Pressure sores used to be called bed sores because they were associated with a person lying for long periods in one position, in bed. As they also occur under other circumstances, for instance when a person is sitting for a prolonged period in a chair, and the factor common to the development of this type [...]
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This can be a problem for two reasons. Sometimes a person with dementia becomes sexually more active than is socially acceptable. On the other hand many partners still have sexual needs of their own. If the carer still feels the need for sexual relations with the husband or wife, there is of course absolutely nothing [...]
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One of the questions most frequently raised in the minds of those who have relatives with Alzheimer’s disease is the possibility that the condition may be passed on to succeeding generations. The son or daughter of a sufferer will often ask whether his or her own children are likely to be affected. Inherent in this [...]
Traditionally the pre-senile dementias – those occurring before the age of sixty-five — were considered to be caused by diseases like Alzheimer’s disease, Pick’s disease, Huntington’s chorea, and so on, whereas those in older people were thought to be a consequence of ageing of the brain or possibly arteriosclerosis. This confused picture began to be [...]
Alzheimer’s disease is an illness that will affect the lives of many of us, directly or indirectly, in the coming years, and this book has been written to provide support, guidance, and information on the subject. It is intended mainly for relatives who find themselves having to look after someone who is suffering from a [...]
Alcohol Prospective mothers are certainly better off reducing or completely eliminating alcohol from their diet during pregnancy and breast-feeding. It is better for their general health, and it is in the best interests of the baby. In recent years, many maternal research centers have published documented evidence of the deleterious effect alcohol may have on [...]
Varicose veins are knotlike, twisting enlargements of the veins, usually just beneath the skin of the legs. They are the result of a breakdown of the valves that are found at regular intervals in the veins. It is through these valves that the blood flows back to the heart, after having been pumped to the [...]
If we compare the brain to a control centre, we can think of the nervous system as a communications network that directly or indirectly associates all our activities with that centre. Messages from the outside world and from within our own bodies come to the brain, via the nerve network, for a decision on what [...]
Practically everybody can achieve and maintain an ideal weight. Do not delude yourself with the excuse that you have inherited your tendency to be fat or thin; do not pay any attention to the stories you have heard about glandular or metabolic disturbances. Doctors find that most of these stories are untrue. A large proportion [...]
We used to hear a great deal about ptomaine poisoning, a diagnosis made on the incorrect theory that mysterious poisons were created by the digestion of certain foods. However, certain kinds of food poisoning do occur. They can be caused by the contamination of food at its source—for example, milk from a diseased cow, oysters [...]
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