Seizures

My niece, Molly is now two and half years old.  From the day she was born we knew she was special, but at about 4 months old we started to notice she was different from other babies.  Doctors believe she has a genetic disorder, but she is still too young to tell what exactly is wrong with her.  We know she has vision problems and has been in glasses since they discovered it.   She still refuses to walk (although she can) and she doesn’t talk yet.  My sister recently noticed that she would have moments of zoning out and when she mentioned it I told her that I had learned in my class that it can be a sign she is having seizures.  She took her to the doctor and they decided to do an EEG on her to determine whether or not she was.  She got the results back right before Thanksgiving and they said they determined some abnormalities, but they could not determine if the cause was seizure related.  Good to know I was able to bring some useful information to the table. 

So at my work we use yahoo messenger to communicate with each other throughout the office.  Every morning when I sign on it comes up with the top news stories for the day.   It comes up with all different kinds of stories and the one I saw today that caught my eye was about ten random facts you don’t know about kissing.  It discussed the amount of muscles used for a peck, which is two in case you were wondering and a more passionate kiss uses all the muscles of the face.  The one that caught my eye was talking about how kissing releases the same neurotransmitters as sky diving and running.  I was curious about this so I did some research.  What I came up with is that your lips and tongue are very sensitive areas and are packed with nerve endings.  Kissing causes those nerve endings to be stimulated and release the feeling of passion.  The endorphins released are those similar to parachuting and distance running.  I could not find the specific neurotransmitter in questions.  I did however find some more fun facts.  While kissing you experience euphoria because the body produces a substance that has 200 times greater narcotic effect as compared to Morphine.  So apparently kissing is the thing to do so don’t miss international kissing day on February 5^th. J