Maintain a sense of humour. While many behaviour problems really are serious and a cause of considerable stress for parents, keeping things in perspective is important. The fact that the child utters a profanity, or breaks a vase, isn’t necessarily the calamity that it appears to be at the time. Of course, it is still [...]
The working-through process Recovery is not as simple as we would like it to be. In the beginning, it feels as though we take one step forward then two steps backwards. This is why so many people feel they are never going to recover. It is also part of the reason why so many people [...]
As we’ve seen, sleeping through the night is not as simple or common as we might assume. ? Arousals during the night are normal and need not cause problems. ? Sleep problems can arise when a child cannot put himself back to sleep after the arousals. ? It may be harder for children to sleep undisturbed [...]
Feeling short of breath basically means that you are not getting enough oxygen into your blood. This could be because there is something wrong with the lung tissue itself—cancer in the lung, clots on the lung, pneumonia, radiation reaction, lung damage caused by bleomycin, or fluid building up in the lung because your heart is [...]
As well, the eye may water and the nostril on that side become blocked, then run with discharge. The pain rarely lasts beyond three hours and is often as short as 30 minutes. Attacks may occur several times a day and often go on for days or weeks, then disappear. During an attack, alcohol seems [...]
It was suggested that hysterectomy should be carried out on all women beginning oestrogen replacement therapy so as to “keep young” … this operation is not a minor procedure and such advice did not find favor in this country. Sometimes oestrogen may be given in cream or pessary form to deal with local changes in [...]
The most common type of diabetes (type 2 diabetes) is the result of insulin not working properly and usually affects people over the age of 40. Overeating, being overweight and not exercising enough are important factors (what we call lifestyle factors) which can lead to this type of diabetes, especially when there is someone else [...]
Following this, more sophisticated approaches have been developed incorporating cognitive behavioural techniques, more realistic goal setting, and a focus on dealing with relapses—by prevention as well as psychological refraining. Cognitions, such as negative thinking patterns, can be more complex and much more difficult to deal with than simple behavioural habits. People can often give the [...]
De novo lipogenesis is the term used for making fat from other nutrients such as carbohydrate and alcohol. De novo lipogenesis is not thought to have a significant role in humans under normal physiological (day-to-day living) conditions. • Unlike carbohydrate and protein, fat is not finely balanced in the body. • Fat (from the diet [...]
Some babies from birth make a strange rasping noise when they breathe. It may be more noticeable when they cry. There are many causes, and the doctor will try to discover the underlying reason, and have this corrected if possible. Infections of the voice box are the commonest cause. (In serious cases this may develop [...]