Peaking in January and February, Respiratory syncytial virus is the virus causing most common colds, when it is limited to the upper respiratory tract. Unfortunately when the virus aggravates the lower respiratory tract, complications occur, including respiratory distress, pneumonia, bronchiolitis and possibility the development of asthma. Pruitt also states that each year 125,000 children (mostly under 6 months of age) require hospitalization, and of these, about 2,500 die (Pruitt 63). Beyond this age, by about two years old, children have been exposed to RSV and have developed and immunity. If diagnosis of this infection is made through cultures of respiratory secretions, treatment begins immediately.
She was informed of an induction to deliver her baby as the standard operation procedure. The induction though risky to be done before week 39, was still necessary since the baby was not growing normally. However, the osmium did not dilate wide as expected and she did not feel much labor pain for a successful natural delivery. Later, at around 5pm of the same day, she managed to have a dilation of only 3cm and her membrane ruptured, and her amniotic fluid lost for 6 hours. When the fetal heart rate decreased (Bradycardia), fetal distress was noted, and an emergency caesarean was initiated.
Background Approximately 15,000 people die each year by overdosing on opioids, a rate that has more than tripled since 1990 (Wermeling, 2012). The annual incidence of opioid over dose associated mortality on a nationwide scale has been difficult to assess due to incomplete reporting systems (Leavitt, S.2010) as well as more than half of over doses go unreported for fears of repercussions (kuehn,2014). In Massachusetts these over doses have killed more than car crashes each year since 2005 (Wermeling, 2012). The government had tried numerous strategies to reduce the death toll, including imposing stricter regulations on prescribing medications, prosecuting owners of “pill mills” who dispense the drugs without proper medical evaluation, and tracking data bases to monitor and discourage “doctor shopping” among addicts (Szalvitz,2013). Addiction often begins with a legitimate opioid
A lot of parents today tend to consider their children “too energetic”, “Moody” or “Hyper” and therefore believe they are ADD, ADHD, or Bipolar even when they might not be. There are no definite and scientifically sound tests to determine whether someone is truly ADD, ADHD, or bipolar, so all someone has to do is explain these “behaviors” associated with these disorders. Some of these behaviors include hyper activity, mood swings, excessive energy, an inability to focus, bad grades and short attention spans. These behaviors also can be associated with the normal way children act. Another issue with the lack of tests and being able to procure these drugs so easily is the large and overwhelming issue of misuse.
Fortunately CP does not get worse over time. The number of cases per population is about 2 per 1000 live births, and is known to be more likely in males than in females. The word Cerebral refers to the cerebrum that is the affected area of the brain and Palsy means movement. There are many different possible causes that may result in Cerebral Palsy. This disorder is caused by damage to the motor control centers of the developing brain during pregnancy, childbirth or after while the child is a toddler from the ages of 3 to 5.
Family studies carried out by Gottesman in 1991 helped to look into this further. His studies concluded the following: Throughout the general population, 1% had the disease, 13% of children of people with it suffered but the highest family group connected to the person who suffered from schizophrenia was identical twins with 47%. This information proves that there is obviously a link between genetics and schizophrenia as it would seem the more genetically linked you are to a person suffering from schizophrenia, the more likely it is for that person to suffer from it themselves. However, the highest percentage of people most likely to inherit the disease from another person, identical twins, only account for 47% which is less than half of the population who could inherit, meaning that genetics are not entirely to blame and cant be seen as a completely accurate explanation for schizophrenia. The current belief is that there are a number of genes that contribute to susceptibility of schizophrenia, but none exhibit full responsibility for the disease.
Effects of Premature Birth The health and birth records of just about a million adults showed the risk of mental and health disorders going from cerebral palsy to being mentally delayed in adulthood increased with reducing gestational age at birth. Babies born earlier than 37 weeks are considered premature. According to a new study, the effects of premature birth may last further than adolescence and affect adult psychological and physical health in numerous ways. Effects of premature births are learning problems, vision and hearing problems, and feeding and digestive problems. These all can change an individual life tremendously The most common lasting effect of prematurity is another form of learning disability.
“It occurs in 10 percent of people who have a first-degree relative with the disorder, such as a parent, brother, or sister. People who have second-degree relatives (aunts, uncles, grandparents, or cousins) with the disease also develop schizophrenia more often than the general population” (Schizophrenia, 2009). There isn’t just one gene that is associated with schizophrenia, but scientists believe there are several genes that are linked to the disorder. “Other recent studies suggest that schizophrenia may result in part when a certain gene that is key to making important brain chemicals malfunctions. This problem may affect the part of the brain involved in developing higher functioning skills” (Schizophrenia, 2009).
Introduction More than 3,000 years ago, people recognized the behaviors that today we now know as a brain disorder called Epilepsy. Epilepsy is more common than most presume. About two million people of all ages in the United States have Epilepsy, and as many as one in twenty-six people will develop Epilepsy at some point in their lifetime. Epilepsy is a medical condition that, with the use of medications such as, Depekote, Dilantin and Phenobarbital can sometimes control the seizures; and surgery in more severe cases. This paper discusses how an Electroencephalogram, or EEG, diagnosis Epilepsy, what happens to the body during and after a seizure, and how seizures affect other body systems, including the nervous and muscular systems.
Even with that drop in the death rate, SIDS is still responsible for about 3,000 deaths per year (“Sudden Infant Death” 1621). There is a theory that SIDS is caused by rapid development. This theory that SIDS is a developmental thing argues that because a baby's brain is growing so quickly during its first six months of life, there is a chance that it may send an abnormal or wrong message to a critical organ system. Another theory is simply that these infants are just not healthy to begin with. This idea says that the baby's time in the womb before it was born may have placed it more at risk.