Rett Syndrome: Important to Diagnose Imagine this‚ you are enjoying the Christmas holiday at your grandparents with your aunts‚ uncles‚ and cousins. You think nothing of it because it is a completely normal thing to do. This is the first year all of my cousins were together in about three years. I introduced my boyfriend‚ Devin‚ to my other cousins he hadn’t met yet. As we were talking‚ I grabbed a plate of snacks when my five year old cousin walks up to me. She did not say anything just stared
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and many aweing theories arguing if Abraham Lincoln had a disorder called Marfan syndrome or not‚ which was eventually resolved when Lincoln actually inherited a disease called Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B. Contributing to the dispute of Marfan syndrome in Abraham Lincoln‚ in 1964 a physician published his findings and observations in the Journal of the American Medical Association which diagnosed Abraham Lincoln that he had Marfan syndrome (Kugler). However‚ his conclusions were eventually
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easier time diagnosing Asperger syndrome disorder. The percentage of misdiagnosing Asperger syndrome disorder would lower with the correct equipment that tells the accurate diagnoses. Medical experts have misconceptions about Asperger syndrome‚ which leads to misdiagnosing the behavioral and mental state that would result in the patients’ not getting proper treatment. Within the community; Citizens and medical experts have misconceptions about Asperger’s Syndrome. For example citizens
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Genetic Project: Down Syndrome What is Down Syndrome? Down Syndrome is a chromosomal disorder where a child is born with an extra partial or full chromosome 21‚ thus leading to the over-expression of many genes present on this extra chromosome. Therefore‚ it is neither dominant nor recessive. Down Syndrome affects about 1 in 700 babies born‚ making it one of the most common genetic birth defects in the United States. There are actually 3 different types of Down Syndrome‚ Trisomy 21 (Nondisjunction)
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Robert’s Syndrome or Psuedo Thalidomide Syndrome is a gentic disorder with many growth delays before and after birth. This syndrome shows the malformation of legs and arms‚ abnormalalitles of the skull and facial regions. In most cases‚ it causes intelutcal disabitlly. In a case presneted‚ the parents of four children‚ the third conception had Robert’s Diesase. However the child was not diagnosed till the age of two. The only sign at birth was a cleft palate. At the age of two‚ the child was unable
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Early discovery is key when fighting a disease like Turner’s syndrome. In 1938 a gentleman named Henry Turner diagnosed the first set of patients with he believed was‚ “Turner’s syndrome” (Turner Syndrome Society of the United States‚ n.d.). At this time Mr. Turner was looking to explain why these‚ seven‚ people had been suffering from dwarfism and a developmental defect sexually. Unfortunately‚ there were probably thousands of people who were not diagnosed‚ and lacked the information needed for
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Stickler’s Syndrome Stickler’s Syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that causes problems with vision‚ hearing‚ bones‚ and joints. Stickler’s Syndrome was named after Dr. Gunnar B. Stickler. In 1960‚ a 12 year old boy was analyzed at Mayo Foundation in Minnesota. The boy had expansions of quite a few of the joints‚ he was also very short sighted. His mother also had a problem‚ she was blind. Dr. Stickler founded that other members of this family had similar symptoms. This made Stickler
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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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1101 K 11/26/13 Vulnerability and the Myth of Love: Stockholm Syndrome in Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast” From the 1700’s to today‚ many fairy tales have grown‚ changed‚ and taken on different meanings. Children are most commonly told the Disney versions because they do not contain the violence‚ sexualization‚ or the objectifications that the original versions had. The versions that were originally told contained all three of those characteristics. In every fairy
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Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Research Paper Abstract Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains the leading cause of post-neonatal mortality (under the age of one) in developed countries. The causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have been puzzling and research is being conducted to solve this catastrophic problem. Having a child under the age of one makes me very concerned‚ along with any other parent(s) that the possibility of SIDS could affect any infant at anytime‚ SIDS does not discriminate
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