Neglect: Causes & Reasons

Possible Causes for Neglect

This will be associated with improvements in spatial neglect, activities of daily living and quality of life in these patients. [isrctn.com]

Subjects are 16 patients with chronic stroke and unilateral neglect for over 6 months and 19 healthy volunteers. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Parietal Lobe Tumor

Even drawings may be neglected on the left side. [en.wikipedia.org]

Lt side cauing depression and depression, rt side causing euphoria, symptom denial and neglect Diaschisis - sudden loss of function in a portion of the brain connected to [slideshare.net]

Neglect syndromes may occur with tumors of the nondominant parietal lobe, including lack of awareness of objects in the contralateral visual field or of movement or position [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Vascular Dementia

Clinical presentation of VaD in cortical injury includes speech abnormalities and neglect while a subcortical injury is associated with cognitive, emotional and behavioral [symptoma.com]

Difficulties with abstract thinking Faulty reasoning Inappropriate behavior Loss of communication skills Disorientation to time and place Gait, motor, and balance problems Neglect [helpguide.org]

[…] follow directions be disoriented about the date or time of day not recognize or be confused about familiar people have difficulty with routine tasks such as paying the bills neglect [helpguide.org]

Alzheimer Disease

Neglecting to bathe, or wearing the same clothes over and over again, while insisting that they have taken a bath or that their clothes are still clean. 7. [web.archive.org]

Viral infections in the brain are already known to cause symptoms similar to Alzheimer’s and the experts say the link has been ‘neglected’ for too long. [telegraph.co.uk]

Poor judgment creates safety issues when left alone - may wander and risk exposure, poisoning, falls, self-neglect or exploitation. [web.archive.org]

Munchausen Syndrome

Child abuse and neglect. In: Zitelli BJ, McIntire SC, Nowalk AJ, eds. Zitelli and Davis' Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis. 7th ed. [medlineplus.gov]

Child Abuse & Neglect 27(4): 431 – 451. [dx.doi.org]

Twenty nine per cent of the index children had a history of failure to thrive and 29% a history of non-accidental injury, inappropriate medication, or neglect. [doi.org]

Personality Disorder

Published online: 14 January 2002 Child abuse and neglect have repeatedly been shown to be risks for psychiatric and personality disorders. [journals.cambridge.org]

Child Abuse and Neglect Child abuse and neglect are potential environmental causes of BPD, even though not all people with BPD suffered from childhood maltreatment. [verywell.com]

Personality disorders are commonly associated with negative experiences, such as abuse, neglect, and other empathic failures. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Parasitic Disease

Jointly fighting neglected diseases Worldwide, more than 1.4 billion people suffer from a neglected parasitic disease (NPD), with consequences that can include blindness, [pde4npd.eu]

KEYWORDS: Neglected tropical disease; Onchocerca volvulus; Simulium; Sowda; Yemen [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Many of the most common and most severe parasitic diseases, including Chagas' disease, leishmaniasis, and schistosomiasis, are also classified as neglected tropical diseases [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma

Primary cardiac lymphoma is a rare type of extranodal lymphoma that involves only heart and/or pericardium. It is usually observed in immunodeficient people. However, immunocompetent patients may also suffer from this disease. Most primary cardiac lymphomas are of B-cell lineage, and they usually present as diffuse[…] [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Lymphatic Filariasis

It is one of a group of conditions known as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs). [sightsavers.org]

KEYWORDS: Disease mapping; GIS; Geostatistics; Human African trypanosomiasis; Lymphatic filariasis; MaxEnt; Neglected tropical diseases; Schistosomiasis; Spatial statistics [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

How Soil Scientists Help Combat Podoconiosis, A Neglected Tropical Disease. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2014, 11, 5133-5136. [doi.org]

Elephantiasis

Podoconiosis is widespread in tropical Africa, Central America and North India, yet it remains a neglected and under-researched condition. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

UK aid has long supported the Liverpool School of and Tropical Medicine (LSTM) to carry out research on neglected tropical diseases in Africa. [gov.uk]

The disfiguring disease lymphatic filariasis (LF) is one of most visible of the neglected tropical diseases. [globalcitizen.org]

Posterior Cerebral Artery Thrombosis

Dominant hemisphere infarct is often associated expressive aphasia where as non-dominant infarct is associated with neglect syndrome. [neuroradiologycases.com]

Some patient with Proximal PCA occlusion may simulate MCA occlusion when it result in Hemiparesis Hemianopsia Hemispatial neglect Aphasia Sensory inattention. [notes.medicosnotes.com]

Neglect is most often associated with right-hemisphere strokes, so expect a patient with left-sided weakness to have neglect as well—and stay especially alert for this sign [americannursetoday.com]

Achilles Tendon Rupture

Posttraumatic neglected Achilles tendon ruptures in a young patient have not been described in the literature to our knowledge; indeed, neglected ruptures of the Achilles [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: Achilles tendon; allograft; neglected rupture [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Multiple surgical techniques for repair of neglected Achilles tendon ruptures have been described in the literature. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Invasive Non-Typhoidal Salmonellosis

PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, Mar 2013 Background Co-resistance against the first-line antibiotics ampicillin, chloramphenicol and trimethoprim/sulphamethoxazole or multidrug [paperity.org]

Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa; Lancet. Jun 30, 2012; 379(9835): 2489–2499). [fondazionesclavo.org]

Invasive non-typhoidal salmonella disease: an emerging and neglected tropical disease in Africa NA Feasey, G Dougan, RA Kingsley, RS Heyderman, MA Gordon The Lancet 379 (9835 [scholar.google.ch]

Posterior Cerebral Artery Occlusion

Associated clinical signs were aphasia, alexia or a neglect syndrome, hemianopia, and hemisensory loss. Hemiplegia was due to infarction in the lateral midbrain. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The majority of patients developed contralateral hemiparesis, homonymous hemianopia, hemispatial neglect, and sensory loss or sensory inattention. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Factitious Disorder with Psychological Symptoms

Child abuse and neglect. In: Zitelli BJ, McIntire SC, Nowalk AJ, eds. Zitelli and Davis' Atlas of Pediatric Physical Diagnosis. 7th ed. [mountsinai.org]

Factitious disorders may involve: self harm e.g. dermatitis artefacta self neglect e.g. failure to control diabetes mellitus fabrication of symptoms e.g. recurrent "fever" [gpnotebook.co.uk]

Among those who do, many report a history of physical, emotional, or sexual abuse or physical or emotional neglect. [emedicine.medscape.com]

Antisocial Personality Disorder

Complications Complications, consequences and problems of antisocial personality disorder may include, for example: Spouse abuse or child abuse or neglect Alcohol or substance [mayoclinic.org]

If an individual with ASPD has a child, they are likely to be irresponsible and neglectful and can be abusive. [did-research.org]

Abuse and neglect can increase the chance of the child having antisocial personality disorder as an adult. [msdmanuals.com]

Dissociative Disorder

[…] abuse and neglect histories. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Enquiries about childhood maltreatment should include a history of emotional neglect by biological parents/siblings. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Childhood emotional and sexual abuse, physical neglect, and total childhood trauma scores had significant effect for borderline personality disorder (p < .001, p = .038, p [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Echinococcosis

Which diseases are considered neglected tropical diseases? [cdc.gov]

In this context, CE meets the criteria for a neglected disease. [hindawi.com]

Abstract Echinococcosis is among the most neglected parasitic diseases. Development of new drugs and other treatment modalities receives very little attention, if any. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Borderline Personality Disorder

Childhood emotional and sexual abuse, physical neglect, and total childhood trauma scores had significant effect for borderline personality disorder (p < .001, p = .038, p [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] abuse; 77% reported a childhood history of biparental neglect. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Many people with borderline personality disorder have a history of childhood abuse, neglect and separation from caregivers or loved ones. Brain abnormalities. [web.archive.org]

Schizoid Personality Disorder

Sexual and emotional abuse/neglect might cause deep feelings of inner emptiness and a blurred and/or confused identity that can be observed in many patients with SPD 18. [doi.org]

Hypersensitive since childhood and being neglected or avoided since then. [symptoma.com]

Loneliness : Despite the appearance of emotional coldness and aloofness, the sufferer of schizoid personality disorder might be acutely sensitive to neglect by other people [healthhype.com]

Abuse and Neglect

The present case reports a 3-year-old girl suffering from abuse and neglect. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Child Abuse and Neglect Benchbook -- A manual and case digest for child abuse and neglect law. [courtswv.gov]

Elder abuse and neglect is a major public health problem in the United States, with most cases hidden from public scrutiny. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Factitious Disorder

Child Abuse & Neglect, 27, 431-451. [psychologyinaction.org]

Pediatric condition falsification (PCF), also known as Munchausen syndrome by Proxy or Medical Child Abuse, is a somewhat rare form of child abuse and neglect. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Call 911 for any child in immediate danger because of abuse or neglect. You can also call this national hotline. Crisis counselors are available 24/7. [mountsinai.org]

Plasmodium Vivax Malaria

P. vivax malaria remained somewhat neglected. The present study provides a status report of P. vivax malaria in the northeastern States of India. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

KEYWORDS: Anti-relapse therapy,; G6PD deficiency,; History,; Neglect; Plasmodium vivax,; Primaquine, [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

We reported a case of postrenal transplantation acute kidney injury (AKI) associated with P. vivax, a neglected human malaria parasite. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Helminthiasis

Which diseases are considered neglected tropical diseases? [cdc.gov]

Perera M, Whitehead M, Molyneux D, Weerasooriya M, Gunatilleke G (2007) Neglected patients with a neglected disease? A qualitative study of lymphatic filariasis. [doi.org]

Abstract Soil-transmitted helminthiasis (STH), among the most common neglected tropical diseases, is a major public health problem in Malaysia with a possible impact on the [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Schistosomiasis

First WHO report on neglected tropical diseases. 2011. World Health Organization. Fact sheet N115. February 2010 [web.archive.org]

Which diseases are considered neglected tropical diseases? [cdc.gov]

As of 2017, the World Health Organization categorizes the following communicable diseases as neglected tropical diseases (NTDs): Six of the NTDs can be controlled or even [cdc.gov]

Parasitic Intestinal Disease

There remain opportunities for integrated neglected tropical disease control throughout Ethiopia [48]. [journals.plos.org]

This study demonstrates the feasibility and success of an integrated neglected tropical disease assessment for programmatic decision making. [journals.plos.org]

Worrell C, Mathieu E (2012) Drug coverage surveys for neglected tropical diseases: 10 years of field experience. Am J Trop Med Hyg 87: 216–222. [journals.plos.org]

Leishmaniasis

Which diseases are considered neglected tropical diseases? [cdc.gov]

Keywords leishmaniasis neglected tropical diseases vector-borne disease epidemiology ecology 1. [intechopen.com]

[…] this lack of clinical awareness, in the absence of extensive and long-term epidemiological surveys it is difficult to conclude if leishmaniasis is (re)emergent or simply neglected [parasitesandvectors.biomedcentral.com]

Dissociative Identity Disorder

Dissociation has also been linked specifically to childhood physical neglect in patients diagnosed with schizophrenia. [emedicine.medscape.com]

OBJECTIVE: The Trauma Model of dissociative identity disorder (DID) posits that DID is etiologically related to chronic neglect and physical and/or sexual abuse in childhood [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Partial correlation r(P-value) 1 DES SDQ-20 Childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ) emotional neglect physical neglect emotional abuse physical abuse sexual abuse Total trauma [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Schistosoma Haematobium Infection

PROMOTING ACCESS TO AFRICAN RESEARCH Prevalence of schistosoma haematobium infection in a neglected community, south western Nigeria Abstract Purpose: Schistosomiasis ranks [ajol.info]

Neglected Tropical Diseases JF - PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases SN - 1935-2727 IS - 7 M1 - e1709 ER - [iths.pure.elsevier.com]

Jacqueline, Schneider Dominique, Campagne G., Chippaux Jean-Philippe, Boulanger Denis Source Acta Tropica, 2010, 115 (1-2), p. 84-89 ISSN 0001-706X A better control of major neglected [documentation.ird.fr]

Alcohol Abuse

Abstract Self-neglect among older adults results in increased morbidity and mortality rates. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

In addition, in women, severe sexual abuse (OR = 2.40 [1.10, 5.21]), emotional neglect (OR = 4.78 [2.40, 9.56]), and severe physical neglect (OR = 9.86 [1.99, 48.93]) were [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

[…] differential effects of sex, Child Abuse & Neglect, 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.10.015, 88, (152-158), (2019). [doi.org]