I really need someone in my life. Am tired of being lonely all the time. I AM A MALE, blessed with everything else but a loving partner, Someone plz help me,

The tell-tale symptoms of Depression

People who may be suffering from depression or manic disorders actually exhibit or show each and every kind of symptom of depression that doctors will tell you that depressed people have. Sometimes it’s actually quite easy to overlook such symptoms and not be able to help one’s self or others who are suffering from depression for that matter.

There are actually a lot of symptoms of depression that depressed people may actually posses but they don’t have to suffer from each and every one of them before you actually help them get diagnosed and be treated for this illness. Also, since symptoms of depression actually vary, the time of their "attacks" varies as well.

Here are some common examples of symptoms of depression:

Prolonged period of sadness or not feeling "up to it," people who are always feeling not in the mood, who’d rather mope around the house and feel sorry for one’s self is the best example for this symptom of depression.

Feels hopeless, perennial pessimist: speaking of feeling sorry for one’s self, another common symptom of depression is when a person actually feels like he/she has nothing to look forward to in his or her life. As for being the perennial pessimist, those who show this symptom of depression are usually very negative about things, again, the feeling of hopelessness comes in to mind.

Guilt-driven, loss of self-worth and helplessness: other symptoms of depression that can be easily seen on people who prefer to mope around all day long are these. Whenever a person feels so guilty over something, that actually makes one a very sad person who feels like he or she doesn’t deserve to be happy. Thus, the loss of self-worth, if that person feels like he or she isn’t worthy of being happy or enjoying one’s self then that’s clear tell-tale symptom of depression. Helplessness also contribute to being depressed, when assuming that things won’t simply go your way, it’s already a clear saying that you have absolutely no hope in your body at all.

Isn’t interested in finding or taking pleasure; just dropping the hobbies as well as the other things that one used to enjoy: this tell-tale symptom of depression just shows how depressed a person can be, if one is actually too sad to take pleasure even in the very things that one loves then that person is seriously lacking something, rather, that person might well have caught the depression bug.

Fatigue, always tired: people suffering from depression, since they’ve lost whatever interest in life that they may have had before are actually lacking of physical energy at all times, if one would prefer to just mope around, probably won’t even eat not get enough sleep, a depressed person may well be on their way to not just a mental illness but depression can actually be terrible for one’s physical health as well.

Having trouble concentrating, having bad memory and is indecisive: a person who is suffering from depression easily gives away this tell-tale symptom of depression. Wherein one’s lack of interest with regards to the outside world or for just about anything for that matter can lead to that person’s inability to lose track of things and actually not be able to remember things that happened or what other people said. Lack of interest actually makes depressed people very inattentive.

There are actually more symptoms of depression that can actually help you see if a person (or you) needs to be brought to the doctor to get some help when it comes to depression: lacking sleep, sleeping too much or waking up at wee hours of the morning are all symptoms of depression (if it happens on a daily basis), appetite loss as well as eating too much may show one’s lack of enthusiasm for life. Be weary of sudden weight loss or weight gain in those around you. Being suicidal, talking about death, about wanting to die is another clear indication that that person is depressed. Being restless and irritable and physical symptoms that are usually brought about by poor mental health such as headaches, digestive disorders and various body pains.

I really think there should be a section on this forum focusing on Doctors and the problems they encounter in their practice. Dominique I know you hear me.

What human law makes fornication legal. Apart from the Biblical laws no other legal institution has been able to classify the act of fornication as running foul of the law but screams for the head of the person that commits RAPE. Simply because thye sex was not consensual! So an innocent man can be tried in a court of law and jailed if he has consensual sex with a partner who later claims she was raped? If murder, theft and arson are crimes-some people take these as hobbies by the way- then fornication should be defined from a legal standpoint.
I mean a man/woman has the right to sleep with as many persons as he/she desires without society turning up its self-righteous nose,

MJ dead?!!!!!?? Am still in shock.

European drug maker Novartis AG announced Friday that it has successfully produced the first batch of H1N1 swine flu vaccine, weeks earlier than had been expected.

The announcement comes a day after the World Health Organization declared the first flu pandemic since 1968, triggered by the rapid spread of the H1N1 virus across North America, Australia, South America, Europe and regions beyond.

According to the Associated Press, Novartis says it is using this first batch for evaluation and testing, prior to its use in people, and it is also being considered for use in clinical trials. Millions of doses of the vaccine might be produced weekly, the company said. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services had already placed a $289 million order for swine flu vaccine with Novartis in May, the AP said.

Has anyone in this country benefitted from the National Health Insurance Scheme? Or is it one big scam?

Use otapiapia its sold everywhere or use rat boards they are more effective

While you're pregnant, all that extra weight can lead to significant back pain.

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists offers these suggestions to help prevent or relieve that pain in your back:

Avoid completely flat or high-heeled shoes; something in between with a low heel and supportive arch is best.
Don't lift heavy objects by yourself.
If you have to be on your feet for a long time, prop up one foot on a stepstool or stair.
Sleep on a firm mattress or place a board between the mattress and box spring.
Bend at your knees rather than at the waist.
Place a small pillow behind your lower back when sitting in a chair, or use a chair with a lot of back support.
Sleep on your side, and place pillows between your legs.
Gently massage your lower back, or apply a heating pad or ice pack.

A U.S. government panel listed 13 countries as "egregious" violators of religious freedom.

The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom's annual report named Myanmar, North Korea, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, NIGERIA, Pakistan, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam.

Nigeria needs divine help.

source: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/US/05/01/religious.freedom/index.html

Pay attention to foot pain, and see a doctor if your feet bother you at all.
Look for any abnormalities on your feet or toenails.
Keep feet and toes clean and dry, and toenails trimmed straight across.
Choose sturdy, comfortable shoes that fit well.
Avoid walking around in bare feet.
Change your shoes every day.
If you are diabetic, you should get an annual foot exam. Cheers.

Swine flu is on the rise in Mexico and already taking the first inroads into the USA just across the border. It’s already killed more than 80 people and made hundreds ill. While some observers are suggesting serious caution others are advising that there is no reason for real concern yet. We are not quite at the danger levels of the worldwide SARS epidemic.

WHAT IS SWINE INFLUENZA?
Swine influenza (referred to as SIV or commonly, Swine flu) is a form of the virus that normally infects pigs. There are many forms of flu, and the different varieties have the ability to exchange genes with one another. The form of flu that originated in Mexico is a genetic mixture of viruses that have been seen in pigs, birds and people. It’s being called a swine flu because the overall structure of the virus is of the type that affects pigs.


WHAT IS UNUSUAL ABOUT THE PRESENT STRAIN OF SWINE FLU?
The new strain is a hybrid of swine, human and avian flu viruses and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says it can spread from human to human but the level of virulence is not yet clear.


HOW DO PEOPLE CATCH SWINE FLU?
Studies are still ongoing on how this particular swine flu is transmitted. Flu is generally transmitted through the respiratory tract. Droplets of infected body fluids can carry flu when people cough or sneeze. Studies indicate that masks called N95 respirators that, when properly used, filter germs from the breath and hamper the spread of flu. Neither contact with pigs nor eating pork has been linked to the spread of the flu. Still, health researchers are working to establish that the virus is spreading from person-to-person.


WHAT ARE THE SYMPTOMS OF SWINE FLU?
About one to four days usually elapse between the time a person is infected and the onset of symptoms. Influenza normally causes symptoms such as coughing, sneezing, headaches and body aches, fever, chills, and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea. Swine flu causes the same symptoms, and may be difficult to distinguish from other strains of flu and respiratory illnesses. Severe cases of flu that lead to death are normally seen in very young and very old people whose immune systems are too weak to fight off the virus. Adults with severe illness may also have difficulty breathing, dizziness, confusion, or severe vomiting and diarrhea.Other symptoms include fever, disorientation, stiffness of the joints and loss of consciousness ending in death.


HOW DOES SWINE FLU MANIFEST IN CHILDREN?
Children who are breathing abnormally fast or slowly may have respiratory illness. Bluish skin indicates a need for quick attention. Children who are abnormally sluggish and sleepy, irritable, or have fever or rash may also need attention.


WHY ARE HEALTH OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT THE OUTBREAK OF SWINE FLU?
When flu viruses mix their genes with one another, they can take on new forms. New flu viruses are harder for the immune system to defend against. With little or no opposition from the immune system, they can grow quickly and invade many tissues and organs. They may also set off a harmful immune overreaction in the body, called a “cytokine storm,” that may be lethal in itself. The swine flu virus from Mexico may have the ability to spread quickly and kill people, possibly causing a worldwide pandemic, according to the World Health Organization. Researchers are conducting studies right now to determine how easily the virus spreads in people and how dangerous it is.


WHAT IS A FLU PANDEMIC?
Flu pandemics occur when new influenza viruses emerge that spread quickly and few people have immunity to them. While influenza viruses were only discovered about a century ago, researchers believe flu pandemics hit about twice or three times each century. Some pandemics are relatively mild, killing just a few million people globally. The most severe flu pandemic on record was the 1918 Spanish Flu, and researchers estimate it killed about 50 million people around the world.


ARE THERE DRUGS THAT TREAT SWINE FLU?
Roche Holding AG’s Tamiflu and GlaxoSmithKline Plc’s Relenza both have activity against swine flu. The U.S. has released its stockpile of Tamiflu to treat people with swine flu. Flu viruses sometimes develop resistance to antiviral drugs. The human form of H1N1 that’s currently circulating is resistant to Roche’s Tamiflu (not Relenza). If the two viruses were to exchange genes, the swine flu might become resistant, too.


HOW CAN SWINE FLU BE PREVENTED?
Recommendations to prevent infection by the virus consist of the standard personal precautions against influenza. This includes frequent washing of hands with soap and water or with alcohol-based hand sanitizers, especially after being out in-public. People should avoid touching their mouth, nose or eyes with their hands unless they've washed their hands. If people do cough, they should either cough into a tissue and throw it in the garbage immediately, cough into their elbow, or, if they cough in their hand, they should wash their hands immediately.


IS THERE A VACCINE AGAINST THE PRESENT STRAIN OF SWINE FLU?
Flu vaccines generally contain a dead or weakened form of a circulating virus. The vaccine prepares the body’s immune system to fend off a true infection. For the vaccine to work, it must match the circulating, “wild-type” virus relatively closely. There is no vaccine currently that exactly matches the swine flu. However, if the virus is sufficiently similar to circulating forms of H1N1 flu that are included in current vaccines, they may offer some limited protection from swine flu. While U.S. health officials are investigating this, the possibilities for this protection are poor.

In addition, millions of people in the U.S. were vaccinated against swine flu in 1976. While that was not the same strain of flu as the one from Mexico, people who got the 1976 vaccine may get some limited protection from the currently circulating virus. Health officials may do some research on this issue as well.

Vaccine makers have contacted the World Health Organization about obtaining samples of the virus needed to make a vaccine. Making flu vaccine can take three to six months, depending on the type of manufacturing used.

Old news. Hit the press several weeks back.

Hilarious post. Wetin concern you sef? ARE YOU A PUBLIC TOILET CONSULTANT?

True. shweppes and its relative krest contain quinine and True may be beneficial for malaria patients but compared to antimalaria drugs, they are a poor substitute. Good post.

FOR THE UPTEENTH TIME, WHO OR WHAT IS YOUR SOURCE? TERRIBLE NEWS.

First: How do you know you have typhoid fever in the first place?
Second: what medications have you been on?
Third: Do you know the symptoms and signs of typhoid fever? I cannot recommend any drug unlesss am sure u have typhoid fever o. Be sure before you take medications that may harm you. Cheers.

1. Take in fewer calories than you burn during the
day.
2. Eat less fat (especially saturated fats and transfats
3. Eat smaller portions of high fat and high calorie
foods than you currently eat.
4.Exercise:walking briskly for 30 minutes, 5 days a week.

the opinion of other people should not matter to you. it is a thing of joy to keep yourself pure. i am proud of you.

Damn. I didnt know people were still this dumb.

WHICH ONE DEY PEPPER U FOR BODY? DOES IT MATTER IF THE PERSON IS A DOCTOR OR PHARMACIST? ITS SUCH BASE SENTIMENTS THAT HAS RETARDED THE PROGRESS OF OUR NATION.

IT is the tragedy of our race when centres established for good purposes a left to rot in ruins. Welcome to the corruption called NIGERIA.

A practice common in SOUTH AFRICA has spread to Naija. I pity this nation if it is allowed to propagate.

You must be a quack. ARE YOU ENCOURAGING ABORTION OR WHAT?