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Pibloktoq - An abrupt dissociative episode accompained by extreme excitement of up to 30 minutes duration and frequently followed by convulsive seizures and comas lasting up to 12 hours. This is observed primarily in arctic and subarctic Eskimo communities, although regional variations in name exist. The individual may be withdrawn or mildly irritable for a period of hours or days before the attack and will typically report complete anmesia for the attack. During the attack, the individual may tear off his or her clothing, break furniture, shout obscenities, eat feces, flee from protective shelters, or perform other irrational or dangerous acts.

Rewritten - (Paraphrase) Pibloktoq - This is a mental disorder that usually affects the Eskimo people. It is a culture bound syndrome that is also referred to as arctic hysteria and transitional madness.(1) With this disorder, the individual will experience an attack, prior to the attack the individual will try to stay distant from others and can be extremely irritable. This may happen days or hours before the attack. When the attack finally happens, the individual experiences bizarre behavior. He/she may break things (furniture),curse, eat feces, or take part in other dangerous activities. After the attack stops, the individual usually does not remember what happened during the time of the attack.(2)

Sources (1) Landy, David. Pibloktoq (hysteria) and inuit nutrition: Possible implication of hypervitaminosis A., Social Science and Medicine. (1985). http://econpapers.repec.org/article/eeesocmed/v_3a21_3ay_3a1985_3ai_3a2_3ap_3a173-185.htm (2) American Psychiatric Association. (2000). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th edition). Washington, DC: Author.

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Pibloktoq is seen more often in Eskimo women than men and believed to be possibly linked to having too much vitamin A in the diet. Because of where they live, Eskimos consume large amounts of liver, Arctic fish and organs of mammals. Those foods are high in vitamin A. This can lead to hypervitaminosis A. Hypervitaminosis means you have too much of a vitamin stored in your body. Some symptoms of vitamonis A are headaches, extreme irritability, visual changes, and impaired consciousness. Other symptoms may include nausea, vomiting, dizziness, and blurry vision. Chronic vitamin A toxicity develops after taking too much vitamin A for long periods. Bone pain and swelling of the bones is common, often associated with high levels of calcium in the blood. Other symptoms include hair loss, high cholesterol, liver damage, and vision problems. Symptoms are often subtle and may include fatigue, malaise, and nausea. Although pibloktoq is more prevalent in women, cases have been reported for males, both adults and children as well as dogs.(3) This diesease has received a lot of attention but unfortunately there hasn't been numerous studies on it. Wallace and Ackerman were two explorers who wrote about this disease. They did an outline on the background of the Polar Eskimos. One of the reasonings for the disorder that they came up with was the isolation in their culture group. With more added research, they found that the link to pibloktoq was due to lack of calcium and poor nutrition. They noted that this disease has four stages. Its infection starts and the individual goes through various stages:the prodromal stage, the attack stage, the terminal stage and then recovery. There is usually no memory of the attack, and some Eskimos suffer from many attacks during their lifetime while others only experience one attack. This disease is usually re-occurrs but not always. Many speculations of this disease have been thought to be the cause from sexual deprivation to psychological insecurity, but it always goes back to the nutrition aspect.(4)

(3) Hurd, Robert, MD, Department of Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Medical Dictionary. How Stuff Works: Hypervitaminosis A (2008) http://healthguide.howstuffworks.com/hypervitaminosis-a-dictionary.htm

(4) Wallace, Anthony F.C. and Robert E. Ackerman. Anthropology Journal Archive Project. 1960. II (2): 139-153. ''An Interdisciplinary Approach to Mental Disorder among the Polar Eskimos of Northwest Greenland. Anthropologica, 1960. Vol. II(2):249-260.''

Edit and Rewritten - Day 16 assignment Pibloktoq - This is a mental disorder that usually affects the Eskimo people.
 * Indented line Pibloktoq is seen more often in Eskimo women than men and believed to be possibly linked to having too much vitamin A in the diet. Because of where they live, Eskimos consume large amounts of liver, Arctic fish and organs of mammals. Those foods are high in vitamin A. This can lead to hypervitaminosis A.  Chronic vitamin A toxicity develops after taking too much vitamin A for long periods. Bone pain and swelling of the bones is common, often associated with high levels of calcium in the blood. Other symptoms include hair loss, high cholesterol, liver damage, and vision problems. Symptoms are often subtle and may include fatigue, malaise, and nausea.
 * Indented line This diesease has received a lot of attention but unfortunately there hasn't been numerous studies on it. Wallace and Ackerman were two explorers who wrote about this disease.  They did an outline on the background of the Polar Eskimos.  One of the reasonings for the disorder that they came up with was the isolation in their culture group.  With more added research, they found that the link to pibloktoq was due to lack of calcium and poor nutrition.   They noted that this disease has four stages. Its infection starts and the individual goes through various stages:the prodromal stage, the attack stage, the terminal stage and then recovery. There is usually no memory of the attack, and some Eskimos suffer from many attacks during their lifetime while others only experience one attack. This disease usually re-occurrs but not always.