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Major depression is easier to diagnose because most of their symptoms are psychological, but the Depression is just beginning or mild depression often manifests with physical symptoms.
Many people are unaware they suffer from depression and seek medical attention because certain symptoms, such as continuous digestive disorders, in most cases the practitioner is guided by these symptoms and diagnosed gastritis, imperial prescription, some other medication and the patient achieves a slight improvement in the first days and then come to feel discomfort.

Physical Symptoms of Depression

* Common digestive ailments
* Nausea or heartburn
* Pain through stomach and back (feeling knife stuck)
* Constipation and diarrhea interspersed
* Lack of appetite
* Chest pain
* Pain in neck and shoulders
* Pain in the back, usually from the waist down.
* Headache
* Feeling contracted throat (throat)
* General fatigue
* Insomnia or changes in sleep rhythms
* Feeling of distress in the chest
* Hair loss greater than usual
* Conditions the skin, rashes, hives, itching
* Desire to mourn for any inconvenience
* Irritability, anger, and anger for whatever reason

How to know if depression

These may correspond to different pathologies, but when several of them appear alternately or simultaneously, accompanied by anxiety, sadness, apathy and negative feelings may be is showing a Depression. Read the rest of this entry »

Currently, the problems of stress affecting all kinds of people. We all talk about him but can we define it without fear of being wrong?.
Stress is an automatic reaction of the organism to a situation of danger, whether an illness, a responsibility, air travel, etc. Through this reaction triggers the release of brain neurotransmitters, hormones, etc..
When faced with a story or a new situation, we get warnings, we sweat our hands, we the heart beats faster, the presiónarterial rises, it increases the adrenaline. This is normal as our body to react and face the new situation gives us strength and puts us on alert to deal with it. Read the rest of this entry »

Chocolate is a product developed based on cocoa and is widely known throughout the world as an element that provides large amounts of energy to the body.
The chocolate is reputed to have an exquisite taste but in return leads to weight gain.
Both are true, your calorie intake is too high, a small bar of chocolate can provide about 200 calories, but this benefits the athletes and who by their activities require a high-calorie food.

Benefits of Chocolate

The chocolate has properties that many know, for example has flavonoids that act as powerful antioxidants that help prevent disease and act against free radicals that cause aging.

Chocolate natural antidepressant

Very few people are aware that chocolate acts favorably against the Depression, this is because it contains Phenylethylamine substance secreted by the brain in large amounts when a person is in love. Read the rest of this entry »

Many times have we heard that we are what we eat, and never more true this statement was to attack the problem head-depression because food acts directly on our mood. If we take a balanced Diet avoid mental imbalances and depression.

Our body is a perfect machine that depends mainly on the energy that will provide the food we eat, if they are balanced, meaning that the amounts are fair and necessary that our body needs and will enhance that there is no shortfall of the same and therefore that does not result in any kind of emotional. Read the rest of this entry »

Exercises to lower cholesterol and triglycerides

It is scientifically proven that exercise regularly contributes directly to lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels while increasing favors called good cholesterol.
Sure you’re thinking of excuses such as you do not like sports or the gym or you lack time to go to a gym.
The cholesterol-lowering exercises are simple enough that you only need to put on running shoes and go.

What are the exercises for Cholesterol

The best exercises to lower cholesterol are: Walking, running, jogging, swimming or biking, you can do other aerobic exercises but these are the ones that are available to everyone.

For exercise to be effective must be practiced continuously for not less than 30 minutes and made 4 or 5 times a week.
When it comes to walking does not lower the cholesterol by a walk occasionally stopping to look at something that catches our attention.

Walking as an exercise to lower cholesterol is a brisk walking (without difficult breathing) which will last no less than half an hour, the ideal is that this exercise could be approaching a time, obviously when the preparation was achieved adequate physical. Read the rest of this entry »

Identify if you are a depressed person

Depression is an emotional state of permanent sadness and constant negative thoughts, while there may be periods of relative peace, even joy, sooner or later fall back into a depressive state.
Depression is an illness and should not be confused with sadness justified for specific reasons, a depressed person may have no cause to feel anxious but can not help it.

It may be relatively easy to identify a severe depression but not so when it is a mild depression that is just beginning because it can disguise itself with symptoms similar to those of other diseases.

Manifestations of Depression

Depression often manifests with physical symptoms such as frequent headaches, rashes, contractures, digestive disorders or pain throughout the body.
There may be insomnia or trouble sleeping long hours, sometimes the opposite occurs, sleeping too much and have trouble getting out of bed.

The person comes go to different professionals and each one makes a diagnosis according to symptoms and out of the offices filled prescriptions for muscle relaxants, antihistamines, drugs for gastritis, etc, but far from solved problems become worse.
Many diseases can present symptoms but when they occur several at the same time it is possible you are suffering from depression, if the doctor does not wonder about lifestyle and problems of the patient is unlikely to make the correct diagnosis.
When you suspect you may be going through a depression is necessary to explain the professional each and every one of the discomforts that you feel to help diagnose and thus access to treatment as soon as possible.

Menopause or climacteric is called to the stage during which a woman goes through a series of hormonal changes that indicate the end of fertility.
Menopause can start at 45 years, in some cases before that age already show symptoms of pra menopause irregular periods that are spaced to disappear.
Although menopause is a natural process can affect a woman’s life physically and psychologically, remedies need to bear the inconvenience.

Natural Remedies for Menopause

When you reach the climacteric stage gynecological controls are essential, the physician may indicate a hormonal replacement therapy if the woman is considered to be health risks with declining hormone levels.
Most women do not need to resort to hormone treatments and prefer home remedies to combat the uncomfortable symptoms of menopause. Read the rest of this entry »

Foods that may interact with medicines

The power may cause interactions with certain medications and cause various ailments, it is rare that the physician warn of these problems, nor the leaflet accompanying the drugs they say much about it.
Those treated for depression or anxiety should not drink alcohol, that is the most common recommendation, but should also govern the consumption of certain foods.

Foods that may interact with antidepressants

For example when taking antidepressants, the plantains (bananas), avocados, brewer’s yeast, meats, coffee, cream or butter and milk any whole-fat, can cause headaches, dizziness, pain chest, palpitations and increased blood pressure.
This does not mean that all people under treatment with these drugs will suffer these effects, but if you are taking medication for depression or anxiety is advisable to pay attention to what has been previously eaten if they come to similar symptoms . Read the rest of this entry »

Osteoporosis is a chronic and widespread disease that disrupts the formation of minerals to the bones become brittle, resulting in great pain and increased fractures. This problem increases significantly as the population ages. Arthritis, which involves inflammation of the joints, is another example. Thanks to advances in nanomedicine may develop potential cure or treatment (some already mentioned in a previous post). A therapy capable of increasing the quantity and activity of osteoblasts, bone forming cells, has opened a new door in the treatment of osteoporosis due to its physiological mechanism of action endorsed by several clinical trials.

Spain Osteoporosis affects one in four women over 65. The bone loss that characterizes this disease ends up causing fractures of low-energy trauma, resulting in pain and loss in quality of life. Osteoporotic bone regeneration is a coherent and physiological therapeutic strategy so far has not been used in any of the treatments available, with mechanisms of action focusing exclusively on curbing the bone degeneration.

Now, thanks to biotechnology and recombinant DNA techniques, has designed a molecule capable of stimulating bone-forming cells, osteoblasts, so that is done to restore lost bone mass. So far the available drugs inhibit the activity of bone-destroying cells, osteoclasts, the new molecule, teriparatide, inhibits not only destructive, it increases the activity and amount of the creators of bone. Read the rest of this entry »

I know of Alice, a woman in her 70s, who suffered a fracture of a vertebra while carrying groceries. Although surprise you, this situation can occur in people with advanced osteoporosis. Osteoporosis is a disease that weakens bones, makes them fragile and lacking in structure. That’s when the risk of sudden and unexpected fractures increases. Osteoporosis can affect both men and women of any age but is more common in women after menopause, although in some cases, can begin in youth. However, the effects are not felt immediately, because osteoporosis is acting as a silent thief that becomes visible when faced with a painful fracture has been a long time weakening the bones.

If even the strong embrace of a loved one, or crouch in tying the shoe can cause a fracture if you have osteoporosis, how can we speak of exercising with this disease?

It seems a crazy idea, but possible. Believe it or not, doing exercise, rather than cause you more fractures may be the weapon you have to fight them, to strengthen your muscles for protecting your bones.

If before I knew you had osteoporosis and were doing exercise, and have gained ground. If not, it’s never too late to start out right. The key to exercise when suffering from osteoporosis, is finding a safe and fun activity that goes according to your general health and bone density. Before starting an exercise program, talk to your doctor. It is likely that he or she recommends you do a bone density test to assess in detail the status of your bones. Read the rest of this entry »