Tourette Syndrome is characterized by several indicators including muscular tics‚ vocal or phonic tics‚ disinhibited thoughts‚ emotional differences including difficulties in emotional regulation‚ obsessive compulsions and rituals. The characteristics and frequency of indicators can change throughout a “Touretter’s” life time. The onset of Tourette Syndrome is usually in childhood between the ages of 5 and 10 (average 7) years old. People with Tourette Syndrome have little or no control over the
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What is Turner’s syndrome? • A genetic disorder which only affects and occurs in females • It is a result of only one X chromosome present in the gamete (monosomy X ) • T.S can also occur if one of the sex chromosomes is partly missing or rearranged • This missing chromosome is responsible for the developmental affects • There is an extremely small chance of the fetus actually surviving How is a person diagnosed? • A person can be diagnosed by taking a sample of blood‚ amniotic fluid or
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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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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 Thesis: When someone sees a child or an adult with Down syndrome they automatically single them out‚ every person in this world is different‚ with a disability or with out‚ but that doesn’t mean they need to be treated differently. I. Causes A. Mental Disorder B. Mothers age C. Not inherited D. Most common E. Amniocentesis II. Symptoms A. Problems at birth B. Size C. Other issues D. Facial features III. Severities A. Ranges B. Trisomy 21 C. Mosaic D. Mosaic
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is like that. Have you ever heard of something called Marfan syndrome or MFS? It is a genetic disorder that about one in every five thousand people have and there is a fifty percent chance that it can be passed on to the next generation ("What Is Marfan Syndrome?"). Marfan syndrome is an abnormal condition characterized by elongation of the bones‚ and abnormalities in the cardiovascular system and the eyes (Hamilton). Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder that can be inherited from ancestors and
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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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According to the national heart‚lung‚and blood institute‚ in 2003‚ approximately 40‚000 infants and 150‚000 adults were reported with RDS meaning about one person out of 6‚800 has RDS. It is very important to be careful with this syndrome because if an infant or breathing machine tried to apply some pressure to the lungs there is a high chance of it to rupture causing air to leak making the lung collapse sinking in even farther which turns it into a more severe case‚ usually this
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