I. A coma’s technical name is “Trypanosomiasis.” Many people think the person is asleep, but the person is actually in a deep state of unconsciousness. It happens worldwide, but mostly in Africa. There are about 50,000-70,000 cases a year. When a person is in a coma, they are unresponsive since they are unconscious. They also do not respond to their environment. First recognized two centuries ago, comas can be deadly because of damage to the brainstem. II. Comas are caused by various reasons, like having a stroke, this can lead to no blood flow to a major part of the brainstem or loss of blood, also leads to swelling. Seizures can also lead to comas. If you have a single seizure you can be put into a coma but it is very rare and unlikely. If you have continued seizures, “status upiluptcus” then you are more likely to be put into a coma. Swelling, swelling of the brain tissue can occur even without distress. Bleeding in the layers of the brain can cause a coma do to swelling and compression, compression can cause the brain to shift. Trauma, head injuries lead to bleeding and swelling which in result is a trauma. Swelling may push the brain down, the brainstem pushes down which can damage the RAS (Reticular Activity System) III. …show more content…
A coma is an unconsciousness state of matter. It is in which sleep crystals remain. Some followed symptoms are swollen lymph glands. Some of the first symptoms are fever, headache, chills. You will also have aching muscles and joints. You may also experience weight loss. Your skin will also be effected in the process and you will have a skin rash. Your bodies reaction to a coma is that you are not able to speak. Also, this happens before many diseases. You are not able to think or feel. You are also unaware of your
A serious brain injury could lead to bleeding in or around your brain, causing symptoms that may develop right away or later.
It was a bone-chilling winter morning in Bavaria. My alarm clock rang, and I slapped it to snooze. Oh no, I was not getting up that day. I had just finished the worst school week of my life. If we zoom back to that time two years ago, I was a 14 year old foreign exchange student in southern Germany. Bullying from the kids in school had made my homesickness unbearable. But that’s not all. I eventually became so anxious throughout my exchange that I chewed all the skin around my nails, gained 15 pounds, and finally, had to book my flight back home January 1st.
Organization: Topical pattern. Audience analysis: The audiences are raging from 20-21, and are currently residential students at Liberty University. They are all from South Korea, but each has different backgrounds. Topic: Nursing can be used to show and share the love of God.
When Harriet Tubman was a teenager had a traumatic head injury. Tubman got this trying to stand up for another slave. Her symptoms included life long headaches, seizures and had vivid dreams.
If I could have everyone's attention. Good-morning ladies and gentlemen. For those of you who don't know me my name is Jasmine Davenport. Today I’d like to discuss traumatic brain injury also referred to as TBI. I chose this topic because traumatic brain injury is a serious and complex injury with a broad spectrum of symptoms and disabilities. Traumatic brain injury effects people of all ages and is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. A traumatic brain injury can be caused by a blow or jolt to the head that disrupts normal functions of the brain Also, traumatic brain injury can cause physical, cognitive, social, emotional, and behavioral affects.
Catherine Valente remembers clearly about her terrifying experience. It was around 3 in the morning when she woke up in the middle of the night, she saw an old woman figure with long white dress, long black hair, and awfully long nails sitting on her chest. She felt like as if she’s paralyzed. She couldn’t move a muscle or even open her mouth to scream. She laid there unable to move for at least 15 minutes. Have you ever had the same experience like Catherine, felt like you were awake but had some difficulty to move your body? You might have even felt petrified but could not call for help? This weird phenomenon is called Sleep Paralysis.
Moreover, sleep deprivation occurs when an individual is in sleep-restricted state. Sleep deprivation may have an unfavorable effect on the body and the mind, however it can only have this effect through monism. It is possible to infer that mind and body can in fact not be separate in terms of the effect of sleep deprivation on a human.
This phenomenon especially can be seen in microsleep. Microsleep is when sleep interjects itself into daily functioning and causes lapses in consciousness, often due to sleep deprivation. More often than not, people don’t realize that they have had an episode, making it particularly dangerous while driving or performing higher risk tasks.
• Brain diseases; these may include stroke, dementia, mild cognitive impairment and transient ischemic attack amongst others.
Those susceptible to being put on life support include “brain dead” and “vegetative” persons. The term “brain dead” is used for individuals who lack activity within the brain, thus why some functions (i.e. swallowing and breathing) are incapable of being performed. However those in a “vegetative” state may be able to perform these tasks, despite being severely, mentally crippled (Doyle 1).
Hello my name is Nick and I am giving my speech on Alzheimer’s Disease. I was thinking of what I could do for a speech. Then I thought I wanted to inform people on something that little know about. Then it hit me. Alzheimer’s Disease it has affected my life so much and I know so much about it. So I am going to tell you how it has affected my life in more ways than one. Before I start I want you to imagine something. Look around you know everyone right? All these faces you see practically see everyday take all that you know about them and forget it. Can you do it? I can’t. So try to imagine now that it could happen to you years down the road and the disease gets so bad you cant remember your kids, your mother, or even your family. You probably are thinking right now, it will not happen to me. Well that is what my grandfather said about 6 years ago and now he cant even remember my name.
Sleep paralysis is characterized by the body and musculature being rendered completely immobile as a result of REM (rapid-eye movement) atonia. During this REM stage, people may experience dream-like images and perceptions. A common entity that people perceive is something similar to a demonic entity. People who suffer from sleep paralysis feel trapped, they are unable to scream or move their body while seeing a demonic entity as they are unconscious or semiconscious (Mental Health Daily).
A coma is an unresponsiveness from the patient that cannot be aroused. Meaning, the person is not awake and does not react to stimuli, light or sound. If the person with a brain injury remains in a comatose state (coma), and there is no clear reason for this, it is likely for them to get out of the coma and get a good evaluation. The evaluation is to distinguish
Sleep paralysis is a condition that occurs at either the onset or upon awakening of sleep. The medical terms for the two forms of sleep paralysis are hypnogogic and hypnopompic (1). When a person falls asleep, the body secretes hormones that relax certain muscles within the body, causing it to go into paralysis. Doing this prevents the body from acting out a person's dream, which could result in an injury. Sleep paralysis generally runs within one's family or in those who suffer from narcolepsy (2), but there is currently no explanation for why some people get it while others do not.
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