Autisms – Mysteries

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Autism is an often misunderstood disorder. A patient with autism is always born with his disease. If the disease is discovered later in live is because it does not show the symptoms earlier in life. It arises due to genetic abnormalities of the brain. Patients with autism have under developed neural connections which cause abnormalities with social and sometimes physical phases of the brain. The parts with control the social and communication of the brain are under developed and not properly wired. They might be aggressive, cause self-harm, failing in simple tests and many other such behaviors.
A child with autism shows the signs of autism as soon as three years old. Problems arising from the misconnection or misrepresentation between the synapses and nerve cells cause this particular disorder. Till now the actual genetic cause for autism has not been known, research is going on to detect autism in kids before they are born since this disorder is termed as a birth defect. The early sings of autism are the child’s care for themselves, obsessive nature and under developed communication skills. Recent research has shown that one of the early sings of detecting autism is the inability of a child to focus on faces or any one thing. A child with autism cannot lead a normal adult life and might require assistance through her life. A patient with autism also will have problem linking meanings with their words. So many time while trying to express themselves, they will end up saying something else. Sometimes patients with autism develop seizures after puberty, this might be because of hormonal n that are part of a normal human being, but the exact cause of these seizures is not known. There are different levels of autism which are rated under Giliam Autism Rating Scale and the Childhood Autism rating scale.

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Woman more prone to Mental Disorders

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One is ten women is meant to have some kind of mental disorder. Women nowadays have to deal with problems relating to children, work, cheating husband, friends, relatives, etc. Handling multiple pressures and stress and numerous compulsions are leading many women to become prone to anti-depressant and sleeping pills. These problems along with their monthly hormonal changes make women more comorbid to mental disorders such as Attention deficit disorder, Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, Depression, Insomnia, border line personality disorder, and many more such disorders. It is causing many women to reach out to shrinks and supports groups to make sure they do not develop there disorders or to find solutions for their conditions.
A recent research concluded that there are more than 4 million females in United Stated with Attention deficit disorder and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, which is on an alarming rise. The previous focus was on children who were thought to be more prone to develop mental disorders. The idea was to detect the disease early and cure it before it grows to a full-fledged mental disease. Attention deficit disorder and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder are disorders relation to the disordered behavior of the neurons. It comes along with hyperactivity as a side effect. Although most of the diseases have a genetic reason for their prevalence, the epigenetics also play a major role in the development of these diseases. Many women in college develop Attention deficit disorder and Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder because of the stress that they go through during this time. Although mental disorders can be treated with medication, it is better to avoid them. Hence women need to stop taking too much stress and stop trying to focus on multiple things at a time. Only through increase understanding and reasoning by the other sex, friends and family is this possible.

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