... withdrawal, inappropriate or blunted emotions, and extreme apathy. These symptoms may appear even when the person is in remission. Violent Behavior Many people tend to think of the mentally ill as violent. News and entertainment tend to link mental illness and criminal violence. Studies have shown that people with schizophrenia aren't especially prone to violence unless they already had a ... criminal record before becoming ill. Most schizophrenic people are withdrawn and prefer to be left alone rather than commit violent crimes. Violence often increases when there are paranoid or psycho...

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... hospitalized, a pneumonia patient might be treated with supportive therapy including oxygen and respiratory treatments, in addition to antibiotics. For patients suffering from pneumonia caused by mycoplasma, erythromycin and tetracycline might be prescribed, due to the nature of the pathogen. Becoming ill with pneumonia in America is not cheap. According for the centers for disease control, the average cost for a hospital ... stay for a pneumonia is $7517.00. Most commonly, a pneumonia patient's symptoms usually subside within 12 to 36 hours after beginning treatment. Most patients will ...

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... , showing abnormalities in the immune, neurological and endocrine systems. The fatigue of a person with CFS is nothing like the fatigue a healthy person feels as a result of a busy life. People severly ill with CFS have a functional level that is significantly lower than that of someone with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, someone with heart disease or multiple sclerosis. New research also shows that the ... to cope with the illness. Other symptoms include: inabliility to comprehend or retain what is read, impairment of speech or reasoning, visual disturbances, psychological problems (De...

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... illness, showing abnormalities in the immune, neurological and endocrine systems. The fatigue of a person with CFS is nothing like the fatigue a healthy person feels because of a busy life. People severely ill with CFS have a functional level that is significantly lower than that of someone with cancer undergoing chemotherapy, someone with heart disease or multiple sclerosis. New research also shows that the ... to cope with the illness. Other symptoms include: inability to comprehend or retain what is read, impairment of speech or reasoning, visual disturbances, psychological problems ...

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... physical and mental symptoms. They experienced fits, hallucinations, temporary paralysis, and distracted random rampages. Livestock was also getting ill. With limited medical knowledge, the only way the doctors could explain this was witchcraft. By comparing symptoms recorded in the seventeenth century of patients with encephalitis lethargica a pattern of symptoms emerged. This supports the idea that the symptoms the people of Salem were ... ...

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... reacted the same way. The World Health Organization calls Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, or SARS, more Know it also like atypical Pneumonia. PREVIEW More than 2,800 people have recently fallen ill from the potentially fatal disease, which has spread around the globe by air travel. Here's a look at what is and isn't known about the mysterious disease: I SARS. II Symptoms III ... we are going to talk about is the things that have been made to prevent people. III Actions against SARS: a) Restrictions. b) Actions of the government. c) Traveling to a country with SARS. d) Patients that h...

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... , particularly in infectious mononucleosis are: • fever, flu • sore throat • enlarged lymph nodes, especially in the neck and axilla (armpit) • facial swelling • general discomfort, uneasiness, or ill feeling (malaise) • sleep disturbance • drowsiness • loss of appetite • muscle aches or stiffness • enlarged spleen • rash • difficulty, foggy thinking • sensitivity to heat, cold ... into 2categories: primary syndromes (first stage) and re-activation syndromes (secondary syndromes). Primary Syndromes: 1) Infectious Mononucleosis 2) "Chronic EBV infection" 3) X-lin...

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