Stress management older adults

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Avatar n tn These are formed when skin remains trapped in a pocket on the surface of the skin. It can develop on the sun-damaged skin of middle-aged and older people. Primary milia found in infants tend to heal on their own within several weeks, though the secondary milia found in adults tend to persist. It is best that you have this evaluated by your dermatologist for proper management. Direct clinical examination of the lesion is important to determine the diagnosis. Take care and keep us posted.
Avatar m tn Shingles is a painful skin rash caused by the varicella zoster virus which also responsible for chicken pox. This is most common in older adults and people who have weak immune systems. After being infected with chickenpox, the virus "sleeps" in the nerve roots and wakes up when it is triggered by stress, injury or certain medicines. CDC recommends adults age 60 and older to get the shingles vaccine. However, the vaccine is not fail-safe.
Avatar f tn Does any one else have ungrateful and lazy older children? It is hard on my pregnancy with stress. My kids do not care how stressed they make me or how much I have to do to clean up after them. All I hear is I want this or that and dinner was not what I want so throw it away and make us each something different. I have one with a birthday in a week and two with birthdays in December.
Avatar n tn While there are a few surgical procedures/ phalloplasty, that may help increase the size of the penis these are often not required and neither advised in the absence of a functional abnormality. Erectile dysfunction can develop in young adults due to a variety of causes.
Avatar f tn What are your symptoms that led to this diagnosis? Again, this is typically a disease state found in older adults. There is something called Alpha-1 Anti-trypsin Deficiency or Alpha 1 for short that you may want to look into. Also, were you previously diagnosed with asthma? Medical management is the typical route for treating COPD. https://www.webmd.
Avatar f tn Sexual Life is a big part of our existence, but the way we do sex, and the frequency with which we do sex, changes greatly over time. Although studies suggest frequency of sexual activity may decline as you get older, for many older adults, sex is still a big part of their lives. As some studies show, older adults are not without their desire to have sex, and having an active sexual life is something to encourage.
Avatar f tn Hi There is a condition called tension headache, which is commonly seen in most of the adults, more common in females. These are called stress headaches, muscle contraction headaches, daily headaches, or chronic non-progressive headaches. This type of headache is not an inherited and there is no single cause for it. Tension headaches are usually triggered by some type of environmental or internal stress.
Avatar m tn I am wanting so answers regarding ADD in adults. What are the major symptoms? Does it get more severe with age? My Focus in high school was very difficult. I could not focus in class at all. It is strange because I was voted the outstanding athlete of the year in my graduating high school class. Today many years later i am full of fear when it comes to learning..................
Avatar f tn Hopefully your older children will get used to the idea over time. Maybe you can stress to them how important it is to you. I hope they want whatever will make you happy. I do understand being scared. But just try take good care of yourself! (diet, low stress, plenty of rest, etc.) And I wish you a happy and healthy 9 months!
Avatar f tn It is not considered to be an STD as it can be cultured in normal asexual adults. It`s role is still uncertain. I am not sure why your GYN tested for it, but since you tested positive you and your partner may consider therapy. This is confusing I know. We don`t test or treat for it in our clinic.
5097121 tn?1466787392 When our bodies are feeling good, we usually feel good emotionally, so in turn, taking care of your body is very beneficial for stress management, for instance, getting a sufficient quantity AND quality of sleep, eating properly (including a healthy/balanced diet), staying active. Staying away from things like smoking, drinking, overindulging with food are a given. Minimizing intake of things like caffeine is a good idea. ---->Additionally, we have to set REALISTIC daily goals.
Avatar m tn While usually values less than 200 pg/ml cause neuro-psychaitric and haematological symptoms, older adults with levels between 200 and 500 pg/ml may also have symptoms. Management is aimed at supplementation to bring the levels between 500-900 pg/ml range. Hope this information helps. Take care!
Avatar m tn In February, the Eighth Joint National Committee released controversial guidelines that relaxed blood pressure goals in adults 60 and older from 140/90 to 150/90. The guidelines also eased blood pressure targets for adults with diabetes and kidney disease. In this study, researchers used blood pressure data collected from more than 16,000 Americans between 2005 and 2010 to assess the impact of the revised guidelines.
Avatar n tn My pharmacy has asked the doctor to issue another prescription after he confirms that I have been informed of the risks for older adults taking Armour Thyroid. I have tried to find "risks" on the internet but can't seem to find anything.
Avatar f tn The main reason we actually went from him sleeping on his own to with us was because I read that some people believe that babies who co-sleep with their parents are more independent, more outgoing, and more confident as children. As adults, they have higher self-esteem, better stress-management skills, and are more comfortable with intimacy than adults who slept alone as babies.
Avatar f tn I was 18 before I began staying at other places but usually it took me forever to fall asleep. My older siblings recall many episodes of me sleep walking. I am gathering they are stress related but, wondered if there were any steps I could take to minimize them.
Avatar m tn As far as HSV-1 infection and risk is concerned, again your risk is tiny. While about 60% of adults have HSV (most of whom are unaware that they have the infection), in the absence of observed lesions transmission occurs no more than 1 in every 10,000 exposures and probably less. Thus: 1. Unless you have already been tested there is a better than 50/50 chance that you already have HSV-1. If so, you cannot get it again.
Avatar f tn Hiya all. I work with adults who have learning difficultiea and sometimes present challenging behaviour. At the weekend a gentlemen who I support threatened me, grabbed me by both wrists and attempted to punch me in the stomach, later that evening I ebded up in A and E with chest pains and shortness of breath and my blood pressure was extremly high. Does anyone know the next step to take with my employer regarding my situation?? I want to go off sick but cant really afford to.
Avatar n tn While some neurologists do medication management for psychiatric disorders, you will want to find a professional who does med management all the time. Someone who does med management all day, every day will be much more likely to keep up with the literature and have amassed valuable perspectives just from having seen what works for different types of patients. Ritalin is considered to be one of the very safest psychotropic medications available, and has been used successfully since the 30s.