Having trouble falling asleep and waking up during the night happens commonly in people with depression. Some people with depression have the opposite problem, sleeping too much.
Melancholy, an overwhelming and persistent sadness, is one of the most common symptoms of depression.
Ischemia is the medical term for an insufficient blood supply to the heart, brain or any body part. If the problem is due to a partial fixed obstruction, the symptoms may only occur if the body part is working harder. For example, angina (chest pain) happens when a person exercises putting more demand on the heart that has a partial blockage in one or more of the heart’s coronary arteries. The heart muscle cells need more oxygen than the heart is requesting to meet the higher demand of the faster heart beat and more powerful contractions. When the person rests, the chest pain should resolve.
Diplopia is the medical term for double vision. The prognosis for diplopia depends on whether the problem is monocular or binocular diplopia, the underlying cause and whether or not it is treatable. Examples of effective remedies for monocular diplopia include, corrective lenses for astigmatism can be corrected, removal of a cataract, and dry eye treatment. Binocular diplopia from childhood strabismus is treatable. Damage to a nerve that controls one of the eye muscles may be temporary or permanent.
Gentle yoga can be helpful for back pain, including pain that is due to arthritis. However, there are many types of arthritis, and there is no evidence that yoga can actually change the course of any of them. That is, yoga has not been shown to decrease inflammation in the spine or protect joints from damage over time.
Hypokalemia is the medical term for a low blood potassium level. A mild to moderately low potassium level can be treated with oral potassium as a liquid or as a tablet or powder dissolved in water. Extremely low potassium levels, especially ones causing symptoms such as weakness and palpitations, need immediate treatment with intravenous potassium.
No, dairy products are not bad for your health and are a good source for calcium. Also milk is often fortified with vitamin D. For many years, low-fat dairy has been promoted as healthier than regular or full fat dairy. However, new research has suggested that if you consume the same amount of calories from dairy, either as normal or low-fat, there may not be any health related differences.
There are no exercises known to reliably cure disc disease in the lower back. In fact, certain exercise can make symptoms of disc disease worse in some cases, so it’s best to work with your doctor and/or a physical therapist to get an individualized recommendation regarding exercise, including which ones are best for you and which ones you should avoid.
That said, low-impact exercise, including swimming, cycling or yoga is often helpful.
These two stretching exercises can also help and are usually well-tolerated:
• Chair hamstring stretch – While sitting in a chair, straighten out your right leg while your left leg remains bent with the left foot on the floor. Gently lean forward over your extended right leg until you feel a slight stretch in the back of the right thigh. Hold for 15 seconds. Repeat with the opposite leg and continue alternating until each leg has been stretched 3 times.
• Knee-chest stretch – Lie on your back with your knees gently bent and feet on the floor. Place both hands behind the lower right thigh near the back of the knee and gently pull the knee up toward the chest. Hold for 15 seconds. Then repeat for the left knee and continue alternating for 3 cycles.
Migraines can be triggered by certain activities, foods, smells, bright light or emotions. Why any particular trigger sets off a headache is not known. Also it’s common for the same activity or other stimulus to only trigger a headache some of the time.
Here are steps to take to lower your blood sugar to prevent or treat diabetes.
• Maintain your ideal body weight.
• Exercising regularly—like a brisk walk of 1-2 miles in 30 minutes—at least five times a week, even if that does not result in you achieving an ideal weight.
• Eat a healthy diet and limit simple sugars.