Abstract Exfoliative cheilitis is a rare disorder of unknown etiology causing inflammation of lips. Constant cyclical desquamation along with scaling and crusting of the lips are the salient features. These cases are usually refractory to treatment, as experienced and reported in the previous literature. We hereby report two cases of exfoliative cheiltis successfully treated with topical tacrolimus and oral olanzapine. One of our two cases was refractory to almost all forms of treatments. Key words:
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Syndrome, also known as AS, or “Puppet children”. AS is a rare congenital disorder characterized by mental disability and a tendency toward jerky movement, caused by the absence of certain genes that are normally present on the copy of chromosome 15, inherited from the mother. Most kids with Angelman Syndrome don’t sleep well, but Louie sleeps all on his own for a decent amount of time. His parents have to have
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for our country. Each day I face many difficulties, but no difficulty could ever measure up to the difficulties the homeless veterans in my program face. Each day I look over charts of veterans who have been diagnosed with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and many of the co-diagnosed with extensive Substance Abuse issues as well and I ask myself “was this abuse to ease the pain? The veterans I serve has spent years in a military only to come home to a world who looks down on them because they
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Schizophrenia which affects approximately 1 percent of the population usually begins before age 25 and persists throughout life. The illness is a life long debilitating condition for about 40% of patients and is enormously costly in both social and economic terms. Despite the presence of delusions, hallucinations and cognitive impairment which characterize the illness, overall life expectancy is not altered (although there is a significantly increased risk-of suicide in the early years). Schizophrenia
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Anti-NMDA Encephalitis: A Novel Presentation of Schizophrenia Stephen A Belz B Pharm MPS The Prince Charles Hospital Pharmacy Department Rode Road, Chermside QLD 4032 ABSTRACT Background: It has been suggested that the modulation of dopamine is not the complete story when it comes to the pathophysiology of schizophrenia. Multiple other neurotransmitters have been linked to the condition such as NMDA & Serotonin. N-methyl D-asparate (NMDA) modulation has been used with success for a number
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users of health and social care services Acupuncture Acupuncture comes from Latin origin as is a Chinese form of medicinal treatment in which many, many tiny needles are inserted into various parts of the skin. Particular places of the body, referred to as energy lines are targeted in order to relieve pain. Acupuncture also claims to cure disease and help treat the symptoms of the following conditions: allergies, respiratory conditions, nervous conditions and disorders associated with the eyes
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Introduction: One of the most controversial psychiatric disorders; Dissociative identity disorder is a rare chronic condition, and is considered controversial due to the likely comorbidity with other mental conditions making diagnosis and treatment difficult. Formerly known as multiple personality disorder, dissociative identity disorder is one of a cluster of dissociative disorders. The dissociative disorders are a group of psychiatric conditions characterized by individuals experiencing an alteration
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worried about the medical care of her child Brandon since he has an Autistic Disorder, and she also has other children in the household that she needed to care for as well. According to the story, it does not seem like she has a lot of other extended family support to help her. Her husband does not seem to be around as much because he travels often for his job. If I were the nurse for his case, I would implement a social worker to help figure out how to care for the other children so that she can
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Social Networking Can Be Harmful STUDENTS NAME SCHOOL Abstract Social networking is not as great as it seems, it can be harmful. There are more than 8 million users on Facebook per day, and they are not all good people not to mention it can be addictive also. Remember to always control your privacy, avoid psychology disorders from overuse of social networking sites, and educating your child about social networks. Social Networking Can Be Harmful Just about everyone uses a social networking
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program was designed to see the effects of swimming on children with Autism. The weeks were broken up into two, ten week sessions and one, one week transition period. The researcher, Pan Chien-Yu, wanted to see how swimming affected the children’s social skills and swimming skills. 2. Methods and Subjects Children’s skills were assessed at the beginning of the twenty-one week program. They were then assessed once during the study and again at the end of the ten week program. They were able to become
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