The narrative of My Sister’s Keeper alternates between first-person accounts by the novel’s different characters. The bulk of the story takes place in the present‚ in a one-and-a-half week stretch of time. Sara Fitzgerald‚ a former attorney and current stay-at-home mom‚ narrates the remainder of the story from different points in the past but moving gradually toward the present. One final chapter‚ the epilogue‚ occurs in the future. In 1990‚ doctors diagnose Sara’s two-year-old daughter‚ Kate‚ with
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The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat: By Oliver Sacks Oliver Sacks wrote a collection of narratives titled‚ The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat‚ we see the suffering of those with neurological diseases‚ their attempts to cope with these diseases and the conclusions that Sacks makes on their conditions. Sacks is the physician in these narrative stories that tell about his studies of the person behind neurological deficits. Sacks’ interests are not only in the disease itself but also in the
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Migraine 1. Overview 2. Classes and Types of Migraine Headaches 3. Physiological Mechanism of Migraine 4. Serotonin System and Migraines 5. Antimigraine therapy 1. Overview 1 Migraine More than 29.5 million Americans suffer from migraine‚ with women being affected three times more often than men. This vascular headache is most commonly experienced between the ages of 15 and 55‚ and 70% to 80% of sufferers have a family history of migraine. Migraine is often misdiagnosed as sinus headache
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disorder‚ otherwise known as epilepsy. Elise also depicts a developmental delay. At the onset of Elise’s seizures‚ she loses most of her control over her motor and communicative skills. Presently‚ the seizures occur fifteen to twenty-two times per week‚ with most of them being grand mal seizures‚ also known as tonic-clonic seizures. These types of seizures are characterized by violent muscle contractions and a loss of consciousness (Mayo Clinic‚ 2016). There is no cure for epilepsy‚ but it can be treated
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dehydration or cerebral edema risk)‚ monotir for hypovolemic shock‚ liver dysfuction impaired coagulation ( prolonged bleeding times) FEBILE SEIZURE: Tempeture reaches 101.8‚ seizures occur when temp increased not after. Most children will not have epilepsy or neurologic damage Occurs between 6 months and 3 years old Common in male TX: Antipyretics Diazepam rectually Prophylaxis if focal or prolonger sizure occur No tepid baths Call 911 if seizure last longer than 5 mins
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that you see is a high angled shot of Derek trapped under the rubble of a building with fire‚ destruction and panic going on around him. This gives you the feeling of entrapment. Another reason why Derek is potrayed as a victim is because he has epilepsy with a mental age of about eleven or twelve. His real age is nineteen. He has a fit after being released from the rubble‚ and there is a close-up of his face. Throughout the film Derek has three epileptic fits which are shown in great detail. You
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It all started ten years ago‚ an event that would change my life forever.I had my first known seizure and it was perhaps the scariest moment in my life. It wasn’t the seizure that scared me‚ mostly because i was asleep when it happened‚ but it was the way my mother and father reacted. It was as if they had just seen a ghost. They were in disbelief. I could tell by the way they were looking at me that something terrible had just happened and nobody‚ including the paramedics was telling me what happened
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P104 (310) Growth and Nutritional Status of Children with Epilepsy on Ketogenic Diet: A Preliminary Prospective Long-term Study Yeou-mei Christiana Liu1 (christiana.liu@sickkids.ca)‚ Elke Sengmueller2‚ and Rosalind Curtis1 1The Hospital for Sick Children‚ Toronto and Bloorview Macmillan Children’s Centre‚ Toronto and 2Ketogenic Diet Program‚ Bloorview Site‚ Bloorview Macmillan Children’s Centre‚ 25 Buchan Court‚ Willowdale‚ Ontario‚ Canada M2J 4S9 Background: The ketogenic diet is one of the most
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Out of body experiences are interpreted differently by neurologists‚ psychologists and individuals associated with different fields of studies. When referring to out of body experiences‚ it is usually defined as an experience where an individual feels as if they are separating from their physical body and looking at it from the perspective of having two bodies. In other words‚ individuals are able to experience their body moving outside its boundaries while at the same time being aware of it. While
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Are You Awake? Living with Narcolepsy People think I ’m lazy and sometimes rude. Or just don ’t care. I can see how they would get that impression from just looking at me. But people shouldn ’t be judged only on first appearances. I wish it was that easy to explain‚ but it ’s not. I have a sleeping disorder called narcolepsy. It ’s challenging to live with and has no cure at this time (Dement and Vaughan 205). Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder caused by the
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