College Writing 1 24 October 2012 Migraines “A severe, chronic disease characterized by recurrent paroxysmal headaches often in association with a number of autonomic nervous system symptoms.” (www.medicalnewstoday.com.) For those of us who aren't fluent in medical jargon, this definition is better known as a migraine. Suffering from a migraine is a painful, agonizing experience but what is actually happening inside the brain when a migraine is present? What causes a migraine to occur and what can be done to prevent them? Will there ever be a cure?
Bipolar I Disorder is mainly defined by “manic or mixed episodes that last at least seven days, or by manic symptoms that are so severe that the person needs immediate hospital care” (Kittleson). Usually, the person also has depressive episodes, typically lasting at least two weeks. The symptoms of mania or depression must be a major change from the person’s normal behavior. Bipolar II Disorder is defined by “a pattern of depressive episodes shifting back and forth with hypomanic episodes, but no full-blown manic or mixed episodes” (Kittleson). Bipolar Disorder Not Otherwise Specified (BP-NOS) is diagnosed when a person has “symptoms of the illness that do not meet diagnostic criteria for either bipolar I or II.
I have chosen the medical condition called Myalgic Encephalopathy also known as M.E. I have chosen this because one of my friends suffer from this condition and in the past has found Hypnotherapy has helped her with her daily life. It is estimated that there is 250,000 people in Britain that are affected by M.E, and it can affect people at all ages. There are lots of common effects of this illness like, debilitating fatigue, painful muscles and joints, sleep disorder, gastric disturbances, poor memory and concentration are just some of them. In some people the effects may be small, but in a large number of people who suffer with M.E there lives are changed drastically.
In a patient with paranoid schizophrenia, they may be suffering with positive symptoms such as command auditory hallucinations of an aggressive nature, increasing the likely risk of becoming violent (Balaratnasingam, 2011). Many different tools are used to formulate a risk assessment. Different services may have different policies and procedures to formulate a risk assessment. Risk assessments are utilised to focus on the patient’s individual needs. Risk assessments are also designed to manage and identify areas of concern, either to the patient or health professional’s involved in the care of the patient.
Name: Student Topic: O.C.D General Purpose: Informative Specific Purpose: How to control the symptoms of OCD. Thesis/Central Idea: OCD is a common psychiatric illness that can affect people’s lives. I. Introduction (:30) A. Attention Getter: Germs!
Learn more: Warning Signs and Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease. * Is the most common form of dementia, a general term for memory loss and other intellectual abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for 50 to 80 percent of dementia cases. Other types of dementia include vascular dementia, mixed dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal dementia. Learn more: Related
Panic disorders -- overwhelming anxiety produces profound symptoms that are sometimes mistaken for critical illness such as heart attack, or severe organ distress perhaps caused by an imbalance in neuro-transmitters; treatment may involve antidepressant drugs and/or tranquillizers. Difficult to cure with a 50% recurrence rate 4. PTSD: Post-traumatic Stress Disorder occurs after exposure to a traumatic event (e.g. battlefield, severe accident causing loss of life...); a syndrome develops wherein the sufferer displays many cyclic symptoms that often mimic other illnesses (depression, neuralgia, deafness ...) Can affects as many as 8% of the population (US) and seems to be more prevalent in men than
What is stressful for one person may be pleasurable or have little effect on them and we all react to stress differently. Human beings were built to handle stress; we adapted the autonomic part of the nervous system to handle acute stressor, such as a physical alteration, job interview or even a tough anatomy test. The body would respond by releasing stress hormones, corticosteroids, these hormones would then give an immediate energy surge to the body. The hormones were meant for only short periods; when the body is under chronic stress these hormones start to cause damage to the body. Forty-three percent of all adults suffer adverse health effects from stress.
In some cases tension headaches can be triggered by some type of environmental or internal stress. The most common sources of stress are family, relationships, friends, work, and school. (Glass, 2009) Some experts have discovered through research that tension headaches may also be caused by an interference involving nerve pathways in the brain, which is demonstrated by a heightened sensitivity to pain in people who have tension headaches. So the pain is caused as a result
It has been studied that marijuana is addictive, a “gateway drug”; leads to harder drug use, interferes with fertility, impairs driving ability, and injures the lungs, immune system, and brain (medicalmarijuana.procon.org). Marijuana is well known to be able to induce anxiety disorders, including panic attacks. More rarely, when used by the wrong individuals, it may serve as a trigger for psychotic states, including