Diarrhea accounts for approximately 500,000,000 deaths per year in developing countries. In the United States it accounts for 10% of outpatients visits. Unlike adults, toddlers get dehydrated faster due to diarrhea which leads to complications and which can be fatal.  Prompt assessment of the severity of dehydration and correcting it with intravenous fluids or oral dehydration therapy solution not only corrects dehydration and serious compli ...

Receding gums is a condition that occurs on both the upper palate and lower palate of the mouth. The gums, the protective tissue around the teeth, are pulled back and receded towards the roots. There are several possible causes for recession.   Primary causes Toothbrush abrasion. This condition can occur over time with the use of improper hard-bristled toothbrushes. In this case, the protective enamel of the teeth is worn down by over ...

The holidays are supposed to be a time of togetherness and joyfulness, but for some people they experience an illness known as holiday depression. There are numerous reasons why some people suffer from this ailment during this time of the year. And although there is not one clear cut solution to this problem, people learn how to cope with this the best way they can. Some of the reasons why people experience the holiday blues stems from circumstan ...

People experience bad moods all the time. Nothing seems to go right and although they try to snap out of it, sometimes it seems like it is inevitable that they will just have one of those bad days? Well, there are ways to help cope with days like this and much of the process begins with changing the way a person thinks.  How a person thinks mentally can be the key ingredients for the type of mood a person experiences. Often, a bad mood can b ...

I’m not sure when anxiety started for me or even why? But I remember being socially anxious as early as middle school and I had my first panic attack when I was in high school. My parents took me to the local emergency room during my first panic attack because I thought I was having a heart attack and was going to die. Once we got there they ran a bunch of tests before telling me it was “just” a panic attack. They basically gave ...