Antidepressants Blog

Up to now the sleep disorders we have examined are those involving disruptions in the physiological process of falling asleep or maintaining sleep and those involving the daytime consequences of disturbed sleep. At this point let’s turn our attention to phenomena that are not directly related to malfunctions of the sleep process itself but can interfere with, or are exacerbated by, sleep. Such disorders, some of which affect children almost exclusively, are given the name “parasomnias,” a word that translates roughly as “events associated with sleep.” Parasomnias account for nearly one out of ten diagnoses of sleep disorders.
Parasomnias are disorders involving unwanted or abnormal events, including sleepwalking, bed-wetting, and behaviors such as teeth grinding or head banging. (While nightmares and the panic disorder known as night terrors are also forms of parasomnia. A patient with a parasomnia will usually complain about the problem itself— bed-wetting, for example—rather than about the disturbed sleep the problem is causing.
Generally speaking, the cluster of parasomnia disorders tends to occur at the threshold between wakefulness and sleep, or during deep sleep—Stages 3 and 4 of the sleep cycle. And, because the longest periods of deep sleep occur in the first part of the cycle, most parasomnia events tend to take place early in the night, usually about an hour after the onset of sleep. I use the term “cluster” because often more than one form of the disorder afflicts the same person. For example, the same problem that is manifested as sleepwalking may also be the underlying cause of bed-wetting.
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Stinging insects such as bee, wasp and hornet produce an immediate allergic reaction. This may vary from redness and swelling at the site to redness of the whole part, or even generalized swelling, urticaria, choking, difficulty in breathing, unconsciousness and death. Honey Bee
Those who have hay fever, eczema, asthma and drug reaction are more liable to get different grades of severe reactions to stinging insects. Diagnosis can be made easily from the history of the child.
The best prophylactic is to avoid a situation where one can be stung by insects, and to keep the body well covered while moving outdoors specially in fields and gardens. As soon as a child is stung, the sting should be removed from the site with a pin or needle without rubbing it in. If the sting is on a limb, a tourniquet i.e., an appliance for compressing the blood vessels, should be tied tightly just above the site of the sting. This will prevent the spread of the venom in the whole body. The tourniquet should be loosened a bit at periodic intervals of about five minutes and then removed after about half an hour. If possible and available, an ice-pack should be applied to the area of sting. An antihistamine tablet can also be given.
If a child with history of allergic reaction is bitten by an insect, the child should be rushed to the nearest doctor or hospital, where appropriate treatment would be administered.
Hyposensitization against the sting venom of different insects is practised now-a-days with very good results.
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Eat at least three servings of fruit each day. A serving of fruit is one medium-size piece (visualize the size of a baseball) or one cup of cut-up fruit. The research about tricking your stomach into feeling full, which I just discussed with respect to vegetables, applies to fruits as well. Once again, this occurs because fruits are rich in fiber and water. Also, think as “bright” as you can when choosing fruits and definitely go with seasonal fruits when possible. If you stay in season, the cost of fresh fruit is affordable, if not a bargain.
It is so easy to include three servings of fruit if you try the following:
•    Start your day with a piece of fruit. Regardless of what you may decide upon for your entire breakfast, be sure to include one piece of fruit. This is doable even if you are on the go, since apples and pears are easy to carry and eat, as are bananas (though I want you to eat only two bananas each week, because they are lower in water than most other fruits). You may decide to eat fresh fruit with low-calorie yogurt on top for breakfast. That way, you get protein and calcium from the yogurt and a serving of fruit. You’ve just created a winning strategy to lose weight.
•     Add some fruit to your favorite cereal. When I was little, I always wanted to have perfect strawberries fall on top of my cereal like they did on the cornflakes commercial. Those of you over thirty-five must remember that visual (how they kept the milk in the bowl I will never know). So start with a portion-controlled serving of cereal, some skim milk, and fresh berries on top. Once again, you get protein and calcium from the skim milk and a serving of fruit.
•    Make fruit a snack. A friend shared this trick: Place fresh seedless grapes in the freezer and eat them as snacks or treats. Red or green grapes are both approximately 5 calories each for an average size. You have no idea how great they are when they are frozen. They taste like a major treat and give you a little crunch. Same goes for blueberries. Give it a try.
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