Jan 24
2011

Nothing is more likely to precipitate a family crisis than suicidal thinking or behavior, which isn’t uncommon. When this occurs, you may be able to help.
The most important thing you can do is to get psychiatric treatment. Contact the treating psychiatrist or therapist, a local psychiatric hospital, a community mental health center, or a hospital emergency room. You shouldn’t deal with suicidal thinking or behavior on your own. Suicidal thinking and behavior are serious warning signs that the person is suffering greatly; furthermore, they may culminate in actual suicide.
A common response is to deny or minimize suicidal thinking in a loved one. It’s a very difficult situation to face, and you may be tempted to ignore it in the hope that it will simply go away. But it’s a serious mistake to ignore these warning signs or assume they will pass. They may not, and they may worsen if untreated. If a person with BDD appears severely depressed, it’s/advisable for you to ask if they’ve had thoughts that life isn’t worth living, thoughts of harming themselves, or a plan to end their life. Asking such questions won’t put the thought of suicide in their head and may even be life saving.
Usually, suicidal thinking is associated with an underlying psychiatric disorder, such as BDD or depression, which is amenable to psychiatric treatment. Insist that your loved one obtain psychiatric treatment, including medication, which often effectively treats BDD symptoms as well as associated depression, anxiety, and suicidal thoughts.
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Jan 17
2011

Lorazepam
Brand Name
Ativan
Also available in generic form.
Be Aware That:
* Long-term use of lorazepam at unusually high dosages, or even at recommended-dosage levels, can cause physical addiction. Anyone who has a history of drug addiction or alcoholism may be at a greater risk of becoming physically addicted to lorazepam.
* Taking lorazepam with alcohol or other sedatives can cause extreme, even fatal, side effects. Because lorazepam by itself may cause drowsiness, you should be careful when driving, operating machinery, or doing tasks that require concentration.
*You should not suddenly stop taking lorazepam, since this may cause withdrawal symptoms, such as convulsions, vomiting, muscle cramps, and sweating. Withdrawal from this drug should occur only under your doctor’s supervision.
Tell The Doctor If:
*You have any reason to suspect you are allergic to lorazepam.
*You have a history of drug or alcohol addiction.
*You are pregnant (or think you possibly might be). Because lorazepam may affect your unborn baby, your doctor should not prescribe this drug unless the benefits clearly surpass any potential danger to your baby. Lorazepam is not recommended for nursing mothers.
*You are taking any prescription or over-the-counter drugs.
*You have kidney or liver disease.
*You have acute narrow-angle glaucoma.
Watch Out For:
Drowsiness, fatigue, and loss of coordination. Make sure you notify your physician if any of these side effects occurs. In addition, there have been reports of vivid dreams associated with the benzodiazepine class of drugs.
The Drug May Interact With:
*Alcohol, narcotics, other antidepressants, barbiturates, MAO inhibitors and antihistamines, causing potentially dangerous side effects.
The Drug’s Usual Dosage:
Initially, for insomnia in ADULTS: a single dose of 2 to 4 mg, given at bedtime. Initially, for the ELDERLY patient: One-half the usual adult dosage. All dosages to be established by your doctor.
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Dec 27
2010

1. Permit and encourage the child to participate in regular physical activities whenever possible.
2. Notify the parents if the child cannot fully participate in gym activities.
3. Permit and encourage the child to participate in regular physical activities unless directed to stop by the doctor.
4. Allow for a reduction in outdoor activities during cold weather or periods of air pollution and excuse the student from classes if he or she has significant symptoms.
5. Attempt to determine the child’s physical limitations and encourage the child to function within those limits.
6. Not force the child to exceed his or her limitations (for example should not force the child to run laps on a cold day) when activity is not tolerated and should encourage warm up activities and exercises.
7. Be familiar with exercises that are best tolerated by children with asthma.
8. Allow the child to set his or her pace on a daily basis.
9. Permit the child to take the prescribed asthma drugs before or during exercise with no inconvenience.
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Dec 20
2010

Clinical problems
Mild nausea. Early morning nausea during the first trimester can usually be overcome by eating some high-carbohydrate food, such as dry toast, crackers, or hard candy before arising. Fatty and fried foods should be restricted. Several small meals a day, rather than three large meals, may be more desirable. Fluids should be taken between meals and not at meal time.
Food cravings. Women often experience cravings for certain foods during pregnancy. When these foods are a part of a nutritious diet or don’t displace essential foods, these cravings can be satisfied. Pica, or craving for abnormal substances such as laundry starch, clay, chalk, or coal, is found among some women, especially in low-income groups. Consuming large amounts of these substances seriously interferes with the intake of nutritious foods, and should be corrected by education and by assuring the means to obtain an adequate diet.
Anemia. Iron-deficiency anemia during pregnancy increases the likelihood of premature birth. The baby at birth is less well supplied with hemoglobin and thus is likely to become anemic during the first year of life. Macrocytic anemia caused by insufficient folacin sometimes occurs in pregnancy. These anemias are prevented or treated by supplements of iron and folacin, respectively.
Constipation is rather common during the latter part of pregnancy. It can usually be avoided by placing more emphasis upon raw fruits and vegetables, some whole-grain breads and cereals, a liberal intake of liquids, and a regular program of exercise.
Toxemia of pregnancy. This condition is characterized by increased blood pressure, swelling of the hands, face, and ankles, and proteinuria. A sudden gain in weight after the twentieth week of pregnancy indicates water retention. The causes of toxemia are little understood, but lack of prenatal care and poverty are associated with the condition. Restriction of calories, protein, and/or sodium has often been tried in the past. These dietary restrictions are no longer considered to be useful, and are potentially dangerous.

Lactation
The lactating woman will produce 550 to 850 ml (20 to 30 oz) of milk each day, representing 20 to 30 gm protein and 400 to 600 kcal. In order to produce this milk, her nutritive allowances are increased. The calorie needs are best met by choosing more foods from the four food groups. She should continue to consume the amounts of milk recommended for pregnancy.
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Dec 13
2010

TIPS OFTHE BOTOX TRADE
Certain vitamins and medications, such as vitamin E and aspirin, can make you more prone to bruising at the injection site. Avoid them for approximately ten days before being treated with Botox.
It’s important to remain upright for a minimum of two hours following treatment to ensure that Botox doesn’t migrate. One of my new patients came prepared with an anti-snooze gadget created for drivers that gets tucked behind the ear. It works by emitting a loud buzzing sound whenever it senses that the head is lowering. The best part of this story is that her mother, also a patient, had given it to her!
Excessive smiling and frowning are what brought you to seek Botox in the first place. Funnily enough, you’ll have to do a lot of both immediately after the treatment to ensure that the Botox binds properly.
THE BOTOX CONSULTATION
I’ve found that while patients are all too aware of their problem areas, they’re usually at a loss as to which procedure will help to restore their looks. This confusion is quite understandable and it’s one of the reasons why the consultation is an invaluable factor in ultimately having a fulfilling experience. When I meet a patient for the first time I’m not only listening to what they’re saying, but I’m also observing their facial expressions. That, in itself, will tell me a lot. If, for example, they’re constantly pursing their lips when speaking, then I know that the lines on the upper and lower lip are due to muscular contractions, making this patient an ideal candidate for Botox. I would then explain to them how tiny drops of Botox would simply relax this area, not paralyse it. Afterwards, I might suggest that they follow up with a peel or a laser treatment. The combination of treatments will assure that the area remains smooth for even longer.
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Nov 21
2010

У людей с подозрением на астму, очень важным диагностическим приёмом является исследование функции внешнего дыхания. Для детей характерна неравномерность ритма и частоты дыхания, в межприступный период нередко отмечается нарушение соотношения фаз дыхания. Удлинение выдоха остаётся долгое время после прекращения приступа.
Больные, долго страдающие астмой, обычно очень раздражительны, плаксивы, быстро утомляются, при малейшей физической нагрузке у них отмечаются одышка, цианоз, т.к. бронхиальная проходимость полностью не восстанавливается. У некоторых больных отмечается некоторое увеличение печени.
В нервно-психическом статусе больных обращают на себя внимание повышенная возбудимость, раздражительность, быстрая смена настроения. Иногда приступам предшествуй истерия. У некоторой части больных, наоборот, отмечается депрессивное состояние.

 

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Sep 16
2010

Evening primrose oil works in alcoholism because it is rich in gammalinolenic acid. This means it can avoid the enzyme block which prevents linoleic acid from converting to GLA. It increases the body’s supplies of essential fatty acids, and its store of DGLA, and means that PGE1 levels can be raised.
These properties make evening primrose oil useful in a number of conditions associated with alcoholism.
Withdrawal symptoms. Evening primrose oil can alleviate some of the symptoms usually associated with withdrawal from alcohol. In a series of studies conducted by Dr Iain Glen of the Highland Psychiatric Research Group at Craig Dunain Hospital in Inverness, Scotland, patients treated with Efamol while withdrawing from alcohol did much better than the patients on a placebo.
Efamol was found to reduce the amount of tranquillizers needed by alcoholics in the throes of withdrawal. There was also a marked difference in the essential fatty acid content of the plasma and red blood cells after 24 weeks of treatment on Efamol, compared with the group given a placebo. Efamol also lowered the incidence of hallucinations during the withdrawal phase.
This study on human alcoholics confirms earlier work done on mice by Dr John Rotrosen and Dr David Sagarnick at New York University, who got mice addicted to alcohol by giving them an alcohol-rich diet. They then took away the alcohol abruptly and over the next few hours there was a dramatic withdrawal syndrome, similar to what happens with human alcoholics. The doctors then injected either PGE1 or Efamol into the animals. This dramatically alleviated the withdrawal problems of the addicted mice. Tremor, irritability, over-excitability and convulsions were all reduced by about 50%.
Liver and other tissue damage. A common complication of alcoholism is fatty degeneration of the liver. Another study done by Dr Iain Glen in Inverness, Scotland, showed that Efamol can go a long way towards correcting liver damage due to alcohol. The Alcoholic Clinic at Craig Dunain Hospital conducted a double-blind trial with about 100 patients. No one knew who was taking the capsules of evening primrose oil, and who was taking the identical capsules containing liquid paraffin.
The group taking the evening primrose oil (Efamol 500) did much better than the others. The results showed that evening primrose oil can improve liver function and its biochemistry can return to normal much more quickly, compared with a group of alcoholics who were given the placebo.
Hangovers. Evening primrose oil is highly effective in preventing hangovers. Doctors researching this treatment have tried this for themselves, and found that four to six capsules straight after drinking and before going to bed greatly reduce the symptoms of a hangover.
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Sep 16
2010

Constipation commonly occurs with age. For reasons not understood bowel transit times decrease and motions become harder, less frequent and more difficult to pass with increasing age. Occasionally, constipation is a sign of more sinister conditions of the large bowel. Medical investigation is appropriate where the change has been sudden and not explicable in terms of dietary modification. Sometimes constipation is a variation on the Irritable Bowel Syndrome.
Because constipation is so common, there is no end to the preparations on sale for the provision of a soft, gentle and altogether regular bowel motion. The three rules of medicine in the management of constipation are fibre, fibre and more fibre.
Home Remedies
Dietitians recommend an intake of fibre exceeding 30 grams a day. Most people eat far less than this amount. When supplementation of dietary fibre is indicated the p-roper fibre base line before adding over the counter laxatives is six tablespoons of unprocessed bran fibre every day. It is difficult to advise how six tablespoons of bran can be consumed palatably every morning. None the less, such consumption remains the corner stone in the management of intractable constipation.
People looking to the pantry for a once only purgative experience will find that a tea spoon of Epsom salts in a glass of water every two hours invariably produces a loose watery motion within 12 to 24 hours. For gentle regulation of constipation over and above the use of fibre it is necessary to add over the counter preparations to the daily anti constipation ritual.
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Jun 1
2010

The reader will be aware by now, if you are suffering from second stage stress breakdown symptoms, that you got this way by using your will-power to ignore the anxiety signals of nervous system overload.
However, if you are experiencing stage one symptoms only, and if you followed all my suggestions so far, you should not develop stage two symptoms. But if you do, you will not be afraid of them, because you know that the second stage symptoms of losing control of your emotions and being unable to ‘psych’ yourself or motivate yourself into doing something you don’t want to do, are just a sign that you must now rest, get help to relieve the stress, and that you must now get some more sleep.
Second stage symptoms are your marching orders, your instructions that this is the end of your ability to stay in the stressful situation without behaving abnormally.
In stage three breakdown you will not be aware, usually, that your abnormal behaviour is due to stress and you will not be able to do anything meaningful to help yourself. When you develop stage three stress symptoms, you will need a ‘rescuer’ to take over and help you.
Therefore, you should regard the symptoms of stage two breakdown, the loss of emotional control and the inability to motivate yourself as easily as before, as a potentially serious threshold not to step over.
If, however, you either choose or are forced to ignore these symptoms and try to continue on under the stress as before, then you will experience serious stress breakdown. If you are to be helped out of your stage three breakdown, the person helping you will have to take into consideration those factors which caused you to ignore the stage two stress breakdown symptoms. You may, in fact, be too strong to stop yourself from breaking down further. You may not be weak enough to prevent breaking down. I know these statements seem paradoxical, but they indicate a basic truth about stress breakdown – strong people are more likely to break down than weaker people.

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Jun 1
2010

The plethora of possible therapies can be quite confusing to the new patient. In addition, most individual therapies are taught at a number of different training schools, which often vary in their emphasis and approach. What is important is to find both a therapy and a practitioner that suit you personally. Often the qualities of the practitioner as a person are at least as important as the techniques he or she uses.
The therapies described in the following pages can all be helpful for emotional stress, physical tension and pain, as well as insomnia. If touch is lacking in your life, you might receive particular benefit from a hands-on treatment like osteopathy, chiropractic, aromatherapy, or massage. If you feel taking medication is important or necessary, try homoeopathy or medical herbalism.
Before embarking on a course of treatment it’s worth checking out what the practitioner has to offer in addition to any specialization. Some train in more than one discipline, and can advise you on diet or nutritional supplements, or combine treatments like osteopathy and acupuncture.
You may find your practitioner using unusual means of diagnosis: some are trained in iridology, diagnosis through the iris of the eye, which reflects the state of the body: variations in the colour, dark or light spots and so on can indicate organic or functional weaknesses and nutritional deficiencies. Some use kinesiology techniques (see page 150) to test imbalances and nutritional needs; some use dowsing with a pendulum. Some are highly intuitive and can tell a lot about a patient simply by looking at them or touching them.
Assuming your GP is open minded, it’s as well to let him or her know that you are seeking additional treatment. Doctors today are conscious of the possible side-effects of tranquillizers and sleeping pills; they don’t want patients to become addicted, and many of them recognize the value of alternative forms of reducing anxiety.
However, if you are already taking medication you should discuss this with both your doctor and the natural practitioner you have chosen. Some forms of natural medicine really are alternative rather than complementary to conventional medicine; some herbal medicines, for example, may not be compatible with medical drugs, and the effect of some homoeopathic remedies can be counteracted by drugs like steroids. So you should talk to your doctor before making any changes in or adding to what he or she has already prescribed.
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