What is BDD?

BDD

What are we talking about when we say BDD? It is a disease that causes those affected in dealing with a disproportionately themselves. Normally often related to a physical defect almost imperceptible, but ending it haunting to the person that suffers from.

BDD

You can treat an incipient baldness, an imperfect nose, a slight cellulite, or any other part of the body deemed to not be perfect. However, common sense says that this is a slight imperfection, and quite normal, especially after a certain age.

For these people, it is a living hell, as it becomes obsessive, impossible to overcome. Even when a doctor or someone says his fitness is normal, your brain is able to get the message, but its rejects emotional intelligence.

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Urinary incontinence in men

male incontinence

Incontinence is not confined to men of a certain age. This is a male problem that occurs in young people too. According to a recent study, men think it is a severe handicap to their social life, and that calls into question his manhood.

male incontinence

Drip
The male incontinence results in different ways:

The most popular is one called the “trickle down” has the feeling of not completely emptying the bladder and can not “push” to urinate properly. This is usually due to an enlarged prostate.

Imperative: Manifested by the need to get up several times throughout the night. This incontinence is linked to a dysfunction at the level of the bladder.

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Cholesterol, the bad guy

cholestrol

Cholesterol is a lipid, a type of fat that is found in the bloodstream and the cells of the body, is an important component of a healthy organism; cholesterol is used in our metabolism to produce cell membranes and some hormones, as well as participating in other vital processes in the body.

cholestrol

Refers to two types of cholesterol, the good and the bad, but cholesterol is actually one single and this classification refers to the lipoprotein that transports it.

LDL or low density lipoprotein is associated with the “bad cholesterol” because it makes the transport of cholesterol into artery walls and thence to the tissues, and HDL or high-density lipoprotein that transports cholesterol from tissues to the liver for metabolism, is associated with “good cholesterol”.

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Obesity, overweight and heart problems

obesity and overweight

Obesity is one of the public health problems currently affecting a large number of people worldwide, is an excess of body fat that usually, not always, is accompanied by increased body weight.

obesity and overweight

Overweight occurs when the amount of energy ingested with food is higher than is spent, becoming the body stores fat, the causes of obesity are multiple and include factors such as genetics, behavior nervous system, endocrine and metabolic, and lifestyle that takes.

At the onset of obesity are involved both simple and complex factors are the nature of metabolic, psychological, sociocultural, high-calorie nutrition, sedentary lifestyle and other causes multifunctional.

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Can a person with hypertension to do fitness?

hypertension

Exercise is beneficial for everyone, we are healthy or have a disease, but in this case the indication of the doctor or specialist is vital to determine what type of exercise is most appropriate.

hypertension

Aerobic exercise is best for patients with hypertension because it manages to increase the body’s oxygen demand, increases cardiac output, per minute ventilation and muscle movement.

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Advances in the detection of fibromyalgia

fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is a common rheumatic syndrome that affects approximately 3% of the population, mostly women.

fibromyalgia

It indicates widespread pain in fibrous tissues, muscles, tendons and other connective tissues, causing muscle pain without weakness. The cause of this disorder is unknown, although it is a chronic problem that may come and go for years.

Among other symptoms, causes muscle pain, fatigue, depression and insomnia. Diagnose can take two to three years, even more, because so far the only way is to discard all rheumatological and neurological diseases with similar symptoms.

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The test of silhouettes, a tool against eating disorders

The test of silhouettes can determine the degree of distortion that a teenager has its own body.

The material, a gallery of images is accompanied by a clinical examination has been developed from analysis of surveys of 1,956 young people aged 13 to 18. The degree of health is measured by the number of hops between the figure that corresponds to one and the one who chooses.

The test of silhouettes, as this tool is called, is designed to work with kids from 13 to 18 years and serves to assess the degree of dissatisfaction that the patient has with their body image.

The test of silhouettes is a clinical examination

The test designed by the research team at the School of Psychology, San Sebastian is a clinical examination, which consists of a series of questions and an evaluation system, and is accompanied by two sets of silhouettes, one adapted to the human figure and the other to the woman.

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Important exercises for computer users

computer users

The use of computers for long periods can cause real problems in the body, muscles, the spine and joints of the hands. Due to these multiple reason, experts suggest to do the following exercises:

computer users

Exercise for the shoulders
Keep the normal level of the shoulder, then turned with the left ear to left shoulder, then with the right ear to right shoulder, after carried out this exercise with the inclined head towards the back then the in front of.

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What to do to reduce the effect of a cold?

cold effect

Usually when you get hit by a cold, it lasts seven days; following are some tips to reduce this time:

cold effect

Take more vitamin D for three days
The decrease of vitamin D in the body is known among people who live in cold regions and as soon as the temperature begins to fall. What makes the body vulnerable against viruses.

More Vitamin G
Vitamin G increases the body’s immunity and therefore more strength to fight the virus by stimulating white blood cells. One study found that this vitamin increases the power of white blood cells in its attack against the causes of the disease.

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Do you suffer from constipation while fasting?

suffer from constipation

Constipation is a disorder that can be felt during the month of Ramadan, and especially the first days, this effect manifests this course by the difficulty of his need thus made to exceed 48 hours and also feel that they not be completely empty.

suffer from constipation

It is known that the movement of saddle is involuntary by hand to determine when to its needs we learn it from our young age and each these specific characteristics that depend on several factors (work, mood, health…)

These are some of factors complain about this phenomenon, which helps to raise the gas pain and abdominal pain, headache, with desire to vomit sometimes.

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