated player from the opposing team makes taunts about Jake’s father‚ who died while driving drunk. Infamously-hot-tempered Jake starts a brawl with the opposing player. Spectators capture the brawl with mobile phones and video-cameras. Soon‚ the brawl is uploaded to YouTube. Jake gets thrown off the team for brawling‚ but takes it in stride because he is leaving this school anyway. He and his younger brother
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