There are many treatments for Dry Eye Disease. If there is a decrease in production of tears, or aqueous deficient dry Eye, Punctual Plugs may be an treatment option. These are not permeate and treatment options should be discussed with your eye doctor.
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Mononucleosis, or Mono, is a very common childhood disease, especially in teens. As Dr. Anna Mendenhall of Children’s Physicians Medical Group (CPMG) explains, it’s transmitted through saliva. So sharing drinks, lip balm and even kisses can spread the illness.
it’s that time of year again! EDS & HSD awareness month comes around quick! I’m back for my 5th annual series of Ehlers Danlos Syndrome & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder Awareness Month videos with my dazzle of zebras from across the world. This year we have 27 zebras with 4 different types of EDS and HSD from 8 different countries sharing their experiences of what it’s like to live with these rarely understood conditions on a daily basis.
This is the first video in the 2021 series and we are talking about the worst symptoms of HSD, hEDS, cEDS & vEDS. From chronic pain and fatigue to dislocations there are huge lists of symptoms around but I want you to hear from people living with EDS on a daily basis what the worst symptoms they face are.
This video is dedicated in loving memory of Saarah Ahmed who wanted to take part in this series but sadly passed away before she could. Saarah lived with a very rare type of EDS called kyphoscoliotic EDS and she always wanted to raise awareness. Her family want her legacy to live on so please visit the links below to learn more about Saarah & her advocacy work.
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Ayesha, Brighton, 33, hEDS, She/her, IG: @ayeshashasha777 YT: @AyeshaShaSha
Bradley, Victoria, Australia, 29, vEDS, he/him, IG: @veds_zebra
Caroline, Essex, UK, 35, hEDS, IG: @lilcaz10
Catie, Pennsylvania, USA, 25, hEDS, She/her, IG: @lifeasazebra & @sunflower.catie
Clara, Texas, USA, 21, hEDS, IG: @clara_and_arlo
Eleanor, Scotland, 22, hEDS
Eliza, London, UK, 24, hEDS, They/them, IG: @disabled_eliza
Emma, Kent, UK, 27, hEDS, She/her, IG:@ehoughton24601
Georgia, Cardiff, 22, heds, she/her
Jasper, Newcastle, UK, 26, hEDS, He/him Twitter: @queercanthear
Jeannie Di Bon, London, UK, hEDS IG: @jeannie_di
Jenni, Essex, UK, 25, hEDS, She/her, @chronicallyjenni
Jenny, Hampshire. UK, 32, hEDS, IG: @jennycole1998 YT: @JennyCole1988 Blog: http://jaffacat.co.uk/
Jill, The Netherlands, 27, hEDS IG: @jillhubersmooren
Kate, Northumberland, UK, 26, hEDS, IG: @katestanforth
Katya, London, UK, 26, hEDS, IG: @positivelychronictravels
Luca, Ferrara, Italy, 35, cEDS, he/him, IG: @tre8bre FB:@tre8bre.1985 YT: @tre8bre
Marisol, Mexico City, Mexico, 28, hEDS, She/her, IG:@solprni
Rachel, Essex, UK, 25, hEDS, IG: @racheleanneblog
Robin , Vancover, Canada, 29, hEDS, IG: @robinhahnsopran YT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4pehIOiAYumddCdpPkVncA
Simon, Devon, UK, 42, hEDS & cEDS, He/him, IG: @the_bodyboarding_eds_pilot
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In this video, five people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome run through the hEDS diagnostic criteria from 2017! Hypermobile EDS is a painful genetic connective tissue disorder that makes connective tissues abnormally weak, fragile, and stretchy, leading to chronic joint and muscle pain, joint instability and dislocations, dysautonomia, fatigue, and GI tract dysmotility, among so many other symptoms. While the diagnostic criteria help to diagnose, it barely scratches the surface of the impact of this disease.
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The Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes are a group of more than 13 genetic connective tissue disorders that make connective tissue abnormally weak, fragile, and stretchy. Connective tissue is found in all parts of the body, including your organs, ligaments, and joints. As a result, people with EDS can be affected in all of these areas, as well as others. The most common symptoms and co-morbidities include chronic joint pain, dysautonomia, dislocations, GI tract dysmotility, and severe joint instability, among many others. The most common type (and the type that I have) is hypermobile EDS (formerly known as Type III), which is estimated to affect around 1 in every 5,000 people. However, it’s speculated by many to not be as rare as we once believed.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control, as many as 476,000 people in the U.S. contract Lyme disease every year. Climate change and human encroachment into wilderness areas means ticks and the disease-causing bacteria they carry are becoming more common. Dr. Linden Hu, an immunology professor and co-director of the Lyme Disease Initiative at Tufts University, joins John Yang to discuss.
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Infectious mononucleosis, or mono, is a very common syndrome characterized by the triad of fever, swollen lymph nodes (lymphadenopathy) – most frequently in the neck, and sore throat with inflamed tonsils (tonsillar pharyngitis). Patients may also present with headache, fatigue, and enlarged spleen upon physical examination. The syndrome can be caused by several different agents, but the most common is Epstein-Barr virus, EBV; and the term “mononucleosis” usually refers to the disease caused by EBV.
EBV is ubiquitous in human. About 95% of all adults have antibodies against EBV, likely from an infection during childhood. Symptomatic infections are most prevalent in older teens and young adults, especially among college students. Infected young children are often asymptomatic or have mild symptoms. Older adults are either immune to the disease thanks to an earlier infection, or have atypical presentations that are misdiagnosed.
EBV is transmitted mainly via infected saliva. The virus is not very contagious, it takes several exposures to high viral loads to acquire EBV. Hence, kissing is the major route of transmission and mono is colloquially known as “the kissing disease”.
The incubation period is typically 3 to 5 weeks. The disease is self-limited and patients usually recover after 2 to 6 weeks, but the virus may remain in the saliva for months. Recovered patients may also shed virus periodically for life without developing symptoms. This is why most people get infected by an asymptomatic person and often cannot recall being exposed to EBV.
After infecting the oral epithelial cells, EBV attacks lymphocytes, in particular B-cells, in the tonsils. Infection then spreads throughout the lymphatic system, causing a massive immune response that is responsible for most of the symptoms. The immune response produces antibodies against EBV, providing lifelong immunity to EBV. At the same time, infection by EBV causes B-cells to proliferate and become antibody-producing plasma cells. Because B-cells are the source of antibodies of all kinds, NON-specific antibodies that do not react to EBV antigens are also produced. These so-called heterophile antibodies may be responsible for the mild thrombocytopenia, generalized rash, and antibiotic-related rash that are occasionally associated with mononucleosis.
As part of the immune defense, cytotoxic T-cells are increased in numbers and activated to kill EBV-infected B-cells. These T-cells have atypical morphology; they are known as Downey cells and are part of the diagnostic workup.
There are 2 antibody tests for mono: monospot test for heterophile antibodies, and EBV-specific antibody test. The monospot test is highly specific, but may give false-negative results in the first week of illness, and has low sensitivity, especially in children. EBV antibody test is performed when monospot test is negative but mono is still suspected.
Mononucleosis is often misdiagnosed as strep throat, and antibiotics may be given inappropriately. Antibiotic treatment can cause a rash to develop and this is often mistaken for antibiotic allergy.
Mononucleosis is self-limited, most patients fully recover after a few weeks, although fatigue may persist for months. Complications are rare but can be severe, sometimes life-threatening.
Treatment is supportive and includes bed rest, hydration, and fever and inflammation reducer. Heavy lifting and active sports must be avoided for a month to prevent splenic rupture. Corticosteroids can be helpful in certain complications, such as impending airway obstruction, but are not usually recommended for uncomplicated disease.
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Could having mononucleosis, otherwise known as mono or “The Kissing Disease,” lead to developing other possibly harmful autoimmune health concerns like lupus and celiac disease?
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skin has approx 3000 disease in which some are rare but some are common occur in people.
In this video i try to cover some common skin disease which are important for exam with picture, cause, symptoms, common treatment and common nursing care this video cover following skin problem-
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4. psoriasis
5. pemphigus
6. Urticaria (hives)
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last month i was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease out of the blue. i’m ready to talk more about it in the hopes it helps anyone else going through the same thing or any of you dealing with this global health scare!
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0:44 Symptoms of Graves’ Disease
1:30 Causes and risk factors for Graves’ Disease
2:29 Treatment for Graves’ Disease
Graves’ disease (German: Morbus Basedow), also known as toxic diffuse goiter, is an autoimmune disease that affects the thyroid.[1] It frequently results in and is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism.[5] It also often results in an enlarged thyroid.[1] Signs and symptoms of hyperthyroidism may include irritability, muscle weakness, sleeping problems, a fast heartbeat, poor tolerance of heat, diarrhea and unintentional weight loss.[1] Other symptoms may include thickening of the skin on the shins, known as pretibial myxedema, and eye bulging, a condition caused by Graves’ ophthalmopathy.[1] About 25 to 30% of people with the condition develop eye problems.[1][4]
The exact cause of the disease is unclear; however, it is believed to involve a combination of genetic and environmental factors.[3] A person is more likely to be affected if they have a family member with the disease.[1] If one twin is affected, a 30% chance exists that the other twin will also have the disease.[6] The onset of disease may be triggered by physical or emotional stress, infection or giving birth.[4] Those with other autoimmune diseases such as type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis are more likely to be affected.[1] Smoking increases the risk of disease and may worsen eye problems.[1] The disorder results from an antibody, called thyroid-stimulating immunoglobulin (TSI), that has a similar effect to thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH).[1] These TSI antibodies cause the thyroid gland to produce excess thyroid hormones.[1] The diagnosis may be suspected based on symptoms and confirmed with blood tests and radioiodine uptake.[1][4] Typically, blood tests show a raised T3 and T4, low TSH, increased radioiodine uptake in all areas of the thyroid and TSI antibodies.[4]
The three treatment options are radioiodine therapy, medications, and thyroid surgery.[1] Radioiodine therapy involves taking iodine-131 by mouth, which is then concentrated in the thyroid and destroys it over weeks to months.[1] The resulting hypothyroidism is treated with synthetic thyroid hormones.[1] Medications such as beta blockers may control some of the symptoms, and antithyroid medications such as methimazole may temporarily help people while other treatments are having effect.[1] Surgery to remove the thyroid is another option.[1] Eye problems may require additional treatments.[1]
Graves’ disease will develop in about 0.5% of males and 3% of females.[5] It occurs about 7.5 times more often in women than in men.[1] Often, it starts between the ages of 40 and 60 but can begin at any age.[6] It is the most common cause of hyperthyroidism in the United States (about 50 to 80% of cases).[1][4] The condition is named after Irish surgeon Robert Graves, who described it in 1835.[6] A number of prior descriptions also exist.[6]
