Silas Marner Terms and Medical

ConditionsWhich do you think he has?

Rheumatism

Rheumatic diseases are painful conditions usually caused by inflammation, swelling, and pain in the joints or muscles.

Some rheumatic diseases like osteoarthritis are the result of "wear and tear" to the joints. Other rheumatic diseases, happen when the immune system becomes hyperactive; the immune system attacks the linings of joints, causing joint pain, swelling, and destruction.

Almost any joint can be affected in rheumatic disease.

Seizures

A seizure is the physical findings or changes in behavior that occur after an episode of abnormal electrical activity in the brain. The term "seizure" is often used interchangeably with "convulsion." Convulsions occur when a person's body shakes rapidly and uncontrollably. During convulsions, the person's muscles contract and relax repeatedly. There are many different types of seizures. Some have mild symptoms without shaking.

It may be hard to tell if someone is having a seizure. Some seizures only cause a person to have staring spells. These may go unnoticed.

Seizure Symptoms Specific symptoms depend on what

part of the brain is involved. Symptoms occur suddenly and may include:

Brief blackout followed by a period of confusion (the person cannot remember for a short time)

Changes in behavior such as picking at one's clothing

Drooling or frothing at the mouth

Eye movements

Grunting and snorting

Loss of bladder or bowel control

Mood changes such as sudden anger, unexplainable fear, panic, joy, or laughter

Shaking of the entire body

Sudden falling

Tasting a bitter or metallic flavor

Teeth clenching

Temporary stop in breathing

Uncontrollable muscle spasms with twitching and jerking limbs

Symptoms may stop after a few seconds or minutes, or continue for up to 15 minutes. They rarely continue longer.

The person may have warning symptoms before the attack, such as:

Fear or anxiety

Nausea

Vertigo (feeling as if you are spinning or moving)

Visual symptoms (such as flashing bright lights, spots, or wavy lines before the eyes)

Absent Seizures Symptoms Because absence seizures are usually quite brief, tend to strike during

times of inactivity, and closely resemble daydreaming or "being off in one's own world," they may pass unnoticed by others and go undiagnosed for some time.

Absence seizures fall into two categories: typical and atypical. Typical absence seizures begin abruptly, last 10 to 30 seconds, and resolve

themselves without complication. The person simply stops in his tracks (and/or mid-sentence), and enters a staring, trance-like state during which he is unresponsive and unaware of his surroundings. He may make fumbling movements with his hands, and there may also be eyelid fluttering, lip smacking, or chewing motions during the seizure. When the seizure passes, the person returns to normal, with no memory of the event and no lingering effects.

Atypical seizures are similar to typical seizures, except they tend to begin more slowly, last longer (up to a few minutes), and can include slumping or falling down. The person may also feel confused for a short time after regaining consciousness. This type of seizures may continue into adulthood.

Gout Gout is characterized by sudden, severe attacks of

pain, redness and tenderness in joints, often the joint at the base of the big toe.

Gout — a complex form of arthritis — can affect anyone. Men are more likely to get gout, but women become increasingly susceptible to gout after menopause.

An attack of gout can occur suddenly, often waking you up in the middle of the night with the sensation that your big toe is on fire. The affected joint is hot, swollen and so tender that even the weight of the sheet on it may seem intolerable.

Fortunately, gout is treatable, and there are ways to reduce the risk that gout will recur.

Apoplexy

Apoplexy is bleeding into an organ or loss of blood flow to an organ. For example, adrenal apoplexy is bleeding into the adrenal glands, pituitary apoplexy is bleeding into the pituitary gland, and so on.

When the word apoplexy (with no organ specified) is used alone, it often refers to stroke symptoms that occur suddenly. Such symptoms can be caused by bleeding into the brain or by a blood clot in a brain blood vessel.

Weaving

Weaving was a difficult work. Few had the talent, skill or tenacity to make beautiful fabric for clothing or enough fabric for tablecloths or other necessary items.

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Hunt

What better way to describe it than Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious?

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Foxglove aka Digitalis

Or Witches' Gloves. Dead Men's Bells. Fairy's Glove. Gloves of Our Lady. Bloody Fingers.

After the taking of a moderate dose, the pulse is markedly slowed. Digitalis also causes an irregular pulse to become regular.

Digitalis is an excellent antidote in Aconite poisoning

Dandelion

Dandelion is used for many conditions, but so far, there isn’t enough scientific evidence to determine whether or not it is effective for any of them.

Dandelion is used for loss of appetite, upset stomach, intestinal gas, gallstones, joint pain, muscle aches, eczema, and bruises. Dandelion is also used to increase urine production and as a laxative to increase bowel movements. It is also used as skin toner, blood tonic, and digestive tonic.

Some people use dandelion to treat infection, especially viral infections, and cancer.

Inflammation of the tonsils (Tonsillitis). An early study found that people who had their tonsils removed recovered faster if they ate soup containing dandelion compared to those who ate soup without dandelion.

Coltsfoot One of the most popular of cough remedies.

The botanical name, Tussilago, signifies 'cough dispeller,' and Coltsfoot has justly been termed 'nature's best herb for the lungs and her most eminent thoracic.'

This relieves asthma and also the difficult breathing of old bronchitis. Those suffering from asthma, catarrh and other lung troubles derive much benefit from smoking this Herbal Tobacco, the use of which does not entail any of the injurious effects of ordinary tobacco.

After reading Chapter 1. . .

Make a prediction of what you think the book will be about.

Choose which or a combination of the diseases we talked about that Silas has.