Neurodegenerative disorders

Huntington’s disease affects 30,000 Americans and has 200,000 more Americans at risk to contract the disease. Huntington’s is now one of the most common brain disorders to be inherited. This paper will discuss and educate about the disease, pathology, signs and symptoms, etiology, prevalence, diagnostic studies, treatments, and the prognosis of Huntington’s disease. Huntington’s disease (or Huntington’s chorea) is a hereditary degenerative disease that affects the cerebral cortex and basal ganglia

Thanks for sharing your post. Did you know that most people think that Parkinson’s disease (PD) and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are one in the same because they both have similarities? Both diseases have an onset later in life. Both diseases are neurodegenerative, which means the brain cells become damaged and the progression ultimately lead to dementia (Chang, 2012). Let’s look at Parkinson’s diseases, studies has shown that patients who did not end up with dementia, did show signs of mild cognitive

the University of Dorpat where he began to study the clinical history of his patients with mental illnesses. It was then that he became interested in studying how the course of illnesses and the patterns of symptoms can help identify psychiatric disorders. Kraepelin began to view mental illness evident on individuals in a “clinical” view rather than through the

importance that Emil Kraepelin had on the taxonomy of psychiatric disorders and how his idea for this came about. It will also review his findings on bipolar disorder and schizophrenia. Kraepelin also founded some ideas on what later on came to be known as Alzheimer’s disease. Introduction Emil Kraepelin was a student under Wundt. Under Wundt Kraepelin worked enthusiastically under him where his talents

hemochromatosis, primary and secondary. Primary hemochromatosis is a genetic disorder passed down through families. It occurs at birth. People with this condition absorb too much iron through their digestive tract. Iron builds up in the body, especially the liver. You are more likely to get this disease if someone else in your family has or had the condition. Secondary hemochromatosis is due to other blood-related disorders such as thalassemia or certain anemia’s. Sometimes it occurs in people with

most common cause of progressive dementia is Alzheimer’s disease. Because dementia covers so many symptoms, it is difficult to study in comparison to other psychological disorders. One link that seems to be lightly touched upon is the similarities of dementia and depression. Mayo Clinic would describe depression as “a mood disorder that causes a persistent feeling of sadness and loss of interest.” Yet to do a case

The biological model distinguishes several of the studies in the genetics of psychological disorder (Joseph, 2006). At this point, environmental factors, or the interface between them and the genes, serve hardly any function in the possible result. For instance, Kallman’s (1946 as cited in Joseph, 2006, 237) study on the genetic aspect of schizophrenia

suffering from psychological disorders, no matter what is the age rate. The affliction is not only limited to the medical aspects of the disease. The ethical issues that usually emerge after the revealment of the symptoms have caused significant problems both for patients and the families. In other words, ethical aspects of the disorders have more serious impacts on lives than the medical side. Nevertheless, if the risk factors get recognized in early stages of the disorder, the further problems could

"Sleep disorders appear to be a global epidemic, affecting up to 45% of the world's population" (Noor, et al n.p.). That’s leaving a 55% chunk of the world’s population not affected. More than 70 million people in our nation experience sleep disorders, most of whom are unaware of the impact on their daily life (Wells,Vaughn 234). Due to a large portion of people being unaware of sleep disorders’ impaction, the number continuously increases. Major sleep disorders are known to be Rapid Eye Movement(REM)

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