What other Alzheimer’s disease risk factors might exist that are not given in Andre’s history

Episode 2 Few months later, Tina felt a stabbing pain in her upper jaw and teeth that radiated out to the side of her nose while sitting home after eating lunch. Over the next several days, she experienced several more episodes of this intense pain. She visited the dentist but there were no abnormalities and she was referred to her physician for an evaluation. Her physician scheduled an appointment for a complete neurological exam the following week.   Episode 3 Right before the appointment, Tina noticed that she is suffering from intense double vision when looking to objects. The double vision was less intense when looking forward, and her vision when looking left was unaffected. Her husband noticed that her right eye appeared to be turned slightly inward when she looked straight ahead. A day later, Tina noticed that the vision in her left eye started to blur. The neurologist later suggested that the two visual problems she was experiencing were related. The double vision when looking…

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A doctor has a patient who is experiencing facial and cheek pain, sometimes called trigeminal neuralgia. Describe this condition and the appropriate treatment.

A neurologist diagnoses a patient with damage to the hippocampus. This observation is consistent with the difficulties the patient reports with Multiple Choice   a) maintaining a steady and regular heartbeat.   b) forming memories of recent events.   c) planning movements.   d) perceiving tactile stimulation from different regions of their body.   e) effectively coordinating movements once initiated.

Grenda Castillo is a 25-year-old woman who has been diagnosed with PTSD. She recently returned from three tours in the army infantry in Afghanistan and Iraq. Her mother invited her to live at home with her two younger sisters until she finds a job and a new residence. Grenda is found in the living room or on the porch early in the morning asleep. She states that she is unable to sleep in her bed. Her youngest sister has awakened to hear her Grenda screaming and yelling in her sleep. Her sister wakes her up to find her crying and shaking. Grenda will not explain why she wakes up with such fright, but it continues to happen night after night. Grenda barely eats and hardly gets out of the house when her friends call. Her mother has offered to get her counseling, but Grenda states it won't help. Discuss the implications this case has on each family member. What long-term consequences are there in this situation?

Jack is a 27-year-old African American man. He has been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis 3 years ago and has struggled with it since then. He has noticed a slow decline in his function. He he has not been able to work full time and moved back home with his parents. Because of his change in health status, he has experienced bouts of depression. Due to the unsteadiness on his feet, Jack fell at his job and was injured. As a result, his work duties were reduced. He was in a three-year relationship but she broke up with him when he was diagnosed. She said Jack's diagnosis was more than she could handle. Apply the questions below to the case study. 1a.How might each of these disability-related factors influence Jack's multiple sclerosis? 1b. When answering the question, consider how the diagnosis and these factors and how would these factors influence how Jack responds to his illness. -Functionality versus organicity of Multiple Sclerosis  - Level of severity  - Degree of visibility…

Seventeen-year-old Brian has suffered with nonstop headaches for as long as he can remember. When he was 14, he was diagnosed with Lyme disease and treated, and although many symptoms improved, his headaches and overall fatigue did not. When his headaches worsened, he was sent for an extensive battery of blood tests. Signs and SymptomsWhen asked about other symptoms, Brian described a constant ringing in his ears and frequent red eyes that sometimes caused vision problems. Despite his ongoing physical problems, until recently he had been able to maintain high grades in school (although there were times when he needed to be tutored at home) and had achieved Eagle Scout status. TestingBlood smears were prepared and stained with Wright-Giemsa stain for a "differential" count of different types of white blood cells. The technologist who viewed the slide noted several purple-stained, crescent-shaped objects that appeared to be cells with a nucleus. Red blood cells are generally 7–8 µm in…

A 15-year-old girl complains of stress headaches. For the last few years, about one time a week, she develops a mild left-sided neck tightness that, after several hours, can spread to the left temporal area with moderate intensity and of a pounding quality. There is light and noise sensitivity and, sometimes, nausea. The headaches last about 8 hours and are minimally reduced by ibuprofen or sleep. The headaches often occur in the late afternoon as she comes home from school.   a migraine   b tension-type headache   c brain tumor headache   d temporal arteritis

Proceed to the slide with the images of the histology (tissues) of a normal brain and a brain with Alzheimer’s disease. List two differences that you notice.