Seasonal Affective Disorder: Understanding Symptoms
Learn about seasonal affective disorder and how it affects mood during shorter days and reduced sunlight levels. What Is Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)? When the days grow >> Read More ...
Symptoms
Cold Sensitivity and Intolerance (Feeling Abnormally Cold) Causes
All warm-blooded organisms, we have the ability to maintain our internal body temperature through various mechanisms. However, most of us prefer a narrow range of temperatures and will take additional measures, like dressing warmly or sitting in an air conditioned room, if the environmental temperature rises or falls below >> Read More ...
Rib Pain – Causes and Other Symptoms
Why do the ribs pain? Pain from the ribs may occur for many of the same reasons as pain elsewhere in the body. Despite bones being hard and tough, it can also be injured in various ways even if it is not fractured. This can result in pain. Usually the pain is felt over the affected rib and pressure may worsen it >> Read More ...
Palm Pain (Inside of Hand) – Causes and Other Symptoms
Our hands are our main tools to interact with our physical environment. As with pain anywhere in the body, palm pain can be very distressing. Sometimes it may even be a symptom of a very serious underlying condition. Palm pain may be acute or chronic and the single isolated episode may not be a cause for concerns. Some of >> Read More ...
Epigastric Pain – Causes, Diseases, Location and Symptoms
The abdomen is the largest portion of the torso and also has the largest cavity with the most amount of organs within it. There are a host of problems that can arise in the abdominal cavity and with the different organs crammed within it, it is sometimes difficult to identify an exact cause of symptoms. Often the approach >> Read More ...
Midday Slump (Tiredness) Causes and Remedies
It is not uncommon to experience a midday dip but for some people it can be severe. In these cases there may be tiredness to the point that a person feels the need to sleep in order to recover. While it would be considered normal or acceptable if a person has not had a proper night’s sleep or with abnormally >> Read More ...
Fluid Retention in the Body – Meaning and Causes
It is well known that around 60% of human body is composed of water. The balance of water entering the body and being lost has to be carefully maintained as either extreme, both too much and too little water, can be dangerous. Excess water within the body is expelled mainly through the urine but also through the stool, >> Read More ...
Malaise (Sick Feeling) Meaning, Causes and Symptoms
We have all experienced it at some time in life or the other but probably did not know the medical term for this feeling. It is probably best remembered as the drained and ‘miserable’ sensation we feel just prior to the onset of the flu symptoms which continues through the flu. However, it is not only >> Read More ...
Swollen Abdomen – Causes, Reasons and Diseases
With the growing global obesity epidemic, a large abdomen is not an uncommon sight. However, this may not always be due to fat. The abdomen can at times become swollen which is a temporary increase in the abdominal circumference. Without a bony and rigid wall like the chest cavity, any disturbances within the abdomen may >> Read More ...
Abdominal Cramps – Causes of Spasms in the Abdomen
What are abdominal cramps? Abdominal cramps are the sensation of discomfort due to spasm of muscles within the abdomen. Typically it feels like a dull ache that may be come and go as if a muscle is contracting very forcefully and then relaxes only to contract again. At times this can be painful but often a person will >> Read More ...
Stomach Knot Pain (Knots in the Abdomen) Causes
It is not uncommon to describe anxiety or other strong emotions like fears as “the stomach was tied up in knots” or “had knots in the stomach”. This is just a common way to describe the strange sensation that we experience in the abdominal area during times of heightened emotion. It is usually >> Read More ...