Yuki Matsumoto CERR and Problem Solving Writing Assignment Yuki Matsumoto is a 28-year-old Japanese male who has been complaining about diplopia for the past three days. Other than the occasional URI and childhood diseases like measles, mumps, and chickenpox, he feels fine. Looking at his family history his maternal grandmother had rheumatism which was an autoimmune disease, and his father had hypertension that was regulated by medicine. Pressure from his wife and the completion of his dissertation has caused Matsumoto to feel stressed and depressed. Matsumoto also has problems with impotence and incontinence. He also admits to not being able to concentrate and feeling fatigued. Long-term diplopia is a problem as it suggests that there is a …show more content…
From physical, ophthalmology and neurological exams, we are able to conclude that Matsumoto had Multiple Sclerosis. Patients with Multiple Sclerosis are treated with Corticosteroids that reduce nerve inflammation. From Mayo Clinic other treatments for Multiple Sclerosis that lower the chances for relapse or slow the formation of the lesion would be Copaxone, a drug injected under the skin that blocks your immune system from attacking the myelin sheaths or Beta interferons that reduce the frequency and severity of relapses. As MS is not curable, Yuki may face side effects of the medication like liver damage due to the usage of Beta Interferons, skin irritation at the site of injection (Copaxone), or hypertension and insomnia (Corticosteroids). Based on the findings of Utah State University’s professors John W.Rose, M.D., Maria Houtchens, MSIII, and Sharon G. Lynch, M.D. Matsumoto can expect to have relapses throughout the year and the symptoms that come from his affect his afferent and efferent systems. Recovery between attacks can either be complete or incomplete. The patient Yuki Matsumoto has MS and this was proven through physical, ophthalmology and neurological
Learning from what Dr. Anna Pou had to face with the lawsuits she was dealing with makes me cringe. As Healthcare professionals, having to worry of possibly being sued for believing what is right for the patient or as a whole for the hospitals health is ridiculous. Healthcare professionals like Dr. Pou, have taken the Hippocratic oath, and one of the promises made within that oath is “first, do no harm”. Often time’s society look at courts cases as a battle versus two oppositions, but Dr. Pou’s case it is not. In her statements from national television she states saying her role was to ‘‘help’’ patients ‘‘through their pain,’’.
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...oermann et al, 2005). This has a tendency to lead to an insecure sense of one’s self. (Hoermann et al, 2005) A person with this disorder has a difficult time being reliable. This can be from constant career change, relationships and goals. These essential changes occur without any warning. (Hoermann et al, 2005)
Alea Ortiguerra ASH 4442 Fall 2014. Autobiography of Fukuzawa Yukichi 1. What is the difference between a. and a. Why did Fukuzawa Yukichi decide to learn Western languages? At first, Fukuzawa learned Dutch. After the arrival of Commodore Perry, many samurai were interested and asked to study gunnery, but the best way to do so was through Gensho, or books published in Holland.
MS causes a degeneration of the myelin around axons due to the killing off of oligodendrocytes, which are cells that make up the myelin sheath of an axon; losing myelin decreases the neuron’s ability to propagate an action potential. Since this disease affects the central nervous system, MS can cause dysfunction of both the sensory and the motor aspects of the body. Some common sensory complaints(Lundy-Ekman, 2007) of MS are tingling, numbness, and/or paresthesia in the affected area, which is variable but typically involves one or more limbs (Palace, 2001), as well as partial blindness in one eye, a decrease in vision acuity, and double vision. Lhermitte’s sign, which is a radiating shock that travels down the back or limbs, is another common characteristic of MS that aff...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is generally thought to be an autoimmune disease that attacks the myelin sheaths, or oligodendrocytes that cover nerve axons in the central nervous system (PubMed Health 2013). This immune response causes inflammation, which triggers immune cells to destroy axons “along any area of the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord” (PubMed Health 2013). When the myelin sheath “is damaged, nerve signals slow down or stop” thus hindering the propagation of action potentials and limiting function (PubMed Health 2013).
This paper is a review of the book Japan’s Comfort Women-Sexual slavery and prostitution during WWII and the US occupation by Yuki Tanaka. This book was published in 2002 by Routledge. The book deals with the thousands of Japanese, Korean, Chinese and other Asian and European women who were victims of organized sexual violence and prostitution by means of “comfort stations” setup by the Japanese military during World War II.
According to National Multiple Sclerosis Society, Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system (CNS) that disrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. The central nervous system (CNS) comprises of the brain and the spinal cord. CNS is coated and protected by myelin sheath that is made of fatty tissues (Slomski, 2005). The inflammation and damage of the myelin sheath causing it to form a scar (sclerosis). This results in a number of physical and mental symptoms, including weakness, loss of coordination, and loss of speech and vision. The way the disease affect people is always different; some people experience only a single attack and recover quickly, while others condition degenerate over time (Wexler, 2013). Hence, the diagnosis of MS is mostly done by eliminating the symptoms of other diseases. Multiple sclerosis (MS) affects both men and women, but generally, it is more common in women more than men. The disease is most usually diagnosed between ages 20 and 40, however, it can occur at any age. Someone with a family history of the disease is more likely to suffer from it. Although MS is not
Primarily, the term MS refers to a chronic disorder that attacks the central nervous system (CNS). It is most common in temperate continents such as Europe and Australia with Asiatic and African continents having a lower risk of the disease (Wiley Online Library, 2013). A search organised by the Multiple Sclerosis Society (2013) has estimated that there are 127,000 people living with MS in the United Kingdom. Further research by Chipps, Clanin, and Campbell (1992, pp. 158-167) shows that MS disorder more likely affects women than men with its symptoms occurring between the ages of 20 and 40 in most cases and is quite uncommon in childhood and old age. The nerve cells known as neurons in the brain constantly transmit and receive signals. They invoke emotions, activities and cognition that constitute the day to day experiences of humans. Under normal circumstances, these signals travel on a protected insulation path known as the myelin sheath. This insulation is vital as it enables signals to reach their target. In Multiple Sclerosis, the myelin sheath gets disintegrated causing the nerve fibre to be damaged leading to a disruption in the abili...
... resulting impairment to the CNS. The first group of mice exhibited a pattern of CNS inflammation that resembled that of the most common subtype of MS, RRMS, with lesions filled with macrophages, a type of immune defender cell. The second group of mice displayed inflammation deep in the CNS tissues and in the optic nerve with lesions filled with neutrophils, another type of immune cell. Both groups of mice were given antibody drugs similar to drugs being developed against MS in humans. The effects were observed over time and results showed that some of the drugs inhibited disease in the first group of mice but did not inhibit disease in the second group. Thus, as Mark Kroenke (2008), the study’s first author and a Ph.D. student in immunology at U-M stated, "That's our proof that these really are different mechanisms of disease" (Kroenke et al., 2008).
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It is also estimated that approximately two and half million people are living with the disease... The name multiple sclerosis refers to the scars that are present in the brain and spinal cord is seen on an MRI. An autoimmune disorder is where a person’s immune system mistakes its own white blood cells as invaders and begins to attack itself damaging healthy body tissue. In these types of disorders, the immune system cannot tell the difference between healthy cells and antigens, which are foreign invaders like bacteria and viruses. Because of the damage, it does to the nerve cells; nerve signals can either slow down or stop completely. Inflammation, or the body’s reaction to infection, is what causes this nerve damage to happen. Multiple sclerosis is most commonly seen in the brain, optic nerve, and spinal cord and often leads to physical and cognitive
In an age where technology reigns as king, in forming our every action and our every opinion, one man's lonely life serves as a beacon of hope in Ray Bradbury's compelling story The Pedestrian. Through Lenord Mead, an isolated, lonesome man, we are warned of a world where all individuality is lost and relations become disbanded in favor of compliance and surveillance. Mead is met with distrust and dread on his walks, where he gets his daily dose of fresh air, by a society that has lost contact with reality and by the freedom to think for oneself without being constrained by the will of others. The comparison between Mead’s solitary walks and the empty, lifeless houses serves as a cautionary tale to all that our overdependence on technology will
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Central Nervous System: He doesn’t have any parasthesia and no experienced of unconscious or fits. He doesn’t have any weakness of limbs and no hearing problems as well as visual disturbance.