Sentences with phrase «alone as a symptom»

You can not rely on back pain alone as a symptom, but if you find it unusual, it is important to check for other signs that may confirm or alleviate your fears.

Not exact matches

[1 - 9] As a 2013 research paper [7] and a number of other recent studies [12 - 15] show, education alone (or at least that which focuses on educating athletes about the signs and symptoms of concussion and not changing attitudes about reporting behavior) does not appear capable of solving the problem, because the reasons for under - reporting are largely cultural, [2,3,9,10, 12 - 15] leading the paper's author to conclude that «other approaches might be needed to identify injured athletes.»

It does not measure other critical brain functions that can be adversely affected by head trauma, such as balance and vision, which is why expert groups [1] recommend a «multifaceted approach to concussion management that emphasizes the use of objective assessment tools aimed at capturing the spectrum of clinical signs and symptoms, cognitive dysfunction, and physical deficits... that are more sensitive to the injury than using any one component alone.»

Do not suffer alone with your baby if you feel as though your baby's symptoms fit into the NOT normal category!

The OB DO focuses on seeing the patient as a «whole person» to reach a diagnosis should problems arise during pregnancy, rather than treating symptoms alone.

Other possible symptoms of depression in children and adolescents include difficulty with peer relationships, such as an inability to get along with friends; separation anxiety manifested as school avoidance or school phobia; and changes in home relationships and interactions, such as losing interest in family conversations, and a desire to be alone most of the time.

If you ever have reason to suspect that the baby is getting mostly foremilk due to symptoms such as - greenish bowel movements - slow weight gain PLUS very frequent eating (very frequent eating alone is not a symptom, it can indicate a growth spurt, a needy baby, and a host of other situations) It may be worth trying block feeding.

Deafness has long been known to run in families, and while genes for about 60 syndromes that have deafness as one of multiple symptoms have been mapped, only last month did scientists locate the first of the estimated 100 genes that can cause hearing loss alone.

«There is as yet no blood test for vCJD, or for that matter BSE, let alone one that could detect the disease years before symptoms develop,» said Reid.

Dysfunctional breathing, also known as dysfunctional breathlessness, may accompany and worsen symptoms of asthma, COPD and other conditions, but it can also stand alone.

To address their cardiovascular disease, patients in BARI 2D were randomly assigned to receive either intensive medical therapy plus revascularization treatment (such as angioplasty or bypass surgery) or intensive medical therapy alone (with the possibility of revascularization treatment later if their symptoms did not improve).

While some studies have shown that it can help improve behavioral symptoms, most experts do not recommend it as a stand - alone treatment.

Use Symptoms as a Guide Blood or saliva tests can measure your estrogen levels, but symptoms alone can be a reliable indicator of estrogen excess or defSymptoms as a Guide Blood or saliva tests can measure your estrogen levels, but symptoms alone can be a reliable indicator of estrogen excess or defsymptoms alone can be a reliable indicator of estrogen excess or deficiency.

If you suffer from PCOS, you may feel isolated and alone, as if no one else can understand your symptoms and pain.

Perhaps this is why as much as 30 - 40 % of patients don't respond to pharmacological treatment and 60 % report residual symptoms despite drugs for acid reflux being a $ 12.5 billion dollar industry in the U.S. alone (2).

-LSB-...] New research has found that diet alone is unable to eradicate symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children, such as hyperactivity and impulsiveness.

Dr. Jason Fung is the only person, let alone doctor, that I found who: 1) wasn't just trying to just sell his book by giving tidbits of information but not the full picture; 2) used real research, charts, graphs and studies to support his methods; 3) actually dealt with real people and had proof of helping real people; 4) advocated not just a diet change but pinpointed fasting as the key; 5) told the truth that insulin resistance is the real issue and everything else is just symptoms or effects; 6) said that diabetes could be cured (this by itself is a bold claim); and 7) made himself available to anyone via email, etc..

A proprietary nutrient formula containing 36 separate constituents, including chelated minerals, vitamins, and trace elements, may reduce symptoms of mania, depressed mood, and psychosis in bipolar patients when taken alone or used as an adjunct to conventional mood - stabilizing medications.35 - 39 Beneficial clinical outcomes in bipolar disorder may result from correction of hereditary metabolic errors in genetically predisposed individuals when select micronutrients are deficient or absent in the diet.37

If you're feeling symptoms of Edie-itis lately — wearing sweaters and towels as kerchiefs, doing impromptu soft - shoes around the house, unexpectedly calling your mom «Mothuh, dahling» — don't worry, you're not alone.

For what it's worth a failed water pump alone will not result in immediate performance symptoms, so as @JPhi1618 is suggesting, the symptoms suggest a more consequential wound to the engine.

Our Separation Anxiety training completely changes your dog's response to being alone rather than targeting only the symptoms, such as barking or elimination.

Dogs and cats alone can exhibit symptoms of hundreds of skin diseases with a wide variety of causes, such as parasites, diet, and bacterial infection.

Clinical signs may help, but due to an association of various conditions such as bacterial infections, allergies and skin problems with similar symptoms, it is hard to confirm a yeast infection based on symptoms alone.

If a dog is not showing any symptoms such as smell or changes in behavior, a veterinarian or owner may want to leave the glands alone.

In her excellent book, Clinical Behavioral Medicine for Small Animals, Dr. Karen Overall defines separation anxiety as, «A condition in which animals exhibit symptoms of anxiety or excessive distress when they are left alone.»

With instruction, many mothers increased their ability to correctly classify ADHD symptoms, but were still not very accurate at being able to tell the difference between children with ADHD alone or those with comorbid disorders such as anxiety or ODD.

In addition to the above, the child has symptoms which are clearly related to the trauma, such as anxiety, depression, flashbacks, nightmares, inability to stop thinking or talking about what happened, irritable mood, unable or unwilling to talk about what happened, emotional numbing, fearful, can't be alone, etc..

We hypothesised that (1) objective measures of availability / access to destinations, greenness and a pedestrian - friendly infrastructure would be negatively associated with depressive symptoms; (2) environmental stressors such as signs of crime / disorder, pollution, traffic - related variables and presence of stray dogs would be positively associated with depressive symptoms; (3) older adults living alone would report more depressive symptoms than their counterparts; (4) and the negative effects of living alone on depressive symptoms would be attenuated by better access / availability of destinations and lower levels of environmental stressors.

As expected, when compared with participants living with others, those living alone were more likely to report (any) depressive symptoms when living in neighbourhoods with poorer access to civic / institutional destinations, retail, food / eating outlets, public transport stops and health clinics / services, lower levels of crowdedness and fewer people on the streets (table 4).

An analysis of the moderating effects of neighbourhood environmental attributes on the associations between living arrangement and depressive symptoms revealed that, as expected, those living alone were more likely to report (any) depressive symptoms than their counterparts when residing in neighbourhoods with poorer access to destinations (eg, services and retail) and fewer people on the street.

The following hypotheses were tested: that the cognitive behaviour therapy would be superior to supportive counselling and routine care, and routine care alone, firstly, in reducing positive psychotic symptoms; secondly, in preventing the exacerbation of positive symptoms and reducing hospital stay; and, thirdly, by using the convention of the previous study of 50 % improvement in positive symptoms as an indicator of considerable clinical improvement, 6 in the number of patients achieving such improvement.

«If you are struggling with symptoms of anxiety such as pounding heart, difficulty breathing, feeling light headed, living with stomach problems, etc., you are not alone!

As anticipated, children with higher levels of depressive symptoms, either alone or in combination with aggression, demonstrated more negative conceptions of both self and peers than did nonsymptomatic children.

For these children, parent training alone may be insufficient, and different or more intensive treatments may be necessary, including treatments to address internalizing as well as externalizing symptoms, or to address parental problems with stress, or other difficulties.

In a recent randomized controlled trial we tested whether Imagery Rescripting (ImRs) is a helpful technique for processing childhood trauma and reducing PTSD - symptoms when administered as a stand - alone treatment.

Psychotropic medications, primarily antidepressants such as the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), have been found helpful for people with bulimia, particularly those with significant symptoms of depression or anxiety, or those who have not responded adequately to psychosocial treatment alone.

One study compared children with ADHD alone, children with ASD + ADHD and children with chronic multiple tic disorder + ADHD and found similarities as well as differences in comorbidity of symptoms among groups (Gadow et al. 2009).

These characteristics are milder in parents than in individuals diagnosed with ASD and often include only some aspects of functioning, such as cognitive deficits, preference to be alone, insistence on sameness, reluctance to change or obsessive - compulsive symptoms [70,71].