DOWN SYNDROME Down Syndrome is a congenital disorder arising from a chromosome It comes from a defect involving chromosome 21. The condition leads to impairments in both cognitive ability and physical growth that range from mild to moderate developmental disabilities. Through a series of screenings and tests‚ Down syndrome can be detected before and after a baby is born. The only factor known to affect the probability of having a baby with Down syndrome is maternal age. Less than one in 1‚000
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Inside Rett Syndrome Christina Wenn April 10‚ 2013 Rett syndrome is a genetic disorder that I have dealt with first-hand. I babysat a set of twins in my neighborhood‚ and one of the twins‚ Morgan‚ was diagnosed with Rett syndrome as an infant. I started babysitting the twins‚ Morgan and Ryan‚ when I was a freshman in high school‚ but I mainly took care of Morgan. She would giggle and smile‚ but other than that she was mute. Morgan ate baby food and watched Disney movies. She also wore a diaper
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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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involved in their development. Duane syndrome is one example of these genetic diseases. People who suffer from this rare condition have the limited
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Cushing’s Syndrome Cushing’s Syndrome is a condition that results from chronic exposure to excessive amounts of glucocorticoids circulating in the blood stream for an extended period of time. The disease was first reported by Harvey Cushing over one hundred years ago‚ yet the condition still plagues endocrinologists today. Reasons for this difficulty include the vast amount of often vague symptoms that the syndrome presents‚ most of which are found in a plethora of other conditions as well‚ combined
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Angelman Syndrome In America‚ about 6 million students are known to have some kind of intellectual disability. Intellectual disabilities are not always determined by the IQ level of an individual but rather how they react to their peers‚ self-perception‚ problem solving‚ personal care‚ etc.. It could develop before birth‚ after birth or even in one’s later life. Usually‚ these disabilities are caused by mutation in one of the chromosomes of a fetus. For example‚ some syndromes are the result of
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Cotard syndrome was named after Jules Cotard. A French neurologist he called the condition le délire de négation (“negation delirium”). There are multiple levels from mild to severe. Cotard had formed a new type of depression‚ where one denies their own existence. When the area of the brain that recognizes faces is disconnected‚ with the area that associates emotions with those faces. This can also be caused from major depression with psychotic features‚ schizophrenia‚ or organic
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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 there is a very high possibility that if someone has it
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s Rett’s Syndrome Website: http://understandingrettsyndrome.webs.com History Rett Syndrome is a developmental disorder experienced almost always in girls‚ and is first recognized during infancy. Before the discovery of this disorder‚ incidents of Rett Syndrome were mistaken for many other neurologic disorders such as Autism‚ Cerebral Palsy‚ or Nonspecific Developmental Delay‚ especially in females. An Austrian physician‚ Dr. Andreas Rett‚ first described this
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Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer‚ navigator‚ and colonizer‚ born in the Republic of Genoa‚ in what is today northwestern Italy on an unspecified day but believed to be before October 31 1451. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain‚ he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents. Those voyages‚ and his efforts to establish permanent settlements on the island of Hispaniola‚ initiated the
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