EMERGENCY 12/05/2008

Emergency hosted by Arnold Clavio

The episode is about a new Body Art modification and Children who can't breathe well.



Scaring and Branding..

Both of these method seems to be like Scarification.

Scarring is the art of creating specific wounds in the skin that leave raised marks when the wounds heal. It can be used to create patterns or textures on the skin. Ancient cultures used scarification as a rite of initiation into adulthood, and for some other reasons.


And Body Modification also known as Body Shaping

Body shaping

Body shaping is a technique where you sculpt the body. This form of body art can get pretty extreme. Corseting the waistline, neck lengthening, and foot and head binding, have all had their heyday in certain cultures. The most well known method of body sculpturing is plastic surgery and cosmetic surgery. Plastic surgery can change and define any part of the body.

There are more extreme examples of body shaping to be found. Some people have had body alterations to make they look like something totally other than human beings.
There are also some other forms of extreme body art such as mutilation and other things which is also seen.

In the recent times, the body art has become a subject of much broader discussions and treatments that cannot be just called as body art in a single definition.

HISTORY:

Body modification is a universal art form that has been practiced for thousands of years. It is done for such motivations as sexual enhancement, a rite of passage, aesthetic reasons, denoting affiliation, trust and loyalty, religious or mystical affiliations, shock value, and self-expression.

Piercing is one of the most mainstream forms of body modification today. It has its origins in Iraq and Iran 4000 years ago, and Cyprus 2200 years ago. It was also done in Tlingit of Southeast Alaska in 1918 to denote the status of children. The more piercings a child had, the higher ranking he or she would be. Adults would throw parties at which all the children were pierced, and elevate their rank.

Heavy earrings were used as a beauty symbol to stretch womens' earlobes. This has been practiced in China, and is still done in Borneo today.

Lip piercing was originally used by Eskimos in the Arctic. Lip plugs called "labrets" were put in for initiation, decoration, and as a status symbol. Nose piercing, while increasing in popularity today, was first done by the Tlingit in Alaska. They used it as a mark of distinction and prestige for men and women. It was also used in Ancient Mexico and India, and today in India and Pakistan.

Other piercings are less popular, but include locations in the eyebrow, tongue, genitals, navel, and other creative places.

Scarification/Cicatrization is a means of permanently altering the skin. This form of body modification demonstrates that the appearance of skin is significant to many cultures. The process of scarification itself is performed by making tiny cuts and inserting dyes in order to alter the color of the skin. Another method is to burn the skin and create designs with the patterns of scars.

There is a carefully controlled healing process and means of infection prevention which differ from region to region.

The final result may be raised bumps called keltoids, which are achieved from the insertion of clay or ash into the skin. The design may be colored by inserting substances into wound, which resembles tattoos. The pattern may be the same as those found on textiles, wood-carvings, ceramics and sculpture.

The significance of scarification is to indicate permanent status change. It has a symbolic meaning to religious peoples and often a scarred person is honored for their endurance and courage because the process is extremely painful.

Body modification is a common traditional practice in many cultures around the world. Piercing and scarification has significance which varies for each individual, but their roles in society today are still important.

**as everyone knows I love body art.. Information click here.

The next episode is about CCHS also known as Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome

CCHS, or Congenital Central Hypoventilation Syndrome, is a disorder of the central nervous system where, most dramatically, the automatic control of breathing is absent or impaired. A CCHS child’s respiratory response to low blood oxygen saturation (hypoxia) or to CO2 retention (hypercapnia) is typically sluggish during awake hours and absent, to varying degrees, during sleep, serious illness, and/or stress.

Background

The preferred nomenclature for the disorder known as Ondine curse is congenital central hypoventilation syndrome (CCHS). The literary misnomer "Ondine's curse" has been used in prior literature. In the story of Ondine, a German folk epic, the nymph Ondine falls in love with a mortal. When the mortal is unfaithful to the nymph, the king of the nymphs places a curse on the mortal. The king's curse makes the mortal responsible for remembering to perform all bodily functions, even those that occur automatically, such as breathing. When the mortal falls asleep, he "forgets" to breathe and dies.

Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome should be considered in children with episodic or sustained hypoventilation and hypoxemia in the first months of life without obvious cardiopulmonary or neuromuscular disease. Most patients breathe normally while awake but hypoventilate during sleep. In 1962, Severinghaus and Mitchell coined the term Ondine curse to describe a syndrome that manifested in 3 adult patients after high cervical and brainstem surgery. When awake and summoned to breathe, these patients did so; however, they required mechanical ventilation for severe central apnea when asleep. In 1970, Mellins and colleagues first reported an infant with the clinical features of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome.

Children with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome have progressive hypercapnia and hypoxemia when asleep, particularly during quiet sleep and, to a lesser extent, during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. Unfortunately, patients with congenital central hypoventilation syndrome also lack an arousal response to hypoxemia and hypercapnia. Therefore, mechanical ventilation is the only therapeutic option. However, ventilation can be adequate while the patient is awake.

for more info click here or go to CCHS network.

It is so sad how little angels would go to such things. I also admire the parents who have the courage to take care of their kids even some dropping their jobs to take care of them. I give kudos to these parents as they go to such great lengths to make sure that these little angels would live longer. Although it is sad that they would not be able to experience what other kids can do, I pray that there would be a cure or a method to help patients with CCHS to live a normal life...

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