I am a psychologist and expert on mind-body health issues and relationship stress.
My blog tells real life stories of people that are challenged by relationship stress and intimacy issues that affect their health, including eating and weight problems, hair loss, frequent colds, sore throats and bladder infections. Insecure and stressful relationships contribute to lower immunity and many...
On January 6th 2008, my teenage daughter, Jessica, became ill with what that week was diagnosed as mono, but still sick 5 months later, she was diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS). Her symptoms have included: sore throats, headaches, extreme fatigue, lack of focus, short-term memory difficulties, weakness, tiredness (feeling worn out), difficulty breathing, tight and sore legs... In...
I am keen for parents (and doctors!) to know how to support a physiological fever and to stamp out fever phobia - teach parents to check for a dangerous underlying infection rather than checking temperatures.
http://www.everydaymedicine.com/fever.htm
Havinga W. Giving paracetamol is unnecessary. BMJ 1997;314:discussion 1692-3
Havinga W. Time to counter...
From Oslo, Norway, born in 1972. Profound hearing loss at the age of 1, probably due to ototoxic medicine or scarlac fever.
Now waits for CI-operation running on the third year. Write about the Norwegian health-system, myself and my mental and physical status during the long wait.
Expected to be operated in 2009.
i am 54 i have been suffering with depression for years at the age of eight i was paralyzed with a childhood sickness rheumatic fever. i don't remember how long in the hospital but from the age of eight until i was fifteen i received penicillin shots each month in the upper arms and also i suffer with weight problems. My arms hurt feel tired and weak...
The African mango, or irvingia gabonensis, is an edible fruit growing in the tropical rainforests of western Cameroon, and has been eaten locally as a food for hundreds of years. But it is the seeds or nuts of the fruit that are most highly prized for their medicinal properties, and are used to treat everything from yellow fever to diarrhea, and by hunters to give them increased energy and...
"Dr. Neil Kao's Allergy and Asthma Website" This website contains information I have found to improve the care of patients with allergic diseases, such as allergic rhinitis (hay fever), chronic sinusitis (sinus infections), asthma, atopic dermatitis (allergic eczema), urticaria (hives) and angioedema, food allergies, allergic reactions to insect stings, and anaphylaxis (life...
