What is facial masking in Parkinson’s disease? Our face is often the barometer of our emotions: when we are happy, we smile, and when we are sad or unhappy, we frown or scowl. Facial expression is an important part of body language and human beings are genetically programmed to make an assessment of a situation […]
What is the Difference Between Parkinsonism vs Parkinson’s Disease?
What is the difference between Parkinsonism vs Parkinson’s disease? In simple terms, Parkinson’s is a disease whereas Parkinsonism is a range of symptoms that are usually seen in patients with Parkinson’s disease, but sometimes occurring as a result of other neurodegenerative disorders. Unless you are a medical professional, there might appear to be very little […]
Famous people with Tourette’s syndrome | Celebrities with Tourette
Tourette’s syndrome tends to be associated with random outbursts of expletives or obscenities, but this symptom is only one of many motor and phonic involuntary movement or sound-based utterances, or “tics”. Tourette’s syndrome is just one of many “tic” based disorders, albeit the most severe, and in the vast majority of Tourette’s cases, the symptoms […]
Trichotillomania: Will my eyelashes grow back?
Trichotillomania: will my eye lashes grow back? If you are suffering from trichotillomania, otherwise known as the compulsive urge to pull out body hair (including the eyelashes), you are probably wondering if your eyelashes will ever recover from the trauma, but the good news is that they will and as long as you are able […]
What are the Short and Long Term Bulimia Health Risks?
Bulimia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by binge eating and purging. Unlike anorexia nervosa, patients suffering from bulimia become locked into an unhealthy eating pattern of binging on high calorie foods followed by purging, either with self induced vomiting or with the aid of laxatives. In general, bulimia is considered to be less serious […]
How to deal with Anxiety Urination Problems?
Anxiety disorders can cause all kinds of health problems, including urination issues such as stress incontinence and the constant urge to urinate, all of which can become a self fulfilling prophesy: the more you worry about the problem, the more often it occurs. So if this embarrassing issue is affecting you or somebody you know, […]
Trichotillomania: Causes and Symptoms
What are trichotillomania causes and symptoms? Trichotillomania is classified as an impulse control disorder that is characterized by an uncontrollable urge to pull out hair. In severe cases, a person with trichotillomania will suffer significant hair loss, but although the patient is fully aware of the damage they are causing to themselves, they are unable […]
What are the Symptoms of Arachnophobia?
Arachnophobia is an irrational fear of spiders (although being scared of black hairy eight-legged things that scuttle across the floor at night is pretty sensible in my book!). So why are some people afflicted with this common phobia? And what are the symptoms of arachnophobia? Arachnophobia is a very common specific phobia and most people […]
Famous People with Agoraphobia
Agoraphobia is an anxiety disorder, and like most anxiety disorders, it is far more common that we realize. Agoraphobia is an extreme and completely irrational fear of crowded places and enclosed public spaces, so if you are one of many famous people with agoraphobia, understandably the disorder can be difficult to deal with and, if […]
What is the Relation between Anxiety vs. Stress?
What is the relation between anxiety vs. stress? There is no doubt that there is a very strong relationship between anxiety and stress: when we are under a great deal of stress, we tend to feel anxious and upset, and inevitably, one exacerbates the other. Stress affects the body in different ways. When we are […]