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NEPHRITIC SYNDROME
NEPHRITIC SYNDROME. Nephritic syndrome is a clinical state that is characterized by acute onset of hematuria, proteinuria, hypertension, oedema and oliguria following an infective illness about 10 to 20 days earlier. Nephritic syndrome is a group of disorders that cause swelling or inflammation of the internal kidney structures (specifically the glomeruli) leading to acute onset…
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PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY
PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY Precocious puberty refers to any physical sex hormone effect, due to any cause, occurring earlier than the usual age, especially when it is being considered as a medical problem. Precocious puberty is puberty occurring at an unusually early age. In girls, this is before the age of 8, and in boys, before the…
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CEREBRAL PALSY
CEREBRAL PALSY. Cerebral palsy is defined as a group of permanent disorders of the development of movement and posture, causing activity limitation, that are attributed to non-progressive disturbances that occurred in the developing fetal or infant brain.” If your body was a computer, the brain would be the mainframe. It controls mostly everything. Cerebral Palsy…
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SEIZURE DISORDERS
SEIZURE DISORDERS. Seizure is defined as when there is a non-recurrent abnormal electrical activity in the brain or central nervous system resulting in abnormal motor, sensory or psychomotor experiences. A seizure is an abnormal, unregulated electrical discharge that occurs within the brain’s cortical gray matter and gradually interrupts normal brain function. Therefore when a person…
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INTERSEXUAL DISABILITIES
INTERSEXUAL DISABILITIES. Intersex is an umbrella term used to describe anyone with reproductive or sexual anatomy that doesn’t align with the traditional definitions of “male” or “female.” Intersex people were previously referred to as hermaphrodites, “congenital eunuchs”, or congenitally “frigid”. Such terms have fallen out of favor; in particular ,the term “hermaphrodite” is considered to …
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MENINGITIS
MENINGITIS The word meningitis is from Greek μῆνιγξ meninx, “membrane” and the medical suffix -itis, “inflammation”. Meningitis is an acute inflammation of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord, known collectively as the meninges. Meningitis can be life-threatening because of the inflammation’s proximity to the brain and spinal cord; therefore, the condition is…
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HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA INFECTION
HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZA INFECTION. Haemophilus influenzae is a gram-negative, cocco-bacillary, facultatively anaerobic bacterium that falls within the Coccobacilli group. While it normally resides as a commensal in the nose and throat without causing infections under normal conditions, it can become pathogenic if host defenses are compromised. The bacterium was initially misattributed as the cause of influenza,…
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Report Writing
5.0 FINAL RESEARCH REPORT FORMAT 5.1 Outline of a Research Report The Trainee’s research report consists of the following: Main Components of a Research Report Preliminary Pages: Pages before Chapter One numbered in Roman Numerals. a) Title page; b) Preliminary pages which include Declaration, Approval, Commitment by the Research Supervisor, Authorisation and Copyright, Dedication, Acknowledgement,…
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APPENDICES
APPENDICES Appendices refer to the different supporting documents that contain any additional information needed to enable professionals to follow your research procedures and data analysis. An appendix is a page that contains supplementary material that is not an essential part of the text itself but which may be helpful in providing a more comprehensive understanding of the research problem…
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References and Appendices
References and Appendices References refers to a list of all intext cited works. The researcher is supposed to develop a reference list at the end of your proposal. This list enables the reader or user of this proposal to conveniently retrieve each of the sources of information that the researcher reviewed. Whenever you use someone…
