What are the signs and Symptoms of Shock?

It leads to anxiety, restlessness, change in the mental state which occurs due to decrease in the blood supply to brain and hypoxia. It may lead to decrease in the blood pressure. It is known as hypo tension. It may lead to increase in the heart rate which is referred as tachycardia. The mouth is [...]

What is Shock ?

It is defined as a disorder in which there is a condition can lead to the death. It decreases the oxygenation of tissue. It cannot meet the cellular metabolism. The blood has the ability to carry oxygen as well as food material. It decreases the transport of these components when the flow of blood decreases. [...]

What is the prognosis of a person with Alzheimer’s disease?

It is very difficult to have an idea about the outcome of this disease known as prognosis. The time span of this disease is not constant. It becomes full blown after some time interval. It can go undetected for few years. The average individual after this diagnosis is able to live for seven years only. [...]

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How to diagnosis Alzheimer’s Disease?

Alzheimer’s disease is usually diagnosed clinically from the double history from relatives and patient history. Also certain clinical observations are made in which they rely on the features of nerves and few psychological features.
Advanced medical imaging with computed tomography (CT) or magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), along with a single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) [...]

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What are the causes of Alzheimer’s disease?

There are three main different theories regarding it. The oldest theory is based upon the drugs. It is known as cholinergic hypothesis. This disorder is due to the decrease in the synthesis of acetylcholine which helps in the conduction of nerves. This hypothesis is not accepted as the medicines which are used to overcome the [...]

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What are the symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease?

As the disease progress the symptoms include the
1. Irritation
2. Confusion
3. Change in mood
4. Inability to speak properly
5. Loss of memory in the long term
6. Decrease in the senses.
7. Loss of functions of the body.
8. Death
It is very difficult to have an idea about the outcome of this disease known as prognosis. The time span of this disease is not constant. It becomes [...]

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What is the impact of depression on society ?

Even today, people’s think of depression vary widely, both within and among cultures as there is no scientific link in it. It is not clear if it is a disease or disorder. Most of them consider it to be illness which requires proper treatment by a specialist. It also tells about that something may [...]

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How Depression is caused?

The bio psychosocial model gave an idea that biological, psychological, and social factors all play a role to different degrees in causing depression. There is other theory which states that the depression occurs due to already existing stress. It can be genetic or due to the interaction between the environment and nature. Depression occurs with [...]

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How Depression is prevented ?

There are number of studies which found that behavioral treatments like the inter personal therapy can prevent this depression. This treatment is quite effective in groups as well as individual alones. It deals with the social and inter personal factors that may lead to depression. It decreases the stress and there are number of [...]

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What is the effect of Depression on people ?

This disease is a major cause of death worldwide. The numbers of people who are already suffering from this disease have a range from 3 to 17 percent in different developed countries. 10 percent of the people suffer from depression in different countries. . The time of onset of this disorder is mainly between [...]

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