Childhood arthritis is a disease that occurs in children under the age of 16. It causes pain, stiffness, and swelling in one or more of the joints. This pain, stiffness, and swelling are called inflammation. With childhood arthritis, the inflammation lasts longer than six weeks, and is not caused by an injury or other illness. Childhood arthritis is also called juvenile arthritis.
How common is childhood arthritis? It affects 1 in 1,000 US children under the age of 16.
Both boys and girls are affected by childhood arthritis. Arthritis is not just a disease of old people. In fact, approximately one in 1,000 children under the age of 16 suffers from arthritis. Juvenile arthritis is among the most common chronic childhood disorders.
What causes childhood arthritis?
The exact cause of childhood arthritis is unknown. Childhood arthritis does not usually run in families and cannot be passed from one person to another. The onset of childhood arthritis may follow an infection or injury, but these events do not cause the arthritis.
With childhood arthritis, the body’s immune system stops working properly. The immune system’s job is to fight off germs and disease. However, in a child with childhood arthritis the immune system attacks healthy tissues. What triggers this process is unknown.
What can you do about childhood arthritis? If your child has inflammation, in one or more joints for more than six weeks your doctor may perform a physical examination of your child and order tests, such as x-rays and blood tests to find out what is causing the inflammation. There is not just one single symptom, sign, or test that will give a diagnosis of childhood arthritis.
If your doctor thinks your child has childhood arthritis, he or she will usually refer your child to a rheumatologist (pronounced room-a-tol-o-jist). A rheumatologist is a doctor who has received special training in the diagnosis and treatment of problems involving inflammation of the joints, muscles and other parts of the body.
What causes eating disorders? The development of an eating disorder is multifactoral, says Barbara Alderete, LCSW, LPC, LMFT, an eating disorder therapist at Texas Health Springwood Hospital. There seems to be a genetic component, a psychological personality pattern component, and the experience of trauma or abuse during childhood. Also, family dynamics and the culture are a big factor. Participation in programs or activities that may emphasize body type, such as cheerleading, gymnastics, dancing, running, acting, modeling, may also be associated. One of the biggest risk factors is dieting during the teen years. Texas Health Resources www.TexasHealth.org 1-877-THR-WELL Video Rating: 5 / 5
In “Lewy Body Dementia: Causes, Tests and Treatment Options,” the authors provide the reader with an abundance of information that is easy to understand and can be applied to the lives of those that are affected by this disease whether they are friends or family. Although there is not a specific test that determines DLB, there is a battery of diagnostics that should be performed to eliminate other disease processes. These include laboratory work, mental assessment, neurological exams, and an electroencephalogram. It is a diagnosis of elimination in that all other possible diseases are ruled out. If you or a loved one are suffering from LBD, this informative book gives you all the information you need to know about causes, tests and treatment options. Also includes a comprehensive LBD glossary and caregiver tips.
What are the causes of dementia? Just what is dementia? How will caregivers knowledge of this disease help them provide better care? Knowledge is power. This dementia overview will help you, as a caregiver, to understand the various causes of dementia and what you can do to be prepared to provide quality care with confidence. Knowledge will take the mystery out of the condition and allow you to develop a plan for handling behaviors and changes as they present themselves.
There are so many different causes of dementia it is difficult at times to tell them apart. There are a variety of health related conditions that can cause dementia symptoms, especially in aging adults. These causes include a variety of different diseases and infections, head injuries, nutritional deficiencies, medications, drug abuse and strokes.
To understand dementia is to become aware that this disease is the result of a disease or injury. In other words, something causes injury or insult (through a disease process) to the brain first. If the injury or insult to the brain is severe or progressive, the brains ability to properly function is compromised mentally, physically and emotionally.
All dementias affect the tissue of the brain. All affect different areas of the brain and at different levels of progression. There are times when the underlying cause does not have a permanent affect on the brain. In these cases, such as with nutritional deficits, the symptoms may be reversed.
All dementias cause a malfunction of a part of the brains tissue. The cortex of the brain is the outer covering of the brain and plays an important role in understanding information and connecting functions of the brain such as language and memory.
When the cortex of the brain is affected, characteristic problems affect memory and the inability to recall words. As the disease progresses, the individual looses that ability to understand what others are saying (receptive aphasia) or to express their needs and wants (aphasia). Dementias in this category are Alzheimer’s, Pick’s disease, Binswanger’s and Creutzfeld-Jakob disease.
Some conditions affect the regions below the cortex of the brain. This is known as the sub cortical area of the brain. This area of the brain is responsible for the thought processes and personality areas of the brain. This can cause lack of emotions, cause a person to have false beliefs and irrational thoughts. Memory and language abilities may or may not be affected in this type of demenita. Diseases that cause dementia in this category are Parkinson’s, Huntingdon’s, and AIDs dementia complex.
So how does knowimg the causes of dementia empower caregivers to provide better care?
Dementia is a progressive decline in the brains ability to feel emotions, remember things, problem solve, plan and organize. Cognitive abilities also include executive functions such as making decisions, judgments and morale reasoning. Over time the individual looses the mental abilities to be able to function independently.
Knowing the causes of dementia, understanding which areas of the brain that will be affected, will allow caregivers to be able to anticipate what to expect as the disease progresses. Some with this disease will have difficulty with language, others will have behavioral and personality changes. These anticipated changes can help a care giver plan, anticipate, investigate and prepare for interventions to provide quality care.
Understanding the disease process and understanding the possible physical, mental, cognitive and personality changes, gives a caregiver the ability to make choices. Knowledge can give caregiver information, so that they know what level of care they will or will not be capable of physically or emotionally able to provide.
Understanding the causes of dementia, acquiring the knowledge of the areas to the brain that will be affected will empower caregivers with the knowledge to provide quality care at every level of the disease.
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There are different views on how to handle the question of why. Some believe there is benefit for the family to explore why the eating disorder developed; others assert the reasons are not important, it is a fruitless discussion and will only assign blame to the parents. I believe there is value in discussing what causes anorexia and for the family to ask why? Here are my reasons for you to consider.
o One reason is the question itself is often the first question parents ask. To not discuss it is like the proverbial elephant in the room that everyone sees but no one talks about. If approached with compassion and a heart only to help the family, it is possible for parents to look at this issue objectively and not absorb horrible amounts of blame. This awareness can also give your daughter permission to talk about hurts or disappointments that have occurred in the family, and relationships can be strengthened and healed.
o The second reason is I don’t think parents want to be handled with kid gloves. They want to know the truth, even if it hurts. Every parent I have worked with has said they will do anything to help their daughter, they just want to know what to do and they will do it. That includes looking at their families through new eyes, because every family sees things differently once their daughter or son has an eating disorder.
Let’s really consider this. If I say to a parent it really doesn’t matter what causes anorexia or why this happened, you just need to move forward from here; in reality that statement doesn’t go over very well. I believe in part it is because they want to know the truth, but I also think that statement feels condescending. I might as well tell them you can’t handle the truth so let’s just not go there.
No one likes to be told, even if it’s veiled in compassion, they are not strong enough or capable of handling or helping their own child. I think it is disrespectful not to help parents explore all pieces of the puzzle that contributed to their daughter’s life threatening illness; even if it means they have to look in the mirror.
o The third reason is because the question itself is often a spiritual one. It implies a desire to find meaning in this crisis. Exploring this can open the window a crack to look at life in some deeper ways. When we explore why things happen, we invite growth and transformation for ourselves and our children as well.
o The fourth reason is there are things your daughter or son will learn about life as they watch you walk through this trial with them. You will show her how to wrestle with questions when there may be no apparent answers; you will model both strength and humility; and you will give her a window into your own soul and hers. Can there be any greater reasons than those?
Lynn Moore educates, coaches, and consults parents on how to help their adolescent with eating disorder behavior. She will guide you through the treacherous waters of deciding what kind of help you need and what you, the parents need to do and can do to help your child.
Bipolar disorder is a terrible mental disease that affects millions of people worldwide. It is characterized by periods of severe depression, followed by periods of extreme euphoria. It can be rapid cycling, which means the person with the disease goes through many moods a day. It can also be slow to change, with periods of a certain mood lasting for weeks or months. Either way, it is difficult for the person who has it, and hard on those with whom they live. While there are some very good treatments for it, the bipolar polar causes are not as well known.
As far as bipolar causes go, this is what science knows so far. There is still much to be learned about this condition, but as far as we know thus far, this disorder can be caused by several factors, such as:
Chemical imbalances
Genetics
Side effects from medication
Environmental sensitivities, such as allergies
Each person is different, so the cause may be different in your neighbor than in you. This can make treatment a tricky proposition. Sometimes medications work wonders, while at other times, a change in diet or even allergy shots can do the trick. The point is that experimentation may be necessary to determine what is causing the disorder in a particular person, and to decide which type of treatment is best.
No matter what has caused bipolar disorder in a particular person, treatment will be needed. That treatment almost always consists of some kind of psychotropic medication. However, since doctors aren’t exactly sure what causes this condition and are even less sure of how medications to fix it work, a patient may have to go through many different medicines and many different dosages before finding something effective. Cognitive and behavioral therapy can also help ease the symptoms in some people.
The most important thing to remember about bipolar disorder causes is that they are different in everyone, but that treatments can and do work, so help is available if you go out and get it.
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The Causes of The Great Depression / FDR Memorial Site Image by Tony Fischer Photography
According to respected economist John Kenneth Galbraith the causes of the Great depression were unhealthy corporate and banking structures, an unsound foreign trade, much economic misinformation and the "bad distribution of income".
Consider those economic conditions to today’s economic conditions. I hope you are thinking about it on a day the stock market fell 500+ points.
Seen at the FDR Memorial site, Washington, D.C.
Depression Image by boskizzi
In any given 1-year period, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 18.8 million American adults, suffer from a depressive illness. The economic cost for this disorder is high, but the cost in human suffering cannot be estimated. Depressive illnesses often interfere with normal functioning and cause pain and suffering not only to those who have a disorder, but also to those who care about them. Serious depression can destroy family life as well as the life of the ill person. But much of this suffering is unnecessary.
The schizotypal personality is described as a severe disorder in which a person has very little or no intimate relationships with others. They experience intense anxiety when faced with social interaction, and thus, avoid it altogether.
People with this type of personality disorder are unable to socialize with others and are perceived as possibly being unfriendly. They isolate themselves and cultivate false beliefs about how relationships develop. Their behaviours are often very strange, delivering improper responses in social situations, and fostering bizarre beliefs.
The onset of this disorder commonly starts in young adults and continues all through life. No cure exists, but can be managed with the help of psychotherapy and medications. Studies indicate that positive events during early childhood can help to decrease symptoms experienced by young people who suffer from this disorder.
What are the symptoms:
Schizotypal personalities are often people who spend most of their time alone and have very few friends, if any at all. They find themselves feeling anxious in the company of others, due to trust issues, and feel they do not belong in the main stream. They have problems similar to schizophrenia, which include:
- Strange and disordered speech
- Dresses oddly
- Abnormal view of the world
- Believe they have the power to emotionally control others
Adolescents may exhibit signs of:
- Isolation and solitude
- Extreme social anxiety
- Socially delayed in relation to peer group
- They are often picked on and bullied by others.
Other common symptoms include:
- Difficulty correctly interpreting events
- Odd beliefs and behaviour patterns
- Believe they possess special powers
- Complaints of phantom pain
- Incoherent speech patterns
- Paranoia
- Little or no friends
- Intense anxiety in social situations
The schizotypal personality may be similar to shizophrenia, but is not as extreme. In addition, people with this personality disorder are able distinguish between reality and imagination, while those with schizophrenia have lost touch with reality and cannot discern reality from what they imagine.
Causes:
The cause of this mental disorder is unknown, but being abused and neglected during childhood, stress, and having a close relative with this disorder may be factors. People with schizotypal personalities are also at risk for developing schizophrenia, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, and other associated mental conditions.
Treatment:
Treatment for this condition usually involves antipsychotic medications to control symptoms, and psychotherapy sessions with a trained mental health professional. Sessions and activities may include behavioural, cognitive, and family therapies.
Families are encouraged to actively participate in attending sessions and offering their loved one the needed support in learning new skills to cope with schizotypal personality disorder.
Mental health is an emotional well-being of a person. It is how an individual thinks, acts and feel to handle what life has to offer. It is how we handle problems and stress. Mental health is as important as physical health and should be given great importance. This is not just an absence of mental disorder but it has to do merely with many views of our lives. Mental health issues or problems may lead to alcohol maltreatment, smoking, depression and anxiety, bad health and poor diet.
What cause mental health disorders? These could be several reasons for mental health disorders. A person may have experienced a tragic event in his life or negative experience such as abuse or negligence. In order to treat this illness, one should seek for a professional help and overcome this. Mental illness may be genetic or hereditary. Experts believe that this are linked to abnormalities in many genes. Brain defects and injury may also cause mental disorder.
All of us have problems to handle. Usually it is very hard to manage such problems that it may lead to mental illness. There are some people who are weaker than others and they are not able to handle their problems very well. That leads to mental health problems. Some common mental health problems are:
Depression – Too much problem may cause depression. Depression involves your body, mood, thoughts, behavior and overall health. It affects yourself as a whole; the way you think and feel about yourself. It also affects your sleeping and eating habits. There are medications to treat depression. You may also need to seek for a professional help to help you handle overcome depression.
Anxiety – Anxiety is an unpleasant feeling and emotion that is experienced. Worrying too much and fears are just some factors of anxiety but there is also a good cause of anxiety; it is something that helps motivate us to solve our problems. Although worrying is not really a bad thing but worrying too much may really cause mental illness. Anxiety disorders may seriously cause problems to individuals so this must be treated.
Eating Disorders – If you have too much problems to worry, this may also affect your eating habits. Eating disorder may be over eating or not eating at all. This will definitely affect your weight, shape and diet. Eating disorders should be treated by psychological support and counseling and medication.
Mental health is very important and it has a huge impact on every aspect of your life. Good mental health reflect your good self image where you recognize your talents and achievements and accepting your shortcomings. Your mental state also greatly affects your physical health. If you are mentally healthy, you are far from any diseases or illnesses and you would healthier inside and out.
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