Baby aged 2 months was brought to me on 28.5.66 for excessive lachrymation from the left eye. At no time the left eye was dry. This trouble dated from birth. The left eye looked smaller than the right eye. This made the parents more anxious. The child was treated by allopathic drugs prescribed by several allopathic physicians but did not give him any relief.
A comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and treatment of chronic fatigue syndrome and fibromyalgia vital help for the millions of people suffering from pain, fatigue, and sleep problems.
Fibromyalgia, a syndrome rather than a disease, is more widely accepted by the medical profession now than it was a decade ago. This informative, accessible manual begins with the syndrome’s history and proceeds to who generally gets fibromyalgia (more women than men) and why.
Though it originated long ago in Japan, Reiki-a gentle, noninvasive healing practice that uses guided life-force energy-is now offered as a complementary therapy by 60 percent of hospitals in the U.S. This plain-English guide explains what Reiki is, how it originated and evolved, and what conditions it can help alleviate.
Reiki means universal life energy, and its practice simply refers to the technique of transferring healing energy from giver to receiver. Although this practice dates back some 2500 years, it’s a relative newcomer on the Western healing scene. In this beautiful, practical step-by-step guide the reader is introduced to all aspects of this fascinating therapy.
The original edition of this classic survival manual offered the first comprehensive patient guide for managing these conditions. Its extensive set of healing tools included targeted bodywork for painful trigger points and strategies to helpccope with chronic pain and sleep problems and the numbing effects of fibrofog.
Fibromyalgia is a misunderstood, misdiagnosed disease whose symptoms include severe muscle pain, fatigue, sleep problems, and depression. The sufferers, mostly middle-aged women, don’t get much respect, and in the past, patients were often told the disease was in their heads.
Trichotillomania, the irresistible urge to pull out one’s hair, often starts early – the average onset age is 12 to 13 – and is surprisingly widespread. Help for Hair Pullers reviews the latest treatment options and offers effective cognitive-behavioral techniques for controlling this disorder. Web resources are also included.
Western Suffolk Psychological Services, Huntington, NY. Text provides an overview of this disorder, explaining its causes, treatment options, effective medications, and cognitive and behavioral treatments. Also includes questionnaires, clinical rating scales, and the official DSM diagnostic criteria.
“The Hair Pulling ‘Habit’ and You: How to Solve the Trichotillomania Puzzle,” by Ruth Golomb and Sherrie Vavrichek, is a long overdue and welcome addition to the field of popular psychiatry self-help books. This book offers education regarding trichotillomania, and practical, easily implemented techniques. It addresses one of the most underrecognized problems in psychiatry and offers much hope to one the most underserved clinical populations. What it has to offer is especially valuable given that many sufferers are either too ashamed of their problem to pursue professional intervention, or are unable to identify a knowledgable professional in their area.