Bennet Omalu as he goes by, was the first to discover the tragic disease of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, CTE. When growing up Dr. Bennet Omalu, when he was 6 he wanted to be an airline pilot in Nigeria, born on September, 1968 in Idemili South, Nigeria. But instead he attended medical school in Nigeria and studies so many degrees such as, a physician, forensic, pathologist, and neuropathologist. He attended the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, University of Pittsburgh Graduate school of public
Even though football players are aware of the dangers the game can bring upon them, they take part despite it. The passion, the joy it creates; for professionals it’s also the devoted fans and compensation they receive is what keeps the players motivated. Today players are much bigger, faster, smarter, bigger, better. The game is more physical. The sport has never been so competitive. The popularity has reached new peaks, as much that the NFL has thoughts of moving a team to London, England. Additionally
Escape Through Dementia in The Yellow Wallpaper Charlotte Perkins Gilman's "The Yellow Wall-paper" is an excellent story on several levels. It works as a suspenseful thriller about the effects of mental illness. It also serves to make several points about feminism and the pervailing attitudes of her time. John, the husband, serves as a metaphor for masculine views of the time, and for the masculine side of humans, the side of reason and logic. "John is practical in the extreme. He has no
Amnesia Amnesia, the partial or complete loss of memory, most commonly is temporary and for only a short span of experience. There are both organic and psychological causes for amnesia. Some organic causes include inflammation of the brain, head injury, or stroke. This type of memory loss occurs suddenly and can last a long time. The person may be able to recall events in the distant past but not yesterday or today. If the amnesia is caused by alcohol abuse, it is a progressive disorder, and
Music Therapy in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease Lori A. Montoya Tacoma Community College Music Therapy in the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease It is estimated more than 5.3 million people have Alzheimer’s disease (AD). AD is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States, with a new case of AD being diagnosed every 70 seconds. For women living over the age of 55 the risk of developing AD is 17%. For men, at the same age, the risk is slightly lowered at 9% (LeMone, Burke & Bauldoff
1. Introduction Dementia is a collection of symptoms caused by disorders affecting the brain which impact on a person’s functioning, ranging from thinking to behaviour and the ability to perform ordinary task and there are different type of dementia with the most common types being Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia and Parkinson’s disease (Keast, 2015). In 2009, nearly two-thirds (62%) of people identified as having dementia or Alzheimer 's disease were living in a health establishment such
what it is like for some people with dementia. The severity of dementia ranges from person to person, but is there anything that can help? Music therapy, for one, can actually be tremendously helpful for those with dementia in more ways than one. Dementia is common in older adults and may develop gradually or even suddenly. Dementia is very common and is used as an umbrella term to describe a wide range of symptoms. It is also important to note that, “Dementia is more prevalent in older adults with
##**Can music therapy help treat dementia?** Dementia cannot be categorized as a specific disease—it's rather a set of symptoms caused by various conditions from memory loss to poor judgment. Dementia is common in older individuals. However, it may occur in young adults and children due to rare conditions. Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia with more than five million Americans suffering from it. There is no cure for Alzheimer's, but symptoms and quality of life of the patients
Depression is an illness that does not discriminate; it can affect anyone regardless of socio-economic background, class, ethnicity, occupation, and gender. Statistics from Health Canada show that 16% of Canadian women and 11% of Canadian men will experience severe depression at some point in their lives (“It’s Your Health,” 2009). As the current population stands, this equates to approximately 9.5 million Canadians being affected during the course of their lifetime. In recent decades, there has
Dementia Please answer the following DEM201 Dementia awareness Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria Outcome 1 Understand what dementia is The learner can: 1. explain what is meant by the term ‘dementia’ ? Dementia – is the chain of signs and symptoms which effect the human brain. As a result of this changes in the brain occur which are irreversible. These changes lead to memory loss, difficulty in planning and learning, confusion and changes in behaviour. 2. Describe the key functions
While there has been much research about Lewy Bodies dementia and It’s possible causes, there are as yet no definitive cause or risk factors, and no cure. Current information available does little to clarify understanding of the condition which makes up approx. 15% of all dementias (Canadian nursing home 2014(ASC2011)) . Lewy Bodies is named after the neurologist Frederick H Lewy (Alzheimer’s association UK) who discovered the protein Alpha-synuclein within the brain. Alpha-synuclein is a normally
Nursing Care Plans For People Suffering From Dementia By Cubba Corre May 24, 2013 Does anyone know what dementia is? Dementia is a cognitive deficit that involves the impairments of memory and is a disturbance in one area of cognition such as the apraxia, agnosia, aphasia and the disturbance in functioning. When you have these deficits it associated with behavior and function changes. The most common dementia is the known Alzheimer's disease. Dementia's are common to those in 65 years old and older
Tay-Sachs disease is a rare and fatal genetic disorder that destroys neurons in the brain and spinal cord. The disease appears in three forms, Juvenile Onset, Late Onset (known as LOTS), and the most common form, Infantile (also known as Classic). The differences between the three forms of the disease are related to the age at which the symptoms of the disease begin to form. Tay-Sachs results from a deficiency of the enzyme hexosaminidase A, which plays a vital role in removing a fatty substance
4. About Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s is the most common form of dementia. It does not mean Alzheimer’s is equal to dementia. Dementia is a broad category of brain disease causing memory loss and decreasing of other abilities which lead to addict a person’s daily life. Sixty to eighty percent of dementia was made up by Alzheimer’s disease. But there are also other kinds of dementia. Vascular dementia and Dementia with Lewy bodies are two of them. Alzheimer is a progressing disease. It worsen
Megan Mahoney-Deist PSY 383 Everyday Memory Failures The three most common types of memory failure I experienced in my journal entries were prospective memory loss, episodic memory loss, and tip of the tongue memory loss. The most prominent sort of memory loss was that of prospective. According to the article on the Association for Psychological Science website “Failures of prospective memory typically occur when we form an intention to do something later, become engaged with various tasks, and
There are many different causes of dementia. The types of dementias are based on the changes that occur in the brain and include vascular dementia, Alzheimer’s, Lewy body dementia and frontotemporal disorder. Alzheimer’s disease accounts for a very large population of dementia cases. The disease accounts for 60 to 80 percent of these cases, making it the most common form of dementia. Of the approximately 6.8 million Americans who have been diagnosed with dementia, over 5 million have been diagnosed
Etiology of HIV-Associated Dementia The etiologic agents of the neurologic disease associated with HIV and AIDS are many. Opportunistic infections- cryptococcus, toxoplasmosis, cytomegalovirus, are a few of the organic causes of neurologic disease in AIDS patients, but will not be the main focus of this paper. The human immunodeficiency virus in itself is implicated in much of the neurological manifestations of the disease, and it is the effects of the presence of the virus within the central
Diagnosis of Allie Hamilton Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common cause of dementia. Alzheimer’s is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms usually develop slowly and get worse over time. It can become severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. Allie Hamilton is suffering from dementia. Diagnosis and Depiction Allie Hamilton accurately depicts that she suffers from dementia. Her husband, Noah, visits her in a nursing home and reads her a book that
Amnesia is the incompetence to recall longstanding memories or to create new ones. The main symptoms that are associated with amnesia include: the ability to learn new information is impaired, some struggle in recalling new or past events, confusion or disorientation, loss of memory and the formation of false memories. The causes of amnesia include strokes, oxygen deprivation, head inflammation, brain injuries. Psychological trauma (physical, sexual or emotional abuse) has also been known to be a
Dementia is defined by the World Health Organization as a syndrome due to damage of the brain cells that most often chronic and progressive in nature. Some of the cortical functions that become impaired include memory, thinking, orientation, comprehension, calculation, learning capacity, language and judgment. Other manifestations that may accompany this disease are deterioration in emotional control, social behavior or motivation (Ouldred & Bryant, 2009) Dementia is not a normal part of aging, however