relatively slow to progress. Myotonic dystrophy, type 1, is categorized by alterations of the beating pattern of the heart, faulty dystrophin proteins, clouding of the lens of the eye, decreased functionality of the gonads, balding, and myotonia (Musova et al., 2009). Myotonia is described as the slow relaxation of any muscle type, which will cause the individual to use extended effort to simply relax the muscles after they have been contracted. Muscular dystrophy causes an individual to experience muscular
“Dystrophy,” originally coming from the Greek “dys,” which means “difficult” or “faulty, and “trophe,” meaning “nourishment” holds the interpretation “poor nutrition.” Today we know poor nutrition is not the cause of Muscular Dystrophy (“Myotonic Dystrophy”). Muscular Dystrophy is a genetic disorder that affects between 500-600 newborns each year in the US (Statistics on Muscular Dystrophy). In general, this disorder weakens your skeletal muscles, and eventually they degenerate. Muscular Dystrophy
phases, the excitement, plateau, orgasm, and resolution phases. The cycle is also categorized in two ways, vasocongestion and myotonia. Vasocongestion is where swelling occurs because blood rushes to certain areas of the body such as earlobes, for women to the opening of the vaginal area, and for men around the testes, it also causes the erection of the penis. Myotonia is what causes hands and feet to spasm, affects the face, and the involuntary movements of orgasm, these occur because the muscles
HIGHER MENTAL FUNCTION Examination of the higher mental function constitutes an integral part of the clinical evaluation of cortical function. However, a detailed assessment is time consuming and not routine performed. For all practical purposes, one needs to have a simple instrument for screening cognitive dysfunction. It is extremely unlikely that higher mental function assessment is assessed in the MRCPCH exam. In the section below, we have given modified mental assessment questions, which is
permission of the patient. This helped me the most to get familiar with the intimate medical examinations and be able to weave full-throated bonds with patients as enacted by GMC .Objectively, the diagnosis of some medical cases intrigued me such as: Myotonia, Parkinson’s and Huntington’s diseases. Surfing patients with them cherished my aspirations to read more about brain disorders, and grasp why WHO pays an incommensurable attention for those illnesses. I had the privilege to obtain a role, albeit
muscular dystrophy has many forms and therefore symptoms can vary between the variations. Overall symptoms include the weakening of skeletal muscles and the defect and death muscle tissues. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most common and affects young boys such as Eddie. Eddie is an 11 year old boy and has been diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The symptoms appeared at the age of 5 and had led to the weakening of his leg and arm muscles and the eventual need of a wheelchair. Some of
According to the MediLexicon Medical Dictionary, muscular dystrophy is defined as a general term for a number of hereditary, progressive degenerative disorders affecting skeletal muscles, and often other organ systems (Staff). Basically what that means is that muscular dystrophy is a genetic disorder that is passed down that affects the skeletal muscles and other organs by slowly breaking them down. Since it is genetic, it is not contagious and you cannot catch it from someone who has it. MD weakens