At the age of 18 months I survived a bleed to the brain as well as a breakdown in my immune system ; I’m currently medicated for ITP which is a blood disorder ‚ causing me to be more susceptible to infection ‚ as my body does not have the capacity to fight infection. This is due to a low platelet count. At three years old I had to have a major operation (a splectomy) which increased my platelet count and allows my immune system to fight infection. At the time of my operation I was not aware of the
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Drowsiness-idiopathic and Somnolence-idiopathic . As listed online on Medline Plus‚ some symptoms are: anxiety‚ feeling irritated‚ loss of appetite‚ low energy‚ restlessness‚ slow thinking or speech‚ and trouble remembering. Medline Plus states‚ “Idiopathic hypersomnia is usually treated with stimulant medications such as amphetamine‚ methylphenidate‚ and modafinil. These drugs may not work as well for this condition as they do for narcolepsy.” Narcolepsy is not to be confused with Idiopathic Hypersomnia
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NAME: TOPIC: SLEEP DISORDER WITH THE ADULTS INSTITUTION: SLEEP DISORDER WITH THE ADULTS It can be described as a medical condition that adults that face. Sleep disorder can be defined as the disturbance of normal sleeping habits among adults. The disorder may involve difficulties that are associated with sleep. Most of the adults that are affected by sleep disorders may be because they have adopted a certain life style that is not the one they previously had. Difficulties that may be involved
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sleep deprivation and its ill effects Sleep deprivation is the condition of not having enough sleep; it can be either chronic or acute. A chronic sleep-restricted state can cause fatigue‚ daytime sleepiness‚ clumsiness and weight loss or weight gain. It adversely affects the brain and cognitive function. Few studies have compared the effects of acute total sleep deprivation and chronic partial sleep restriction. Complete absence of sleep over long periods is impossible for humans to achieve (unless
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Sleep Disorders Dr. M. Zain Yousuf MBBS‚ MCPS (Resident) SMO & In-charge In-patient Dept. A. Q. Khan Institute Sleep Disorders Classification (ICD-10):1. Nonorganic insomnia 2. Nonorganic hypersomnia 3. Nonorganic disorder of sleep-wake schedule 4. Sleepwalking [somnambulism] 5. Sleep terrors [night terrors] 6. Nightmares Nonorganic Insomnia Diagnostic guidelines:1. The complaint is either of difficulty falling asleep or maintaining sleep‚ or of poor quality of sleep; 2. The sleep disturbance
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called Idiopathic; Idiopathic is a fancy word for unknown cause. Doctors do know that scoliosis can run in families. So if a parent‚ sister‚ or brother had scoliosis‚ you might have it‚ too. Scoliosis is described based on the age when scoliosis develops. If the person is less than 3 years old‚ it is called infantile idiopathic scoliosis. Scoliosis that develops between 3 and 10 years of age is called juvenile idiopathic scoliosis‚ and people that are over 10 years old have adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
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"Fibrosis" is a term used to refer to scarring‚ so pulmonary fibrosis means scarring throughout the lungs. In some people‚ chronic pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis develop without an identifiable cause. Most of these people have a condition called idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) that does not respond to medical therapy‚ while some of the other types of fibrosis‚ such as nonspecific interstitial pneumonitis (NSIP)‚ may respond to immune suppressive therapy. (Welsh M.J. 2010) Tissue deep in the lungs
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5/28/13 Common Drugs and Medications to Treat Chronic Idiopathic Constipation Search Why WebMD? Health A-Z WebMD Home Drugs & Supplements Living Healthy Family & Pregnancy News & Experts Save Drugs & Medications A-Z Drugs and Medications Center Find a Drug Pill Identifier Drugs & Medications A-Z Drugs & Medical Conditions Drug Basics & Safety Latest Drug News Drugs Information on Mobile Find a Vitamin Medication Evaluator Find Drug Coupons Drugs & Medications Search
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it is called scoliosis. Scoliosis is mainly now for its shaped S or C in the spinal column. Its twist and rotation‚have cause deformation in different parts of the section of the spine. Scoliosis can be cause by different ways such as congenital ‚idiopathic‚ neuromuscular‚and degenerative.Therefore‚ treatment varies from using braces to surgery depending its progression. Congenital scoliosis is a natural disease that
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movie a college student‚ Charlie Simms (Chris O’Donell)‚ is hired to aide the blind veteran Slade‚ for the duration of a holiday weekend. Upon taking the job‚ Slade’s niece whom is his normal care taker‚ informs Charlie that Slade suffers from hypersomnia‚ alcoholism‚ and that he doesn’t leave the house unless prompted (more than likely do to loss of interest and not agoraphobia). Although these are all symptoms of dysthmia if they were to last for 2 years‚ the movie doesn’t actually give enough
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