Neurological Disorders: Encephalitis

Palsy Cerebral Palsy (CP) is brain damage. It cannot be cured, it is not contagious, it is not a disease, and it does not get worse. According to Funk & Wagnalls New World Encyclopedia, "Cerebral Palsy is a broad term for various nonprogressive disorders of motor function in people, resulting from brain damage around the time of birth. Damage to the brain could occur before, during, or shortly after birth"(“Cerebral”). Since the damage is done during the brain’s formation, and occurs in the part

1985, it contains the bizarre, unique and extraordinary cases Sacks encountered as a neurologist. This book report is going to evaluate and include Dr. Sacks conclusions on the case studies recorded in ‘Part One: Losses’. ‘Losses’ covers 9 neurological disorders which are characterised by a ‘loss’ of some kind. Dr. P, a musician and teacher who had developed visual agnosia, had difficulty processing what he sees, especially faces, he could only identify them by features which he remembered. He only

Cerebral Palsy-How to Help Your Child Lead a Healthy Life Cerebral Palsy (CP) is a term that encompasses several neurological disorders that permanently affect balance, muscle coordination, and movement. Typically contracted before birth, it affects every part of a child’s ability to function and interact with others. Some infants display only mild forms of CP and are able to function fairly well, attend school and make friends among their peer age group. A diagnosis of CP can have a devastating

are a wide range of disorders, all of which disrupt a person’s life at varying levels. As a result of this, the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is used to diagnose a person with a certain disorder and determine the extent to which the disorder affects their ability to function in society. However, the DSM-IV does not address all of the disorders that people can be troubled with. There are four axes to the DSM-IV: axis I which takes into account clinical disorders, axis II looks at

every day. When he went to the doctor’s office, the doctor stated that he needed to get more rest, reduce the lighting, and minimize stress factors. With this in mind, I wanted to extend my knowledge of this type of headache disorder. Migraine is the most common headache disorder and has a cumulative lifetime migraine incidence of 43% in women and 18% in men (Ekman, 2013). A migraine headache is usually a throbbing, unilateral pain and can worsen with exertion ("Migraine: Headache: Merck Manual Professional"

Migraines Migraine, Medical condition that many people have to deal with. This is how to identify the signs of a migraine, what a migraine simply is, what happens during a migraine attack, triggers and how to diagnose it. The cause of a migraine could be many different things. This research paper could help out a lot pf people who may have not yet experienced a migraine attack. A migraine attack is one of the hardest illnesses to diagnose but a migraine could also lead to other things more severe

Historical and Medical Background of Agnosia Agnosia is a rare neurological disorder that affects one’s capability to recognize people or objects based on the affected sense (Coslett, 2007; National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, 2014). There are three observed types of agnosia: Visual, Auditory, and Tactile (Coslett, 2007; Marotta & Behrmann 2002). Visual agnosia is the most common type because the brain devotes the most energy and resources to visual processing than processing

MIGRAINE HEADACHES 2 Chiropractic Care for Migraine Headaches An incidence of headache pain may be mild to debilitating to the sufferer. Many people who experience headaches have episodic or chronic headache pain. Episodes of headache occur once a month or a few times a year; while chronic headaches have 15 or more instances a month. Although the brain does not feel pain, the soft tissues

Cerebral Palsy Jacie Carvalho Pima Medical Institute Communications 110 September 14, 2015 Mrs. Kankoski Overview Cerebral palsy, commonly known as CP is a group of disorders that affect a person’s ability to move and maintain posture and balance (1). This disorder is well known for affecting children. About 500,000 children in the United States have this. It is non-progressive, which means that it does not get worse overtime (3). CP can be developed inside the womb, after birth or 3-5

It is predicted that by the year 2020, more than 40 million people in the world will have this progressive neurological condition (Morris 579). This disease occurs when the nerve cells that create dopamine are slowly destroyed. Without dopamine, the nerve cells in that part of the brain cannot properly send messages and it leads to a loss of muscle function (Kantor