Neuropathy prevented Ian seeing where his body was which is a petrifying feeling; literally Ian was “The Man who Lost His Body”. It took a year for Ian to stand up safely and six months to put on his sock, this sensory process was long and tedious. This documentary taught me how we are fortunate to have sensory abilities; most people take it for granted because it’s natural. It was unbelievable how Ian recovered from this illness. The doctors told him that he will be in the wheel chair for the rest of his life but he was determined to regain his strength and movement.
There was a time, earlier in his life, when Yoon, smaller than most people he played against, would get into fights often during soccer games. Often times when he’d outclass the older boys he was playing against, they’d become cynical, and start fights with him. He and his friends would share their dreams of playing on a well-known team. “Often when I got home from my job and from the games we played I was very
Unit 2.Exercise 1: Real World Case Studies of Brain Injury GE375 Amy Banko July 3, 2014 Unit 2 Exercise 1: Real World Case Studies of Brain Injury Back in 1977 a 25 year old male came to the hospital with profound memory problems. After being admitted, it was discovered that Greg F. was this musically, intelligent; male that .and was suffering from amnesia. He was an active user of the drugs of the 60’s. Upon further investigation it was discovered that the patient had a benign tumor that went from his frontal lobe to his temporal lobe (Sacks, 2011). Due to the tumor and his use of drugs, many brain processes and cognitive behavior were affected.
In the 2005 examination, doctors found damage to his left thighbone, showing that King Tutankhamen fractured his leg before he died and it could’ve easily become infected and threatened his life (kingtut.org). King Tut was also missing a bone in one of his left toes. The bones in part of his foot were destroyed by necrosis. There was new bone growth occurring in his foot which proves that King Tut had necrosis before his death. (National Geographic) King Tutankhamen, according to MSNBC, also had Kohler’s disease.
Spina bifida is a birth defect that involves the incomplete closure of the neural tube during fetal development. The most common location for spina bifida malformations is in the low thoracic and lumbar region of the spinal cord (Gutman, 2008). There are three types of spina bifida: spina bifida occulta, meningocele, and meningomyelocele. Spina bifida occulta is the most common and most benign form of spina bifida. It is also oftentimes called “hidden” spina bifida because there is no visible opening on the back.
Voluntary muscles are muscles that are controlled by a conscious thought such as the arm, leg, and trunk muscles. I chose Lou Gehrig’s disease, because it took the life of a loved one. Lou Gehrig’s disease may be rare, but it is fatal once the disease progresses. My great-grandfather, Walter McBride, had Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) at age 63 and passed on at age 64. Like many other cases, the disease wasn’t diagnosed in time for any treatment, nor would it have helped.
The casting process was very painful for me. My mom says that I didn’t sleep the night after a new set of casts. After 18 months of casting it was not as successful as the doctors had hoped. I then had two separate surgery to finish the correction of my feet. The doctors cut my tendons so they could reform my foot and fastened in metal pins to hold it in place until my feet could heal.
As soon as he found out he was a boy he instantly acquired that gender and went on to live as a boy at the age of 14, implying that biology is the overwhelming factor. However, as this was a case study it makes it hard to generalise to the rest of the population. This can also be criticised as being highly unethical, this is because the trauma this situation caused led David and his brother to both commit suicide having a damaging effect on the family’s life. Also, Doctor Money then went on to take advantage of the mother and published invalid results on the case and did further research on 6 others who also ended up committing suicide. This approach can be criticised by Reiner and Gearhart for failing to take into account individual differences.
Running Header: NEGLIGENCE IN HEALTH CARE FACILITIES The Cost of Negligence HCS/478 Today in the neighborhood news a 62-year-old man went in for surgery for removal of his left leg because of poor circulation caused by his diabetes. The man woke up to find the wrong leg removed and will be left without either leg once the correct leg is cut off (Virtual Community, 2011). Gross negligence is understood in many states to involve an act or omission in reckless disregard of the consequences affecting the life or property of another. Gross negligence is failure to act is so reckless that it demonstrates a substantial lack of concern for whether an injury occurs (Guido (2010). Guido (2010), states that "Negligence is a general term that denotes conduct lacking in due care, thus, negligence equates with carelessness” (p. 92).
Out of nowhere the cancer was back. Grandfather went in for his one year checkup and was told cancer had been found in his lungs and chest. I could tell then that grandfather had lost all hope, but he tried more experimental treatments that often made him very sick. Although he would have rather discontinued his treatment he didn’t for the sake of the family. Even