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Showing posts with label depression. Show all posts

5 surprising facts about cholesterol

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5 surprising facts about cholesterol
As result of this, we always consider it to be bad and harmful to heart health in particular. Yes, it is true, that high cholesterol isn't good for your heart. But, there are some other important facts about cholesterol that are just as important. Let's take a look...

Some symptoms of high cholesterol are visible to the naked eye

Generally, you come to know about high cholesterol through your doctor. But many a times reddish bumps show up on the body. They are known as xanthomas, and are caused by high cholesterol.

Exercise can increase good cholesterol

Daily exercise is very beneficial for healthy living; more so if you want to control cholesterol. Regular exercise can help lower bad cholesterol and increase the density of good cholesterol naturally.

Cholesterol rises after menopause

Before menopause, estrogen helps to keep cholesterol levels in check. But after a woman's last menstrual cycle, the level of estrogen falls, making the bad cholesterol rise sharply. As the level of cholesterol rises, it also increases the risk of heart problems in many women.

Low cholesterol can be bad as well

Though we all know that high cholesterol is bad for health, on the other hand, very low cholesterol is also associated with health problems. It is important to have a steady level of cholesterol, because if the cholesterol level drops below 160 mg/dL it may increase the chances of certain types of cancer, depression and early delivery.

Kids can have cholesterol as well

Due to obesity or family history of heart disease, kids as young as two can have high cholesterol. Hence, it is important to have a medical checkup done as early as possible and keep your diet in check.
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Depression a key cause for suicides

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Depression a key cause for suicides

The underlying cause of 70 per cent of suicides is depression. For every suicide, around ten more attempted suicides would have occurred.
 The Hindu, said that a government directive on treating a patient jointly by a general physician and a psychiatrist for every attempted suicide case could perhaps help in detecting depression and bringing down cases of suicides.
The stigma of getting treated by a psychiatrist continues to be the hurdle in people reaching out for support and care for better mental health.
Depression is a worldwide phenomenon and about 30 per cent of patients reaching for primary care and specialty care have this problem, he said. However, the patients never realise it nor are the treating physicians oriented towards understanding depression in patients.
Intervention at the right time can help morbidity and mortality of attempted suicides.
The attempt is actually a call for help which goes unnoticed.
There are various socially accepted reasons that people attach for suicides — like failure in examinations or broken relationships. Depression hides behind a mask of bodily symptoms like abdominal pain or other body pains and when investigated they reveal nothing.
 It is purely lack of awareness on the part of the primary care physician that depression goes undetected at these stages.
The World Health Organisation has  the treatment of mental health should begin at primary care. Unfortunately, the primary care physicians are not trained to recognise such symptoms.
Depression is a disease that can be treated.  Expression of depression comes through the brain. Recognising it early and treating it would help prevent suicides.
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How to Overcome Worries, Stress

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How to Overcome Worries, Stress
Everybody worried about something right.Wives worry about husbands and vice versa,Parents worry about their children, Chldren worry about their exams.All of us are worried about the rising cost of food and fuel. But is worry necessary? Studies show that people who worry a lot are less effective than those who don’t; they get less work done and are often less happy

Worried


Worry is a direct source of headaches, insomnia, ulcers and other gastric distress, paranoia, generalized anxiety disorders, depression and phobias.
Most stress experts believe that it is an indirect source of disorders involving the immune system. Individuals can literally worry themselves to death. It might disrupt daily routine, hamper ability focus at work, or keep an individual from falling asleep at night. More seriously, one might find oneself unable to do any thing about worry, until it gets to the point where worry controls one’s life.

I was trying to cross the road, waited, looked to my left, then to right and assessed the flow of the traffic to decide when to cross. I was worried about getting hit by a moving vehicle. Can we say that ‘worry’ of this kind is waste of time? Hopefully not!. Because fear of this sort is a natural human tendency right and necessity for self-preservation. Without having appropriate worry or concern about our safety, our days on earth would not continue for very long! So next time when you give a advice, ‘Don’t worry, be calm!’ think again! You may be robbing the person of a vital self-protecting emotion.

So, which kind of worrying is a waste of time? Ideas about whether we will be received well, people will recognise us, whether we will make a good impression or what people will think about us?

How to wish worries away

  • Keep yourself busy. Look at rational assumption of a problem and also alternative solutions.
  • Don’t fuss about trifles, Don’t permit little things to ruin your long-term happiness.
  • 3.Avoid being in the company of people who always find the negative in the positive.
  • Be aware all the feelings experience due to a problem.
  • Bury the past which is dead.
  • Physical exercise, deep breathing and meditation helps when you are feeling stressed.
  • Be in sync with your natural sleep-wake cycle.
  • Write down the positive affirmative statements prior to sleep Ex, I am free from worry, tension, stress, anxiety, anger, insomnia, pain…..I have good memory, focus, attention, confidence, relationship…..
  • 9.When an option is not visible, sleep over the problem and you might find the answer next morning. The brain works calmly when you sleep
Good Luck!!!
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