Post on 07-Nov-2014
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INSANITY THROUGH INFECTION
Understanding our problems by exploring our fears…
Amy Martiny
IRRATIONAL FEAR:
What are they?Zombies are
corpses reanimated
by a supernatural,
extraterrestrial or
biological force Where are they?Everywhere!!
No seriously.
Movies, TV,
Books, you name it.
ZOMBIES
BUT THAT’S NOT ALL…
Zombies can also be categorized as a form of POSSESSION.
(oh hi)
SO WHY ARE WE SO SCARED OF
ZOMBIES?
Aside from the obvious…
OKAY-
LET’S BE RATIONAL…
Our irrational fears stem from rational concerns and real circumstance
When we break it down, what are the two main concerns coming from Zombies?
1. Fear of Epidemics2. Fear of Insanity
1. FEAR OF EPIDEMICS
-Vast spreading of disease
-Breakdown of civilization
-Separation from humanity
http://www.movietome.com/pages/media_player/index.php?video_id=OKnKgPw-6E643wS0oAE&tag=videos_module;watch;0
What do I mean by insanity?
-Dementia-
Defined as:
- A loss of mental functions that is not categorized as a disease itself, but as a group of symptoms caused by other diseases or conditions
- impaired cognitive ability within the parts of the brain involved with learning, memory, decision- making, and language
2. FEAR OF INSANITY
Zombies = Epidemic of Insanity-Loss of self-
control-Loss of identity
HOW WE LOSE OURSELVES
Syphilis
Cysticercosis(Neurocysticerco
sis)
Typhoid Fever
Malaria
-STI caused by bacterium Treponema pallidum
-Infection caused by the pork tapeworm, Taenia solium
-Illness caused by the bacterium Salmonella Typhi
-P. falciparum infections are complicated by serious organ failures or abnormalities in the patient's blood or metabolism
“All roads lead to dementia…”-Amy Martiny
ONE MORE REASON TO AVOID THE FLU…
Schizophrenia- pregnant women who
become ill with the flu are more likely to give birth to children who will develop schizophrenia
- one fifth of all schizophrenia cases are caused by prenatal infections
- autism, bipolar disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder have also been linked to bacterial, viral or parasitic infections in utero, in childhood or in maturity
The most common cause of dementia being Alzheimer’s with about 50 other known causes.
Other diseases
- ADC or HADtype of dementia found in patients with late-stage HIV/AIDS
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD)neural cell death caused by proteins called prions
Prions (proteinaceous infectious particles) are the proteins responsible for a group of infectious diseases know as TSEs (transmissible spongiform encephalopathies)-These diseases include CJD along with “Mad cow disease” and Scrapie (disease contracted from sheep)
WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED?
Infection may lead to insanity (Title Line!)
Prevention?-Face our fears by protecting our health
-understand infection, save our brains
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