By Shaun MeyerDirector-Hi Line Home Health Anxiety is defined by Webster as “a painful or apprehensive uneasiness of mind usually over an impending or anticipated ill b: fearful concern or interest; an abnormal and overwhelming sense of apprehension and fear often marked by physiological signs (as sweating, tension, and increased pulse), by doubt concerning the reality and nature of the threat, and by self-doubt about one’s capacity to cope with it.” Sounds a little like our everyday lives, doesn’t it? Well, it is… to a certain degree. We all have different personalities and equally different ways that we cope with the stresses of everyday life. The problem arises when these ‘stresses and anxieties’ get out of hand. In general, anxiety is a feeling of nervousness, apprehension, fear or worry. some fears and worries are justified and normal, such as worry about a loved one or in anticipation of taking a quiz or test. The problem comes along when anxiety interferes with the person’s ability to sleep or otherwise function. Teenagers are particularly susceptible to having irritability as a symptom of a number of emotional problems, including anxiety. Anxiety can occur without a true cause, or it can happen based on a real situation…only it is usually out of proportion to what would be normal. In other words, severe anxiety can have a serious impact on daily life. there are physical symptoms that can accompany anxiety affecting the heart, lungs, nervous and gastrointestinal systems. you may have an upset stomach, diarrhea, trouble breathing, feel as if you may faint or are having a heart attack. Problematic anxiety may be caused by a mental or physical condition, the effects of drugs or a combination of all of these. The first thing to rule out is if your anxiety is being caused by a medical condition, and your physician would need to help with figuring that out. Conditions as varied as anemia, asthma attack, infections, drug intoxication or withdrawal or a number of heart conditions can all be associated with anxiety. there are several mental conditions included in the common types of anxiety: • Panic disorder. Defined as ‘attacks of anxiety, called panic attacks, common symptoms of panic disorders are stomach upset, palpitations (feeling your heart beat), dizziness, sweating, trembling, sense of choking, chest pain, feeling of being unable to think, fear of dying, numbness or tingling and shortness of breath. These same symptoms also can be caused by caffeine consumption, amphetamines (‘speed’ is the street slang for amphetamines when they are not prescribed by a doctor), an overactive thyroid, abnormal heart rhythms, and other heart abnormalities (such as mitral valve prolapse). The panic attack sufferer may experience their mind going blank or that they somehow do not feel real, in that they feel as if they are looking at themselves from outside of themselves. • Generalized anxiety disorder. those who endure this condition experience numerous worries that are more often in the mind of the sufferer than not. those worries interfere with the person’s ability to sleep or otherwise function. Defined as ‘excessive, unrealistic and difficult to control worry over a period of at least six months’. Other symptoms may be restlessness, tiring easily, trouble concentrating, irritability, muscle tension and sleep problems. • Phobic disorders. People with phobias experience irrational fear that may rise to the level of panic attacks in response to a specific thing or situation. Examples of phobias include fears of spiders (that would be me! Ask my office personnel), insects in general, open spaces, closed-in spaces, air travel, heights and social anxiety. These exposures may trigger a panic attack. • Stress disorders  (also known as post-traumatic stress disorder). Defined as ‘exposure to either death or near-death circumstances such as fires, floods, earthquakes, shootings, automobile accidents or wars; other traumatic events may not have had the threat of death or near-death but resulted in the severe injury or threat thereof. Examples of such trauma include victimization through physical or sexual abuse, witnessing the abuse of another, or over-exposure to inappropriate material (exposure of children to pornographic images or acts); the traumatic event is re-experienced in thoughts and dreams; flashbacks, nightmares, avoiding activities, places or people associated with the event, difficulty concentrating, difficulty sleeping, being hypervigilant (closely watching your surroundings), or feeling a general sense of depression, irritability, doom and gloom with diminished emotions such as loving feelings or aspirations for the future. • Obsessive compulsive disorder. With this condition, the individuals either suffer from intrusive and distressing thoughts (obsessions–worries about germs or having items in a particular order) or engage in repetitive behaviors (compulsions- counting items or activities, avoid walking on cracks, avoid touching doorknobs, etc). Separation anxiety disorder. This disorder most often affects children. it is diagnosed when a child becomes extremely anxious in response to anticipating or being separated from one or more care giving adults (usually a parent). there are external factors that can cause anxiety such as stress at work, stress from school, and stress in personal relationships such as marriage or friendships, financial stress, stress from an emotional trauma, stress from a medical illness, side effects from a medication, intoxication, withdrawal, or lack of oxygen. your physician has an often difficult task of determining which symptoms come from which causes. For example, people with chest pain that could be heart disease, but turns out to be not heart related, often are found to have a panic-disorder–a form of anxiety. With rampant divorce, layoffs and threat of terrorism, there is plenty of anxiety out there for everyone these days…and the source is often things we cannot change. What you will notice is that when anxiety begins taking a toll on your body, you will know it. when you start having trouble with sleeping, eating and concentrating, you should listen to your body. when it becomes so overwhelming that it interferes with day-to-day activities…when it keeps you from going places and doing things you need and love to do…then it’s time to get help. when people reach this level of anxiety, they are no longer making good decisions. They are avoiding things, and are unable to rise to the occasion because it is just too much. as I mentioned before, we all have a lot of stress in our lives right now. if you read this information and feel it has become ‘too much’ and has taken over your life, please seek out help. Definitions: WebMD and Medicine Health.

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The best way to do it is to just be completely honest. just say every single thing you're feeling without sugar-coating or changing anything — even if something seems weird or nonsensical. Your psychologist will appreciate the complete truth and then be better able to treat you. Not to mention, there's nothing too strange for a psychologist to hear — they're specifically trained not to judge.

You should speak up if you’re feeling down April 27, 2011

Statistics show that one in eight women suffer from depression, anxiety or panic disorder before or after pregnancy, says Lillian Koppelman, project director for the Health Care Coalition of Southern Oregon.

Koppelman says each illness is treatable if diagnosed, but unfortunately the symptoms are not commonly recognized.

“Many pregnant and postpartum women feel anxious or depressed, and we want to tell women there is no shame in asking for help,” she says.

Women, their husbands and significant others are encouraged to join the “Speak up When You’re Down” movement.

“It’s the only way to get help, feel better and enjoy your family,” says Koppelman.

Koppelman and the coalition, which includes Jackson County Public Health, La Clinica, Community Health Center, Josephine County Public Health, Siskiyou Community Health Center and Douglas County Public Health, will be airing public service announcements throughout the month of may encouraging women to give voice to their feelings.

Postpartum depression and anxiety symptoms may include trouble sleeping or sleeping too much; lack of interest in the baby; crying uncontrollably; irritability or nervousness; changes in appetite — eating much more or much less; and lack of interest in family and friends.

Depression and anxiety can affect women before, during or after pregnancy. if you or a loved one has feelings that are more than a mild case of the “blues,” there is help available. Call 1-800-944-4773, a 24/7 bi-lingual message line, and and a trained volunteer will return the call within a day, providing support, information, and resources. (Clarificatiion: Details of the helpline services have been updated in this story.)

Please note this is not a crisis hotline and it does not handle emergencies. People in crisis should call their physicians, their local emergency number or the National Suicide Prevention Hotline at 1-800-273-8255.

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Pheochromocytoma is an important explanation for secondary Hypertension. we now have adnenal gland located at upper portion of each kidney. It’s divided into adrenal cortex and adrenal medulla. Pheochromocytoma is a tumor of Adrenal Medulla. Normal function of adrenal medulla is to provide epinephrine or adrenaline. which is answerable for controlling blood stress and to help cope with nerve-racking situations. So majority of symptoms of pheochromocytoma are resulting from extra secretion of adrenaline from adrenal medulla. Most patients of pheochromocytoma have recurrent episodes of headache, sweating and a sense of high anxiety. the next signs are listed from the commonest to the least common Complications (extreme) sweating Episodes (generalized) coronary heart palpitations (tachycardia and palpitations) Anxiousness nervousness (feelings of impending demise) tremors Pain within the lower chest or higher stomach Nausea (with or with out nausea) Weight loss Warmth intolerance

these signs might come by situations which causes strain over tumor like physical exercise, exercise, defecation, anesthesia, or change in physi que position.

who ought to be examined for Pheochromocytoma those that have uncontrolled hypertension those that have age between forty and 60 those who are already taking four antihypertensive medication but blood stress is not controllable. those who have episodes of above symptoms

Reason for pheochromocytoma is unknown, however some forms of this tumor runs in families like, a-Multiple endocrine neoplasia, sort II (MEN-II). In addition to a pheochromocytoma, individuals with MEN-II even have thyroid cancer. Different forms of MEN-II include pheochromocytoma with thyroid cancer and hyperparathyroidism (MEN-IIA), and pheochromocytoma with thyroid cancer and tumors of nerves within the eyes lips, mouth and digestive tract (MEN-IIB). b-Neurofibromatosis 1 (NF1). Pheochromocytomas can occur in a small proportion of people with NF1, a syndrome that features a number of tumors in the pores and skin (neurofibromas), pigmented pores and skin spots, tumors of the optic nerve of the attention, and bone diseases. c-Von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. Individuals with this rare multi system dysfunction are at high danger of pheochromocytoma mind eye and kidney tumors.

Most pheochromocytomas are benign tumors and so they do not unfold to different components of body nonetheless some kinds do present metastasis (unfold) to different parts of body like lungs, bones and brains. normally only one gland is involved however this tumor will be current in both adrenal glands.

Investigations: Blood and Urine checks: we perform blood and urine exams to diagnose pheochromocytoma. 24 hr urine collection is examined for epinephrine, norepinephrine and dopamine. this take a look at is known as VMA. Idea is just to examine stage of epinephrine and its metabolites in urine. if these are detected in urine in excess quantity, then tumor is diagnosed.

Belly scan. now you will have diagnosed tumor by blood and urine tests, after that to seek out out location of tumor, do Ultrasound, CT scan of abdomen.

Problems: if high blood pressure remained uncontrolled it may result in complications of heart failure, infarction, cerebrovascular accident, imaginative and prescient injury and kidney failure.

Treatment: First remedy is to regulate high blood pressure with medicine like Alpha Blockers and Beta Blockers. when epinephrine is secreted by this tumor it acts on alpha and beta receptors current on heart and blood vessels, result is vasoconstriction and improve coronary heart rate. now if if we take medicine like alpha blocker and beta blocker, epinephrine might be blocked by these drugs to act on these receptors so result is vasodilation and gradual coronary heart rate. Common Alpha blockers are Prazosin (Minipress), Terazosin (Hytrin) Phenoxybenzamine( Dibenzaline). Widespread Beta Blockers are Atenolol(Tenormin), Carvedilol(Carveda), Metoprolol(Mepressor), Inderal.

Remedy of choice for this tumor is Surgery. after removal of this gland by surgery, blood stress becomes regular with a day. There are two types of surgeries. Basic and Laproscopic surgery. Nevertheless Surgery isn’t an possibility for those tumors which show metastasis to different elements of body. For that we use chemotherapy and radiations.

every time you could have hypertension with any symptom, do not ignore it, chances are you’ll be the affected person of Pheochromocytoma. at all times contact your Doctor.

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