Obstructive sleep apnea is a sleeping disorder that affects breathing during sleep. It is a highly spread‚ but is often an unrecognized disease triggered by several risk factors including age‚ sex‚ weight‚ hypertension‚ diabetes‚ and congenital deformities. Obstructive sleep apnea is diagnosed by monitoring the breathing of the person while sleeping. This disease has many effects on the individual itself and on the community. Moreover‚ obstructive sleep apnea affects pregnant women due to physiological
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everything a normal kid would do like eating ice cream‚playing Xbox‚ and playing with a ball. The problem is that he has a severe deformity called “Treacher Collins Syndrome” which causes some parts on his face to be in the wrong the place. For example‚ his eyes are about one inch to low. His eyes are also bulge outward.These are only two of the many effects that his deformity causes. First‚ he is an extraordinary character because he has the courage to go back to school after
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When either fuel is burned‚ factory emissions are released‚ or car fumes are dispersed‚ harmful chemicals are brought up into the air. The introduced sulphur to the soil is digested by fauna in the local environment which causes know mutations and deformities among small mammals.
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Frederick Treves with the London Hospital comes across a circus sideshow attraction run by a man named Bytes called "The Elephant Man". In actuality‚ the creature on display is indeed a man‚ twenty-one year old John Merrick who has several physical deformities‚ including an oversized and disfigured skull‚ and oversized and disfigured right shoulder. Brutish Bytes‚ his "owner"‚ only wants whatever he can get economically by presenting Merrick as a freak. Treves manages to bring Merrick under his care at
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his massive killings by doing “racial cleaning” which basically was to euthanize the sick or handicapped? How many of them know infant euthanasia is about to be approved in the Netherlands? Doesn’t that baby born with what they call “intolerable deformity of illness” has the right to decide if it is truly intolerable? Yet worse‚ do they know that‚ for example in France 74% of the population agrees with infant euthanasia as well as 68% of the Dutch? How far will society go? Is it possible to know if
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Microtia‚ a hearing disability SOC 313 Social Implications of Medical Issues August 31‚ 2012 What is Microtia? Microtia is an ear deformity where “one ear is affected (unilateral Microtia) but in about 10 percent of cases‚ both ears are affected (bilateral Microtia). Approximately one in 6‚000 to 8‚000 babies are born with Microtia. “(Cedars-Sinai‚ 2012) Microtia atresia “is absence or underdevelopment of the ear canal and middle ear structures”(Burt‚2011). Microtia normally presents its
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Orthognathic surgery Reconstruction of craniomaxillofacial deformities Based on skeletal growth potential Surgerical movement of jaw structiures Correct MANDIBULAR discrepencies Sagitall ramous osteostmies Sagittal split osteostomie ***************** Most common RIF increased popularitie Correct variety of mandibular deformities Distraction osteogenesis ** Genioplasty ** Dramatic facial change with relaltively minor surgery Morphology of bony chin and overlaying soft tissue must
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Karmin Extra Source Paper Scoliosis is a complex deformity or curvature of the spine and entire torso and has been recognized clinically for centuries (Asher‚ Marc A.). “For a few of the patients an underlying cause can be determined‚ including congenital changes‚ secondary changes related to neuropathic or myopathic conditions‚ or later in life from degenerative spondylosis. However‚ the cause of most scoliosis is not known and since about 1922 such patients have been diagnosed as having idiopathic
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The phenomenon of homeostasis is understood as the ability the body has to stabilise its internal environment despite the ever changing external conditions (Waterhouse‚ 2007). This internal environment is an atmosphere which surrounds the cells and is therefore the medium in which the cells are in direct contact with in the body (Sherwood‚ 2001). The internal environment is essential for cell survival because cells require a constant supply of oxygen and food which is exchanged from the external
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Compare and Contrast how both stories use a Gothic Convention Intro: In the two gothic tales‚ “the red room” and “the tell tale heart”‚ there are various similarities and differences. Both were written in the Victorian era as at the time many people believed in such things as ghosts and curses. In this essay I will explore and identify the different ways that the author implies fear and suspense‚ linking to gothic conventions. Both stories‚ “the red room” and “the tell tale heart”‚ use gothic
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