Botulism The topic I chose to talk about today is botulism. Botulism neurotoxin is one of the most lethal substances known to man. Not many people are aware of what it is and its negative side-effects. What is Botulism? 3) Botulism is a neurotoxin produced by Clostridium botulism. Botulism causes extreme and sometimes fatal food poisoning. Botulism was first identified in Germany in 1735. A person had eaten a German sausage and got food poisoning. This is how botulism got
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What is Polio Disease? This viral disease can affect nerves that can lead to serious paralysis (muscle function loss)‚ sometimes partial‚ or even complete. How is Polio Spread (Mode of Transmission)? Polio is a virus that spreads by the following: contact with infected feces‚ direct human-to-human contact‚ and contact with infected mucus or phlegm from the mouth or nose. What are the symptoms? The symptoms of Paralytic Poliomyelitis include: Fever (5-7 days before other symptoms)‚ abnormal
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substance commonly used to push drugs into the bloodstream quickly. Pancuronium bromide is administered next. This acts as a neuromuscular blocker‚ preventing communication between the nerve and the muscle. The result of this is complete muscle paralysis. Muscle paralysis causes the person to go into respiratory arrest since the diaphragm is a muscle. The diaphragm pulls air into the lungs‚ but stops. The final injection is another saline flush. This dosage floods the heart with different charged particles
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Nursing Name Institution Conversion Disorder Introduction Conversion disorder refers to a mental health condition that has symptoms that indicate neurological signs such as speech impairment‚ numbness‚ paralysis‚ blindness‚ and tremors but without any neurological cause‚ substance abuse or physical disease. These symptoms are preceded by psychological stress or conflicts in life. This disorder is caused by psychological reactions from a highly stressful condition or event. Other psychological
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Botulism Botulism may not be at the top of your list of household known diseases‚ but it is a rare and very serious illness. Botulinium toxin is one of the most powerful known toxins: about one microgram is lethal to humans. Only about 110 people get it every year in the United States. Since it is rare‚ all forms can be deadly and are considered to be medical emergencies. The cause is a neurotoxin made by a bacterium called Clostridium botulinum (C. botulinum). This toxin travels through the blood
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unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. This case resolved a controversial issue in light of recent evidence that a lethal injection’s three-drug combination fails to alleviate pain and prevents the criminal from signaling such pain because of paralysis inducement. In a 7-2 decision with four concurrences and a dissent‚ the Court held that Kentucky’s lethal injection scheme did not violate the Eighth Amendment. Noting that the inmates had conceded the "humane nature" of the procedure when performed
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Understanding autoimmune disease is the subject of intense study within the medical community and although there have been great strides in the direction of uncoiling the mystery of autoimmune responses‚ there is still much to be discovered. Cell-mediated autoimmune disease is defined as a disease in which one’s immune system attacks the healthy cells of their own body. Such diseases as Multiple Sclerosis‚ Rheumatoid Arthritis‚ Celiac Disease‚ and Lupus fall into this category. With Zika virus
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inability to act. Just like Hamlet‚ I suffer an existential crisis; Whether or not I will go to college‚ and yet I am delaying until the very end. Hamlet’s inability to act comes from his existential crisis because of his paralysis through over analysis. Over analyzing can lead to paralysis or inability to act. Hamlet designs a play to decide whether or not King Claudius is the murderer. He designed the play‚ caught the king‚ and while Claudius was praying‚ about to kill the king. However‚ Hamlet over
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functional limitations for someone with this paralysis? These are some of questions that will be addressed in this study. A person with a spinal cord injury needs some assistive devices to enable them to be somewhat mobile. A wheelchair and a new device called a Tech RMD were purchased to make daily tasks less challenging. The rented home he will be living in needs some modifications made to the exterior and interior‚ to accommodate a person with this paralysis. We will be looking at every room that
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A PALE VIEW OF HILLS: Brian W. Shaffer Textual Analysis After both reading Kazuo Ishiguro’s elliptical novel‚ ‘A Pale View of Hills’ and now Brian w. Shaffer’s analysis of the book‚ I have been forced to rethink the initial notion that possessed me of the books obscure meanings and concepts‚ that Ishiguro so deftly weaves. The story itself is a powerfully constructed enigma that within it contains yet more ambiguous and obscure implications. Shaffer‚ in his analysis‚ manages to capture the very
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