Last November I started getting sick with a sinus headache and fever. At the end of a week, I was so sick that I ended up throwing up in a bathroom stall at work. The doctor diagnosed a sinus infection. Not unusual for someone with allergies, but I hadn't had one in years. I got a prescription for antibiotics, and thought that was the end of it.
Nope. For a few days after I started the antibiotic, my fever abated and I felt better. But even before I finished the last dose, I was feeling crummy again. I went back to the doctor. She diagnosed a viral infection and prescribed a week in bed. I spent the whole week of Thanksgiving in bed. Nothing changed except that I got a lot of knitting done.
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Posted: Nov 06, 2009
tags: depression,
depression and illness
(Reuters Health) – Adults with type 1 diabetes report more symptoms of depression and more often use anti-depressant medication than adults without type 1 diabetes, according to data released here at the 69th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association (ADA).
Different from type 2 diabetes, type 1 diabetes is diagnosed in children or in young adults and has a completely different mode of action. Type 1 diabetes, also referred to as insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes, occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin to control blood sugar levels. Eventually, the insulin-producing beta cells of the pancreas are completely destroyed and the body longer produces any insulin.
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Posted: Jun 09, 2009
tags: depression,
depression and illness,
diabetes
(HealthDay News) -- Two factors that predict depression in people after they've been hospitalized in an intensive care unit have been identified by Johns Hopkins researchers.
Their study involved 160 people who'd been hospitalized with acute lung injury, a respiratory distress syndrome that typically requires invasive interventions, including the use of ventilators. The death rate of people with acute lung injury is about 40 percent.
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Posted: Apr 21, 2009
tags: depression,
depression and illness
