#Depression - #Myths & Facts of Treatment

• Depression is a medical condition that affects your mood and ability to function. Symptoms include feeling sad, anxious or hopeless. The condition can also cause difficulty with thinking, memory, eating and sleeping. A diagnosis of #clinicaldepression means individual has felt sad, low or worthless most days for at least two weeks while also having other symptoms such as not enjoying things that used to give you joy, being easily irritated or frustrated, eating too much or too little, changes in how much you sleep, having a difficult time concentrating or remembering thing, experiencing physical problems like headache, stomach ache or #sexualdysfunction and thinking about hurting or killing yourself.

• Common caused include abnormalities in brain chemical levels, genetics, life events like Stress, the death of a loved one, upsetting events (#trauma), isolation and lack of support, medical conditions, medication and people who are easily overwhelmed or have trouble coping may be prone to depression.

• Treatment through medication and therapy

#Alzheimer'sDisease

• Alzheimer’s disease is a chronic (long-term), ongoing condition. It is not a typical sign of aging.

• It's symptoms come on gradually, and the effects on the brain are #degenerative, meaning they cause slow decline.

• Symptoms include memory loss affecting daily activities, trouble with familiar tasks, difficulties with problem-solving, trouble with speech or writing, becoming disoriented about times or places, decreased judgment, decreased personal hygiene, mood and personality changes and withdrawal from friends, family, and community

Symptoms change according to the stage of the disease. In later stages, people with Alzheimer’s often have significant trouble with talking, moving, or responding to what’s happening around them

• Risk factors include Age, Genetics, family history,  previous #traumaticbraininjury, cardiovascular problems and depression

• Diagnosed through physical, neurological imaging and mental status examination/assessment.

• Management through medication , training and therapy

#IrritableBowelSyndrome - IBS

#IBS is a type of functional #gastrointestinal(GI) disorder with symptoms including Abdominal pain or cramps, usually in the lower half of the abdomen, bloating, bowel movements that are harder or looser than usual, diarrhoea, constipation or alternating between the two, excessive flatulence, mucus in stools weekly for 3 months, or less often for at least 6 months and women with IBS may find that symptoms flare up during their periods.

• These symptoms often reoccur leading individual  to feel stressed and even experience depression at times

• Causes include dietary triggers, excessive stress or anxiety, genetic factors, hormones, digestive organs with a high sensitivity to pain, an unusual response to infection, malfunction in the muscles that move food through the body and an inability of the central nervous system to control the digestive system

• Treatment through dietary management, medications and therapy

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Bed Wetting / #FunctionalEnuresis   • Enuresis is more commonly known as bed-wetting. Nocturnal enuresis, or bed-wetting at night, is the most common type of elimination disorder. Daytime wetting is called #diurnalenuresis. Some children experience either or a combination of both. The condition is not diagnosed unless the child is 5 years or older.  • Symptoms include  Repeated bed-wetting, Wetting in the clothes and Wetting at least twice a week for approximately three months  • Causes include a small bladder, persistent urinary tract infections, severe stress and developmental delays that interfere with toilet training  • Voluntary, or intentional, enuresis may be associated with other mental disorders, including behaviour disorders or emotional disorders such as anxiety.   Children with enuresis are often described as heavy sleepers who fail to awaken at the urinary urge to void or when their bladders are full.  • Treatment through medication, training and therapy