on the lens and vitreous humor; glucose and its metabolites cause dilation of the lens‚ altering its normal focal length.” Peripheral neuropathy presents as numbness and tingling in both hands and feet‚ in a glove and stocking pattern; it is bilateral‚ symmetric‚ and ascending neuropathy‚ which results from many factors‚ including the accumulation of sorbitol in peripheral sensory nerves due to sustained hyperglycemia”
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complications (kidney and eye disease) and neuropahtic complications. Diabetes is also associated with an increased occurrence of macrovascular disease‚ icluding coronay artery disease‚ (myocardial infarction)‚ cerebrovascular disease (stroke) and peripheral vascular disease. Types of Diabetes Type 1 (Formerly Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus) About 5%-10% of diabetic patients have type 1 diabetes. Beta cells of the pancreas that normally produce insulin are destroyed by an autoimmune process
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Leprosy‚ caused by the bacterium Mycobacterium leprae is a leading cause of peripheral neuropathy worldwide; although it is treatable‚ the damage caused by the disease is irreversible. In Sannu’s case‚ why is there both sensory loss and muscle weakness? Answer: because Sannu’s is also malnutrition and he has not received proper treatment for his disease. B. Leprosy can affect the skin and Schwann cells of peripheral nerves. Which events of sensation processing are most likely not functioning properly
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Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) is a rapidly progressing disorder in which the body’s immune system attacks the peripheral nervous system and causes motor weakness. The progression of the disorder is as quick as hours‚ days‚ or even weeks from the onset of symptoms. Medical attention should be sought after as soon as possible on the account of the disease could become life threatening if the progression affects the muscles that control the breathing. The progression in which GBS affects the body
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Experimentation Critique University of Phoenix RES – 320 Foundations of Research September 16th‚ 2013 The Balance Evaluation Systems Test to Differentiate Balance Deficits Experimentation Critique. The article viewed presents the framework‚ preliminary concurrent validity and interrater credibility for the specific tool. The Balance Evaluation Systems Test‚ also known as BESTest. The overall goal of this particular study was the development
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is the most common entrapment neuropathy in the body 1 ; 2. It is a median neuropathy at the wrist due to compression of the median nerve beneath the transverse carpal ligament 2; 3 ; 4. Carpal tunnel syndrome is confirmed by the identification of abnormal median nerve conduction tests across the carpal tunnel. Nerve conduction tests are essential in the confirmation of the diagnosis of suspected cases of CTS. These tests are objective tests that assess the physiological
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is a foot deformity‚ it is a very high arched foot. People who have this disease can also have numb feet. CMT the peripheral nerves‚ which are the nerves outside the brain and spinal cord. There are more than 80 kinds of CMT. Each kind is caused by a different kind of mutation‚ and more causes are being discovered every year. CMT is one kind of neuropathy which means that peripheral nerves are damaged. This disease affects about 2.8 million people worldwide. Some of the symptoms of this disease are
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Vitamin Name Deficiency effects’ Vitamin B1 thiamine Deficiency causes beriberi. Symptoms of this disease of the nervous system include weight loss‚ emotional disturbances‚ Wernicke’s encephalopathy (impaired sensory perception)‚ weakness and pain in the limbs‚ periods of irregular heartbeat‚ and edema (swelling of bodily tissues). Heart failure and death may occur in advanced cases. Chronic thiamine deficiency can also cause Korsakoff’s syndrome‚ an irreversible psychosis characterized by amnesia
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divided into macrovascular and microvascular. Macrovascular complications refer to disease affecting the arteries that supply the heart‚ brain and legs. Examples of macrovascular complications are coronary artery disease‚ cerebrovascular disease and peripheral vascular disease. Microvascular complications are known to affect mainly the small vessels in the retina‚ kidney and nerve
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While the patient is obese and at peril for diabetes‚ diabetic neuropathy could be ruled out since the patient is negative for diabetes per the Hgb A1C. Likewise‚ cervical radiculopathy could be ruled out since the patient is not undergoing any neck pain or stiffness and the MRI was negative for any pinched nerve to the
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