HEART ARRHYTHMIA A heart arrhythmia is a group of conditions characterized by an unusual heart rhythm- the heart may beat too slow, be irregular or beat too fast. This anomaly may be due to the improper condition of the electrical signals that coordinate heartbeat. When the heartbeat faster than appropriate say about 100 beat per …
ILLNESS ANXIETY DISORDER Health anxiety is an obsessive and irrational worry about having a serious medical condition. It’s also called illness anxiety and was formerly called hypochondria. This condition is marked by a person’s imagination of physical symptoms of illness. Or in other cases, it’s a person’s misinterpretation of minor or normal body sensations as …
ADDISON’S DISEASE Addison’s disease is a rare endocrine disorder that occurs when the adrenal gland is unable to produce enough of the hormone cortisol and in some cases the hormone aldosterone. The adrenal glands are small glands located on top of each kidney and are responsible for making different hormones including the steroid hormone cortisol …
HUNTINGTON’S DISEASE (HD) Huntington’s disease is an incurable hereditary brain disorder that results in the progressive degeneration of the brain cell. The disorder has a great impact on a person functional ability and may affect movement, behaviour, and cognition. Huntington’s effect about 4 to 15 in 100,000 people and most people develop symptoms in their …
DISSOCIATIVE IDENTITY DISORDER (DID) Dissociative identity disorder is a mental condition marked by at least two distinct identities, or personal states, that alternatively take control over an individual. It was formerly known as multiple personality disorder. An individual that suffers from this disorder has a main personality or primary identity that may appear passive, dependent, …
BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER A borderline personality disorder is a serious mental illness marked by a longstanding pattern of unstable interpersonal relationship, an unstable sense of self, extreme emotions and behavior. People with borderline personality may suffer intense episodes of anger, overly strong emotional responses to upsetting life events and often try to hurt themselves. This …
AVOIDANT PERSONALITY DISORDER An avoidant personality disorder is a mental disorder in which a person suffers from a lifelong pattern of extreme shyness, social inhibition, feelings of inadequacy and sensitivity to rejection. People with this disorder will seek to decline job offers, avoid work, school and any other activities that involve socializing or interacting with …
DEFINITION Bulimia nervosa also often called bulimia is a serious life-threatening eating disorder. Bulimia is characterized by a secret binge- a period of excessive food consumption- followed by purging, trying to get rid of the extra calories in a seemingly unhealthy manner. Bulimia can be of two types: the purging bulimia where an individual self-induce …
DYSLEXIA Dyslexia is a common learning disorder that affects a person’s ability to read, write and spell. According to The International Dyslexia Association, dyslexia is marked by difficulties with accurate and/or fluent word recognition and by poor spelling and decoding abilities. This may be due to problems identifying speech sounds and learning how they relate …
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SOCIOPATH AND A PSYCHOPATH? Psychopath and sociopath are two words that have been very often used by the present generation. Although the exact meaning or definition of these words haven’t been described in the science research literature, hence not a official diagnosis but just two terms often used together …
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