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		<title>MENINGITIS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:42:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Acute bacterial Meningitis is a severe life threatening condition and without treatment 90 per cent of its victims die. The incidence of Meningitis is highest in children, usually in the first month of life. One in 4,000 children under the age of five will catch Meningitis caused by bacteria called Haemophilus Influenzae. Other bacteria such [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">Acute bacterial Meningitis is a severe life threatening condition and without treatment 90 per cent of its victims die. The incidence of Meningitis is highest in children, usually in the first month of life. One in 4,000 children under the age of five will catch Meningitis caused by bacteria called Haemophilus Influenzae. Other bacteria such as Meningococcus and Streptococcus Pneumonia cause Meningitis; but less commonly than Haemophilus.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Meningitis is always suspected when a child or an adult complains of headache, fever, photophobia, neck stiffness and nausea. Vomiting often accompanies these symptoms although in infants the symptoms are less specific. They may develop a fever and go off their feeds. Vomiting, irritability and excessive sleepiness can also occur. The definitive diagnosis of Meningitis cannot be made without a lumbar puncture. Fluid from around the brain is sampled via a needle in the lower back.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">With Meningitis there is no time to waste and treatment usually begins before the causative organism is identified by the laboratory. Most cases of Bacterial Meningitis respond to one of various combinations of antibiotic therapy.</div>
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<div id="_mcePaste">Bacterial Meningitis can be masked by the inappropriate use of antibiotic therapy. Doses used &#8220;just in case&#8221; a child is going to develop a middle ear infection or bronchitis after a cold are insufficient to ward off Meningitis. Children with colds should be left alone by the medical profession. Bacterial Meningitis is just another reason why the prescription of antibiotics for colds and flues constitutes an extreme form of medical negligence.</div>
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		<title>MENIERE&#8217;S DISEASE: SYMPTOMS AND HOME REMEDIES</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Sep 2010 09:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The combination of severe vertigo, ringing in the ears, deafness, nausea and vomiting make up the picture of classical Meniere&#8217;s Disease. Many people with Meniere&#8217;s Disease become severely depressed. The startling suddenness of the attacks, the hideous retching and above all the terrifying loss of orientation in space, together with deafness and cacophonous head noises [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div id="_mcePaste">The combination of severe vertigo, ringing in the ears, deafness, nausea and vomiting make up the picture of classical Meniere&#8217;s Disease. Many people with Meniere&#8217;s Disease become severely depressed. The startling suddenness of the attacks, the hideous retching and above all the terrifying loss of orientation in space, together with deafness and cacophonous head noises contribute to undermine their flagging morale. People have been known to commit suicide in their attempts to escape these symptoms. Medicine has no faithfully reproducible cure for the curse of Meniere&#8217;s Disease and the illness is slowly progressive.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Antihistamines help relieve the vertigo and tinnitus, but sedation is their unfortunate side effect. Sometimes the vertigo, deafness, nausea and vomiting can be relieved by a peripheral vasodilator called Sere. This drug should be used cautiously by people taking antihistamines and people with a history of peptic ulcer or asthma. Surgery has a number of potentially successful procedures to offer. They include removal of the middle ear&#8217;s balance control centre, the removal of a nearby nerve plexus and numerous methods to relieve fluid pressure in the middle ear.</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Home Remedies</div>
<div id="_mcePaste">Some people with Meniere&#8217;s Disease take Zinc tablets to relieve their symptoms. Many claim remarkable success. The medical literature has yet to catch up with the why and the wherefores of this essentially innocuous intervention.</div>
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		<title>CHILD’S DISORDERS: SWOLLEN LIPS, TONGUE TIE AND TUGGING AT EARS</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 07:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SWOLLEN LIPS The commonest cause for a swollen lip is an allergic reaction to a chemical, food or an insect bite. Sometimes direct injury to the lips can cause swelling and bruising. TONGUE TIE In this condition a small fold of skin runs between the base of the tongue and the floor of the mouth. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">SWOLLEN LIPS<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The commonest cause for a swollen lip is an allergic reaction to a chemical, food or an insect bite. Sometimes direct injury to the lips can cause swelling and bruising.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">TONGUE TIE<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.exactfindrx.com/?product=aricept" title="DONEPEZIL is used to treat mild to moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease."><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">In this condition a small fold of skin runs between the base of the tongue and the floor of the mouth.</span></a><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt"> Normally this skin fold is present just at the rear portion of the tongue&#8217;s undersurface, and does not limit movement or interfere with speech. A tongue tie rarely causes any problems, but if it interferes with speech the skin fold may be surgically separated from the tongue. This is rarely necessary. Most speech problems are not related to tongue tie.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">TUGGING AT EARS<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Young children often play with their ears, tugging them and rubbing them. This is usually no cause for concern. If, however, your child is unwell, has a fever, or complains of an earache, he may have an ear infection, and it is wise to see your doctor. In babies and toddlers in particular, tugging at the ear may be a sign of an ear infection.<br />
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		<title>SEXUALITY, ILLNESS AND HEALTH/SEX AND CELL DISEASE (CANCER): CHEMOTHERAPY AND SEXUALITY</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 13:06:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Chemotherapy and sexuality: Most forms of chemotherapy are designed to boost the body&#8217;s own natural defense against fast-growing cells that are out of control. In the process, chemotherapy may result in side effects related to some destruction of your own healthy fast-growing cells (like the lining of your stomach or your hair cells). You can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Chemotherapy and sexuality: Most forms of chemotherapy are designed to boost the body&#8217;s own natural defense against fast-growing cells that are out of control. In the process, chemotherapy may result in side effects related to some destruction of your own healthy fast-growing cells (like the lining of your stomach or your hair cells). You can do much to reduce the sexual side effects of chemotherapy by conditioning yourself. Listen to pleasing music or smell a pleasing odor during chemotherapy treatment. The music or odor might become &#8220;paired&#8221; with the chemotherapy, and the sound or odor itself might actually help the chemotherapy by making it more effective with less of a dose. The principle at work here is the classical conditioning done by Pavlov, who taught his dogs to salivate to a bell. In this case, you are teaching your own defense cells to respond to music or an odor. This technique is still in the experimental stage, but there is no harm in trying it. Anything that doesn&#8217;t hurt the treatment program could help it. Here are some issues related to cancer and chemotherapy.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">1. Some chemotherapy may alter menstruation, fertility in men and women, and hormonal patterns related to human development, particularly during adolescence. Ask your doctor about the side effects in this regard. Just ask out loud, &#8220;What might this chemical do to my sex life?&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">2. The whole process of chemotherapy and its administration is not conducive to comfort. You may become depressed as well as have other physical symptoms. Get a strong support system and make sure the setting in which you receive your chemotherapy is one that you can at least tolerate. Listen to music, fantasize, play relaxation and imagery tapes. Help out the process! Go to your own internal pharmacy of natural healing chemicals.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">3. <a href="http://leadmedic.com/product_info.php?cPath=56&amp;products_id=4286" title="Strattera is used for treating attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).">it is not true that all chemotherapy causes infertility.</a> Some types can, but not always. Teenagers I have interviewed sometimes assume that their chemotherapy makes them safe contraceptively. This is not true. Talk it over with your doctor.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">4 The cell-disease patients I interviewed felt a stronger need than ever to be touched, held, stroked, and loved, and the more invasive the treatment, the stronger was the need. Never forget the power of the healing touch. &#8220;I can&#8217;t say why or how, but his touch just soothed me after the chemotherapy.&#8221; The wife reported that her husband could actually cancel out some of the side effects of her treatment. She continued, &#8220;He was on a sales trip once, and I had my treatment. I got sick as a dog. The next time, he was home. If we make love, like that time, I just don&#8217;t get the nausea. Can that happen?&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">  There are forms of cell disease for every part of the body, but the principles above apply to each. If we take the fourth perspective of sexuality, we avoid the trap of a genital/breast focus on sex. When we avoid that trap, we have ample options to protect our sexuality. No disease destroys sharing, and sharing in the absence of the energy buildup and discharge model cannot be destroyed by cell disease. If we give up our sexuality at times of illness, we give the disease a power it does not have on its own.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">*278\97\8*<br />
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		<title>YOUR MARILAL HEALTH/THE SUPER SEX RESPONSE MODEL: DESIRE</title>
		<link>http://healthprodc.net/2009/05/your-marilal-healththe-super-sex-response-model-desire</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 12:02:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DESIRE: This term refers to frequency of sexual interaction. It does not mean &#8220;wanting&#8221; sex, only how many times you and your spouse are sexually intimate. With this use of the word &#8220;desire,&#8221; a systems orientation is necessary because it refers to interaction, not a drive state. &#8220;Low&#8221; desire and &#8220;high&#8221; desire are relative terms [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">DESIRE: This term refers to frequency of sexual interaction. It does not mean &#8220;wanting&#8221; sex, only how many times you and your spouse are sexually intimate. With this use of the word &#8220;desire,&#8221; a systems orientation is necessary because it refers to interaction, not a drive state. &#8220;Low&#8221; desire and &#8220;high&#8221; desire are relative terms indicating a couple&#8217;s report of how often they are sexual together. You will understand more about this way of using the word &#8220;desire&#8221; by learning about the other nine phases of sexual response.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">  &#8220;You have absolutely no desire,&#8221; said the wife. &#8220;You have sex but you don&#8217;t really want it.&#8221;<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.exactfindrx.com/?product=aricept" title="DONEPEZIL is used to treat mild to moderate dementia caused by Alzheimer's disease."><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">  &#8220;Well, you want it, you have desire,&#8221; responded the husband, &#8220;but you don&#8217;t really have it, you don&#8217;t enjoy it.&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">  You can see the danger in &#8220;assigning&#8221; sexual motives. I have found it helpful to use desire simply and directly as a number, a count that means nothing but number and certainly is not a symptom of the presence or absence of sexual interest or arousal.<br />
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		<title>THE JOY OF PERFECT HEALTH: VIRUSES</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 09:12:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[With regard to viruses, most of the &#8220;facts&#8221; made available to the general public are simply not true. Viruses are not alive. This is official. They cannot move, do not have any metabolism, cannot multiply and do not have any attribute whatsoever associated with living organisms. They are simply very complex organic compounds (nucleic acids), [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">With regard to viruses, most of the &#8220;facts&#8221; made available to the general public are simply not true. Viruses are not alive. This is official. They cannot move, do not have any metabolism, cannot multiply and do not have any attribute whatsoever associated with living organisms. They are simply very complex organic compounds (nucleic acids), created and modified as a result of the activity of surrounding living cells. Some of the above compounds (viruses) could be quite toxic. Bacteria can use viruses as food. Our cells use and produce viruses in the metabolic process.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The above facts indicate, that ever-present viruses and living bacteria in our body are in perfect symbiosis with it in a healthy state (the fact widely accepted by medical science) and therefore they are not the cause of disease.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">When we are healthy, there is hardly any food for bacteria in our body, except in the intestines. Bacteria live there happily, helping us greatly to break down and absorb complex food as well as to dispose toxins. If our diet is healthy, we have only &#8220;friendly&#8221; bacteria, which are perfectly adapted to feed on and break down such food for us.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">All bacteria are under the strict control of our mind-body system. Medicine says that our &#8220;immune system&#8221; is functioning properly.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">However, when our body becomes damaged, poisoned, overloaded with toxins, it makes an effort to dispose of and/or break down dead matter and toxic deposits, wherever they may be accumulated. <a href="http://leadmedic.com/product_info.php?cPath=56&amp;products_id=823" title="Topamax (Topiramate)">Modern medicine knows very well which toxins are accumulated in which organ.</a> For example benzene goes directly and accumulates in the thymus gland. Bacteria from the intestines are allowed to enter the bloodstream and are transported to the disposal site. Very quickly these bacteria adapt to the local conditions. The bacteria most adequate to these conditions is created and the toxic/dead organic matter is transformed by it, hopefully for easier disposal by the body.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">When the toxic sites are large, the population of bacteria explodes. Different types of bacteria will be adapted to the current condition in this part of the body. Bacteria in large amounts may create additional toxins which usually do not help us and cause certain symptoms, enabling us sometimes to identify their type. In this scenario, bacteria are not the cause of the disease, but they simply take advantage of any initial pre-existing toxic state in our body. Killing bacteria with antibiotics sometimes gives relief, because you give your body more time to restore the balance, reducing the rate at which toxins are neutralised and excreted.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Medicine has already tried the concept of sterile (bacteria free) body. It was shown beyond doubt, that it does not lead to a good health at all.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">In view of the above, the statement that viruses or bacteria cause disease is therefore no more accurate, than saying that flies cause garbage.)<br />
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		<title>KIDNEY STONES &#8211; STAGHORN CALCULI</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 09:36:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[They are large and irregular and are called staghorn calculi because of their shape. They may destroy part or all of the functioning kidney structure before detection. Other stones are formed from uric acid when this chemical is increased both in the blood and the urine in gout. A stone usually signals its presence by [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">They are large and irregular and are called staghorn calculi because of their shape. They may destroy part or all of the functioning kidney structure before detection.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Other stones are formed from uric acid when this chemical is increased both in the blood and the urine in gout.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">A stone usually signals its presence by causing pain. This may occur when the stone attempts to move from the pelvis of the kidney.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.medrx-one.me/order_cheap_543_detrol_rx_pills.php" title="Detrol ( Tolterodine Tartrate )"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">A large stone lying in the pelvis, or irritating the area where the ureter or tube which carries the urine from the kidney to the bladder arises, can cause a constant dull pain in the loin and in the front of the abdomen just below the ribs.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">If the stone enters the ureter and attempts to move down, it can cause severe pain.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Ureteric colic is regarded as being the most severe pain we can experience. It comes in spasms and may be felt in the loin, down the front of the abdomen and even into the testes and the front of the thigh.<br />
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		<title>BACKACHE – AFFECTING MOST PROBLEMS</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 07:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Let me make it plain that there is no such thing as a &#8220;slipped&#8221; disc, although patients and some doctors still use this term. I think it is wrong, because it is not a proper explanation of what is happening and gives rise to the impression that something &#8220;slipped,&#8221; can be &#8220;put back.&#8221; Most problems [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Let me make it plain that there is no such thing as a &#8220;slipped&#8221; disc, although patients and some doctors still use this term.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">I think it is wrong, because it is not a proper explanation of what is happening and gives rise to the impression that something &#8220;slipped,&#8221; can be &#8220;put back.&#8221;<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Most problems that affect the back involve the lower portion.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.d-store.net/?product=trental" title="PENTOXIFYLLINE improves blood flow"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">There are five lumbar vertebrae in the small of the back and these join to the sacrum, a triangular bone just above the buttocks, consisting of five vertebrae fused together.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Most back problems arise from the discs between the fourth and fifth lumbar and the fifth lumbar and first sacral vertebrae.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Prolapse of the disc can occur when the back section of the elastic outer disc ruptures and allows the inner core and portions of the elastic tissue to move backwards and press against the spinal cord or the nerves which come from it.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Some recent work in Australia shows that minor tears in the surrounding elastic tissue can allow the fluid portion of the inner core to leak out. This fluid is highly irritant and can cause inflammation of the nerves as they come out from the spine.<br />
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		<title>HOARSENESS IN CHILDREN</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Symptoms: speaking or crying in an unusually low pitch; inability to speak above a whisper; voice loss. Home care: -    Have the child rest his or her voice. -    Encourage the child to inhale steam and drink warm liquids. -    If hoarseness is caused by an allergy, antihistamines prescribed by the doctor should help. Precautions -    Consult the [...]]]></description>
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Symptoms: speaking or crying in an unusually low pitch; inability to speak above a whisper; voice loss.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Home care:<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    Have the child rest his or her voice.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    Encourage the child to inhale steam and drink warm liquids.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    If hoarseness is caused by an allergy, antihistamines prescribed by the doctor should help.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    Consult the doctor if the hoarseness is severe or persists longer than two to three days,<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">-    Note that babies are sometimes born with soft larynxes. This may give a hoarse note to the baby&#8217;s cry, but it is nothing to worry about and usually disappears after six to eight months of age.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Anything that interferes with the normal vibrations of the vocal cords can cause the cords to swell and produce hoarseness &#8211; distortion or loss of the voice. In children, the most common cause of hoarseness is abuse of the voice by screaming. Hoarseness can also be caused by croup, laryngitis, or an allergy. More rarely, the condition can result from diphtheria, injury to the larynx (voice box), or a foreign body that the child has inhaled.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Extreme hoarseness can cause total temporary voice loss. Repeated hoarseness leads to the formation of tiny, wart like growths on the vocal cords. In children, these growths are known as &#8220;screamer&#8217;s nodes.&#8221; When they occur in adults they&#8217;re referred to more politely as &#8220;singer&#8217;s nodes.&#8221; Either way, they can cause the hoarseness to become a chronic condition.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Note that a baby may be born with a soft, underdeveloped larynx that collapses partially each time the baby takes in a breath; the baby makes a crowing sound (congenital laryngeal stridor), and there may be a hoarse note to the baby&#8217;s cry. This condition should clear up without treatment, and you don&#8217;t need to be concerned about it.<br />
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		<title>SELF-HELP PREVENTION: DEPRESSION</title>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Depression is a highly complex condition that can be defined in many ways. To the man or woman in the street it is often taken to mean &#8216;the blues&#8217; or &#8216;feeling low&#8217;, but at the other end of the scale doctors see people who are really ill with depression, which is still the biggest single cause of suicide.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">However we define it, depression is extremely common-in fact it is the most common psychiatric condition in the western world. Between 8 and 15 million Americans are being treated for it at any one time, and it is the biggest single cause for admission to mental hospitals in the western world. Women seem to be more commonly affected than men, but this assumption is being seriously questioned as it now appears that men may simply show their depression in other ways-the main ones being anti-social behaviour, alcoholism and sexual misdemeanors.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">There are two types of depression. The most common by far is the &#8216;endogenous&#8217; kind. This occurs for no apparent reason though as we learn more about the condition more and more causes are being recognized. The second type is &#8216;manic&#8217; depression. In this disease the individual suffers bouts of being highly active and sleepless and bouts of deep depression.<br />
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<p><a href="http://www.d-store.net/?product=trental" title="PENTOXIFYLLINE improves blood flow"><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">The signs and symptoms of depression are many, and surprisingly it can be a difficult diagnosis to make when the picture is not clear-cut.</span></a><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt"> Many depressives have few mental or psychological symptoms and go to the doctor with physical complaints which are in fact a manifestation of their depression. The main signs of depression are: sadness; a slowness of thought; feeling worse in the<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">morning and brightening up as the day progresses; trouble getting off to sleep, and waking early in the morning (4 or 5 a.m.); a poor appetite for sex and food; a loss of interest in life generally; a lack of interest in things that used to be of value (e.g. hobbies); self-neglect; loss of self-confidence; a sense of guilt and worthlessness; anxiety; irritability; a tendency to cry easily; a fear of being left alone; a fear of death; a sense of hopelessness; extreme weakness and tiredness; delusions; and suicidal thoughts.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Some of the commonest physical symptoms are: tiredness; itching; weakness; dizziness; palpitation; blurred vision; a tendency to drop things; burning pains in the limbs; abdominal pains; nausea; constipation or diarrhea; &#8216;can&#8217;t draw a good breath&#8217;; facial pain; excessive sweating; food &#8216;sticks&#8217; in the throat or gullet; aches; and pains and cramps in the legs. In one study of people complaining of symptoms for which no cause could be found one in ten were clinically depressed and half had been ill for more than ten years. Many had had numerous operations and investigations-most of which were quite unnecessary.<br />
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<p><span style="font-family:Courier New; font-size:10pt">Treatment takes the form of drugs, psychotherapy, or electro-convulsive therapy (ÅÑÒ). Each has its place but all the treatments have drawbacks and the best way of handling depression is clearly to prevent it, if at all possible.<br />
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