...If someone could test my DNA and tell me what disease I would suffer from in the next 25 years, would I want to know the results? In my opinion, I think I would want to know the results. This could help me prepare how to move forward with my life. It would give me freedom to live knowing what will happen instead of wondering what will happen. Having this information would help my family, like I said, be prepared. The Disease I came across is called Fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva. This disease is often referred to as Stone Man Syndrome and is a rare genetic disorder. Since the 1800s, there have been references in medicine describing people who apparently "turned to stone"; some of these cases may be attributable to FOP. There have approximately been 700 confirmed cases across the globe from an estimated 2500. The best known FOP case is that of Harry Eastlack (1933–1973). His condition began to develop at the age of ten, and by the time of his death from pneumonia in November 1973, six days before his 40th birthday, his body had completely froze up leaving him able to move only his lips. Stone Man Syndrome, is an extremely rare disease of the connective tissue. A mutation of the body's repair mechanism causes fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament) to be ossified spontaneously or when damaged. In many cases, injuries can cause joints to become permanently frozen in place. (Hense the name Stone Man) Surgical removal of the extra bone growths has been...
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...Ryan Walsh McHenry County College Fall 2015 Abstract: If a patient that has Parkinson's Disease (PD) there is an electrical implant they can receive called Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation (STN-DBS) that is extremely effective in curing the disabling neurological symptoms, most commonly the debilitating motor symptoms of PD. The reason I'm doing this doing this research is to see the negative outcomes of the surgery. I am looking for any emotional or cognitive consequences that can occur in the long-term or short-term time periods. Through my research, I have found that there are some side effects such as: change in mood and behavior, trouble creating and expressing words and having a hard time recognizing facial expressions. I have also found out that there have been cases that have occurred with no negative long-term or short-term effects. Regarding these possible negative consequences, I personally have worked as a caregiver taking care of multiple people with PD and I have seen the extreme negative consequences with the rigidity of their bodies and the danger they put themselves in when they try to do menial tasks such as trying to go to the bathroom. I feel as if the positive outcomes outweigh the negative consequences with the STN-DBS implant. If I personally had PD, I would wait another 10-15 years until more research is done for the negative consequences. Annotated Bibliography Pham, U., Solbakk...
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...poem “Alzheimer’s”, Kelly Cherry describes Alzheimer’s disease by observing a man’s life, as he experiences a new lifestyle, all while showing the effects of dementia and the disease. The setting of the poem and the narrator’s fluctuating tone convey multiple emotions and thoughts to allow readers a glance into not only the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, but the struggles as well. The speaker’s tone progresses from an attitude of acceptance to an attitude of great concern; and finally to an attitude that describes the seriousness of the setting at certain times. When the man is introduced into the poem, he is described as crazy with a mind that he is not accustomed to. As the setting is further elaborated upon, the man is overcome with worry and he begins to question the important things. The speaker indicates the man is no longer the man he used to be right at the beginning. As the story continues to unfold, the setting and tone is built upon by adding the house and mentioning his belongings such as the piggy bank. By describing his memory and what the man has forgotten, the narrator is implying important, significant, and unimportant things in the old man’s life. As the poem is read, the tone and setting identified by the narrator allows the reader to catch a glimpse of how Alzheimer’s disease has not only affected the man, but how the disease could affect the reader. Alzheimer’s disease is a disease causing dementia and memory loss that occurs from the...
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...The Effects of Zoonotic Diseases Case Study #13 April 17, 2011 Zoonosis refers to an infectious disease in animals that can be transmitted to people. An animal serves as the natural reservoir for such an infectious agent, ("MedTerms," 2001). Many zoonoses, which is simply the plural meaning of zoonosis, including viruses, bacteria, and parasites can be transmitted to humans by various routes. Some of these routes consist of animal bites, vectors (i.e., insects), and animal-to-human contact (i.e., inhalation of respiratory droplets or skin-to-skin contact), (Bauman 613-14) & ("Infectious Diseases," 2009). Most emerging infections that have occurred world wide are said to be a zoonotic disease. Many of these diseases are fatal or have the potential to be fatal if not treated quickly and properly identified. An example of a zoonosis case that has the potential to arise annually is listed below: Case Study#13 “You work in a small family practice in rural VA. A man in his early 50’s comes in with a complaint of intermittent fever (102-103°F) and headache for the past two weeks. The physician examines him and takes a history. The only clinical finding is a wound about the size of a quarter on his right thumb. Axillary lymph nodes are swollen and tender. The man says he cut himself while skinning a rabbit three days ago. On the basis of these observations the physician prescribes streptomycin and asks the man to call if his symptoms don’t...
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...when these conditions vary, these circumstances promoted behavioral changes to encourage changes in behavior and domestic actions of man, which in turn caused such a change of environment that disfavored the transcendence of the plague, which has its ultimate manifestation in the Old Continent nearly four hundred years after his arrival in Europe. Some people consider this event as the worst of the epidemics that affected man in its history. Although historically it has been established that the disease was bubonic plague acting with pneumonic and septicemic variants, some researchers attribute the high mortality registered to more than one disease, they base their statements and even in our times, by studying bones from graves that in which tradition is known to have been buried victims of the plague , in some cases there was no evidence of bubonic plague and its variants in one hand and in the other hand traces of other diseases such as Anthrax were found. What is certain and beyond doubt is that this epidemic ends with the third part of the population then, between 20 and 25 million people. Bubonic plague or Black Death, from China into Europe and through Italy by the year 1343, in a fleet of commercial Italian ships on the route of the Black Sea. The boats brought in his crew infected individuals, and the rats that carried the disease. It is mentioned that even boats were drifting with the entire crew...
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...James Gwinn BIOL 840 Infectious Disease - Fall 16 Case Study Scenario: Earlier this week, a middle-aged man came into an urgent care facility referencing a high fever and severe chills for a couple days. He has also been experiencing muscle aches, headache, and an overall tiredness. He has not been feeling well for the past two weeks. Since the patient revealed that he did not receive a seasonal flu-shot, he was prescribed Theraflu and sent home. After a couple more days, the patient returned to the office with no improvement with additional nausea and vomiting. The doctor prescribed a simple blood test and noticed that the man was suffering from hemolytic anemia. The man is from New Hampshire and spends most of his time outdoors. He enjoys hunting, fishing, and trail-hiking. He has...
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...Sclerosis or Lou Gehrig’s Disease Frederick Aladad Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that portrays progressive muscle paralysis, and eventually ends with death. As many as twenty thousand to thirty thousand people in the United States have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, and an estimated five thousand people in the United States are diagnosed with the disease each year (Shiel, 2012). The etiology of the disease is unknown, but it plays a genetic factor. Less than ten percent has been shown to be inherited in families. ALS begins with the client with muscle weakness, stiffness, eventually to paralysis, then death caused by respiratory failure. Dysphagia occurs at onset in about one third of case, although generally it occurs in later stage of the disease (Noh, 2010). The nursing diagnosis is risk for aspiration related to impaired swallowing. Intervention for the diagnosis includes positioning the client in a 90 degree angle while in bed, a wheel chair or a chair. There is no known cure for the disease, but symptoms can be treated. Riluzole is administered to slow the progression of the disease. Pathophysiology Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis is a neurodegenerative disease that begins with rapid, progressive muscle weakness. It attacks the neurons that are responsible for moving voluntary muscles. Once the person is diagnosed with the disease, the person will inevitably...
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...considered decisions or come sensible conclusions. Everyone in Maycomb is judgemental which’s Maycomb’s disease. Racism, the amount of money and a social hierarchy are social issues of the town that socially determined their worth. In the story the setting of Maycomb is the true antagonist. Skin color makes a man in society. Atticus, a lawyer and probably the fairest man in Maycomb, defends black man Tom Robinson. Atticus is a true rarity, because he’s a white man who’s intelligent and has money, who respects blacks fairly. In court Atticus makes a bold move by saying,”But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal..” (Lee, 27). Atticus stands up for Tom Robinson, which makes him hated by racist white men. White men like Bob Ewell, Bob Ewell has Maycomb’s ‘disease’. Bob is a lazy and insane drunk poor man who accuses Tom Robinson of raping his daughter. Tom Robinson is a disabled black man who’s affected by Maycomb’s disease. Tom gets wrongly accused, and ends up dead because of it,Tom was innocent, but because of his skin color he was found guilty. Racism is a big social issue, which affects everyone’s lives....
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...Call Centers vs. Restaurants Darius Harris COM/170 10/7/2013 Barbara DeRubeis-Witt Prostate Cancer In the year 2013 there have been 238,590 new cases and 29,720 deaths in the United States from men receiving Prostate Cancer. Prostate Cancer is a serious disease that is treatable and preventable. The cancer is a disease that is not taken seriously and most men feel that they could get the disease. Men can receive Prostate Cancer many different ways at any given moment. In this research paper I will discuss Prostate Cancer treatment, symptoms of Prostate Cancer, genetics of Prostate Cancer, and the statistics Prostate Cancer has many ways to cure the disease and many different ways to possibly treat the disease on a day to day basis if not cured. Some treatments are standard and some are tested in clinical trials. Treatments that are tested in a clinical trial are researched to help improve current treatments or obtain information on newly tested treatments for all patients. There are many different ways to treat prostate cancer such as radiation therapy, hormone therapy, chemotherapy, biologic therapy and radical prostatectomy. Radiation therapy is a treatment that uses high energy x-rays or different types of radiation to kill cancer cells. The way that radiation therapy is given depends on the type of cancer and stage of the cancer is being treated. Most men that are treated with radiation...
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...insane and does know what he did. I hope that you will support me on my opinion, and continue listening to this case. Logan is legally insane because he has a disease that makes him act crazy. This man knew exactly what he was doing, but he was too insane to stop and be a good person. For the first piece of evidence it says, “The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them.” (page 1). Right from the beginning of the claim,...
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...this era, such as comedies and tragedies of Shakespeare as well as the successes and failures in medicine. Although much of Elizabethan medicine was trial and error, it was also an accumulation of interesting beliefs, superstitions and fascinating ways in curing illnesses. Belief in the supernatural is evident throughout the era, and included when trying to understand the human anatomy. Although people of the Elizabethan times worked with natural remedies they believed in humors. The four humors included blood, phlegm or mucus, yellow bile and black bile. They believed disease resulted from an imbalance of these humors, so physicians would prescribe medicines and foods that were thought to possess the opposite properties of the excessive humor (Wagner 199).A not so common theory emerged as to the thought that diseases were caused by influences of the stars and planets upon the astral body of man (Lyons 376). A man by the name of Theophrastus Bombastus Von Hohenheim, or Paracelsus, believed in this medieval pathophysiological idea....
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...homosexual man himself, stated in a Democratic platform that he only ask that the American government recognize that homosexual men are human as well. However, even though Kraus fought for the rights of the gay community, he too was on board with the idea of closing the bath houses. During the late 1970s to the mid 1980s, bathhouses were used by homosexual men to seek pleasure from other men. He did this to campaign for safe-sex and bring about an awareness that the bath houses were causing this disease to spread easier. Many people felt as though their rights to obtain pleasure however they see fit was being taken from them strictly on the basis of their homosexuality. This led to an increase in the gay rights movement across America. The LGBT movement began in 1924, but was not widely recognized until The Stonewall Riots of 1969; the incident that occurred shaped the gay right movement forever. On June 28, 1969, police raided a popular gay bar known as the Stonewall Inn and began...
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...Bubonic Plague Article Joanna Hull HCS/245 August 7, 2012 Lavinia Goto Bubonic Plague In the mid-14th century in Europe, there was a deadly disease that spread like wild fire killing millions of people who came in contact with it. The disease is called the bubonic plague also known as the Black Death and it affects the lymphatic system causing your lymph nodes to swell. People do not usually spread bubonic plague from person to person. Small rodents, such as rat, mice, and squirrels, carry the infection. Fleas that live on these animals act as “vectors” and carry the infection from the rodent to humans (“Bubonic Plague,”2010). It is said to have originated from China and later spread to Europe and then Russia killing millions. This happened over thousands of years ago, but still happens today worldwide just not as bad as it was in the 14th century. According to the World Health Organization, there are 1,000 to 3,000 cases of bubonic plague worldwide each year. A man from Oregon was very unfortunate to have come in contact with this infection and this is his terrifying story about him fighting for survival. Paul Gaylord, 59, was in his home in Prineville, Oregon enjoying a beautiful summer day when he saw that his cat had a rodent in its mouth. Paul tried to grab the rodent out of his cat’s mouth and while trying to do this; his cat scratched and bit him in the process. Paul went to his doctor to get some antibiotics to prevent him...
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...The Living Analytical Prompt: Prompt 2: In the book, The Living by Matt de la Pena, a passenger on the ship, called the “combover man” makes a selfish decision when he jumps overboard. His decisions affect Shy for a long time after, and make him feel guilty for not saving him notwithstanding the fact that he tried. Later in the book we find out the reason the man jumped overboard. He was a part of a business called LasoTech which created the disease that both Shy’s grandma died of, and Carmen’s father died of. The company spread Romero disease and the “combover man” was an employee that helped spread it. The man is being selfish for taking his own life when he has already taken so many others for spreading this horrible disease. Personal Response...
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...Crohn's Disease Nicole DeMase Health and Chronic Management Nur 427 December 6, 2010 Tiffany Fitch, MSN, FNP-C Crohn's Disease Patient information: A 21 year old Jewish-American presents to the emergency department with severe diarrhea and complaints of abdominal pain, decreased appetite for over two weeks and weight loss of 10lbs. The young Jewish man has no other medical problems and denies any family history other than an older brother that was diagnosed with Crohn’s when he has 20 years old. Currently, the young man is enrolled in college pursuing a career in criminal justice and did advise the emergency department staff of a learning disability. The young man requested that any information about his diagnosis should be put into writing so he can reference the information any time he has any questions. With that saying, I have provided informational facts about the disease and what a person just being diagnosed with the disease should know. Crohn’s disease that affects more than 500,000 people in the United States is a chronic inflammatory disease that causes inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract. Crohn’s does can affect any area of the GI tract, from the mouth to the anus, but often affects the small intestines also known as the ileum. The inflammation causes abdominal pain and makes the intestines empty frequently causing severe diarrhea and also malnutrition. Sign and symptoms of Crohn’s disease often range from mild to severe and also can have periods...
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