Sentences with phrase «clinical symptoms of the condition»

Loss of interest in eating and pain in chewing are common clinical symptoms of the condition.

He feels that a dog being considered for any type of hip dysplasia surgery should be demonstrating some clinical symptom of the condition.

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Relatedly, few studies have distinguished elevated depressive symptoms from the clinical condition of major depressive disorder.

At the same time, he adds, clinical studies on migraine headache, asthma, chronic pain and irritable bowel syndrome have demonstrated the important role of the placebo in helping relieve symptoms of these often debilitating conditions.

All these conditions also have DNA risk factors but take decades before clinical symptoms develop, says Dr. Petronis, who also is the Tapscott Chair in Schizophrenia Studies at the University of Toronto.

The Endocrine Society's Clinical Practice Guidelines on testosterone therapy in adult men recommend prescribing testosterone only to men who have unequivocally low levels of the hormone and decreased libido, erectile dysfunction or other symptoms of hypogonadism, a condition that results from low testosterone, and can be found online at: http://www.endocrine.org/~/media/endosociety/Files/Publications/Clinical%20Practice%20Guidelines/FINAL-Androgens-in-Men-Standalone.pdf

Just as with any medical condition, there is a spectrum of clinical symptoms among LKS.

People who display such unusual points of view can often be classified as having a schizotypal personality, a set of traits related to, but milder than, symptoms of the clinical psychiatric condition schizophrenia.

«Gastrointestinal hormone measurably improved symptoms of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: In clinical trial, treatment significantly reduced liver fat in NAFLD and NASH patients, offering possible new treatment for conditions that currently lack medical remedies.»

Following clinical evaluation, participants who had no exclusionary medical or psychiatric conditions were diagnosed with CFS if they met criteria of the 1994 international case definition [23] as quantified by the CDC Symptom Inventory and ancillary criteria of the MFI and SF - 36 [26, 31].

CFS is a diagnosis of exclusion based on self - reported symptoms and requires careful medical and psychiatric evaluations to rule out conditions with similar clinical presentation.

Phase II Trials clinical studies conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the drug for a particular disease or signs or symptoms in patients with the disease or condition under study and to determine the common short - term side effects and risks.

But there's also something known in the psychology world as subthreshold depression — a condition in which people exhibit some symptoms of depression, but not enough for a clinical diagnosis.

Yet over the past 15 years of being a clinical nutritionist, I have seen a variety of symptoms and health conditions improve dramatically after removing gluten and / or dairy from one's diet.

If the condition worsens after undertaking diet modifications and increasing * physical activity, doctors should be consulted as brain fog symptoms may be a representation of an underlying and more serious clinical condition.

Clinical research is accumulating evidence that sensitivity to foods can also increase the severity of the symptoms of many conditions normally not considered food related.

Areas of clinical focus include autoimmune disease (lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis), psychiatry (depression, anxiety), metabolic conditions (diabetes, cholesterol), women's health (premenstrual syndrome, menopausal symptoms, fertility, pregnancy), children's health, and digestive health.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology / American Urological Association 2008 Clinical Practice Guideline states: «Men who are taking 5 - ARIs for benign conditions such as lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) may benefit from... understanding that the improvement of LUTS relief should be weighed with the potential risks of high - grade prostate cancer from 5 - ARIs.»

Mediator release and cellular reactivity ultimately results in subclinical and clinical inflammatory effects manifesting in a variety of clinical conditions and symptoms.

We do not treat patients, prescribe diets or supplements to treat medical and clinical conditions, prescribe diets to treat symptoms of medical and clinical conditions; nor diagnose medical conditions.

A: Hashimoto's (Hashi's) is an autoimmune condition that affects the thyroid gland, causing clinical symptoms of hypothyroidism.

Knowing what is conditions are more commonly associated with diarrhea will help set your mind at ease and allow a better history of clinical symptoms when you visit the veterinary office.

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.

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.»

Healthy Paws will cover these types of congenital conditions as long as there were no clinical signs or symptoms present before enrollment or during the waiting periods.

The symptoms or clinical signs will vary with the severity of the condition, including the number of extra eyelashes, their size and their stiffness.

Dog Arthritis can be caused by any of the different aforementioned pathological and non pathological conditions, each of these conditions have specific clinical representations, but arthritis or problems with joints can be identified by some common symptoms.

Veterinarians say owners might embrace only the clinical symptoms of GI conditions, not realizing much more complex conditions exist.

Cushing's disease can be defined as a great imitator because its clinical symptoms are very similar to those of several other health conditions.

Identify any symptoms and their severity and alert the physician and Director of Clinical Management immediately on any change in conditions.

Many of the scales demonstrated weak psychometrics in at least one of the following ways: (a) lack of psychometric data [i.e., reliability and / or validity; e.g., HFQ, MASC, PBS, Social Adjustment Scale - Self - Report (SAS - SR) and all perceived self - esteem and self - concept scales], (b) items that fall on more than one subscale (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version), (c) low alpha coefficients (e.g., below.60) for some subscales, which calls into question the utility of using these subscales in research and clinical work (e.g., HFQ, MMPI - A, CBCL - 1991 version, BASC, PSPCSAYC), (d) high correlations between subscales (e.g., PANAS - C), (e) lack of clarity regarding clinically - relevant cut - off scores, yielding high false positive and false negative rates (e.g., CES - D, CDI) and an inability to distinguish between minor (i.e., subclinical) and major (i.e., clinical) «cases» of a disorder (e.g., depression; CDI, BDI), (f) lack of correspondence between items and DSM criteria (e.g., CBCL - 1991 version, CDI, BDI, CES - D, (g) a factor structure that lacks clarity across studies (e.g., PSPCSAYC, CASI; although the factor structure is often difficult to assess in studies of pediatric populations, given the small sample sizes), (h) low inter-rater reliability for interview and observational methods (e.g., CGAS), (i) low correlations between respondents such as child, parent, teacher [e.g., BASC, PSPCSAYC, CSI, FSSC - R, SCARED, Connors Ratings Scales - Revised (CRS - R)-RSB-, (j) the inclusion of somatic or physical symptom items on mental health subscales (e.g., CBCL), which is a problem when conducting studies of children with pediatric physical conditions because physical symptoms may be a feature of the condition rather than an indicator of a mental health problem, (k) high correlations with measures of social desirability, which is particularly problematic for the self - related rating scales and for child - report scales more generally, and (l) content validity problems (e.g., the RCMAS is a measure of anxiety, but contains items that tap mood, attention, peer interactions, and impulsivity).

Relatedly, few studies have distinguished elevated depressive symptoms from the clinical condition of major depressive disorder.

Lupsakko, Mantyjarvi, Kautiainen, and Sulkava (2002) found that higher levels of depressive symptomatology (but not clinical depression) occurred in a population - based sample of older adults relative to their non-impaired peers, and Crews and colleagues reported that mild or moderate levels of depressive symptoms are a common comorbid condition among elders who are visually impaired.

Among older adults, depressive symptoms can complicate the clinical course of medical conditions, lead to a decline in self - rated health, and increase mortality.

Another noteworthy issue is that psychological or psychiatric conditions are reported by 47 % of PWH, with 29 % relating these symptoms to haemophilia.4 This is even more relevant considering that psychological factors can influence both pain experience and QoL in PWH.12 Interestingly, Cassis et al 6 state that variations in QoL are better explained by psychosocial, rather than clinical predictors.

Conclusion Our study provides evidence that a significant proportion of outpatients experience depression or depressive symptoms, highlighting the importance of developing effective management strategies for the early identification and treatment of these conditions among outpatients in clinical practice.

Family therapy developed from a dual clinical observation: firstly, practitioners had noticed the deterioration of the condition of patients in hospital following a visit from their family; secondly, inclusion of the family in the treatment resulted, on the contrary, in an improvement in the symptoms.

In part, this has been prompted by the clinical observation that there is often symptom overlap between clinical depression and the common features of chronic pain conditions.6 Clinically, this is manifest by the limitations found when using somatic symptoms in self - report measures of depression in both populations with depression and those with chronic pain, 7 and has generated debate about the utility of categorical diagnostic criteria, as described in the Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, fourth edition (DSM - IV), 8 for understanding and treating depression in people with chronic pain.9