ipl-logo

Essay On Parkinson Disease

638 Words3 Pages

Parkinson 's disease and Shingles
Parkinson 's disease (PD) par·kin·son·ism (par 'kin-son-izm) is a long-term degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that mainly affects the motor system. The symptoms can come on slowly as time progresses. In the beginning of this disease, the most obvious signs are shaking, and slowness of movement, and difficulty with walking. Thinking and behavioral problems can occur as well. Dementia becomes common in most advanced stages of this disease. I have a well amount of knowledge about Parkinson disease because my grandfather from my mother side had Parkinson due to a work injury. Parkinson disease includes break downs and death of vital nerve cells in the brain, called neurons. Parkinson 's …show more content…

Shingles [shing-guh lz] is a skin rash caused by varicella-zoster virus; It is a painful skin rash, usually with vesicles and occurs in a cluster or band location to a small area of the body. Shingles occur when the virus that causes chickenpox becomes re activated. The cause virus becomes dormant in the nerve roots. In some people, it remains dormant forever, while in others the virus gets active, if the person becomes stressed or has a weaker immune system. In few cases certain immunosuppressive drugs may also cause activation of the virus. The initial symptoms one may feel are itching, tingling or pain in the area. That’s where the rash will appear after a few days. The rash will turn into a cluster of vesicles. Then, these vesicles break into small sores which will dry and form crusts. This crust will fall off by themselves in two or three weeks. Others symptoms that you may experience include abdominal pain, fever and chills general ill feeling, genital sores, headache, joint pain, and swollen lymph nodes. Especially when skin blisters are present, the virus can be transmitted to people who have never had a varicella virus. Ain most cases these are children. Varicella infections can be harmful to newborns babies, therefore people with active shingles need to avoid contact with newborn babies. In elderly shingles can occur when they come into contact with children who have chickenpox infection. Shingles usually gets healed by itself without any treatment. Treatments are

Show More
Related
333 Words | 2 Pages

According to Ms. Connell, she contracted Shingle two years ago and lost her ability to walk. Ms. Connell stated other than Shingles, she is healthy, but she still experiences complications from the Shingles.

Read More
133 Words | 1 Pages

On March 15, 2016 at 4:34 am, I was notified by Elisha Smalls that she had discovered red spots on her arms and mid back and had an itch. The employee was instructed to leave the facility and see her physician as soon as possible and to follow-up regarding the visit. At 11:14am, the employee called back and stated she had chicken pox and was in contact a resident in ALF that had shingles. It was discovered that the employee di d work with the resident on 02/24/2016 and 02/25/2016.It was discovered on February 24, 2016; a resident in Assisted Living did exhibited signs and symptoms of possible shingles. The resident was seen by the Nurse Practitioner, Jody Eblen for a rash with pain, the resident was started treatment with antibiotics on

Read More
63 Words | 1 Pages

Shingles also has other names such as Zoster, Herpes zoster, or Zona. It is a viral infection that causes a skin rash to the injured person. It is the same virus that infects person and causes him to chickenpox disease. There are some ways to treat people with Shingles disease, which has many symptoms that can evolve and become more dangerous if

Read More
380 Words | 2 Pages

Michael J. Fox is an actor and a writer that was diagnosed at the age of 29 with Parkinson’s disease. When he found out he said, “It was the last thing I expected.” He speaks about his disease regularly and started the Michael J. Fox Foundation, whose goal it is to eliminate Parkinson’s disease. “It is the largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson’s Disease drug development in the world.” And because of this foundation, he was able to control his symptoms and side affects enough to go back to acting by finding a drug cocktail (The Biography of Michael J. Fox).

Read More
161 Words | 1 Pages

The novel Awakening by Oliver Sacks opens with a story about a young women, Frances D. who at the age of fifteen begins to experience “severe attacks of encephalitis lethargica”. In 1964 at the age of sixty Miss D. was finally labeled as having Parkinsonian. Miss D. experienced many symptoms of the Parkinson’s Disease earlier in her life before she was classified as having Parkinsonian some of these symptoms were, freezing during movement or speech, oculogyric crises which would last as long as fifteen hours on end. The passage goes on Oliver Sacks continues to talk about Miss D.’s struggles and complications with the disease, Miss D.’s biggest struggle that I had analyzed was her not being able to control her own actions, “I am a quiet person,’

Read More
688 Words | 3 Pages

Skin is the biggest organ in human body and can be affected by many disease processes. One of them is shingles, a very contagious disease that is caused by varicella zoster virus (VZV). Shingles is caused by reactivation of a previous infection with this virus that results in a very painful localized skin rash usually with blisters (fluid-filled sacs) on top of reddish skin. After a person recovers from chickenpox, the virus stays dormant (inactive) in the body and reactivates years later, causing shingles (Center for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2015). Before rash appears, the patent experiences tingling, numbness, and itching on affected site.

Read More
506 Words | 3 Pages

The rash first appears on the wrist and the ankles then spreads in either directions up or down the legs and arms. Other symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain that mimics appendicitis, deep muscle pain, lack of appetite, or red eyes. RMSF is transmitted to humans by a bite of a tick infected with the disease. When an infected tick bites and attaches itself to a human host for at least six to ten hours, transmission of the bacteria may occur. Destroying a tick with your fingers may also transmit the bacteria.

Read More
420 Words | 2 Pages

Did Your Child Get Fifth Disease? Know When They Can Return To Daycare One disease that may be going around at your child’s daycare is fifth disease. It is very contagious, and it can keep your kid home sick for a few days if they get it. Here is what you need to know about fifth disease, including the signs they have it and when they can safely go back to daycare.

Read More
250 Words | 1 Pages

It is contracted by personal contact sharing clothes, toys or other items. They can be tiny red sores that can occur anywhere and can burst open and leak fluid and can develop and yellowish/brown crust. If scratched it can spread to other places on the body. What should you do? The Florida Health Department suggests you seek a doctor.

Read More
1553 Words | 7 Pages

“Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, progressive, and deadly disease of the nervous system. Nearly one million people in the United States are living with this disease. The cause is unknown and there is currently no cure; however, stem cells could be the start of a cure. Parkinson’s disease starts with tremors in your hands, legs, jaw, and face, then, gradually becomes worse with slowness of movement, stiffness of legs/trunk, and ends with the inability to get up and walk around” (Parkinson’s 1). This disease robs a person of their life.

Read More
780 Words | 4 Pages

They include cough, runny nose, inflamed eyes, sore throat, fever, and a red, blotchy skin rash) , Tuberculosis (When symptoms do occur, they usually include cough sometimes blood-tinged, weight loss, night sweats, and fever), Yellow Fever (Mild cases cause fever, headache, nausea, and vomiting. Serious cases may cause fatal heart, liver, and kidney conditions), Smallpox (In addition to flu-like symptoms, patients also experience a rash that appear first on the face, hands and forearms, and then later appears on the trunk), Bubonic Plague (swollen lymph nodes, which can be as large as chicken eggs, in the groin, armpit, or neck. They may be tender and warm.

Read More
482 Words | 2 Pages

Researchers estimate that dementia will impact one in 85 people by the year 2050. Will there ever be a cure for this devastating disease? (1) There are many types of Dementia which is a disease of the nervous system that affects the brain function that is common for the elderly. I will be telling you about some of the types the signs, symptoms, medication and how people can cope with this disease of the nervous system.

Read More
538 Words | 3 Pages

Chicken pox is caused by the varicella-zoster virus. It is a relative of the herpes virus and highly contagious and is predominately a childhood disease. The disease can be spread by airborne means through coughing and by contact. The disease may also be spread by those that have developed shingles which is a secondary infection of the varicella-zoster virus that develops with age. Anyone that has had chickenpox can develop shingles.

Read More
1327 Words | 6 Pages

Chapter 2 DISCUSSION 1) What is Parkinson’s Disease? Parkinson’s disease according to Parkinson’s disease foundation (PDF) is a chronic and progressive movement disorder meaning the symptoms worsen overtime and nearly one million people living with Parkinson 's disease lives in U.S,. The cause is unknown, and although there is presently no cure, treatment to manage its symptoms, through surgery and medications are advised. The disease is known not to be lethal rather it is known to affect a person’s life time movement to the point of malfunction of the whole system that limits them to move as they please.

Read More
418 Words | 2 Pages

There are more than thirty inherited muscular dystrophy that causes the muscles to wither, and weaken. Even though there are over thirty different types, Duchenne muscular dystrophy is the most severe form of muscular dystrophy. Around three years of age is when symptoms begin to show, and with continuous muscle impairment the children that have Duchenne muscular dystrophy are normally wheelchair bound in their early teens. Following that; when the child reaches their mid to late twenties they suffer from cardiac/respiratory failure leading to death. Duchenne muscular dystrophy is a form of muscular dystrophy that only affects boys.

Read More

More about Essay On Parkinson Disease

Related Topics

Open Document