Detailed Information on Metachromatic Leukodystrophy
Posted on November 2, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is known as the leukodystrophies.
Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD) is a inherited disorder that affects nerves, muscles, and other organs. It slowly gets worse over time. Metachromatic leukodystrophy is reported to occur in 1 in 40,000 to 160,000 individuals worldwide. MLD is caused by a lack of the arylsulfatase an enzyme. Without this enzyme, lipids accumulate in the cells of the nervous system, liver, and kidneys. This accumulation of lipids eventually destroys the myelin sheath. There are three forms of Metachromatic Leukodystrophy. They are based on when the symptoms begin.
Detailed Information on Morquio Syndrome
Posted on November 1, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Morquio syndrome is a mucopolysaccharide storage disease.
Morquio syndrome is a genetic disease of metabolism in which the body is missing or doesn’t have enough of a substance needed to break down long chains of sugar molecules called glycosaminoglycans. Lysosomes function as the primary digestive units within cells. Enzymes within lysosomes break down or digest particular nutrients. In individuals with MPS disorders, deficiency or malfunction of specific lysosomal enzymes leads to an abnormal accumulation of certain complex carbohydrates in the arteries, skeleton, eyes, joints, ears, skin, and/or teeth.
Fucosidosis Detailed Information
Posted on October 23, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Fucosidosis also called alpha-l-fucosidase deficiency.
Fucosidosis is a very uncommon inherited lysosomal storage disease characterized by a deficiency of the enzyme alpha-L-fucosidase. It is estimated to affect less than 1:2,000,000. There are two types of fucosidosis. In type 1, fast psychomotor regression, severe and speedily progressing neurologic signs, high sodium and chloride excretion in the sweat, and grave outcome before the sixth year. Type I usually presents in the first 3-18 months of life with features typical of lysosomal storage diseases including coarsening of facial features, organomegaly , and dysostosis multiplex.
Gliomatosis cerebri
Posted on October 14, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Gliomatosis cerebri can affect people of any age from infants under two years old to people in their eighties. It may affect any part of the brain or even the spinal cord, optic nerve and compact white matter.
Gliomatosis cerebri(GC) is a highly aggressive, rare form of neuroepithelial tumor. It most commonly presents as a diffusely infiltrating glial tumor of the cerebral cortex. It is commonly characterized by diffuse infiltration of the brain with neoplastic glial cells that affect various areas of the cerebral lobe. Gliomas are heterogeneous tumors that are classified according to their most aggressive appearing elements. The classification includes four grades of glioma. The pathological grade of gliomatosis cerebri is not always established, because only a fraction of these tumors is biopsied.
Hartnup disease
Posted on September 17, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Hartnup disease may be marked by skin problems, coordination impairment, vision problems, mild mental retardation, gastrointestinal problems, and central nervous system abnormalities.
Hartnup disorder is an inherited metabolic disorder involving the transport of certain amino acids (for example, tryptophan and histidine) in the small intestine and kidneys. Hartnup disease is classified in the group of the Neutral Aminoacidurias, since the amino acids lost in the urine are the so called neutral amino acids : tryptophan, alanine, asparagine, glutamine, histidine,isoleucine, leucine, phenylalanine, serine, threonine, tyrosine and valine. Factors that may precipitate acute attacks of this disorder may include poor nutrition, exposure to sunlight, sulphonamide medications and/or psychological stress.
Current Treatments For Depression – Hormone Therapy, Happy Pacemaker, Magnetic Healing
Posted on July 24, 2008 - Filed Under Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Find information on current treatments for depression and how they can help.
Depression is a major mental disorder but is treatable. There are various depression treatments and some are in experimental stage. Some of the effective current treatments for depression include hormone therapy, “happy” pacemaker and magnetic healing.
Scientists have spent years to find the best treatment for depression. Ultimately they now know about serotonin and its effect on the brain. It is finally proven that the major imbalance in this hormone may be the prime cause of depression in men and women.
Complete Information on Cryptococcosis
Posted on June 29, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Cryptococcal meningitis (infection of the brain) is believed to result from dissemination of the fungus from either an observed or unappreciated pulmonary infection.
Cryptococcosis is a rare fungal infection caused by inhaling the fungus Cryptococcus neoformans. Cryptococcus is present around the world, but infection was relatively rare until the AIDS epidemic began. Cryptococcosis is the cause of the most common life-threatening meningitis in AIDS. In the United States, 6-10% of all patients with AIDS get cryptococcosis. Cryptococcus gattii causes infections in immunocompetent people (those having a functioning immune system).
Complete Information on Balo disease with Treatment and Prevention
Posted on June 4, 2008 - Filed Under Health | Leave a Comment
Balo’s disease is a rare progressive form of multiple sclerosis with a strong viral association that primarily affects young adults. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is an instigative disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS).
Predominantly, it is a disease of the “white matter” tissue. The white matter is made up of nerve fibres which are responsible for transmitting communication signals both internally within the CNS and between the CNS and the nerves supplying rest of the body. In people affected by MS, patches of damage called plaques or lesions appear in seemingly random areas of the CNS white matter.
