Herpes Zoster Oticus A.K.A Ramsay Hunt Syndrome What is Ramsay Hunt Syndrome? Ramsay Hunt syndrome is a type of facial paralysis that can occur in people with an active outbreak of a particular type of herpes simplex virus. This virus, called the herpes zoster virus, also causes chickenpox and shingles. There are three types of Ramsay Hunt Syndrome and they were specifically described by an American neurologist named James Ramsay Hunt in the year 1921. Here are the three types of Ramsay Hunt syndrome: Ramsay Hunt syndrome type I – In NINDS Article it states “also known as herpes zoster oticus, is a common complication of shingles. Shingles is an infection caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is the virus that causes chickenpox.
In 1994, a stable in Hendra, a suburb of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia broke out with an unknown respiratory disease that resulted in thirteen horses and one horse trainer severely ill, resulting in death. [7, 8] This disease was isolated by scientists and later classified as the Hendra virus. The Hendra virus (HeV), previously unknown, is now classified under the family Paramyxoviridae, genus Henipavirus along with its sister viruses the Nipah Virus and Cedar virus.[7, 9] HeV has the capability of causing fatal diseases in several animal species including humans.[1] The primary host of the Hendra virus was identified as the flying fox species from the genus Pteropus[1,2,3] that resides and migrates through Northeastern Australia[8] or more specifically, the East coast of Australia to Melbourne and west across Northern Australia to Darwin[7].
Shingles, herpes zoster, is a very contagious and painful rash, or blister that appears on the skin. These rashes most commonly appear on the sides of the body in stripes. The stripes are made up of many very painful blisters caused by a certain type of virus. The varicella zoster, most commonly known as the chicken pox virus attacks the nerve roots in that area. The herpes zoster virus is in the herpes family, including HSV, herpes simple virus, which causes cold sores, fever blisters, and genital herpes. (WebMD, 2011) Most people are required to get the chicken pox shot when they are children although some do not. The chicken pox shot helps to keep out the virus by keeping it dormant in the nerves. The varicella zoster virus stays in a few cells; this is how shingles appear suddenly. It appears when the dormant cells become active in the later years of life.
Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) is an inherited condition that affects hormone production in the adrenal gland. The individual lacks enzymes to make cortisol, and hormones are instead are shifted away to make other hormones, specifically androgens. This results in the deficiency of cortisol and the abundance of testosterone.
WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, 1997. Tabular list of neurological and related disorders. In: WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION, ed. Application of the International Classification of Diseases to Neurology. Canada: World Health Organisation, p. 153.
The first recorded case of Tay-sachs disease was described by Warren Tay, a British opthalmalogist, in 1881. In 1887, the American neurologist Barnard Sachs,described the neurology of Tay-sachs disease. Because these two men made such important contributions, as well as the earliest, to Tay-sachs disease, the disease was named after them.
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TS was first seen in 1825 in the Marquise de Dampierre, a noblewoman, whose symptoms included involuntary tics of many parts of her body and coprolalia(vocal outbursts). Georges Gilles de la Tourette is the French neurologist who discovered and named
It is caused by the varicella zoster virus. Shingles usually appears in a band, a strip, or a small area on one side of the face or body. It is also called herpes zoster (According to WebMD)
In Nathaniel Hawthorne’s story “The Birthmark” you find a couple fairly prevalent disorders. Although psychology was as of yet not existence, Hawthorne describes them quite well. Alymer suffered from an obsessive-compulsive personality disorder, while his actions caused Georgiana to develop a body dysmorphic disorder. Both of which attributed to the eventual demise of Georgiana.
Many people visit parks to see the animals. They will encounter numerous animals snakes, birds, insects, and occasionally a bear. Many people would run away to safety not try to talk or touch them. Timothy Treadwell is a person who on numerous occasions touched the bears and even played with the bear cubs. He was a bear enthusiast who wanted to protect them. He was filming a documentary where he displayed personality disorders, depression, and Attention Deficit Disorder. He has displayed that he has a disorder and is clinically insane.
After reading Edgar Allen Poe’s short story, Fall of the House of Usher, the audience is introduced to some very abnormally behaved characters, one of them being the main character Roderick Usher. Throughout the entire story Roderick Usher shows many signs of abnormal behavior and mental illness. From a psychoanalytic perspective he shows many symptoms and signs of schizophrenia.
Shingles is a painful disease that is caused by the same virus that causes the chicken pox. The shingles virus affects about 1 million people per year in the United States alone. Shingles, also known as herpes zoster, occurs in people who have already had chickenpox when they were younger. Shingles causes a painful skin rash that usually appears in a band, strip or a small area on one side of the face or body. Most individuals who develop shingles are older than 50 years or have other medical problems like cancer because procedures like chemotherapy weaken your immune system. People who are immune-suppressed from medications they take, like steroid medications are also vulnerable because their immune system is weak, letting the shingles virus take over. Many things can weaken your immune system, for example having chronic diseases like diabetes, lupus, or HIV. Having poor nutrition, getting an injury, or having an organ transplant can all increase the chances of letting the shingles virus reactivate. Shingles and chickenpox is caused by a certain form of herpes virus. The virus that causes cold sores and herpes isn’t the same as the virus that causes shingles. Chicken pox never actually leaves the body after fully recovering from it; it actually remains in the nerve tissue until later forming into shingles. Chickenpox goes into a dormant sate and waits to be woken up and later causes shingles. It is still not fully understood why chickenpox reactivates to cause shingles. If someone has shingles and you come in contact with them you won’t receive shingles. There is a possibility though that if you haven’t gone to the doctor to get your chickenpox vaccine, and you have never gotten chickenpox before and you come in contact with a pe...
Most doctor do not know much about Systemic Mastocytosis and if they do it is only a little bit. After a while the doctors wanted to keep a close eye on me and my siblings. My brother and I only showed signs of the disease. However, my brother was growing out of the disease and signs of the disease like most kids, who show signs of SM. I on the other hand was not. I have one major sign of SM, which is Dermatographia. Dermatographia is a condition in which lightly scratching your skin causes raised, red lines where you’ve scratches, which is basically hives. But this is not limited to scratches. You could be scratched, hit, or, this has happened to me before, I sat a really cold hold and developed hives. The hives to go way by the time 30 minutes past. Although I do show signs of SM I have not be officially diagnosed. My dog just so happened to have a tumor in her leg. When the vet sent it in to be tested, they found that it was mast cells. My dog has staged two cancer and the same disease as my dad, what is the
Rett Syndrome is a neurological and developmental disorder that affects the nervous system. It occurs almost exclusively in females, but in rare cases it affects males. It is actually the leading cause of severe impairment, mental retardation and developmental regression in girls. Rett syndrome is grouped as a pervasive developmental disorder (PDD) in which conditions are severe and pervasive, and that begins in early life and influences multiple areas of development. It is a developmental disorder, not a degenerative disorder and is characterized by problems in brain function that are responsible for cognitive and autonomic function. It affects a lot of functions including learning, speech, sensory sensations, movement, breathing, cardiac
By Virus such as Adenoviruses, Herpetic keratoconjunctivitis (because of herpes simplex viruses) may be severe and calls for remedy with acyclovir