vs. Dementia Dementia is an irreversible state of cognitive impairment and short term memory loss related to organic brain disease most commonly Alzheimer’s disease or multiple cerebral infarcts. Delirium is a state of cognitive impairment and confusion usually of recent onset related to another illness. There may also be clouding of consciousness. Delirium is an organic mental disorder that causes confusion‚ disorientation‚ and memory loss. It is different than dementia in that is causes a change
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Turner Syndrome Allie Fitzgerald BIOL 150 11/22/11 Turner syndrome (TS) is a genetic condition in which a female does not have the usual pair of two X chromosomes (“What is TS?”). This condition was named after Dr. Henry Turner‚ who was one of the first researchers to describe the features of Turner’s Syndrome in 1930s. TS occurs in about 1 female out of every 2‚000 female births‚ but is much more common in miscarriages. A diagnosis of TS is made through a karyotype test. This is performed
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Alcoholic dementia is a silent epidemic‚ it’s cause is excessive drinking. This type of dementia goes undiagnosed and confused with other types of dementia. Alcoholic dementia is a lack of vitamin B1 and is detrimental to one’s health‚ especially in the aging population. Alcohol induced dementia is treatable and possibly reversible; even so‚ it is avoidable if drinking in moderation. Dementia is a loss of mental ability severe enough to interfere with everyday life (Alzheimer’s Association. N.D.)
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P2- Outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life This assignment is going to outline possible effects of dementia on an individual’s health and quality of life. There are many different factors that having dementia will effect. As stated above some will affect the health of the person and others will affect the quality of life that the person will have. Depression is a common mental disorder‚ characterized by sadness‚ loss of interest or pleasure‚ feelings of
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Down’s Syndrome Down’s syndrome is a genetic condition involving an extra chromosome‚ this change occurs around the time of conception. A person with Down’s syndrome has forty-seven chromosomes instead of the usual forty-six. A relatively common genetic disorder‚ Down’s strikes 1 out of 600 babies. In 95 percent of all cases‚ the disorder originates with the egg‚ not the sperm‚ and the only known risk factor is advanced maternal age-at age 35‚ a woman has 1 chance in 117 of having a baby with
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Dementia D1 In this part of the essay I will evaluate how different approaches to caring for people with dementia can affect individual outcomes. I will evaluate the difference of someone living at home with dementia and someone who is living in a care home also suffering with dementia. When living at home with dementia the individual will have professional help come to them to help with daily tasks such as supervising medication intake‚ enabling optimum health and safety at home‚ providing a patient
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“health experts” and we have all been given the green light to enjoy the whole egg. But when it comes time to buy eggs‚ there are so many options it can become confusing to know which is best for our health. There are ‘conventional’ eggs and ‘free range’ and ‘organic’ and ‘pastured.’ What’s the actual difference between all of these and is there a cost justification with any of them? As it turns out‚ there are big differences among these eggs and there can be big implications on your health and your
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Dementia is mean‚ mind stealing disease that affects many elderly patients in different ways. It begins with forgetting small things like where you put your car keys‚ and escalates into forgetting yourself and your family. Many can function well with dementia for a period of time‚ but then generally have to transition into receiving help from family caregivers and/or nursing facilities such as nursing homes or assisted living. Dementia can turn a normal thinking person into an irrational person who
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As dementia progresses communication can be affected. Communication can be verbal‚ non-verbal including facial expressions or body language. Dementia affects the brain in different ways‚ causing disruption to the individual’s ability to communicate‚ each person is affected differently by dementia although the signs and symptoms of the disease are apparent. In the early stages of dementia it may be that the individual cannot think of the words they are wanting to use‚ losing their train of thought
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Down Syndrome What is Down Syndrome? Where does it come from? Is there a cure? About one in every 800 American babies is born with Down syndrome‚ and it is estimated that about 350‚000 people in the United States‚ and just under 6 million people worldwide live with this condition today. There is a false impression that pregnancy screening has eliminated or substantially reduced the incidence of Down syndrome in the population. Despite years of screening‚ the Down syndrome population in the
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