Essential Tremors

Periodic Paralysis Syndrome is a blanket term for a couple of inherited muscular disorders. The most common types are hypokalemic periodic paralysis and hyperkalemic periodic paralysis. Both of these are inherited and generally present from childhood, tho it is possible for symptoms to start showing later in adolescence. In hyperkalemic periodic paralysis, high levels of potassium in the blood interact with genetically caused abnormalities in sodium channels (pores that allow the passage of sodium molecules) in muscle cells, resulting in temporary muscle weakness and, when severe, in temporary paralysis. This disease may be caused by genetic defects in either the calcium channel or the sodium channel. Hypokalemic disease may be caused by genetic defects in either the calcium channel or the sodium channel (Medline Plus).

When I was eight years old I learned what epilepsy was. My family was in the car driving to get dinner, with my dad driving. We were stopped at a stop light, and when it turned green we never moved. My mother looked over at my dad and realized he was having a seizure. At the time I did not know what that was; all I remember is a blur of my sister calling 911, and us going to the hospital. It was one of the scariest moments of my life; I thought my dad was dying. Later that night my mom explained to us what a seizure was, and that he was going to be okay. This was the first time my dad had a seizure, and the doctors did not know why. He was sent home from the emergency room that night with no answers and a shaken up family.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that 1 in 68 children are diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD): There is a variety of physical and behavioral conditions that frequently co-occur with ASD. Caregivers and practitioners interested in learning more about autism and co-occuring conditions can take advantage of aba autism training courses online.

Epilepsy and Seizure Disorder: All actions and functions travel to the different parts of the brain much like electrical wiring. The “electricity” moves from one area or wired circuit through another by jumping and traveling from area to area much like electricity Due to abnormal electricity and “jumping” seizures can occur. Epilepsy is where these electoral abnormalities are reoccurring often causing many seizures. The Tonic-Clonic or Grand Mal seizures that CM has is from muscles tightening and relaxing very fast due to the abnormal jumping of electricity in the brain. P. 417

upon adults to give you what you need and most importantly love. Your only means of communication is crying so you cry when you need to be fed, when you need your diaper changed, when you aren't feeling so well, or when you just want some attention. You are crying and someone comes over to you. They pick you up, but instead of holding you and comforting you, talking affectionately to you, they shake you violently and vigorously. You are a baby, imagine the fear and pain that the shaking causes you. This is a form of child abuse and what is even harder to believe is that it actually happens. The

There are several different types of seizures and clinical manifestation depends on the type of seizure. One of the most significant seizure, generalized tonic-clonic seizure has two important symptoms that precedes the onset of seizure. Just prior of initiation of generalized tonic-clonic seizure one may experience an aura, that is partial seizure that involves auditory, visual, gustatory, and olfactory distortions (McCance & Huether, 2014). The person may also experience feeling of numbness, dizziness, anxiety and nausea. A prodroma is a term for another early manifestation that may occur hours to day prior a seizure. Headache, malaise, depression are early symptoms (a prodroma) of a seizure.

Before thorough medical research on epilepsy, it was thought to be a demonic entity causing the sudden movements. With scientific advancements, epilepsy can be characterized as a condition that affects the nervous system through a series of seizures. Within the brain presents abnormalities that cause convulsions throughout the body. Epilepsy can be broken down into two types and further specified by key symptoms the individual faces during an epileptic episode. There is no single cause for epilepsy; many factors such as genetics and traumatic injuries can trigger seizures, which can develop into a type of epilepsy syndrome. This condition cannot be cured, but can be treated through a series of medications after diagnosing the specific type of epilepsy. Individuals diagnosed with epilepsy will more than likely live with the condition throughout their entire life, leading them to change or add to their lifestyle to accommodate this condition. Charitable organization have benefited the epileptic community by raising awareness and conducting studies to find better treatments.

The index finger, thumb and pinky fingers are immobile and cannot be used as they would for any unaffected individual, along with limited mobility along the wrist. However, Brad’s grip strength and overall movement of the entire arm functions quite well meaning that the majority of the problems arise with the use of his hands. These disabilities, greatly affect how Brad goes about his daily activities. He had to consequently, make many changes and adapt to doing various tasks in a different manner. For example, Brad now mainly wears shoes that are fastened with Velcro due to the difficulty he has in moving his hands and, the limited dexterity he has with his fingers preventing him from physically tying his shoes. Hence, Velcro is one adaptation that Brad has made in his life to help him during his rehabilitation. However, Brad also encounters countless other problems in his everyday life such as, buttering bread, buttoning his shirt, driving, holding a wallet, wearing his jacket and turning the ignition key to start the car. The problem of turning the car on with his affected hand is a problem that seems quite frustrating to Brad. Brad must awkwardly maneuver his left hand which works perfectly, to start the car because his right hand is incapable of

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder characterized by periodic seizures. Cognitive deficits and impairments in learning and memory are also associated with this disorder. Neuronal changes and synaptic modifications in kindling model of epilepsy are similar to those occurring during the learning procedure and memory formation. Herein we investigated whether seizure susceptibility is predictable based on the learning ability in the Morris water maze (MWM) task.

The problem of “Nodding disease” is that it is affecting the children of Uganda in an inexplicable way. It occurs in children between 5-15 years of age that are living in very poor conditions. It was first formally discovered in the district of Kitgum. Many of these kids end up similarly to a vegetative state, affecting the family and providers of these children; These families try to find ways to work and maintain their child safe but it is very hard, so many of these kids end up dying because they walk into fires or have fatal accidents because of their vegetative state. There is speculation that it is a new type of epilepsy because of its symptoms of mental retardation and the continuous nodding these children present. The areas that it

The aging process and/or osteoarthritis contribute to decreased hand function; hand function disability causes a decrease in one or more activities of daily living. Jar and bottle opening is one of the most difficult activities of daily living for the elderly population. Studies with elderly adults have been performed, but no studies have included the elderly with known hand limitations. Occupational therapists use mostly a biomedical and adaptive equipment approach in the elderly with hand osteoarthritis, which is not a balanced plan of care that is client-centered and occupation-based. Studies show the elderly populations do not always utilize the adaptive equipment over time. The desire is to use a “hands-on approach” in fabricating one’s own adaptive equipment in occupational therapy treatment; the belief is this would improve acceptance and compliance by the user, and also enhance the adaptive skills of the client with changing hand function. The

Majority of visually impaired individuals are dependent on someone to help them with their daily activity so the need to create a better and safer mobility system is crucial. The constant fear of colliding with obstacles prevents majority of visually impaired from step out of their comfort zone. The need to invent a better walking cane brought about the creation of smart canes with vibrators, sensors and a greater obstacle detection range. It also comes with a beeper but the vibration is more effective as even those who are blind and deaf can also use the device. The Vibrations in the device are provided by the sensors and based on the strength of the vibration; the users are able to recognize that he/she

As indicated, action tremor takes place only when an affected body part is moving to change position intentionally. Action tremor is subdivided into three types: cerebellar lesion, rubral tremor, and psychogenic tremor. Cerebellar lesions and rubral tremors are discussed in the paragraphs below (Grimaldi & Manto, 2013).

Hand tremor affects millions of people worldwide. Tremor is defined as an unintended, rhythmic muscle movement. According to Plumb and Bain (2006), tremor is one of the most spread disease among the population of patients diagnosed with movement illnesses (p. 75). This is one of the reasons why medical scientists take tremor so seriously. Tremor can affect different parts of the body, including hands, legs, head, or face. In the worst situations, tremor can affect voice and swallowing, but most tremor cases occur in the hands.

Currently the design consists of different components from multiplying sources. The fingers are connected with rubber rings, ropes. Gripper motors are attached to the finger to decrease the friction. But these connections may become loose or unstable after the frequent hand movement. The rope is left outside of the glove at present. If there is a twist between different ropes, errors will occur during the control of the finger movement. We found the tubing near the two ends of the air muscle have more possibility to explode. The reason is both tubing and Sleeving have an irregular shape near the clamps and more friction happens in these areas. Also the contraction percentages of the muscles are only 75%, but the real muscles have contractions