Paralysis

John Patrick Shanley, author of the play Doubt, is of the belief that “it is doubt...that changes things,” (Preface to Doubt). Shanley has concluded that “certainty,” is toxic and results in unfounded comfortability in a world that is constantly changing (“Meanwhile: I Am”). In the preface to Doubt, Shanley goes on to mention that when someone is uncertain or does not feel confident about what is occurring, it will lead to “growth.”. This means that although it would be all too easy to hide from…

doesn't go away. Small tremors happen every so often, similar to someone shaking from being cold, except in just my hands. Some people can even have fatigue, vertigo, nausea, double vision, pain the their back and in severe cases, blindness and even paralysis. This is all because MS affects nerve impulses, eating away at the protective coating around neurons, which weakens the impulses sent out of the brain. MS isn't really that common, with less than 200,000 cases reported annually, but is sure…

on how narcolepsy can actually be associated with schizophrenia and other disorders. Narcolepsy is a neurological disorder that deals with the loss of the brains ability to sleep. Some symptoms include: EDS, cataplexy, hallucinations, and sleep paralysis. Schizophrenia is a mental disorder that is characterized by some sort of abnormal behavior. People who are diagnosed with schizophrenia often have hallucinations, delusions, and random speech behaviors. Below, is a summary of the study that…

liking. One of the main physical traits that people try to alter on a dog is vocalization because they do not want their dog to irritate them with their constant barking. Many owners would request procedures to devocalize their dogs such as laryngeal paralysis that remove vocal fold masses. Often, this would hurt the dogs physically and emotionally. Humans should not be devocalizing their dogs through surgery, or with any alternative methods, because it restricts their way of communicating with…

“Eveline” is the story of a girl who is unable to move forward in life. No matter what she does, she finds herself paralyzed and stuck living the unfortunate life she believes she is destined. The short story, written in 1914, is the fourth short story in a collection written by James Joyce called “Dubliners.” Each story in the collection portrays a part of the life of a middle-class family living in Dublin, Ireland in the 1900s. “Eveline” depicts the story of a young girl, Eveline, who is…

“In 1952, polio reached its peak when over 58,000 cases were reported, including 3,145 deaths.” (About Jonas Salk) Polio is among the top ten epidemics in the United States history and the widespread panic created by it could have continued longer without the polio vaccine’s inventor, Jonas Salk. Although Jonas Salk’s intentions and methods were called into question by many, his Poliomyelitis vaccine ended the polio epidemic of the early-mid 20th century. Background On October 28, 1914, Jonas…

United States have this sleeping disorder. The first symptoms usually start to appear between the ages ten and twenty-five. The majority of people with Narcolepsy may experience cataplexy, sudden muscular weakness without loss of consciousness, sleep paralysis, occurring just after falling asleep or upon awakening, and vivid hallucinations. People with Narcolepsy may precipitously fall asleep…

The heart is one of the most important organs in your body. Your heart helps the all the blood in your body circulates. For does who do not know the function of the blood-flow I will explain. On the right side of the heart we have two Vena Cava in which is superior and inferior. Next we have the right atrium, from the right atrium the flows through the tricuspid valve. Upcoming the blood flow goes through the right ventricle, to the pulmonary valve, succeeding to the pulmonary artery than to the…

Syphilis: The Big Sore Loser Syphilis is a sexually transmitted disease that has been around for many centuries. No one is certain when or where syphilis began. One theory is that the bacteria was carried to Europe from America by Christopher Columbus’s sailors. Syphilis was discovered by Fritz Schaudinn and Erich Hoffmann in 1905. Syphilis is also called “lues,” which means the “plague” in Latin. It used to be treated with dangerous drugs and remedies until after World War II when penicillin…

Another word is Poliomyelitis, it's an it starts diseases and viruses that are very bad for the central nervous system.Sometimes this type occurs in a paralysis. The greatest incidence of the disease is known as infantile paralysis, it is usually found in children between the ages ten and five. In the 1840s the disease was discovered by Jacob von Heine he was a German orthopedist.It has more prevalent in the temperate zonesand the Symptoms…