Listing the causes of stress can be pretty tricky because the causes or risk factors of stress for different people can be different, they can be highly individualized and numerous. An individual’s perception of stress will constitute the causes of stress. What is stressful to one may not be so in case of another, rather it will boost his adrenaline levels. Let me explain by the help of an example. When there is excessive traffic on the streets...
Most people have this strange idea that they can do nothing about their stress and continue to suffer miserably. But this is the greatest mistake they commit. It is indeed possible to manage stress, if you only know how to and if you really want to. The basic foundation of stress management is the belief that you have to bring into yourself that you are still in control of your life and not the other way round. So take charge and be in control of...
Stress nutrition is a good way to manage stress, so instead of binging on junk food or under eating or consuming gallons of alcohol and cigarettes and damaging your body further, you need to eat a healthy balanced easily digestible diet so that your body gets its full quota of balanced wholesome nutrition. Try to gain nutrition not from multi vitamin tablets but from fruits and vegetables and lean protein and other such healthy food. Multi vitamin...
It is not without reason that stress is called the greatest silent killer of modern times. Stress is a result of the modern urban punishing lifestyle and those who undergo stress everyday, like busy executives, doctors, working women, people in the corporate sector know how it feels to work constantly under stress. If you want to remain sane you have to know how to manage stress and cut out stress from your life. It is easier said than done though....
The ruthless, modern, urban, competitive world which forces us to participate in a rat race and expects us to win in that rat race in order to survive, the existential crisis that we face everyday, our daily strain, pressure, tension, worry, anxiety, the insurmountable odds in our lives and the pain and frustration it results in leads to the formation of stress. The main reason for stress is the pressure we put on ourselves to succeed in this mad...
Stress in today’s times is termed as the greatest silent killer and is the main reason behind most of the lifestyle diseases of today. It is a mental condition in which a stressed out individual feels threatened by his circumstances and their normal behavior or lifestyle gets disrupted or impaired. However, a distinction between psychological threats and physical threats isn’t made by the body. If you are caught in a really stressful situation,...
Parkinson’s disease is a neuro degenerative disorder that produces debilitating symptoms like muscle stiffness and rigidity, muscle atrophy, shaking and trembling of the hands and limbs, difficulty in walking or walking with a gait, presenting a stooping posture, body flexion, extreme difficulty in swallowing or communicating or putting words to thoughts, difficulty in articulating, difficulty in maintaining posture and balance, walking in a strange...
Parkinson’s disease named after Dr. James Parkinson of London (1817) happens to be a neuro degenerative illness or disorder that causes muscular atrophy, muscle stiffness and rigidity, joint pain, shaking and trembling of limbs, difficulty in speaking properly or uttering a sound, difficulty in walking, walking in a strange manner with a gait or a limp, difficulty in swallowing, difficulty in articulating etc. When the patient reaches stage 5 of...
In individuals who suffer from Parkinson’s disease, it has been medically observed that the neurons or brain cells progressively and gradually start to deteriorate because of injury followed by select cells recording a degeneration or decadence and ultimately these select degenerating cells die out. It is because of this progressive degeneration of brain cells or neurons that the characteristic symptoms or typical symptoms of Parkinson’s disease...
First and foremost let me make it very clear that modern science cannot yet cure Parkinson’s disease, but there are various Parkinson’s disease treatments available which can help to alleviate the symptoms. Some medications for Parkinson’s include Levodopa – the best of the lot, dopa decarboxylase inhibitor group, dopamine agonists, carbidopa, selegiline, COMT inhibitors, anticholigernics, amantadine etc. If everything else fails to work then...