If it is genuine dementia it won't get better. There is medication to ease the symptoms but no cure. 2.1: A medical model for dementia would be when a persons memory is affected by a medical disease or a condition as a result of brain trauma which affects the area of the brain that is responsible for memory. Dementia is an umbrella term that covers a wide variety of ailments that affects a person ability to remember. It can range from a bump to the head to a medical disease that attacks the brains ability to function correctly, such as vascular dementia that alters blood flow to the brain.
It is called the FAST test: F= Facial weakness A= Arm weakness S= Speech problems T= test all 3 signs and call 999 2.4 Describe the potential changes that an individual may experience as a result of stroke. Some of the physical changes that occur in the individual after suffering a stroke are psychological, behavioural and emotional changes take place after a stroke are in part caused by the physical damage to the brain. When the brain cell is damaged the sensations and parts of the body controlled by the cells can no longer function
DEM 201 – Dementia Awareness. DEM 201.1 - Understand what dementia is 1.1 – Explain what is meant by the term “dementia”. “Dementia are the signs and symptoms caused as a result of specific diseases such as Alzheimer’s or a stroke that involve the damaging of brain cells; as the brain cells die the person with a dementia will lose their ability to do things they are used to doing as different parts of the brain are damaged. Dementia affects both older and younger people and the decline in the person will get worse as more brain cells are damaged or die.” 1.2 – Describe the key functions of the brain that are affected by dementia. The main areas of the brain that are affected by dementia in terms of causing difficulties with their functions are: * Frontal Lobe – This is the part of the brain that controls behaviour, movement, personality and the interpretation of what is around us * Parietal Lobe – This is the part of the brain that controls the language we use, spacial awareness and recognition of places, objects and people.
Nick’s symptoms are both sensory and motor. B. Do you think the symptoms Nick describes are likely caused by peripheral nerve damage? Could they be caused by damage to the central nervous system? I believe that Nick’s symptoms are likely caused by peripheral nerve damage.
Vascular dementia is caused when there is a reduction in the blood flow to the brain. Over time, this can damage the parts of the brain which play a large part of a person memory, speech and attention. A stroke can play a part in this type of dementia when it narrows the blood vessels to the brain. Dementia with Lewy Bodies is caused by lumps of protein which builds up inside nerve cells inside the brain, the proteins damage the nerve cells and how they work, these nerves are responsible for thinking, memory and movement of a person. Dementia with Lewy Bodies can be closely related to Parkinsons Disease and there is a theory that Dementia with Lewy Bodies interferes with two neurotransmitters called dopamine and acetylcholine which assist in the brains functions.
A person’s own immune system attacks the myelin sheath that surrounds the axon of the nerves. Once the myelin sheath is damaged, the nerves cannot transmit signals properly. Nerve damage leads to muscle weakness, loss of reflexes, and numbing or tingling of the hands and feet. This is caused by the muscles loss of ability to respond to the brains commands. GBS is not often fatal but in rare cases people have died from GBS.
Unit 4222-256 Understand the impact of Acquired Brain Injury on Individuals 1.1. Acquired Brain Injury is any damage to the brain that occurs after birth. 1.2 Possible causes of Acquired Brain Injury are:- · alcohol or drugs · disease such as AIDS, Alzheimers, cancer, multiple sclerosis or Parkinsons disease · lack of oxygen caused anoxic brain injury (for e.g. injury caused by near drowning) · Physical injury such as impact (or blow) to the head, which may occur in vehicle or sporting accidents, fights or falls · stroke - when a blood vessel inside the brain breaks or is blocked destroying local brain tissue 2.1 The initial effects of Acquired Brain Injury are:- · loss of consciousness · increased fatigue (mental and physical) · communication difficulties is very common · slowing down in how fast they process information, plan and solve problems · changes to behaviour and personality, physical and sensory abilities and thinking and learning 2.2 The long term effects of Acquired Brain Injury can be different depending on the severity of the injury and the area of the brain which is affected. The main effects of brain injury can be grouped into three areas:- Physical Cognitive Emotional and Behavioural Physical Effects · fatigue - excessive tiredness, tasks such as getting dressed or walking around can require much more effort after brain injury.
Looking over John Henry's MRI, Cameron notices signs of a stroke, which would explain the paralyzed arm. Foreman explains the options to John Henry. They can give him heparin to thin his blood and remove the clot, but it could hurt his lungs. Another option is brain surgery to remove the clot. The surgery will either result in his death, or a clearing of the blood clot.
9/24/14 Sean Howard Ap Pysch Current Event The article that I chose for the current event is about Alzheimer’s disease and how it sets in and what it does in the body. Alzheimer’s disease is a disease that damages and affects the neurons that lead up into the hippocampus and other parts of the brain. Alzheimer’s has two main causes; the first one is where twisted nerve cell fibers slow down the message from the neurons to parts of the brain. The other cause of Alzheimer’s is where a sticky protein forms on the neurons and stops the flow of the message. This prohibits the neurons message from getting passed on, eventually stopping the hippocampus and memory parts of the brain because they are not receiving any signals.
If you are hit the wrong way and as a result you are paralyzed then obviously that has long term effects because you went from walking, driving, and playing football to being restricted to a wheelchair, and not having a career any more. There are many things you have to consider when deciding if you will allow your children to play football. You must look at all the health risks, dangers and long term effects when deciding. You have to make sure that you as a parent are strong enough to handle your child being hurt and having to go through possible surgery at such an early age because they wanted to play football. My son is finally starting to understand why I don’t want him playing football especially after the multiple different injuries he sees while watching