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7 Common Health Risks of a Bedridden Patient PatientsEngage

WEBA bedridden patient becomes vulnerable to various health complications like painful bed sores, circulation and respiratory problems, depression and contractures, due to lack of activity for long periods. Usha Ravi suggests steps to ensure proper nursing and caring for your loved one confined to the bed.

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How To Prevent Medication Errors At Home

WEBGlobally, as many as 4 in 10 patients are harmed in primary and outpatient health care. Up to 80% of harm is preventable. The most detrimental errors are related to diagnosis, prescription and the use of medicines. This article highlights tips that patients and their family caregivers must follow to prevent medication errors at home.

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How To Prevent and Manage Prostate Problems PatientsEngage

WEBFACT: Many factors contribute to an increased risk for prostate cancers: family history, lifestyle, and overall health. In general, the older you are, the more likely you are to develop prostate cancer. Most prostate cancers are diagnosed in elderly men, and the median age of prostate cancer death is 80 years of age. 2.

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PatientsEngage Your Guide to Better Health Choices

WEBPatientsEngage, a social enterprise, is a patient/caregiver focused healthcare platform for supporting the management of chronic diseases. Why did we start PatientsEngage By Aparna Mittal, CEO and Founder. What we want, above all else, is that no one should fight alone. The last few years, my family and friends have been hit by a spate of

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About PatientsEngage: Empowering Patients & Caregivers

WEBThe health of an individual affects an entire family, especially for chronic conditions. This message was reinforced to me time and again in all the conversations I had with patients and their caregivers. Much of healthcare takes place outside the clinical gaze. The patient and the family have to make many critical decisions – be it about

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Graves Disease Prevention PatientsEngage

WEBWhile there are no clear causes for Graves’ disease, genetics plays an important role. So if you have a family member with Graves' disease, then your chances are increased. If you have a high risk of Graves’ disease, try and live a healthy life. Avoid smoking. Smoking increases the risk of Graves' disease and Graves' ophthalmopathy. Reduce stress in …

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What Does Fitness Mean To You

WEBFitness is good health and a balanced lifestyle that includes a generous amount of physical activity. Fitness does not mean a body sculpted in a gym. It covers a good diet, a mix of strength, flexibility and endurance, certainly covers good sleeping patterns and the mental aspect too. Fancy, 39/F.

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Managing Diabetes and Hypertension Effectively PatientsEngage

WEBRead more to understand how you can manage both these conditions to improve your health outcomes. The International Diabetes Federation estimated that 72.9 million adults in India had diabetes in 2017, and this number would grow to 134 million by the year 2045. Studies show that people with diabetes are twice as likely to get hypertension

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The Importance of Electrolyte Balance

WEBThis time in our Health by Numbers/Medical Tests series, Dr Shital Patel takes a look at our electrolyte levels in our blood. An electrolyte imbalance, commonly caused by loss of body fluids through prolonged vomiting, diarrhoea, sweating or high fever, can result in various health disorders, like restlessness, anxiety, kidney diseases or even cardiac arrest.

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Thyroid and Women's Reproductive Health PatientsEngage

WEBHypothyroidism affects around 0.5% of women of reproductive age. Hypothyroidism in childhood and adolescence is associated with a delay in reaching sexual maturity, and in adulthood is associated with menstrual problems and in some cases lack of ovulation. Hypothyroidism, specifically, is the most common of thyroid disorders in India, affecting

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Myths, Stigma and Discrimination in Mental HealthPatientsEngage

WEBMental health professionals are treated with fear as they are perceived to be “mind readers” and also with suspicion as they are considered abnormal (thanks to media depictions). Consequently, mental health treatment is also viewed with suspicion. Some common misconceptions about mental illnesses are listed below:

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Management of Down's Syndrome

WEBThe most common early intervention protocols for babies with Down’s syndrome are physical therapy, speech and language therapy, and occupational therapy. These should begin any time shortly after birth, and usually should continue until the child reaches age three. Early intervention for infants and children with Down’s syndrome can make a

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Holistic Self-Care for Lasting Happiness and Optimal Well-being

WEBIt means taking care of ourselves, holistically, exercising all dimensions of our well-being, regularly and. 1. Physical: listening to your body; getting sufficient sleep, ample exercise, good nutrition, healthy dose of sunshine, daily meditation; 2. Intellectual: maintaining a sense of curiosity, and a healthy appetite for learning new things

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A to Z List of Chronic Medical Conditions PatientsEngage

WEBHemophilia management requires a team approach. Make sure you put together the right team to support hemophilia related care. For managing chronic pain and bleeding episodes in Hemophilia, collaboration between Hematologists, Pain specialists, Physical therapists and Mental health professionals for proper care with holistic approach.

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Questions to Ask during a Hospital Stay

WEBThis simple but relevant question that helps gauge the health status of the medical condition. It may be a question many patients avoid in fear of receiving an unfavorable response. Ask how you are responding to treatment, progress of your condition and risks/benefits of treatment. In case, you need surgery, make sure to read and …

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Mental Illness portrayal in English Literature PatientsEngage

WEBPeople who suffer from mental health issues like depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, schizophrenia, PTSD and others, are stigmatised simply because society is not comfortable with these issues. According to the UK’s leading mental health charity, MIND, 1 in 4 people in the UK will experience a mental health problem each year.

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Men, Mental Health and the Reluctance to Seek Help

WEBAccording to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, men died by suicide at a rate of 3.54 percent higher than women in 2017. Even more alarming is that depression and suicide are ranked as a leading cause of death among men, and yet men are far less likely to seek mental health treatment than women. In India, around 53% of sexual abuse

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The Role of Counselling in Palliative Care PatientsEngage

WEBThe Lancet Commission on Access to Pain Relief and Palliative Care in 2017 finds that 61.5 million people around the world have "serious health related suffering" which necessitates Palliative Care. At least 10 million of them are in India. Palliative Care does not mean keeping the patient indefinitely in the hospital.

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World Health Day: Our Planet, Our Health

WEBThe theme for World Health Day 2022 is Our Planet, Our Health. It is a time to understand how environmental issues and specifically air pollution is affecting our health and how we can be part of the solution. We spoke to doctors and clean air advocates to understand the long term effects of pollution and the steps each one of us can take.

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Jobs for people with mental illness PatientsEngage

WEBEmployment in family businesses or through friends and relatives is an option that works. The employer is aware of the person’s condition and is in contact with the family in case of need. Assisted employment through mental health organizations (like SCARF) is another option. Here, again, the employer is aware that the person is on treatment

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Challenges of Caregivers of Persons with Mental Illness

WEBThe Schizophrenia Awareness Association-SAA, organized a full day, All India Conference of Caregivers of Persons with Mental Illness – CAME,in Pune on Tuesday, the 10th September 2019 in memory of its Canada based founder Dr. Jagannath Wani, a caregiver to his wife who lived with schizophrenia. In the first session of the conference, there

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