Fatigue

At first the artist would experience and great surge in productivity, a so-called “second wind”, but as the night continued fatigue and exhaustion would set in. The artist would experience this second wind because when an individual refrains from sleep for an extended period of time his mesolimbic dopamine system becomes somewhat over-stimulated. The mesolimbic dopamine system…

As a non-traditional student, returning to college was a considerable adjust for me. Although I was successful in obtaining positions in various departments that typically require a degree, I decided to further my skillset by pursuing a bachelor degree in Finance. The biggest challenge that I have faced over the past 5 years is achieving a healthy work-life balance. While working full-time and attending classes, I often times find myself exhausted and burnout. My idea of an idyllic work-life…

For my entire life, I have been collecting clutter. My life resulted being more for taking care of my stuff than it was for living. It took a while to realize that the amount of junk I had was a factor into my unhappiness and stress. I came across this blog that explained this concept called minimalism: a lifestyle devoted to having less. I was intrigued by this lifestyle, so I began purging my clutter that night. I decluttered by asking myself if each item I owned was useful to me or made me…

What is Mononucleosis? Mononucleosis or “The Kissing Disease” is a viral infection which causes swollen lymph nodes, fever, and sore throat. Causes The Kissing Disease is caused by contact of saliva from an infected person to another person; it can also be spread through contact by an infected person. This disease is not commonly infected by other diseases. The disease has been diagnosed together with a disease by the name of Epstein-Bar Virus for short EBV. A person usually beings to feel the…

A previously healthy 21 year old male presents himself to our clinic with a 7 day history of an extreme malaise, stiffness and tenderness in the neck and a sore throat. Upon analysis it was confirmed they were diagnosed with infectious mononucleosis, also known as glandular fever. It is commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) (Hurt & Tammar, 2007). Infectious mononucleosis is a clinical syndrome that can be characterized by a multitude of symptoms. The disease is most likely to occur in…

wallow in self-pity. This image clearly represents the feelings society wants us to suppress. Unaffected individuals tend to undermine the fact that depression victims do indeed suffer from physical symptoms. Some symptoms include: appetite loss, fatigue, joint pain, and insomnia. While these are a few commonly experienced symptoms, the potential symptoms are not limited to the ones listed above. To support this image with personal experience, my cousin Ben suffered from depression but nobody…

The symptoms are remarkably similar to that of baby blues and this is why a majority of moms go undiagnosed either by just not knowing they have this disorder or by feelings of shame by the new mom for feeling this way. A new mom assumes she should not be so selfish and be ecstatic about the new-born. A surprising statistic is that approximately 10 percent of moms go undiagnosed with this disorder and the effects can be devastating for an entire family (Miller, 2006). Postpartum depression,…

An Overview of Sociology 131 PART I (SUMMARY) Intersectionality: Intersectionality, is “we are not just men or women. We are a white, middleclass, married woman-once catholic, now Evangelical Christian- with a two year old…”(Wade & Ferree, 2015,84). My favorite thing about this is the idea of belonging to multiple groups. The reason is because I can now have many shared experiences. For example I know the struggles of being a woman and the struggles of being non-white. I know the culture…

Tongue cancer is a very common cancer that plagues people daily. It is a form of oral cancer that forms in the front two-thirds of the mouth. It usually develops in the squamous cells of the mouth. Around forty- three- thousand people in the U.S alone are affected by this type of cancer just this year. It kills roughly one person per hour, which is twenty-four in one day alone. This cancer causes a lot of deaths and a little more than half of the people with this cancer will die in the next five…

Initial Diagnostic Case – For Practice Edgar is a 25-year-old married man who is being hospitalized after a suicide attempt that resulted in a car crash into a lake. He has been having a depressive episode for the past six months. This is the first episode he has experienced and it has several characteristics including feelings of depression, loss of interest, weight loss, hypersomnia, poor concentration and thoughts of suicide. His casual daily drinking of 1 or 2 beers per day has increased…