thoughts about this case study? • When I first read about Carla’s presentation into the clinic‚ it sounded like it was piriformis syndrome. Although rarely recognized‚ piriformis syndrome appears to be a common cause of buttock and leg pain as a result of injury to the piriformis muscle. Symptoms are aggravated by prolonged hip flexion‚ adduction‚ and internal rotation‚ in the absence of low back or hip findings (Barton‚ 1991). Tonley et al. (2010) stated piriformis syndrome often evolves as intermittent
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Asperger’s syndrome and the adverse effects of stigmatization 2 INTRODUCTION The Center for Disease and Control estimates that‚ “1 in 88 children has been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder” and shows a 78% increase since 2007 (CDC‚ 2012). However‚ many children with Asperger’s are often misdiagnosed with mental illness‚ such as bipolar disorder or ADHD. A man named Sean Honeysett was misdiagnosed for nearly two decades‚ was prescribed anti-psychotic drugs‚ and was in and
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It is estimated that 27- 34% or 1 in 5 Americans are living with Metabolic syndrome. Understanding it is a condition‚ not a specific disease‚ assessing for and identifying Metabolic syndrome can be difficult for a health care provider. After reviewing these suggested websites‚ or other evidenced based journals or websites related to Metabolic syndrome‚ please answer the following questions: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/health-topics/topics/ms/ http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Conditions/More
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A Case Study on Compartment Syndrome of the Forearm in a soccer player Objective: To describe the evaluation‚ diagnosis‚ and current treatment of a men’s soccer player with compartment syndrome of the forearm. Background: The forearm is the most common site for compartment syndrome in the upper extremity. The compartments of the forearm include the volar (anterior or flexor)‚ and the dorsal (posterior or exterior). Both bone forearm fractures and distal radius fractures are common initial
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Klinefelter syndrome‚ also known as the XXY condition‚ is a term used to describe males who have an extra X chromosome in most of their cells. Instead of having the usual XY chromosome pattern that most males have‚ these men have an XXY pattern. Klinefelter syndrome is named after Dr. Henry Klinefelter‚ who first described a group of symptoms found in some men with the extra X chromosome. Even though all men with Klinefelter syndrome have the extra X chromosome‚ not every XXY male has all of those
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Early discovery is key when fighting a disease like Turner’s syndrome. In 1938 a gentleman named Henry Turner diagnosed the first set of patients with he believed was‚ “Turner’s syndrome” (Turner Syndrome Society of the United States‚ n.d.). At this time Mr. Turner was looking to explain why these‚ seven‚ people had been suffering from dwarfism and a developmental defect sexually. Unfortunately‚ there were probably thousands of people who were not diagnosed‚ and lacked the information needed for
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The diagnosis of Dravet Syndrome is based on clinical criteria‚ namely the onset within the first year of life of prolonged and repetitive febrile or afebrile‚ generalized or unilateral clonic seizures‚ in association with other seizure types‚ delay in psychomotor development‚ and behavioral disorders.4 It must be emphasized that the diagnosis is entirely clinical‚ and can be proposed even in the absence of any identifiable mutation of the SCN1A gene during genetic analysis.4 It is also important
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Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neuropsychiatric disorder‚ notable by the uncontrollable tics it creates. These tics can cause great stress to the individual while they are also a direct result of stress and anxiety. Starting out singular and simple‚ tics gradually develop into ever more complex movements. There are essentially two types of tics‚ motor and vocal. Uncontrollable facial twitching‚ eye blinking‚ and shoulder twitching are examples of motor tics. Vocal tics could include grunting‚ coughing
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Tourette’s disorder. (2005). Harvard Mental Health Letter‚ 21(12)‚ 4-5. This article tells of the history of Tourette syndrome and defines what Tourette syndrome is. It informs the reader the several common motor and vocal tics. These tics includes sniffing‚ throat clearing‚ rapid eye blinking‚ twitching of mouth and nose‚ and in some cases performing obscene gestures or words. This disorder is often diagnosed in children and adolescence‚ with the first symptom at about six years old. According
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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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