Severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) SARS is a flu like disease that is easily spread‚ and causes respiratory illness. It is caused by the Coronavirus pathogen. SARS can be a concerning disease due to how easily it can infect a population‚ but it can be also be treated by a Doctor. In the past there have been about 10‚000 reported cases of SARS and death rate of 9.6%. Most of the cases were due to the 2003 outbreak of SARS which are some of the last documented cases. SARS is not one of the world’s
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Klinefelter’s Syndrome “Harry Fitch Klinefelter specialized in endocrinology and rheumatology (weak bones) and through his studies Klinefelter’s syndrome was described in 1942‚” (Encyclopedia Britannica). The diagnosis of the patient is usually done at a young age through a series of many tests‚ one in which the doctor finds if the patient has two X-Chromosomes and one Y-Chromosome. As a random genetic mishap during the formation of the fetus‚ Klinefelter’s has many symptoms. The treatment is not
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Turner syndrome is named after Henry Turner who‚ in 1938‚ was one of the first doctors to report on the disorder in medical literature. Turner syndrome is one of the most common chromosomal disorders and is one of the most common genetic disorders found in females‚ it is a rare chromosomal disorder that affects only females. This condition occurs in about 1 in 2‚500 female births worldwide‚ but is much more common among pregnancies that do not survive to term‚ like miscarriages and stillbirths.
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Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome Are there truly side effects caused by tubal ligation? Candy Layne COM/220‚ Research Writing Instructor Amy McKenzie July 15‚ 2009 Post Tubal Ligation Syndrome Are there truly side effects caused by a tubal ligation? Ever heard of side effects from a simple surgery? How about the procedure causing harsh menstrual cycles? Thousands of women across the U.S. have had this surgery and have the same complaint. The surgery is a tubal
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Situations of kidnapping are traumatizing‚ and terrifying. So in cases of Stockholm Syndrome‚ it is very perplexing why a hostage would bond with their kidnapper‚ who is the cause of their trauma. Generally‚ one would think of their kidnapper as an evil‚ cruel‚ inhumane individual‚ but why would Stockholm Syndrome develop and make someone see their captor in a positive light? Overall‚ Stockholm Syndrome develops as a defence mechanism‚ and it makes the victim form an attachment to their captor which
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capability of adolescent and adult participants with Williams Syndrome to obtain conceptual change concepts with an empirical approach. These 10 participants with William Syndrome were compared to a few groups of normal developing children with respect to biological knowledge about people‚ animals and plants. The experiment’s final results ended in an engrossing sum of information that effected in the participants with Williams Syndrome being differentially impaired on conceptual change for construction
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Azariah Parks 08 February 16 Genetics Noonan Syndrome is a genetic disorder that causes a person not to develop properly in various areas of the body. These defects can occur in different areas‚ such as facial characteristics‚ heart defects‚ short stature‚ development delays and skeletal malformation. Symptoms from those areas can cause a person to have abroad or webbed neck‚ minor eye problems‚ abnormal bleeding‚ an unusual chest shape‚ which is often seen at birth‚ and late puberty particularly
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Othello syndrome might be the nightmare for a medical student who dreads taking any English class as it is a neurological disorder which combines mental health and a Shakespearian character. In the tragedy written by William Shakespeare‚ the title character Othello murders his wife after falsely believing that she was unfaithful to him. Though it is obvious that a case does not have to turn murderous for Othello syndrome to be present‚ signs of morbid and irrational jealousy are usually the indicator
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Reeflection Front Of the class: How Tourette Syndrome made me the teacher I never had‚ allowed me to know about an actual child’s life growing up with Tourette’s. While reading the book I actually felt the emotions he was feeling all his life growing up. It is incredible to know all that a child can do regardless of what is happening with them. Brad the main character of the book proves that rather you have a disability or not‚ what matters is how you set your mind to want to do things and complete
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Munchausen’s syndrome (MS) is a difficult disorder to diagnose and treat. It is an acute form of the factitious disorder‚ which is when an individual fabricates or induces an illness to oneself for unknown reasons. Another form of this disease is Munchausen’s syndrome by proxy‚ in which a parent fabricates illness onto a child. Physicians have a difficult time to diagnose such a rare kind of disease. That’s why it’s very important that physicians‚ psychologists‚ and also social workers become more
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