Kawasaki Syndrome Heather Skinner Virginia College Professor Huffman January 23‚ 2017 Kawasaki Syndrome was first discovered by a Japanese physician Tomisaku Kaswasaki in the 1960s. He noticed a cluster of symptoms in Japanese schoolchildren. Kawasaki Syndrome affects children younger than the age of 5 years old‚ but peaks at ages 18-24 months. In 2000‚ there was an average of 77% of children in the United States being treated for Kawasaki disease (Gale‚ 2008). The disease appears to be influenced
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L I T CHA R T S TM Heart of Darkness Key Facts Full Title: Heart of Darkness Genre: Colonial literature; Quest literature Setting: The Narrator tells the story from a ship at the mouth of the Thames River near London‚ England around 1899. Marlow’s story-within-the-story is set in an unnamed European city (probably Brussels) and in the Belgian Congo in Africa sometime in the early to mid 1890s‚ during the colonial era. Climax: The confrontation between Marlow and Kurtz in the jungle Protagonist:
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Light is traditionally interpreted with goodness and innocence‚ while darkness correlates with evil and corruption. In the book of Genesis‚ God created light and saw how the light was good. So He separated light and dark. However‚ in Heart of Darkness‚ light is not associated with goodness‚ but symbolizes the deceptiveness of the Europeans entering Africa. The darkness is associated with the ignorance of the natives. Conrad uses the contrasting symbols of light and dark to convey the theme of imperialism
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A Case Study on Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm in a soccer player Objective: To describe the evaluation‚ diagnosis‚ and current treatment of a men’s soccer player with compartment syndrome of the forearm. Background: The forearm is the most common site for compartment syndrome in the upper extremity. The compartments of the forearm include the volar (anterior or flexor)‚ and the dorsal (posterior or exterior). Both bone forearm fractures and distal radius fractures are common initial
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defeat sunrise or hope. Elie Wiesel and Immaculée Ilibagiza fight and struggle to survive the situations they are in. But they can’t survive it on their own because they aren’t physically or mentally strong enough. That’s why in the memoirs Night and Left to Tell‚ Elie Wiesel and Immaculée Ilibagiza reveal how important it is to always have something to live for‚ even when times are tough‚ and how keeping hope alive is essential to surviving hardships. Surviving during the times of Elie Wiesel and
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killer." People who have high blood pressure typically don’t know it until their blood pressure is measured. They are: headache‚ dizziness‚ blurred vision‚ nausea and vomiting‚ chest pain and shortness of breath. Commonly seen in hypertension: heart attack‚ heart failure stroke or transient ischemic attack‚ kidney failure‚ and eye damage with vision loss What are symptoms of Hypertension? High blood pressure usually causes no symptoms and high blood pressure often is labeled "the silent killer."
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Imagine growing old before having the chance to grow up. Hutchinson-Gilford Syndrome‚ commonly referred to as progeria‚ is a disease that has this effect on a significant amount of children around the world. Although there are many different forms of progeria‚ Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome is the classic type. The name progeria comes from Greek origin and means “prematurely old”. Those who suffer from this disease take on the effects of early aging. Although their bodies begin to age early
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Omenn syndrome is a genetic disease that affects humans at the earliest stage of life. As an immunodeficiency disorder‚ it affects the immune system of the human body. The syndrome impairs the function of T cells and causes an absence of B cells. Both of these cells are lymphocytes and a type of leukocyte or white blood cell. In turn‚ this cause patients to have a hard time fighting off various types of infections that include fungal‚ viral‚ and bacterial antigens. Missense mutations in the RAG1
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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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Finding out you or a loved one has a heart murmur can be frightening. Anything that causes heart complications is frightening. A heart murmur is an extra or unusual sound heard during your heartbeat. Although heart murmurs are common and need to be taken seriously‚ they are often quite harmless. Heart murmurs are most common in healthy children who can possibly out grow the symptom. With normal tests‚ doctors can find out the cause of a heart murmer and help with the problem. There are many alternate
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