Schizophrenia

Jonathan Moore Mrs. Brown Biology 6th period April 30, 2012

Schizophrenia Schizophrenia is a complex disorder that affects the brain and the nervous system in your brain. People that usually have this disorder have many things wrong with them such as seeing things that do not exist, it can you violent, make you do things that you are not aware of knowing, even you will not be able to behave normally in social situations. The mental health experts are not really sure why Schizophrenia happens in many of it patients but it does. There are many medicines that can help you get through this illness but it cannot cure it. Schizophrenia can affect affect both genders male and female but it usually begins in the younger teen years and even in the early adulthood. Schizophrenia tends to begin later in women than men but for women it is milder. Most of the schizophrenia patients start in as young as five years old. At first the following symptoms are typical in most of the patients, irritable or tense feeling, difficulty sleeping, and difficulty on concentrating. When the patients get older and the disease is more into the patient’s body the following are mostly seen, lack of emotions, strongly held on delusions, hearing and seeing thing that are not there or hallucinations, paying attention, loosing association, bizarre behaviors, and even social isolation or hiding from the world. It can also cause anxious, argumentative, and even false harm to loved ones. Most things are lack of activity, muscles will tense, and odd composures to the face. There are many treatments to this disease but it just voids the disease and doesn't take it away. Some people might even need to be put into the hospital due to harming themselves. Some of the medications are called Antipsychotic. This medicine changes the balance of chemicals in the brain ad can help control the condition. Some of the common side effects are sleepiness, dizziness, weight gain, high cholesterol, jitters, slowed movements, and even a big temper. Schizophrenia medications can also cause complications. Some of these things are have a drinking problem, physical illness, and even suicide. Some of these people also have little voices that tell them to do things. Some of these things are, telling them to hurt themselves or others, the urge to hurt themselves or other people, feeling hopeless, seeing things that are not there such as people, and even not be able to take care for you. As of right now there is no cure for this disease or to prevent this disease. Some people there are recommended is Linda J. Vorvick, MD, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest Division of Physician Assistant Studies, University of Washington, and School of Medicine. Found all of my work on @http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001925/