Essays on Tremor

John Magill is a 75-year-old male with Parkinson’s disease, which he was diagnosed with five years ago. John was admitted to the hospital after falling at home. The physical examination revealed bruising on John’s hips and buttocks, as well as a tear on the right hip, but the X-ray did not reveal fractures in the lower extremities. The emergency department noted generalised tremor, decreased mobility, signs of confusion, agitation, and restlessness. The assessment of John’s vital signs showed that most measures are within expected ranges for an elderly person (temperature 37.2; respiratory rate 24; heart rate ...

The blood requires a balance between alkaline as well as acid components to function appropriately. Such a balance is referred as acid-base balance. The lungs, as well as kidneys, function to maintain such balance. Whatever variation causes acid-base imbalance. High levels of acid are referred as acidosis, and high alkaline is referred as alkalosis. Metabolic acidosis, as well as alkalosis, results from kidneys problem. Respiratory alkalosis and acidosis occur because of lungs' problem (Schrier 162). The levels or concentrations of acid or alkaline are determined on a scale of pH. Acidity makes pH levels fall, and alkaline condition makes ...

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This paper is about the investigation of Parkinson’s disease, and in particular is involved with the examination of its symptoms, stages, causes, prevalence, diagnosis and treatment, and social impacts. Finally, the paper analyzes and evaluates two ongoing on Parkinson’s disease researches, which are also examined in respect to their impact on Parkinson’s disease patients. Key words: Parkinson disease, Parkinson disease causes and impacts, Parkinson disease symptoms and prevalence, Parkinson disease diagnosis, and Parkinson disease ongoing research.

Idiopathic Parkinson disease (PD) is a progressively evolving disease with main manifestations resting tremor, muscle stiffness, slow movement and loss ...

LITERATURE REVIEW: LOGISTICS AND LINEAR METHODS

Overview Dystonia is a condition that affects the brain and the nervous condition of the patient (Jankovic 2005, 45). It causes some movement disorders whereby the patients’ muscles contracts without the patient ability to control it. This contraction of the muscles results in twisting of the body part which has been affected causing the patient to have an abnormal posture or repetitive movements. Women are more likely to get this condition as compared to men and it affects approximately one percent of the total population.

Symptoms of Dystonia

The symptoms can be mild or very severe and it can affect various body ...

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A questioned document is defined as any handwriting, signature, typewriting, or any mark whose source is doubtful (Hilton, 1992). The theory of comparing handwriting is developmental. It is important to examine the original documents rather than copies because details like indentations and pressure may not be identifiable in copies. Therefore, use of copies in a questioned document may not give positive conclusions. In the case of photographs, an original one can reveal more details on magnification. Copies lose vital information, and they show image distortion when enlarged (Hilton, 1992). A questioned document may also prevent positive conclusion because it may ...

Alzheimer's disease (AD) or dementia of Alzheimer's type (DAT) is one of the most common pathologies of the central nervous system and psyche. It usually affects persons in the old age and today an estimated of 500,000 Canadians suffer from Alzheimer’s or related dementia, over 70,000 being under 65 and 50,000 under 60. Neurodegenerative process is accompanied by progressive loss of memory and cognitive abilities decline. AD inevitably leads to death of the patient, and there are still no drugs to prevent or cure this disease. Incidence increases parallel with an increase in life expectancy. ...

Parkinson’s disease is a common neurological disorder. It affects approximately 1% of individuals over the age of 60 years. It cases a form of disability which is progressive. However, the disability can be slowed down but not halted by treatment (Hauser, 2013). Neuropathology findings in the disease include the loss of pigmented dopaminergic neurons in the region of the substantia nigra pas compacts. There is also the presence of Lewy bodies and Lewy neurites (Lee et al, 2009). In most cases of Parkinson’s disease, a combination of genetic predisposition and environmental factors has been implicated in the evolution of the ...

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The city of San Francisco experienced two earthquakes in 1906. This caused firestorms which lasted for days destroying life and property worth billions. The city residents were shocked at the sudden turn of events. This is because they could not come to terms with the massive loss they had suffered as a result of the earthquake. People lived in fear as they lost hope in their livelihood since they did not expect such a catastrophe to befall them. However, they quickly recovered and embarked on the reconstruction of their city. There were various causes of the earthquake. As much as such ...

It was originally thought that basal ganglia were responsible for voluntary motor movements, and movement disorders were associated with pathological changes in the basal ganglia. However, it was found that the basal ganglia are associated with different cortexes with distinctive circuits, which are called loops, so a pathological transformation of tissue can manifest as a psychological or motor disorder, depending on the loop affected. The cortico-basal ganglia-thalamocortical loop is a one-way circuit that allows the basal ganglia to receive input from the cortex and send output via the thalamus back to different regions of the cortex. Pathological changes in this loop are ...