Somatoform disorders: nexplained physical complaints.
In many patients who consult with a doctor on topic of physical complaints, no clear organic disorders can be found. They suffer from so-called “somatoform disorders”. Now new therapeutic approach help to improve the quality of life of patients . At every fifth patient who visited his family doctor, no organic cause for his complaints can be found. This is called “somatoform disorders”, which are closely related with psychosomatic complaints. An essential feature of somatoform disorders are unclear physical discomfort. Here their complaints, these patients dont simulate, but suffer seriously from symptoms such as pain, gastrointestinal disorders and cardiac symptoms. Somatoform disorders are the most common clinical pictures in patients of general practitioners. About 80 percent of the population temporarily suffer from unexplained physical complaints. But in some cases, the symptoms may become chronic and severely impair the quality...
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Threatened in the spring of the bladder?
It is estimated that one in two women will suffer at least once in your life to a bladder infection. The risk that there is a repetition, also is large. This must not be. A few precautionary measures can help prevent the painful disease. The bladder infection (cystitis) is an infection of the urinary tract, which is triggered in most cases by bacteria. Other possible causes are viruses or fungi, parasites occur during rare. Since the urethra in women is quite short, they are particularly vulnerable. This does not mean that men can not become ill. When the exciting irritate the bladder wall, causing the following symptoms: Strong urge to urinate, but little urine output Painful urination Fatigue, malaise Abdominal cramps Discolored urine Fever It is important to take any serious bladder infection. Protect it from chronic course, women...
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Can mindfulness meditation improve exam results?
An American research team wanted to know if mindfulness meditation is able to improve the concentration and the memory of students, that later reflected also in their exam results. The scientists came to an amazing result. Mindfulness meditation may improve mood, help to increased concentration and contribute to relaxation. For many years it has been successfully applied to stress, anxiety and depression. Now American researchers want to find out if regularly practiced meditation can also improve the examination results of students. They found that mindfulness meditation can positively affect both: on the memory capacity and the intelligence. Previously, researchers were in doubt on whether meditation can significantly improve the memory actually. But now in the journal “Psychological Science” published study of the research team from the University of California at Santa Barbara which shows that this is possible. At...
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Allergic asthma and hay fever
Why the immune system “overreacts” more and more people in the form of allergies, is attributed to various causes. By far the most common allergy reactions and symptoms are hay fever, allergic asthma, followed by eczema with allergic dermatitis. Allergic asthma and hay fever often occur in parallel, especially in the spring for pollen season. Asthma is dependent to about 80% allergy and goes in only 20% of all cases back to other causes. Asthma is encountered hereditary and therefore frequently part in certain families. Join the asthma attacks primarily on the hay fever season, when the spring fly the pollen is clear narrow down the cause. Other causes may be animal allergens, mold spores, dust mites and dust. Because the allergens but to irritate the airways deep into the bronchi and cause inflammation, other factors such as infections,...
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Love protects health?
“Love is the best medicine” – this proverb is confirmed repeatedly by studies. Research shows: Who lives in a happy partnership, not only feels better, but also living longer. Love inspires – most people, probably, have come to this conclusions in their lives. But who is in love, not only feels good. Love can also protect the health. Because the feeling of happiness, which are triggered by a happy love can, also bring relax, reduce depression and anxiety and even relieve pain. The American scientists demonstrated it in a test. The researchers demonstrate, that pain at the sight of the loved one become less intense. The researchers recently studied 15 voluntary enamored couples. Scientists give a heat transfer module in the palm of subjects. Either they show them a photo of their partner. In the measurement of brain activity,...
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