An innocent looking bump on Emanuel Zayas's nose turned into a battle to stay alive after doctors discovered it was really a rare tumor. Emanuel's parents are now faced with heartbreak after going through medical battles with their son since he was diagnosed with polyostotic fibrous dysplasia. They were given the diagnosis when he was 2 years old, as previously reported by Dearly. The genetic bone disorder, which has no cure, causes scar-like tissue to develop in place of normal bone, affecting the bone and causing it to deform or fracture, according to the Mayo Clinic. The boy's left arm and leg were the first place they discovered a problem. Doctors were able to treat Emanuel with medication as he got older, but the condition got worse, and turned deadly when the boy developed a bump on his nose when he was 11 years old. The mother and father blamed the bump on puberty, thinking it was just a pimple, but they were wrong. …show more content…
It was a benign tumor that continued to grow for three years to the size of a basketball, weighing approximately 10 pounds. The tumor nearly covered Emanuel's face, making it nearly impossible for the child to breathe. Dr. Robert Marx, chief of oral & maxillofacial surgery at UHealth-University of Miami Health System, explained: “It’s life threatening by it’s (sic) very weight. If nothing is done it will cause a fracture of his neck or it will suffocate him from breathing just by its physical size.” Emanuel was brought to America from Cuba for a series of life-saving surgeries at a Miami hospital this month when Marx found out about his condition. Zayas’s grateful mother, Melvis Vizcaino, said: “It is truly a miracle of God that his pictures ended in the hands of Dr.
Also evident are molluscoid pseudotumors (fleshy lesions associated with scars) frequently found over pressure points (e.g. elbows) and subcutaneous spheroids, which are commonly mobile and palpable on the forearms and shins. Complications of joint hypermobility include sprains, dislocation are common in the shoulder, patella and temporomandibular joints Muscle hypotonia and slower gross motor development also can occur It is inherited in an autosomal dominant manner (Clarke, D., Skrocki-Czerpak, K., Neumann-Potash, L.). In the Hypermobile type of EDS, the joints of the body experience Hypermobility, which is the dominant clinical manifestation. General joint hypermobility affects large (elbows, knees) and small (fingers and toes) joints. Skin is hyperextensible, smooth/velvety, and bruising occurs easily as well.
On Thursday November 2, 2000, 15 year old Lewis Blackman checked into Medical University of South Carolina Children’s Hospital (MUSC) in Charleston for elective surgery on his pectus excavatum, a congenital
Ashley Kurpiel lives in Georgia. She was adopted when she was nine weeks old. Just before she turned 3 years old, she was misdiagnosed with cancer and her right arm/shoulder was amputated. Five months after her amputation she was correctly diagnosed with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva, or more commonly known as FOP. She is the only amputee with FOP.
child from New Orleans. He had very little education. He had to take care of his sister and
Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), also called fragile bone ailment or Lobstein disorder, is an inherent bone issue portrayed by weak bones that are inclined to break effortlessly with practically zero cause. A arrangement of various sorts of OI is regularly used to depict how seriously a man with OI is affected.OI is brought on by hereditary deformities that influence the body's capacity to make solid bones. In predominant established OI, a man has too little sort I collagen or a low quality of sort I collagen because of a transformation in one of the sort I collagen qualities which makes the bones
...has put these people there for a reason. You always think your problems are bad until you go and see others. These doctors make it possible for children to have all of their limbs. We have been blessed by this hospital.” (Rudder).
…The infant had been born with anencephaly, or lack of cranial development. The infant’s skull was an open sore that the nurses packed and layered with gauze to give his face a round appearance. Because of lack of cerebral hemispheres, the infant was incapable of any conscious activity. After his birth, the infant was admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit and placed in a bassinet. He was reported to be kicking and breathing, and his ...
Hoover's right medial thigh to proximal groin. Her oxygen saturation was 97% with an oxygen support of 2 liters per minute. Multiple ecchymoses were noted around the hematoma, near Lovenox injection sites, on the right forearm, and on the surgical site of her right eyelid. She had a positive fluid balance of 485 during the first hospital day. A hemoglobin and hematocrit was ordered then and one hour after the fourth transfusion was ordered. (Norman Regional Health System 2 015-020
Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disorder in which your muscles drastically weaken over time. Muscles are replaced with “connective tissue,” which is more of a fatty tissue than a muscular one. The connective tissue is the tissue that is commonly found in scars, and that same tissue is incapable of movement. Although Muscular Dystrophy affects muscles in general, other types affect certain groups of muscles, and happen at different periods throughout a lifetime. For example one of the most common types, Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, targets muscles in the upper thigh and pelvis. The disease is displayed throughout early childhood, usually between ages four and seven. This genetic disorder occurs only in boys. People have difficulty sitting up or standing and lose their ability to walk in their early teens. Sadly most people die by the age of twenty. A second common type, Becker’s Muscular Dystrophy affects the same muscles as Duchenne, but first appears in teenage years. Most people with Becker’s only live into their forties (Fallon 1824-1825).
Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), also known as brittle bone disease, is a rare genetic disorder with the main characteristic being that the bones break very easily, usually for no apparent reason. The major cause of osteogenesis imperfecta is a mutation in the genes that produce collagen. Collagen is the main protein that works toward the production of connective tissue. Individuals with this disorder will produce less collagen than needed, which causes the bone development to be endangered. This could result in bone deformities. There are four types of osteogenesis imperfecta, and in all four types you will see bone fragility with multiple fractures and bone deformities.
In Dawson’s case, he is able to comprehend and consider the options he has, and choose how he wished to move on with his life. He was able voice his own opinion and request to be released from the hospital’s care and also refuse aid of home health care workers. In the baby’s case, however, the baby did not have a voice and the decision was ultimately left to her mother and the hospital. The baby could not communicate that she wanted the surgery to fight for her life and was instead left without care. Another difference is that baby’s anomalies of the mouth and throat could have been easily corrected surgically whereas Dawson’s disease required him to need a respirator to breathe. There are both similarities and differences in both cases but they both present bioethical issues within the details of
...with the organization for parents of ALD kids, nurses and doctors. They also gave up a lot of their activities and work. A good example of how the Odones gave up their time was when they would show Augusto would wake up at the library.
Congenital defects also may have genetic bases, as in families who have extra fingers or toes or in the disease osteogenesis imperfecta, in which children have such brittle bones that many are fractured. Disorders of growth and development include several kinds of dwarfism and gigantism. Bones or limbs may develop deformity as the result of known causes, such as the infection poliomyelitis, or unknown or variable causes, such as curvature of the spine (SCOLIOSIS) or CLUBFOOT. Infections Infections of bone, called osteomyelitis, are usually caused by pus-producing bacteria, especially Staphylococcus and Streptococcus.
This type of cancer happens in men, it affects the testicles and it is most commonly known to affect males aged 15 to 44 years old.
We arrived at the emergency room only to find several people already there. Joey was begging me to do something to stop the pain in his back; we waited and waited and waited. Finally, in total anger and despair I set out to find someone to help. The doctor came over, examined him and asked me several questions; it was slowly becoming apparent to me that this doctor did not have any answers. Meanwhile I was growing more concerned about the unknown; what was wrong with my child? The doctor, obviously puzzled by the situation, decided to run a CBC (complete blood count). This took what felt like an eternity, suddenly the doctor became somewhat evasive, almost secretive. I was exasperated, determined to find out what was wrong with Joey’s lab report. I inched my way over behind the curtain, so I could overhear bits and pieces of the doctor’s conversation. They were discussing things like a low hemoglobin count and a high white blood cell count, then I heard it, the most devastating word I have ever heard a doctor say-Leukemia.