took me and connected me to a ventilator. This was a scary moment in time for my parents but me I was fighting for my life. Keeping me going was the gift of blood transfusions from my father and uncle. A spinal tap is a procedure to collect and look at the fluid surrounding the brain and spinal cord. This procedure was conducted on me. The doctors were trying to put together the pieces of what disease or infection it was that I was so aggressively fighting. I was able to survive the infections I had
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Cover Page. Mariah Williams Period 6 Spinal Muscular Atrophy. By: Mariah Williams Spinal muscular atrophy [SMA] is a disorder in which‚ you have a loss of motor neurons. Your muscle symmetry is often off. In addition‚ there is muscle weakness in your spinal cord. This occurs in a hard time sitting up and holding your head up on your own. It is just like when you are a newborn and you need a pillow to sit on the couch. A few major causes of SMA are loss of motor neuron cells or nerve cell
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Injury and Injury Prevention Injuries that happen during sporting events are the some of the most commonly seen injuries among doctors and paramedics. The following paragraphs will cover types of injuries‚ evaluation and treatment‚ and injury prevention. When someone is injured during a sports game it is very important to get accurate information before treating them. To get this proper information‚ we use the acronym “HOPE” to walk through all the steps. The first thing to do is to ask
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or even ruin the rest of their life. Injuries in sports have even caused death. While a sport is a game‚ people should do certain things to prevent anything serious from happening. II. REASONS TO LISTEN: Some of you might think the topic of sports injuries might be boring and useless‚ but maybe you can take something from what I have to say. I am sure that someone in your family or a friend might play a sport. Learning more about common injuries could help you help them prevent something
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that is on their mind is becoming the fastest or strongest athlete‚ and that’s not going to change anytime soon. Sport injuries have increased rapidly since previous years‚ and it is currently a major part of many athletes’ lives today. Long ago‚ there were less people‚ specifically‚ athletes going to hospitals and going to see physical therapists for injuries. Now days‚ not only are teenage athletes going to hospitals and physical therapists‚ but children are going as well. In the article
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Biomechanics of Injury: Notes Sports injuries are divided into two categories: Acute and Chronic Acute Injury Acute injuries occur suddenly when playing or exercising. E.g. sprained ankles‚ strained back and fractured hands are acute injuries. Signs of acute injury include: Sudden severe pain Swelling Inability to place weight on a lower limb Extreme tenderness in an upper limb Inability to move a joint through full range of motion Extreme limb weakness Visible dislocation/break
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Having a knee injury can be very painful‚ but it can also be hard to tell when it is necessary to go to a doctor or when it acceptable to stay home and rest it. Depending on your knee injury your pain can vary in the location and the severity of your knee pain. Some symptoms of knee pain is swelling and stiffness‚ redness and warmth to the touch‚ weakness or instability‚ and popping or crunching noises (Mayo Clinic‚ 2012). The problem is identifying how severe your knee injury based on the pain and
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best in their league are now falling short due to overuse injuries. With childhood obesity increasing‚ U.S. citizens have overlooked the overuse injuries that affect the active youth. In 2003 more than 3.5 million children under age 15 suffered a sports injury that required medical treatment‚ thats about one attended injury for every 10 players‚ and seventy-five percent of those injuries were the result of overuse (Hyman‚ 2009). Overuse injuries occur over a long peroid of time and occur after repetitive
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knee. Instantaneously‚ contemplation turns to an ACL injury. All things considered‚ injuries are a frequent occurrence in the world of sports. Each and every sport has distinctive injury patterns and types of injuries that generally transpire. However‚ in the human body‚ the knee “is the most commonly injured joint…and ligament damage to the knee is more common than any other type of
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Essay 7/10/11 Student athlete head injuries: When is it safe to go back into the game? As a student athlete head injuries are relevant to me because I have experienced this type of injury. After researching the topic of head injuries in athletics‚ I came across three articles that stood out to me. In the article “Sports Medicine and School Nurses: A Growing Need for Further
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