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Depression Relief Get Well Diabetic Gift Basket!

Diabetes creates many obstacles and can be tough to keep up with. There are medicines to take at certain times, questions that need to be answered, body parts to take extra special care of, and items to always take with you. Below are a variety of gift items that can make your life as a diabetic, or some-one you know, a little more convenient and a lot more fun!

Gift baskets for diabetics, are prepared specifically by keeping in mind the needs and requirements of the diabetic person. The gift basket for diabetics contains an array of items, from products that help to manage diabetes, to foods that diabetics can eat and enjoy. A healthy gift basket, made specifically for the diabetic in your life, can put a smile of their face. Giving a loved one a basket that is made just for their needs is thoughtful and helpful, all at the same time.

A Sugar free gift baskets or fruit gift baskets are typically a gift delivered to the recipient at their home or workplace. A variety of gift baskets exist: some contain fruit; while others might contain dry or sugar free foods such as candies, chocolate and Sugar free items; or the basket might include a combination of fruit and dried good items. Gourmet gift baskets typically include exotic fruit, and often include quality cheese and wine, as well as other nonfood items.

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Headaches Can Be So Depressing

admin — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 15:54:20 +0000

David Wilding asked:

People with headaches, which respond to over-the-counter medication very rarely visit their doctor.

But if the headache is

happening every day is there when the person wakes up in the morning hangs on for most of the day has been a problem for many months

then the doctor’s alarm bells should ring.

This type of headache is classic in patients who tend towards depression. Depressed people often present to the doctor with a continuous headache, for which no reason can be found. The person often feels that the ‘real’ symptoms of the headache are more acceptable than feeling depressed or low. The stigma of being depressed has lessened hugely over the last 20 years but many people still find it hard to admit that they ‘can’t cope’.

Doctors are taught that the classically depressed person moves slowly, looks sad, speaks slowly in a flat voice and shows little interest. This can be true but is not always the case.

Many people feel ashamed of feeling depressed. They eventually recognize that they need medical help but when finally facing their doctor, they often put on a bright face and minimise their suffering when describing how they feel.

The presence of prolonged headaches is a clue though, along with

Disturbed sleep – either not enough or too much Waking early Loss of appetite or overeating Smoking and drinking to excess A decrease in previously enjoyed leisure pursuits A decrease in sexual desire and activity

The type of headache that depressed people complain of is a tension-type headache, predominantly caused by muscle contraction. The patient is tense (sometimes without even realizing it) and the muscles of the neck, jaw and scalp tighten up. If this contraction of the muscles is kept up for any length of time, it may cause tiny blood vessels to break in the affected areas. This affects the blood flow and can cause a severe headache and pain.

Do I have a headache because I’m depressed – or am I depressed because I have a headache?

It is recognized that people with depression develop bodily symptoms. The doctor should know that although the headache is occurring as a symptom of depression, the pain is real. The doctor should take a careful history as depression headaches have a distinctive pattern. They usually occur in the early evening or early hours of the morning. The pain is described as a tight band of pressure, like a vice, around the head. The person may claim that they have suffered from these headaches for months or even years. Pain killing medication rarely works in these cases. The treatment should be aimed at the underlying cause – the depression itself. Antidepressants can be very helpful and biofeedback has shown some positive results.

The flip side of this is that people who are suffering chronic pain often develop depression as a result. In these cases, the physical side of the problem is usually given priority and too little attention is paid to the emotional aspect of all this suffering. The headaches suffered by these people are the same as previously described.

These distressing headaches can be helped – but it takes time, co-operation and complete honesty on the part of the sufferer.

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Back Pain Disturbs Your Life

admin — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:22:47 +0000

Abdul Razaq asked:

Back pain is a serious disease which disturbs your routine work. You are not able to do healthy activities as well as normal life. We can define it into three categories: upper back pain, lower back pain and tail back pain. It is common among the people specially office workers. You feel it when you work long hours without taking any rest. You suffer when you take sleep on uneven cot. Sometimes, you suffer when you take short sleep with routine. Age is also has vital role in it and you cannot ignore it.

It happens when spine, muscles and bone get injured. It affects many organs of the body like chest and abdomen. Pregnancy also creates and responsible for this pain. You can say it natural process and it is not so dangerous, you bear it only for the short or specific period. Physical weakness is also an important element for this disease. Unbalance diet is also one of the reasons of it and you should take it seriously. Tension play a great part in it and you fall a victim of it permanently till you do not get rid of depression. Domestic and family issues also harmful and you suffer this disease.

There are many symptoms of back pain of the human being. They are as under.

1. Lower area pain is the fundamental symptom of this disease.
2. Pain in your legs.
3. When you work, it becomes more swear.
4. You shirk from work.
5. You are not able to work constantly.

Your foremost duty is to take regular check up from qualified doctor. Take proper sleep. Take medicine regularly. Take exercise according to the instructions of the doctor. Therapy is a proper cure of this disease. Take your tests after consulting the doctor. You should take balance diet. You should create balance between your work and rest. You should take minimum 8 hours sleep. Always use even surface for rest. Never drive till you becomes healthy. Do not use stairs. Avoid those things or matters which create stress. You can take pain killer tablets after consulting the qualified doctor. You can also take ice and heat pad treatment. Never do over work. You do not put yourself in negative activities. Always spend your normal life. If you consider all these things, you can hope for the better future.

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How long do tramadol withdrawal symptoms last?

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 20:54:04 +0000

m123 asked:

I stopped using tramadol cold turkey (after heavy use for about a month) about 3 and a half weeks ago and I have no more actual “withdrawals” but I still feel severly depressed. I was not nearly this depressed before I started using tramadol. The week after I stopped I had thoughts of suicide, the depression was so bad. So how much longer is this depression supposed to last?

Anyone have any insight on this?

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Frequency of Depression in Migraine Headache

admin — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:46:01 +0000

INTRODUCTION:

“Migraine is a mysterious disorder characterized by pulsing headache (feeling of weightage,fullness over forehead),usually restrictedto one side,which comes in attacks lasting 4-48hours and is often associated with nausea,vomiting,sensitivity of light, and sound, vertigo,loosemotions and other symptoms.”(Tripathi-2006)

“Migraine is very common type of headache,with a prevalance of 10-12%,migraine ranks 19th among disease” (cephalalgia 2004)

“migraine is a complex disorder inwich many psychological,inviromental,biochemical,neurophysiologic,and genetic factors play a role to tiger attacks. The diagnosis is based on headache characetrized and associated symptoms specified internationl headache society” (westermanCJetal 2003)

“The typical headache is unilateral,throbbing and may be severe.If untreated, the migraine attacks typically lasts 4 to 72 hours. The attacks are usually associated with nausea,vomitting, or sensitivity to sound,light and or movement.In addition to this, migraine with aura is characterized by transient focal neurological symptoms,which are usually visual,and may precede,accompany, or flow the headache attacks.”(stewart WF et al 1994)

“Thereare two types of migraine headaches.The first migraine without aura(previously called common migraine) is severe,unilateral,pulsating headache that the typically lasts from 2 to 72 hours.These headaches are often aggrivated by physical activity and accompanied by nausea,vomiting,photophobia(hypersensitivity to light) and phonophobia (hypersensitivity to sound.Approximately 85% of patients with migraine do not have aura.In the second type migraine with aura (previously called classic migraine),the headache preceded by neurological symptoms called auras which can be visual, sensory,and or cause speech or motor disturbances. Most commonly these prodromal symptoms are visual, occuring, approximately 20 to 40 minutes before headache pain begins. In the fifteen percent of migraine patients whose headache is proceded by aura,the aura itself allows diagnosis.The headache itself in migraine with or without auras is similar.For both typesmigraines,woman are three folder more likely thanmen to experience either type of migraine.

Migraine-there is chance for family tenency,females are more affected than male,it develops unilateral,variables in onset,characterized by pulsating,throbing.Cluster-ther in family chance,males are more than females it develops during sleep,at behind or around head,characterized by sharp,steady.

Tension-Type-there is family history,it develops understress,bilateralcharacterized by dull,persistentent type.(Richard D etal 2006)

” Depression may means the symptom of feeling of said, meloncholic or low in spirit, or it may mean the syndrome of depression as characterized by low mood,lack of enjoyment, reduced energy and changes in appetite, sleep and libidpolic.(A.W.CLARE 1998)

“Clinically significant depression is often reffered to is as major cause of disability and of succide.Medically unexplained symptoms that may result from depression include chronic fatigue,chronic wide spread pain,weight loss and conginitive impairment (deprssive pseudodementia).Dpression comorbid with a medical condition magnifies any associated disability,diminishes adherence to medical treatment and rehiltation, and may even shortet life expectancy.Recent research suggests that patients who have a major depressive disorder soon after myocardial infarction or stroke die sooner than who do not even when disease severity is controlled.(lloyd& sharpe MC 2002).

“It is widely accepted that the limbic system has a role in control and expression of emotion.These structures from a reverbrating (papez) cercuit inwhich inputs from various cortical areas,especialy those involving in perception, are fed in together with other inputs from the brain system and spinal cord.Output is mainly from the hypothelmus,through releasing hormone, and the reticular formation and autonomic nuclie of the brain stem. The hypothelmus plays a part in hormonal disturbabce in depression.The reticular formation and autonomic nuclie contol aroused and autonomic function,both of which are often altered in depression.The limbic system also contains sructures involved in the control of memory,depressed patients often express their disorder in terms of adversely disorted recollection of past events.The limbic system may act as a regulatory system for emotional states.Noradrenergic and 5HT neurones abuond in these areas of the brain,and the system’s close link with the LHRA axis provides a pictures how disturbance of these systems might be linked in depression.”(cantopher1991).

‘Types of depression.Major depression-It is probably one of the most common forms of depression,lack of interest,walk around with weight of world on his or her shoulder, hopeless atate,lack of interest in sexual activity and less appetite and weightloss.

Atypical Depression-individuals somtimes experience of happiness, but fatigue,oversleeping,overeating weightgain.typical depressio can last for months or a suffer may live with it forever.

Psychotic Depression-Individual of psychotic dpression begin to hear and see imajinory things-sound,voicesand visual that donot exist.

Dysthymia-Individual characterized by sad,blue,or meloncholic.it is a condition that people are not even aware of but just live with daily,feel life is unimportant,dissatisfied,frightened and simply donot enjoy their lives.

Manic depression:It is highly exuted,emotional disorder people who suffer from manic depression have an extremely high rate of succide.”(Any Berhman 2004)

METHODS:

We interwiewed after informed consent one hundred and two patients reporting atMedical and the psychiatric outpatients Department at Muhammad Medical College Mirpurkhas sindh,between March 2007 to to April 2008.These patients were screened for presence of depression symptoms in concomittently with migraine/half headache in head.Depressive symptoms were measured through depression scale and clinical interview,weeping,lonlelessness,sadness,confusion main questions were asked during interviewed in cases of migraine.

RESULTS

:There were thirty seven males (36.27%)and sixty five females (63.72%)who were examined during attacks of headache,17(45.9%)patients were manifested depressive symptoms and 43 (66.1%)females were developed symptoms of depression in cases of migraine.

Case Processing Summary

Cases

Included

Excluded

Total

Percent

Total cases of study * Presence of depression in migraineous female patients

42.2%

57.8%

102

100.0%

Femal patients in study * Presence of depression in migraineous female patients

42.2%

57.8%

102

100.0%

Male patients in study * Presence of depression in migraineous female patients

36.3%

63.7%

102

100.0%

Total cases of study * Presence of depression in migraneous male patients

16.7%

83.3%

102

100.0%

Femal patients in study * Presence of depression in migraneous male patients

16.7%

83.3%

102

100.0%

Male patients in study * Presence of depression in migraneous male patients

16.7%

83.3%

102

100.0%

DISCUSSION:

It was proved that females were more than male in our study.There were 66.1% females,45.9% male depressive symptoms in diagnostic cases of migraines.Majority females patients were malnourished and weeping during taking history and these were main parameters considered depressive symptoms in cases of migranious patients.From summary tables and diagrames it was proved that females were more affected than male in this study.It means that depressive symptoms were more presence in females during interview in this stydy.

“A recent research findings indicated that treatment for both migraine and major depression may benefit patients with both disorder.Astudy was conducted on people with migraine or sever headahes aged between 25to 55.When their psychiatric combordity was assed,resaercher found that the risk of migraine in individuals with pre-existing mjor depression was three times highet than in individuals with no history of major depression.More ever major depression the risk of major depression in people with pre-existing migraine was more than fivefold hiher than in people with no history of headaches.However there were no relation between major depression and other types of severe headaches”(MrMARY Ayres2003)

“Many migraines sufferes have noticed that at times,migraine and depression seems to go together and there is strong evidence to support this,However it is not known whether treating migraine affects depressive symptoms or treating depression affects migraine symptoms”(MMA2008)

“Throbbing migraine headaches and major depression may be related.Infact having one may increase the occurance of other.Migraine sufferers were five times more likely that the headache-free individuals to develop major depression in the study conducted by the Henrry ford Health system.Those who started the study with depression were three times more likely to develop migraines.With major depression was more at risk of suffering a first time migraie than non-dopressed individuals. And people who live with migrains seems to br more at risk for an initial bout of depression.Both disorders are biological linked,possibility with brain chemical or hormones.”(PT Staff 2007).

“The overall frequency of recurrent headaches didnot very significantly with age, but girls had headaches are common soatic complaints among Norwegian adolescents,especially among girls”(ZwartJA etal 2004).

“Researchers survey 949 woman with migraine about their history of abuse,deprssion and headaches characteristics,forty percent of woman had chronic headache more than 15 headaches in month,and 72%reported very severeheadache related diability.Physically and sexually abuse was reported in 38%of the womanand 12%reportedboth physical and sexual abuse in the past.The association between migraine and depression is well established, butthe mechanism is un certain.The study found woman with migraine who had major deprssion were twice as likely as a child.If thebabuse coninued age 12 ,the woman with migraine were five times more likely to report depression”(science dily2007).

“Major depression increased the risk of depression,migraine as well same.This bidirectional association,with each disorder increasing the risk for onset of other,was not observed in relation to other severe headaches,both were considered direcly proportional to eachother.”(NBreslaw,et al 2003)

It was proved that migraine type of headache bases of depression if it untreated,same mechanism follow the severe cases of depression could lead to migraine type headache.Females were more affected than males.No doubt migranous corelated to depression.

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