Get to Know More About Guillain Barre Syndrome

Guillain Barre Syndrome, is a rare yet severe disease that commonly affect the peripheral nervous system. It is a group of autoimmune syndromes consisting of demyelinating and acute axonal degenerating forms of the disease (Newswanger, 2004). It means that Antibody can't barely differ the Antigen, which is supposed to be attacked, and our normal body cells.Therefore, Antibodies attack our cells, in GBS is in peripheral nervous system, and cause damages to the nerves itself. This is often happened after an acute infection.

Damaged myelin (nervous system) caused by autoimmune mechanism.

Gradually the patient will lose his reflexes and leading to complete body paralysis. Paralysis in lower limb and legs are commonly called rubbery legs or tingling and numbness in legs. Afterwards this syndrome travels in upper part of the limb (http://www.guillainbarresyndrome.net/).

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Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Hi everyone !

It's me again writing a lil bit heavy topic now, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. Have you heard it ?
It's not about people drunk and died, it's maybe called Moron Alcoholic Syndrome LOL. Anyway, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is one of the birth defect or congenital malformation. Malformation is likely to happen during the third until the eighth week of gestation, because at the time, organogenesis occur.

So, this is what will happen to your beauty-innocent-fetus when you consume alcohol constantly during pregnancy, even the moderate alcohol ones. The central nervous system is particularly sensitive to alcohol, and alcohol-related neurodevelopmental disorder (ARND) may result from exposure. Furthermore, it also can cause  short palpebral fissures, maxillary hypoplasia, heart defects, mental retardation. 

Pictures above show the characteristic of children with Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS). They may also suffer from cardiovascular and limb defect.

I'm not gonna tell you complicated things cause I hate it too actually. In the end, I hope this article give you a snapshot about FAS and I really hope to you, especially girls, to stop drinking alcohol. This is just one of million bad things you may get from drinking alcohol.

Ciao :)

 

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