of a rape or sexual assault may begin to develop rape trauma syndrome (RTS) (Rape Trauma Syndrome‚ 2007). Rape trauma syndrome can have a significant impact on a person’s physical‚ psychological‚ social or sexual aspects of his or her life and is divided
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McCance and Huether (2014) defined Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome (MODS) as a continuum of physiologic derangements characterized by dynamic alterations of two or more organs’ function in a state of critical illness. As the name indicates‚ MODS is a syndrome and not a specific health condition since it involves various organs. In the past‚ “multiple organ failure” was the term used to describe the condition until it became apparent that it was misleading since normal physiological function of
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Klinefelter’s Syndrome is a genetic condition that is only found in males and the male is born with an extra copy of the X chromosome. It was first diagnosed by Dr. Harry Klinefelter and his coworker in 1942. They did a group research of men who had the symptoms of Klinefelter syndrome. By late 1950‚ Dr.Klinefelter discovered that the men with Klinefelter syndrome had an extra sex chromosome making them XXY instead of a normal male XY. “Klinefelter’s syndrome occurs in about 1 in 500-1000 male births
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Psychologists are brought in as expert witnesses in court on many occasions including battered woman syndrome and automatism syndrome. In both syndrome’s people have a strong opinion one-way or the other with little ability to believe in a middle ground when deciding if they believe in the syndrome or if they do not. Battered Woman Syndrome (BWS) - "The syndrome denotes a set of distinct psychological and behavioral symptoms that result from prolonged exposure to situation of intimate partner
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Turner Syndrome Many people don’t know what Turner syndrome is while other people actually have the disorder. Turner syndrome is actually a common disorder found in girls. There is only one cause for this disorder and it’s within the genes‚ but there are many symptoms. There are many other things people may not know about Turner Syndrome that are very interesting. As we all know there can be mistakes during the division in sex cells and that’s actually were turner syndrome comes into place. During
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suffers from the disease known as Morquio Syndrome‚ which affects his metabolism. The disease presents when the body is missing or doesn’t have enough of a substance needed to break down long chains of sugar molecules called glycosaminoglycans. Morquio Syndrome is a rare inherited birth defect that is estimated to occur in one of every 200‚000 birth. The disease may not be visible at birth but symptoms usually begin between ages 1 and 3. Morquio syndrome is an inherited condition‚ which means it
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Introduction This assignment will explore the condition Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). Its definition‚ symptoms and causes will be examined‚ taking into account both the physical and psychological factors. The treatment of IBS will be explored‚ describing the conventional treatments used to manage the symptoms of IBS and in more detail the use and benefits of psychological interventions like hypnotherapy of which a variety of techniques can be used to manage symptoms and provide relief. A conclusion
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Antiphospholipid Antibody Syndrome When you think of your body attacking itself‚ what comes to mind? Many people have a hard time understanding how your own body would attack itself and how it would do it. Your immune system plays a big role in your everyday life to help protect you from the outside world to prevent you from getting infected with any living bacteria or virus. Your body is capable of producing and breaking down many things‚ but it’s also capable of destroying itself with autoimmune
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IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME IBS is a common disorder that affects the large intestine. Other names for this disease are spastic colon‚ nervous colon‚ and colitis. Irritable bowel syndrome with diarrhea is sometimes referred to as ISB-D and the patient would experience loose watery stools at least 25% of the time and hard or lumpy stools less than 25% of the time. Diarrhea is one of the most associated with IBS. There are also other types of IBS but to be diagnosed it would determine on the types of
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In this case‚ the patient developed locked in syndrome due the basilar artery thrombosis leading to complete absence of voluntary movement with cognitive function intact. Locked-in syndrome caused basilar artery thrombosis most commonly related to trauma‚ vascular‚ or cardiac malformation‚ as the basilar remain a major supply of posterior circulation; patient with basilar artery thrombosis commonly presented with sudden and dramatic neurological impairment mostly sudden vertigo‚ dysarthria‚ headache
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