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From: "Mary Stephenson" <>
Subject: Re: [LEWIS] Paresis
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2001 06:45:02 -0500
References: <04f201c11c9e$bee87380$549d76cc@aculink.net>


Is this a medical list or a genealogy list??
Enough of this already or I am gone!!
Mary


----- Original Message -----
From: "Judy McGinnis" <>
To: <>
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:34 PM
Subject: [LEWIS] Paresis


> WebMD http://webmd.lycos.com/ gives the following definition of Paresis:
>
> General paresis
> Definition
> A disorder characterized primarily by impaired mental function, caused by
> damage to the brain from untreated syphilis.
>
> Causes, Incidence and Risk Factors
> General paresis is one form of neurosyphilis, which is a manifestation of
a
> late, untreated syphilis infection. It is a progressive, life-threatening
> complication.
> The infection causes widespread damage to the nerves of the brain. This
> damage results in personality changes, mood changes, hyperactive reflexes,
> pain ("lightning pains", brief sharp pains in all parts that are
> characteristic of tabes dorsalis), eye changes with abnormal pupil
response,
> abnormal mental function including hallucinations and delusions, decreased
> intellectual functioning (memory, calculating, judgment, insight), and
> speech changes.
> General paresis appears in about 1 out of 1,000,000 people.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 8:10 AM
> Subject: [LEWIS] Glossary of disease
>
>
> Lewis Listers>>
>
> My Glossary is a little short on the new request - "Poresis"
>
> But considering spelling back then, could it be >>>
>
> "Phthisis - Chronic wasting away or a name for tuberculosis"
>
> TB was a common killer and not well understood.
>
> Don
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