Sudden Infant Death Syndrome - Research Paper Abstract Sudden Infant Death Syndrome remains the leading cause of post-neonatal mortality (under the age of one) in developed countries. The causes of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome have been puzzling and research is being conducted to solve this catastrophic problem. Having a child under the age of one makes me very concerned‚ along with any other parent(s) that the possibility of SIDS could affect any infant at anytime‚ SIDS does not discriminate
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Fryns syndrome is a rare congenital disorder that affects the development of the body and is characterized by coarse facial features‚ diaphragmatic hernia‚ pulmonary hypoplasia‚ distal digital hypoplasia‚ and other various associated anomalies.. There is a 25 percent risk of recurrence and the prevalence of Fryns is 0.7: 10‚000 births in France [2]. It affects 1:15‚000 live births [3]. J. P. Fryns first described Fryns syndrome in 1979. It was first described with two still born female siblings
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How does a mother’s love turn into an obsession? Who will believe that a mother will harm their own child? Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy can be the answer to both of these questions. Munchausen Syndrome is a mental disorder that causes a person with a deep-seated need for attention to fake sickness or injury. Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSP)‚ also called pediatric symptom falsification or factitious disorder imposed on another‚ is a disorder in which the caretaker of a child either makes up fake
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Affecting about one in every forty-thousand people‚ Waardenburg syndrome (WS) is fairly rare. It is an umbrella which includes four genetic conditions‚ all caused by a mutated or altered gene. Each type affects the individual from birth. All types tend to cause some degree of abnormal pigmentation‚ hearing loss‚ and facial abnormalities (see figure 1)‚ and a few types create more serious concerns involving anomalies in the hands and arms‚ and life-threatening issues of the bowel. We are still learning
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1101 K 11/26/13 Vulnerability and the Myth of Love: Stockholm Syndrome in Jeanne-Marie Leprince De Beaumont’s “Beauty and the Beast” From the 1700’s to today‚ many fairy tales have grown‚ changed‚ and taken on different meanings. Children are most commonly told the Disney versions because they do not contain the violence‚ sexualization‚ or the objectifications that the original versions had. The versions that were originally told contained all three of those characteristics. In every fairy
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One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest‚ written by Ken Kesey in 1962‚ is a book about a energetic con man that turns a mental institution upside down with his rowdy tricks and random attacks with the head nurse. Throughout the book‚ this man shows the others in the institution how to stand up for them‚ to challenge traditional values to society and to be who they want to be. It is basically a book of good versus evil‚ the good being the con man McMurphy‚ and
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Von hipple Lindau syndrome is a disease which happens every 1 in 36000 per year. This specific type of disease in different stages of life‚ it has the ability to cause tumors‚ cyst in the kidneys pancreas‚ adrenal glands‚ and genital track. In some cases victims of the disease can develop hearing‚ taste‚ vision‚ smelling loss. Patients are unable to perform simple task and commands. Von hipple Lindau syndrome in rare cases can cause paralyzed muscles. This disease is known to develop pheochromytomas
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Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy : Family Violence Research Paper Munchausen Syndrome by Proxy (MSBP) is referred to as several names‚ such as‚ fabrication illness and hospital addiction syndrome. The Maternal Child Nursing Care text book defines this syndrome as‚ “a rare but serious form of child abuse in which the caretaker deliberately exaggerates or fabricates histories and symptoms or induce symptoms. It is a form of child maltreatment that may include physical‚ emotional‚ and psychologic abuse
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Stickler’s Syndrome Stickler’s Syndrome is a connective tissue disorder that causes problems with vision‚ hearing‚ bones‚ and joints. Stickler’s Syndrome was named after Dr. Gunnar B. Stickler. In 1960‚ a 12 year old boy was analyzed at Mayo Foundation in Minnesota. The boy had expansions of quite a few of the joints‚ he was also very short sighted. His mother also had a problem‚ she was blind. Dr. Stickler founded that other members of this family had similar symptoms. This made Stickler
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13 1. Turner syndrome: (X instead of XX or XY). In Turner syndrome‚ female sexual characteristics are present but underdeveloped. People with Turner syndrome often have a short stature‚ low hairline‚ abnormal eye features and bone development and a "caved-in" appearance to the chest. Description: Turner syndrome (TS) occurs when one of the two X chromosomes in females is either missing or incomplete.
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