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The Problem of Stress
In appropriate situations which may save our lives, it becomes a mortal enemy when it is extended in time. For many, crowded conditions, economic pressures, work overload, the competitive environment, etc., Are circumstances which unconsciously perceived as threats. This leads them to react defensively, becoming irritable and suffer harmful consequences on the entire body:
* Elevated blood pressure (hypertension)
* Gastritis and ulcers in the stomach and intestine
* Decreased kidney function
* Sleep Disorders
* Exhaustion
* Changes in appetite
DESCRIPTION
Stress causes chemical changes in the body. In a situation of stress, the brain sends chemical signals that trigger the secretion of hormones (catecholamines including adrenaline) in the adrenal gland. Hormones initiate a chain reaction in the body: the heart beats faster and blood pressure rises, blood is diverted from the intestines to the muscles to escape danger, and the insulin level increased to allow the body to metabolize more energy.
These reactions can avoid danger. In the short term, are not harmful. But if the situation persists, the resulting fatigue will be detrimental to the overall health of the individual. Stress can stimulate excess stomach acid, which give rise to an ulcer. Or you can get damaged arteries and increasing the pressure and precipitating angina or a heart attack. Also, stress can cause a loss or increased appetite with consequent weight change in the person.
CONSIDERATIONS
The brief episodes of stress disrupt the functioning of the body, but the symptoms disappear when the episode subsides.
This occurs more easily if the person possesses effective tactics to deal with stress and whether express their feelings as normal.
CAUSES
Any event that generates an emotional response, can cause stress. This includes both positive situations (birth of a child, marriage) and negative (job loss, death of a relative). Stress also arises from minor irritations, such as waiting too long in a queue or in traffic. Situations that cause stress in a person may be insignificant to another.
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS
Stress affects all organs and body functions. The most common symptoms are
* Depression or anxiety
* Headaches
* Insomnia
* Indigestion
* Rashes
* Sexual dysfunction
* Rapid heartbeat
* Nervousness
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3 Tips to Prevent Headaches
The headache is one of the most common ailments and over has increased over the last decade, by the demands of modern life, which inexorably leads to stress and this is often a factor in the condition of this common condition, that can reach serious nature take time, when it becomes chronic.
Here are three tips for preventive:
Reduce with estrogen
Estrogen is the main female hormone and a powerful trigger for migraines, if you are taking supplements of estrogen or estrogen with medication (such as oral contraceptive pills), to discuss reducing the dose or replace the medicine with your doctor.Stop smoking
Nicotine and other chemicals in cigarette smoke can cause and aggravate the symptoms of headache, so if you are a smoker, explore options for quitting, as this will not only reduce the likelihood of developing pain head, but also improve other areas of health, much more important, like preventing cancer, for example.
Take prophylactic drugs only by prescription
In some cases people tend to self-medication, since the sale of pills for headaches, are as common as candy, but this is not a solution, therefore must bear in mind that medications like Beta-blockers, antidepressants, ergot, blockers, calcium channel blockers, anti-convulsants, etc.., used to beat headaches, can only be prescribed by your doctor, who will evaluate the need and appropriate dosage of themselves.
Types of Headaches
The multiplicity of complex tasks and school schedules may contribute to the development of headaches, often parents tend to confuse with other diseases. They suffer the discomfort between 8 and 15% of boys.
Migraine is a neurological pathology and hereditary type, contrary to what many believe, is not only exclusive to the elderly, can also develop as children and teenagers, but also is a symptom not a primary or exclusive to headaches.
Moreover, this kind of presentation is usually accompanied by the advent of visual disturbances, dizziness, sensitivity to light, nausea and even vomiting, a situation that causes, in fathers and mothers, confusions that lead to think that boys can this suffering, for example, an embarrassment or a liver attack.
The prevalence of migraines in children and adolescents varies with age. While early childhood boys are more often affected and the incidence reached 30%, upon reaching adolescence, 80% of boys haves ome experienced. Once the headache and start to become women in the hardest hit.
While the causes of discomfort are unknown, migraines have hereditary or genetic influence, but also are closely related to hormones. However, regardless of origin or the developed factors, most importantly is to diagnose and address the time frame because, as we are facing a chronic and incurable condition, is critical to implement a treatment to reduce the frequency of ‘crisis’, alleviating symptoms and therefore improve the quality of life.
According to professionals in neurology, headache is one of the most common symptoms, usually caused by an imbalance of chemicals involved in irrigation and other brain functions. Within this context, two main groups.
TWO TYPES OF HEADACHES
First, the primary headaches, tension or migraine, in which no structural changes are apparent, and secondary headaches, nonspecific responding to acute or chronic underlying disease.
With regard to the child population is estimated that between 8 and 15% of boys suffer from primary type headaches or migraines. Worth clarifying that, also taking into account the documents of the SNA, the World Health Organization (WHO) considers that migraine “presents a major social, personal, economic and employment”, because this institution considers that pass all day with this annoyance, is as disabling as psychosis, dementia or quadriplegia.
As for the pictures more “minor”, the first place are tension headaches that cause pain and discomfort but not as intense. These lesions also prevalent among children, is related to the stress of school or family strife.
Overall the kids have very self-demanding or leaders who have a low tolerance for failure and states with strong neck muscle spasms. This sign is the first thing to ‘attack’ to eliminate the symptom, then work through the reasons psychotherapy table cause of stress.
CAUSES
Although the causes are unknown, we believe that changes in the pattern or routine of sleep, as well as the demands caused by the school can make kids stressed and therefore suffer the consequences. To avoid this, then what we can do is to organize a sleep routine and activities that comply as closely as possible, and also design a healthy diet that contains all kinds of food, experts acknowledge.
This conclusion is consistent with the terms of the final considerations of a study published in the journal Headache, whereby children who had sleep disorders were more likely to suffer from migraines. According to the same investigation, regular and excessive consumption of caffeine is also a factor associated with the appearance of this nuisance.
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Are Mobile Phones Dangerous to Our Health?
With almost everyone owning a mobile phone and spending considerable time on them every day, it should ask the question: Are mobile phones dangerous to our health? While no conclusive answers at this time, there are studies. Some show that mobile phones are safe and others show that mobile phones could pose a health risk.
Mobile phones can be considered potentially dangerous in a few ways. First, is a device that sends and receives both high frequency radio waves. Second, these devices have batteries in them may be unstable or extreme heat in certain circumstances where a battery or other part is defective. Note that these cases are extremely rare.
The jury is still out on whether mobile phones or are not really hazardous to our health. While short-term risks are very low or nonexistent, the fact that mobile phones have been used by millions of people in the past decade, the duration and moderate long term risks are still unfounded.
Arguments supporting the belief that mobile phones are dangerous
1. Although evidence is still not clear, it is possible that using a mobile phone on a regular basis may increase the susceptibility to brain tumors or brain cancer by 2.5 times.
2. Mobile phones operate using magnetic fields. Studies based on research in the past have shown that in certain circumstances, magnetic fields can affect living cells.
3. Those who spend long periods of time talking on a mobile phone mentioned fatigue, loss of concentration and sometimes headaches.
4. It is possible that the radio waves that are emitted by mobile phones and the heat can damage tissue.
Arguments supporting the belief that mobile phones are safe
1. Radio waves emitted when a mobile phone is used not hot enough to affect or damage nearby tissues.
2. As incidence of brain tumor, researchers admit that the evidence is still unclear if tumors or cancer are directly related to mobile phone use.
3. Factors related to loss of concentration, fatigue or headaches are probably false, since they can not reproduce in the laboratory
4. The magnetic fields emitted by mobile phones are very small and can not affect living cells in ways harmful.
Some advice on mobile phone safety
If you feel threatened by potential health aspects of using a mobile phone, the easiest way to avoid this threat is simply not using these phones. Despite being highly desirable, our society is living comfortably, without moving in the past. If you would like the convenience of a mobile phone but also want to reduce your risk, there are some simple things you can do.
* Use a headset for the mobile phone away from your head
* Speak only for short periods of time on a mobile phone