3. How does damage to the PNS affect the body? c. Some may experience temporary numbness, tingling, and pricking sensations, sensitivity to touch, or muscle weakness. Pthers may suffer from more extreme symptoms including, burning pain, muscle wasting, paralysis, or organ or gland dysfunction, people may become unable to digest food easily, maintain safe levels of blood pressure, sweat normally, or experience normal sexual function. In the most extreme cases, breathing may become difficult or organ failure may occur.
"Amblyopia, ordinarily regarded as languid eye, is the eye condition noted by decreased vision not correctable by glasses or contact lenses and is not because of any eye sickness. The mind, for some reason, does not completely recognize the pictures seen by the amblyopic eye. This very nearly always affects stand out eye however may show with
Taking in new information People with dementia find it very difficult to understand and retain new information and events. In some cases of dementia the area of the brain that processes new information may be damaged , which means the individually not be able to recollect hearing information they have already been given. As the brain has not been able to retain the information the individual may think its the first time they have been given it. Recognising people and places People suffering with dementia may lose the ability to recognise people, places or things. This is because the brain no longer the the capability to remember or process the information it needs.
Unit 4222-258 – Introductory awareness of sensory loss A person with sensory loss will have problems receiving or interpreting information coming to them through one or more of the five senses. There are many factors that have an impact on individuals with sensory loss apply to all types of sensory loss. The factors that might have an impact on individuals with sensory loss are: • The person’s own beliefs about sensory loss, as wells as general health and abilities • Others’ attitudes and beliefs about people with sensory disabilities • Whether symptoms are noticed or ignored • Presence or lack of diagnosis of problems • Presence of lack of appropriate support services • Whether there is staff training in general or particular support skills • Availability or lack of appropriate support by carers in the person’s home environment • Whether there is appropriate support outside in society Many factors can have a positive or negative impact on the person with a sensory loss. The negative factors and the potential impact on individuals with a sensory loss are: • Having an attitude of ageism/disablism – sensory loss is expected and carers believe the condition won’t improve so it is assumed to be an untreatable part of an existing condition. The individual may have lived with untreated loss for so long that they are unwilling to undergo assessment or treatment • Lack of person-centred care – sensory loss is not noticed, or noticed but not properly diagnosed • Seeing individuals only in terms of present or past conditions – this is known as ‘Diagnostic overshadowing’ – a pre-existing condition such as mental illness leads to new symptoms being ignored, or an existing sensory loss may be known about but another loss develops that is missed or ignored.
The memory impairment may result in lack of attention, forgetting language, forgetting names and identity of friends and relatives and lose of ability to solve problems. confusion another effect of dementia, and also disorientation in which the patient forgets the direction, the time (date, month and year) and everything about the self. 1.2 Describe the types of memory impairment commonly experienced by individuals with dementia: dementia is a condition of the brain which causes a
Disease or illness also has an impact on sensory loss, a person who had previously been able to hear music, speech etc could become profoundly deaf as a result of infection which could be permanent or temporary. Someone could also receive hospital treatment and as a result of certain medications could lose their sense of taste this we call Dysgeusia (the distortion or decrease of the sense of taste). Certain aspects of sensory loss are quite easy to see for example if someone was blind you may see that they use aids such as a stick or guide dog, if someone is deaf then the signs may not be so obvious and therefore people may not realise they have a problem when trying to communicate or pass on information to these people. This could cause a bit of distress or embarrassment for the person and cause unnecessary anxiety to the person and isolate them from the outside world. In order to better understand sensory loss I performed a couple of little experiments on myself to gauge how difficult it would be to
A couple of examples being, they may have physical abilities that may impair them like not being able to hear or see this may lead to communication difficulties. Or are elderly and are frail and weak. Some individuals may lack cognitive abilities and struggle with being able to understand what is happening or that it is wrong. Emotional resilience and stress could also make someone vulnerable to abuse; depression, relying on other for care and support, stressful scenarios like losing a loved one and grieving, divorce, loss of job and
The temporal lobe which is responsible for vision, memory, language, hearing and learning is affected. 1.3 Explain why depression, delirium and age related memory impairment may be mistaken for dementia. Answer: Conditions such as depression, delirium and age related memory impairment could be mistaken as dementia as they show similar symptoms such as finding it difficult to make decisions, memory loss, low in mood and confusion, extreme emotions such as fear, anxiety, anger or depression, becoming easily distracted, low attention span, urinary incontinence and being withdrawn, with little or no activity or little response to the environment 2.1 Outline the medical model of dementia. Answer: The medical model relates to the clinical approach and treatment of
Unit 393: Understand Sensory Loss Sensory loss is an impairment of any of the senses. Without probably realising we use these senses to carry out everyday life. Sensory loss can lead to isolation and frustration for individuals who suffer with these losses. Factors may be simple things we take for granted, for example people who have difficulty hearing and seeing may not be able to enjoy watching TV, a telephone conversation, or be able to distinguish between people’s faces and so on. People’s attitudes and beliefs towards people with sensory difficulties may impact negatively on individuals as they may assume that they lack understanding; quite often it may be those who are making assumptions who are acting incorrectly in accordance with the impairment; for example, people may use a raised voice when speaking to someone with a visual impairment.
The types of memory impairment commonly experienced by people with dementia are: Memory problems such as short term memory or memory recall i.e. not being able to remember what has just been said. Sensory impairment, such as being able to “see” something but not being able to “say” what it is, or saying the wrong word to describe