be necessary to aid breathing with a respirator. Usually blood tests are done to detect the abnormal antibody that destroys the receptors. Often a chest scan is performed to check the thymus. Once diagnosis seems a strong consideration‚ electromyography‚ single fiber EMG‚ and serologic tests(test clear portion of the blood) may be used. It is standard procedure to test patients with myasthenia gravis for other autoimmune diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis‚ scleroderma‚ and lupus because
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that affects the brain and spinal cord. Coming from Greek language Amyotrophic simply means no muscle nourishment (alsa.org). Lateral is the anatomical identification along the spinal cord and as the disease progresses‚ it eventually leads to sclerosis which is hardening of the region along the spinal cord. ALS was first discovered in 1869 by a famous French neurologist named Jean- Martin Charcot‚ ALS was originally named
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Erika Crans Unit 4 Assignment 2 Dr. J April 13‚ 2015 GUILLAIN-BARRE SYNDROM Guillain-Barre syndrome is a rare disorder in which your body’s immune system attacks your nerves. Instead of your immune system fighting of illnesses‚ it attacks the myelin sheath surrounding the nerves. The myelin sheath is destroyed‚ and the damage prevents the nerves from transmitting signal to the brain. It spreads very quickly and is considered a medical emergency in its most severe form. The syndrome usually
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DOI: 3/3/2009. Patient is a 56-year-old female slicer who sustained a work-related injury to her back and left hip when she slipped and fell while walking down the stairs/steps. Patient is status post lumbar epidural steroid injection at L5-S1 per the operative report dated 02/01/10. As per AME report on 6/21/11‚ the patient’s future medical care includes access to a physician (neurosurgeon)‚ diagnostic studies‚ physical therapy modalities or acupuncture‚ over-the-counter medications‚ and exercise
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Dialysis (the mechanical filtering process used to rid the blood of toxins found when the kidneys are not doing their job)‚ electromyography (EMG) (measures the contraction of muscles that control urination‚ using electrodes placed in the rectum and urethra) (Gylys‚ 2013)‚ and ultrasonography (US) (High frequency waves are bounced off soft tissue to create images of the internal structure
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Glucose 5. The Cardiovascular subsection contains diagnostic/therapeutic procedures and services that are primarily divided on the procedure or services are Answer: Invasive or Noninvasive 6. What does the abbreviation EMG stand for? Answer: Electromyography 7. In what section would locate codes to report venipunctures and arterial punctures? Answer: Surgery 8. When submitting claims for radiologic services in which only the technical component was provided‚ the correct radiologic CPT would
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History of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis ( Greek origin "A" means know‚ "Myo" refers to muscle‚ "Trophic" means nourishment ["No muscle nourishment"] with abbreviation of ALS) is a disease that effects the nervous and muscular system of the body. It was first studied in 1869 by Jean- Martin Charcot who was a French neurologist. In 1939 it gained international and national attention thanks to a man named Lou Gehrig. Gehrig was a baseball player for the New Year Yankees
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------------------------------------------------- Deltoid In human anatomy‚ the deltoid muscle is the muscle forming the rounded contour of the shoulder. Anatomically‚ it appears to be made up of three distinct sets of fibers though electromyography suggests that it consists of at least seven groups that can be independently coordinated by the central nervous system. * Origin: upper clavicle‚ scapula * Insertion: upper humerus ------------------------------------------------- Trapezius
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Tethered cord syndrome Tethered cord syndrome is a stretch-induced functional disorder associated with the fixation (tethering) effect of inelastic tissue on the caudal spinal cord‚ limiting its movement. This abnormal attachment is associated with progressive stretching and increased tension of the spinal cord as a child ages‚ potentially resulting in a variety of neurological and other symptoms. Due to the variation of the growth rate of the spinal cord and the spinal column‚ the progression of
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Collins 1 Mary Collins Johnson Anatomy Physiology Period 1 1 December‚ 2014 Lou Gehrig’s Disease Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Of all diseases‚ one of the strongest and well known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease . Lou Gehrig’s Disease ‚ also commonly known as ALS ( which stands for Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ) ‚ is a neurodegenerative‚ meaning degrading of neurons in the brain‚ disease affecting the brain cells and spinal cord . It kills both upper and lower neurons in the motor cortex of the
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