Cushing’s Syndrome Cushing’s Syndrome is a hormone disorder caused by the body tissues being exposed to high levels of the hormone cortisol for a long period of time. The disease is commonly caused by taking corticosteroid medicine in high doses over an extended period of time. The condition can also be caused by the body’s excess production of cortisol due to an overactive adrenal gland. It is a rare disease that mostly affects adults between the ages of 20 to 50. Females are more likely
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Mental Illness Research Questions - Munchausen Syndrome What illness are you researching? Factitious Disorders Munchausen Syndrome Ganser Syndrome What is the definition of your disorder? What might be physical/noticeable characteristics of this disorder? Munchausen syndrome is a mental disorder where a person repeatedly pretends to have severe illnesses‚ when they actually are the ones causing the illness to themselves. Those who have this illness will mostly complain of physical pain‚ as opposed
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vibrated through my whole body‚ mainly sourcing from my left ankle. My ankle was completely turned backwards. I frantically yelled out to my instructor‚ “MY ANKLE IS BROKEN!” As he sprinted over to the other side of the gymnasium where I was laying in agony‚ I could see an audience starting to gather. He informed me that the ambulance was on its way and that my mother had been notified. Five
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thoroughly? yes Corrie Nicholas Sedita English 101 November 25‚ 2012 Stockholm syndrome: Cause and Effect Stockholm syndrome; an issue that lends it name from a 1973 robbery of Kreditbanken in Stockholm‚ Sweden‚ in which two robbers held four bank employees hostage from August 23 to 28. These robbers shared a space with their victims and became emotionally attached and even defended them after. Today this syndrome is viewed as a psychological response to a situation where the victim has had their
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flenfef Down Syndrome is named after John Langdon Down‚ the first British doctor who first described the condition in 1987. It wasn’t until 1959‚ however‚ that an extra chromosome was identified as the cause. One in every 691 babies in the the United States are born with Down syndrome. Making Down syndrome the most common genetic condition. Approximately 400‚000 Americans have Down syndrome and about 6‚000 babies with Down syndrome are born in the United States each year. Down syndrome (DS)‚ also
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DOWN SYNDROME Down Syndrome is a congenital disorder arising from a chromosome It comes from a defect involving chromosome 21. The condition leads to impairments in both cognitive ability and physical growth that range from mild to moderate developmental disabilities. Through a series of screenings and tests‚ Down syndrome can be detected before and after a baby is born. The only factor known to affect the probability of having a baby with Down syndrome is maternal age. Less than one in 1‚000
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Kurmanalieva Cholpon Problem solving essay A loser syndrome Everyone’s life consists of white and black strips. Sometimes we can’t define which one is met more regularly in our life. We feel joyful when the black strip finishes‚ and the white strip begins. But how should a person behave if the black strips are repeated more often than the white ones? A person starts thinking himself unlucky‚ sees just bad sides of life‚ and stops believing in changes. Then‚ he gives up and doesn’t
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Share SCCM Nursing Care of Patients with Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Sabrina D. Jarvis‚ DNP‚ ACNP-BC Brigham Young University Provo‚ Utah‚ USA Kent D. Blad‚ DNP‚ ACNP-BC‚ FCCM Brigham Young University Provo‚ Utah‚ USA Alcoholism is prevalent in up to 20% of inpatient adults‚(1) presenting a significant challenge when providing nursing care for the critically ill patient who develops acute alcohol withdrawal syndrome (AWS). Many of these patients are already compromised by underlying
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METABOLIC SYNDROME LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the end of lecture students should know – Definition of Metabolic Syndrome – Visceral obesity is an indicator of the syndrome and an independent marker for CVD – Current and some potential future treatment options. METABOLIC SYNDROME CONCEPT (Not New) • 1923 - Kylin first to describe the clustering of hypertension‚ hyperglycemia‚ hyperuricemia • 1936 - Himsworth first reported Insulin insensitivity in diabetics • 1965 - Yalow and Berson
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Case Discussion Beal’s syndrome (OMIM # 121050) is a disorder of connective tissues. The syndrome was first explained by Beal’s and Hecht in 1971. It is inherited as an autosomal dominant disorder that is characterized by multiple flexion contractures‚ arachnodactyly‚ severe kyphoscoliosis‚ abnormal pinnae and muscular hypoplasia. It is caused by a genetic mutation in FBN2 gene (encoding the extracellular matrix micro fibril fibrillin 2) on chromosome 5q23. The FBN2 gene provides instructions for
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