1. Address the Causes of Hypopituitarism Hypopituitarism, a medical condition that results when your pituitary gland fails to create essential hormones, can be caused by a number of factors. Head trauma, stroke, tumors and other brain conditions can put you…
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1. Take Immediate Action Second-degree burns require treatment that will ease the pain and prevent the burn site from becoming infected. Immediate action requires removal of any jewelry or clothing (if it is not stuck to the skin) from the…
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1. Identify the Symptoms Hypertensive heart disease can be identified by a number of different symptoms. The most prominent symptoms include shortness of breath during light to moderate activity and even waking with shortness of breath. Some sufferers of hypertensive…
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1. Understand and Treat Symptoms Dry eye syndrome, often abbreviated as DES, can be painful, unseemly and potentially incapacitating. Some of the symptoms you might notice include blurred vision, a heightened sensitivity to light, a sense that there’s a grain…
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1. Undergo Genetic Testing Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel condition that seems to run in families. There isn’t really any way to prevent this potentially debilitating disorder, which causes abdominal pain and diarrhea, but there are way to prevent…
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1. Let Your Doctor Inoculate The best way to prevent diphtheria is to get immunized, starting in childhood. Most children receive the diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis vaccine. Adults who never have been inoculated for diphtheria should receive the diphtheria/tetanus vaccine. To stay protected…
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1. Manage Pain Symptoms Poliomyelitis, strictly speaking, cannot be cured outright. It’s a viral infection, and viruses can typically only be treated with supportive care. While the best treatment is prevention–using a polio vaccine–symptom control is about all that can…
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1. Treat Symptoms with Pallative Care During the final stage of lung cancer (stage IV), most treatments options have already been explored and usually did not work or stopped working at some point. You should now consider treating symptoms rather…
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1. Visit Your Doctor Visit your doctor if you experience any of the warning signs of pre-eclampsia, eclampsia or HELLP syndrome: fatigue, upper abdominal pain, nausea with or without vomiting, severe headache, dizziness or double vision, hypertension, excessive swelling of…
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1. Keep Current on Immunizations There is no real way to prevent acute cerebellar ataxia, a condition marked by muscle-coordination difficulties, but keeping yourself and your loved ones current on immunizations may help reduce the risk of developing the disorder….
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1. Avoid Allergens That Trigger Symptoms Once you’ve identified an offending allergen, be it pollen, mites, dust follicles, cat or dog dander, asbestos, chemicals in the air, or mildew and mold, try to remove that allergen from your environment and…
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1. Quit Smoking to Prevent Renal Cell Carcinoma Besides causing a whole host of other medical conditions, smoking can lead to kidney conditions, including renal cell carcinoma. If you are having trouble quitting, you can try nicotine gum, hypnosis or…
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1. Care for Ear Infections Preventing petrositis starts with getting proper treatments for ear infections as soon as possible. You should see a doctor within 2 days of first experiencing ear pain. Antibiotics for ear infections help prevent the start…
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1. Cease Medications That Increase Your Risk If you are taking a medication that causes you to have symptomatic lupus anticoagulants, your doctor will most likely treat the condition by taking you off your medicine. Lupus anticoagulants are antibodies that…
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1. Examine Pupil Size Your eye doctor will measure your pupil size in millimeters in both light and dark conditions. He will try to assess whether or not the pupils are significantly different in dilation from one another, a key…
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1. Understand the General Course of Cataract Development A congenital (from birth) cataract may not present symptoms right away. Cataracts can evolve over time and cause gradual loss of sight and fogginess of vision. A cataract may cause problems years…
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1. Understand the Different Types of Apraxia Apraxia is a brain disorder characterized by the loss of a learned, skilled movement. People with apraxia understand how to perform the movement and have a desire to perform the movement, but they…
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1. Identify Tumors as Quickly as Possible Since the causes of ectopic cushing syndrome may not be preventable, the best approach to prevention is to identify the tumors that result from this condition as quickly as possible. In general, cushing…
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1. Identify General Itching and Dry Skin For your skin, winter’s wonderland weather brings with it two distinct offenders: dry air and cold temperatures. Both of these cause your skin to lose moisture, thus creating irritation. If your skin is…
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1. Get Treatment for Syphilis Infections There is only one way to contract neurosyphilis, and that’s by letting a syphilis infection go untreated for as long as 15 to 20 years. In this day and age, syphilis can be easily…
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1. Notice Weight Gain If you exercise regularly and have maintained a healthy weight for years but are suddenly seeing a change in your weight then you may be overeating. If your workout routine hasn’t changed but you’re noticing some…
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1. Limit Risk Factors In most cases, placental insufficiency cannot be prevented. However, it is possible to limit certain risk factors for the condition. The use of certain substances, including tobacco, alcohol and drugs, increases your risk of developing placental…
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1. Use Ibuprofen, Not Aspirin It can be dangerous to give aspirin to children, so you should administer ibuprofen instead as directed by your doctor or pediatrician. The MMR shot provides immunity against measles, mumps and rubella by introducing a…
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1. Make Healthy Lifestyle Changes Change the way you eat in order to treat atherosclerosis, a disease in which plaque made up of fat and cholesterol coats the walls of your arteries and blocks the blood flow. Cut out fatty…
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1. Identify the Symptoms of Neurosyphilis Neurosyphilis is a neurological condition that affects the nerve endings in the brain and spinal cord. You may develop neurosyphilis if you have a syphilis infection that is left untreated for 10 to 20…
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1. Catch the Symptoms Early High arch or instep could be considered the opposite of flat feet. There is really no way to prevent a high arch. You are either born with it or not. You can, however, catch it…
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1. Attend Group Therapy Try to meet regularly with other stroke survivors as you’re embarking on your journey to recovery. Your stroke support group is a safe place to express frustration, anger and sadness about your impairments and struggles. By…
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1. Get a Phlebotomy Phlebotomies are the primary way in which those with hemochromatosis can manage excess iron in the blood. A phlebotomy is a procedure in which blood with excess iron is removed from your body and replaced with…
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1. Foods and Beverages to Avoid It feels good when you can prevent a disease, such as osteoporosis, by doing nothing. By avoiding or limiting intake of certain substances, you can enhance your body’s efficiency at absorbing calcium, a vital…
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1. Supplement Care With Meditation to Alter Brainwaves Sahaja yoga is not a formal type of medicine and its benefits should not serve as a substitute for professional care under a trained physician. However, some schizophrenics report that meditation has…
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