Changes in the body due to anxiety: 10 physical signs

anxiety crisis

Unrest, fear, despair and daily stress are factors that can lead to an anxiety crisis. Generally, when one of these crises occurs, it is not an isolated episode and often repeated over time in such a way that it becomes a chronic illness. The effects of anxiety are not only psychological, this nervous condition has a series of symptoms or physical signs that we present below…..

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Fibromyalgia: Possible Problems in Sexual Relationships

fibromyalgia

The fibromyalgia is one of the pathologies with woman’s face, that is, these are the most vulnerable to suffer from it.

A disorder whose main symptoms are fatigue and continuous muscle aches, that others may also have difficulty sleeping, headache, generalized or localized stiffness in the morning, tingling or numbness in the hands and feet, digestive disturbances, difficulty concentrating or painful menstrual periods.

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Reasons of why your fingers are always cold

fingers always cold

When it is cold and the temperature is low, it is normal that our fingers to be cold, because the limbs receive less blood pressure because it is focused more on the vital organs.

But what happens when our fingers are always cold even though the temperature is warm. The reasons can be more than one.

Raynaud’s Disorder

Raynaud’s disorder is a rare condition in which there is a narrowing of the blood vessels in the fingers (sometimes also the toes and the nose), which causes the fingers to cool down, become white, then blue and once the blood flow returns it turn red; we also feel numbness and tingling.

The good thing that Raynaud’s disorder is transient, can be avoided with a change of diet, wearing gloves and avoiding emotional stress, which is almost always the cause of this evil.

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How to detox your body?

detox your body

Are you feeling lethargic or tired? Do you suffer from skin disorders, get sick quickly or have digestive problems? Do you have trouble losing weight? It might be a good idea to go on a detox.

detox your body

There are so many different kinds of detoxes that it might be hard to know which one to choose – thin tea detox, smoothie detox or soup detox.

Detoxing has been around for centuries but only recently has it gained a lot of attention and become popular. Detoxing is a way of cleansing your body from the inside out. This results in removal of toxins, cleaning and nourishing your body and then feeding it with healthy food and essential nutrients.

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What are the most common sleep disorders

sleep disorder

It is not the first time that we talk about the dream, more specifically about the importance of sleep and does it long enough for our health and our body.

And it is already in recent years have met numerous scientific studies pursued in order to analyze the role that sleep has on our health, and more specifically on the restoration and strengthening of different neural circuits.

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Constant hiccups: What is that?

constant hiccups

Hiccups, as sudden and involuntary as uncomfortable, can be more than a temporary discomfort. And the constant hiccups, although it adjectival as unimportant symptom that usually lasts little, can also be persistent and sign that something is wrong in our body.

Why constant hiccup occurs? When should consult the doctor? These are some of the questions that are best answer for how to act in an episode of hiccups.

constant hiccups

Constant hiccups, as is the case with other disorders such as night cramps, slight dizziness or a tremor of eyelids, symptoms generally considered unimportant, because the truth is not usually be serious, but sometimes should be consulted.

And one of these occasions is when the hiccups appear consistent or persistent. Before proceeding, it should answer a question.

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Dementia: The risk of being lonely

dementia

Dementia: The risk of being capable of constituting, as researchers have found in a new study, a risk factor that makes us more vulnerable to dementia, such as Alzheimer’s. Conclusions drawn from a study in which more than two thousand people participated. And a note, feeling alone is not the same as living alone.

dementia

A risk factor over which have focused the researchers to uncover what is hidden and what makes us more vulnerable to dementia as we get older. That yes, we must make a small but important nuance, since it is not same feel just than living alone. The feeling of loneliness also influenced by many other factors, such as the lead a little active life and tends to some social isolation.

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Hypochondria: Fear of being sick

hypochondria

We all are concerned about suffering from any health disorder, but the problem is when the concern is constant, excessive, and when it becomes an unrealistic fear and continuing to suffer the symptoms of a serious illness. Any mild symptoms, such as a slight headache, are interpreted by the patient as a health problem, symptoms resulting from their own state of anxiety and constant worry. Hypochondria can and should be treated. But how do you identify a hypochondriac person? When does it start to be a problem for the health concerns?

hypochondria

Hypochondria, although have physical symptoms such as breathing difficulty, palpitations or insomnia is a disease included in the group of psychiatric diseases and which also includes the anxiety, phobia or obsessive compulsive behaviors.

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Alzheimer: Disorders of eating behavior

eating disorder

It is a common problem among patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease characterized by the deterioration of intellectual functions, primarily memory, but can also be affected other areas such as language, the ability to make decisions or carry out everyday tasks, attention, changes in mood, behavior and personality. In this case, we will focus on a specific disorder associated the eating behavior. How can we help to prevent it?

eating disorder

The problems of eating behavior in patients diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease may be due by overfeeding or malnutrition, through rejection of food behaviors, difficulties in swallowing or play with food.

We can not forget that we are in patients with memory problems and guidance, so their habits and how they behave at mealtime can be see disrupted, come to forget in a given phase of the illness if eaten or how successfully use cutlery. It’s a direct consequence of the disease, the same way you can also have sleep disorders or depression. The diet should be balanced and adapted to their needs.

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Snoring and Sleep Apnea: What’s the difference?

snoring and sleep apnea

The main difference is that the apnea brings together an interruption of breathing during sleep. People with distressed also often suffer drowsiness and fatigue during the day. Although snoring, contrary to popular belief, is not synonymous with sleep, as it can alter the rest besides affecting the cardiorespiratory system. Both one as another sleep disorder can be treated and prevented, as sleep apnea, for example, may be related to other diseases such as hypertension or cardiovascular disorders.

Sleep is essential for the proper functioning of our body as it is the best way to get the energy to restore bodily functions. Two disorders that can alter are snoring and sleep apnea (known as obstructive sleep apnea syndrome) which, although in some cases might think they are related, have their differences.

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