Childhood Disorders: Is Your Toddler Toxic
by: Paula Rothstein.
It is devastating enough to consider the “body burden” being carried by adults in this increasingly polluted world but to even consider that your child is carrying a substantially heavier load of toxins than yourself is difficult to ...
Nail Dystrophy-skin Disordersnail Dystrophy-skin Disorders
by: Robert Baird.
Damage to the nail as a result of trauma or specific disease results in nail dystrophy. Nail dystrophy is defined as the presence of misshapen or partially destroyed nail plates. Soft, yellow keratin often accumulates between the dystrop...
Skin Disorders 101
by: omilana.
Shelley is a 32-year-old mother of two beautiful girls. This person grew up with red spots on the face. Since this did not pose any problems, these were perceived to be freckles that people get in the teenage years, which will eventually g...
Relapsing Polychondritis-skin Disorders
by: Robert Baird.
Patients with relapsing polychondritis usually present with dramatically swollen, painful, red ears. Sometimes, the nose is involved in a similar manner. These skin changes reflect the presence of massive inflammatory changes in the under...
Common Skin Disorders & Solutions
by: Ian Reygan.
Skin disorders can include acne, melasma, freckles, age spot, and many times are nothing more serious than something that looks bad. Of course in case like severe acne there may not be anything worse, especially to a teenager. Let's take ...
Home Remedies for Skin Disorders
by: Juliet Cohen.
Skin is one of the most vulnerable organs of the body. Skin is the largest organ of the integumentary system. Skin also helps maintain a constant body temperature. Skin is composed of three primary layers: the epidermis, which provides w...
Skin Disorders - Clinical Presentation
by: Robert Baird.
Tinea capitis, or "ringworm" of the scalp, presents itself as one or more sharply marginated plaques of partial alopecia. Inflammation and scale are present, but often these two changes are quite minimal. The recognition of broken hairs (...
Physical Examination-skin Disorders
by: Robert Baird.
Examination of the skin can be considered in two settings: incidental examination during the course of a complete physical examination, and dedicated examination in situations where disease of the skin is known to be present. In the forme...
Light Therapy - A Cure For Skin Problems And Other Disorders
by: infocus.
Light therapy or phototherapy is an alternative treatment based on light exposure for various disorders. This procedure, which is also called light box therapy, involves the use of light brighter than regular indoor lighting, but significa...
Skin Disorders - How to Cure Secondary Syphilis (secondary Lues)
by: Robert Baird.
Diagnostic HallmarksDistribution: trunk and extremities, special predilection for the palms, soles, face, and genitaliaWhite plaques on mucous membranesPatchy alopeciaLymphadenopathyPositive serologic tests for syphilisClinical Presentati...
Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Eating Disorders
by: Sam Vaknin.
The Eating Disordered Patient Eating disorders - notably Anorexia Nervosa and Bulimia Nervosa - are complex phenomena. The patient with eating disorder maintains a distorted view of her body as too fat or as somehow defective (...
Eating Disorders and Personality Disorders (narcissism)
by: Sam Vaknin.
Question:Do narcissists also suffer from eating disorders such as bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa?Answer:Patients suffering from eating disorders either binge on food or refrain from eating and sometimes are both anorectic and bulim...
Misdiagnosing Personality Disorders as Anxiety Disorders
by: Sam Vaknin.
What is AnxietyAnxiety is uncontrollable and excessive apprehension, a kind of unpleasant (dysphoric), mild fear, with no apparent external reason.?Anxiety is dread in anticipation of a future menace or an imminent but diffuse and unspec...
Autism Disorders & Communication Disorders
by: Cheri Florance, Ph.D..
A child or adult with Autism or a Communication disorder will have difficulties fitting into our extremely verbal world. These difficulties can create isolation from others and threatening walls of silence. However, there is a specific ...
Skin Care Products for Healthier Skin
by Charles Paul. Our hectic routines and improper diet have led to almost all of us suffering from poor health. Being over weight, fatigued and tired has become a sign of our times. Our unhealthy lifestyle is taking its toll on all the organs of the human b...
