ADHD, what is it exactly? Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is a developmental disorder usually causing inattention, distractibility, impulsivity, and hyperactivity in children starting before the age of seven. ADHD is a chronic disorder that occurs in 3-5% of children worldwide.The controversy surrounding ADHD has been around since the 70's. Some people don't even believe that ADHD is an actual disorder; others believe it...more
Seasonal affective disorder (also called SAD) is a type of depression that occurs at the same time every year. If you're like most people with seasonal affective disorder, your symptoms start in the fall and may continue into the winter months, sapping your energy and making you feel moody. Less often, seasonal affective disorder causes depression in the spring or early summer.Don't brush off that yearly feeling as simply a case of...more
Bipolar dysfunction normally occurs when the particular person is sixteen years old and up or throughout the 20's. In women who have the problem, they normally have the depression very first. While males encounter the manic phase as the first manifestation. Attacks of alternating despression symptoms and mania usually last from numerous weeks to numerous months. Normally, sufferers who's symptoms are left untreated experience four episodes of mania or despression symptoms more than any ten-year period. A lot of people with bipolar problem do nicely in involving attacks of the disease. In "fast-cycling" bipolar problem, on the other hand, which represents 5 to 15 percent of all situations, a man or woman experiences four or far more mood episodes within a year and may possibly have little or no normal functioning in among episodes. In rare instances, swings in between mania and depressive disorders occur around a period of days.In one form of bipolar condition, a particular person feels major depression and hypomanic episodes. Hypomanic episodes are in fact a milder form of mania. In a related condition known as cyclothymic disorder, a person's mood alternates among mild despression...more
Oppositional defiant disorder (ODD) is actually a disruptive behaviour defect associated with children. The cardinal traits of oppositional defiance disorder include obnoxious hostile behaviors and an objective to hassle and annoy individuals, in particular adult authority people. As you may assume, the obnoxious conduct of...more
Acupressure Approach to Skin DisordersBy Amy Snow & Nancy ZidonisHorse guardians dread seeing any skin disorder and especially fungal and bacterial conditions like ringworm, girth itch, and rainrot. Once any skin disorder sets up, it is a challenge to eliminate them for one horse let alone the entire barn or stable.From the...more
The raised awareness and proper diagnosis of bipolar manic depression symptoms across cultures has made individuals realize the significance of gaining basic understanding about this mental illness. Bipolar, otherwise known as mania, is one brain condition that is subject to lots of speculations. When signs and medical care plans for bipolar manic depression symptoms vary from affected person to affected person, generalizing thoughts apply to this condition. This resulted in so many myths and thinking that has no actual scientific basis which has prompted confusion about the correct nature of the condition.Nature of Bipolar SymptomsMany people are still confused on what to believe about the nature and diagnosis of the disease. One classic myth states that bipolar manic depressive disorder is a single identifiable disorder. Actually, bipolar is categorized as a class of mood disorder where a person suffers episodes of depression and mania or mixed states. In between episodes, a bipolar patient may not show any symptoms.Another belief states that this mental condition cannot be identified when it just started. That is not exactly legitimate. While there are no physical tests involved...more
Many people turn any "disability" into a weakness, but having Bipolar Disorder does not make you weak. It can make you stronger. You may be asking "How can that be?". It is true that having Bipolar Disorder is something we have to deal with, but...more
Often, genetic disorders run in the family. Depending on the type of gene mutations that occurred in the genes, the risks of passing the illnesses on to the next generation vary. Mostly, the risks of developing a genetic disease can be hard to...more
For a disorder to be termed genetic there should be more than one person in the family affected by it. Many of the illnesses that afflict several members of a family are caused by gene mutations that can be passed on from the parent to the child....more
A genetic illness can be caused by mutations in one single cell. There are six different patterns by which genetic disorders can be inherited, depending on which gene is involved. Genetic diseases can be inherited by Autosomal dominant, Autosomal...more
As befits a city of its size and significance, Johannesburg is the setting for much contemporary research in urban studies. Geographers join sociologists, anthropologists, historians, and others in building this literature, alongside...more
When people think of seizures, they picture the most severe cases called tonic-clonic, or grand mal seizures. While definitely the most dramatic type of seizure that usually involves a loss of consciousness and severe flailing of the...more