Understanding and Managing Stress
Stress is a common experience that can have significant effects on our mental and physical health. Understanding what causes stress and how to manage it is essential for maintaining well-being.
The Importance Of Emotional Intelligence In The Workplace and Ways To Enhance It
Emotional intelligence (EI) is the ability to understand and manage our own emotions as well as the emotions of others. It plays a crucial role in the workplace, enhancing communication, leadership, and overall employee performance.
How Can Parents Tell If Their Teenager Is Depressed?
Dealing with their child going through depression can take its toll on parents so it is vital to look after their own health and their functioning. They need to remember their other children too if any as those children are also seeing this and may be affected by prevalent anxieties. Parents can talk about what’s going on and share their feelings to lessen anxiety.
What Does A Rheumatology Doctor Treat?
In summary, you should visit a rheumatologist for any non-mechanical issues (due to injury or trauma) in young adults or children affecting joints, bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments, and in some cases other organs.
When Should You See A Rheumatologist?
As a general rule any pain, swelling or stiffness of the joints, muscles, or bones that is not due to trauma, should be evaluated by a rheumatologist first, before seeing other specialties.
The Suffering Little “Princess”
Three and half years old girl, brought by parents with a long history of suffering, started when she was only 6 months old, with recurrent attacks of fever, and “colic’s”, that became more frequent over time, and became more defined with fever, very severe abdominal pain and knees pain, and it is now happening every week.
The “Safe” Traditional Remedies That Are Not So Safe!!!
Some years ago I saw a 52 years old gentleman with joints pain and swelling. Labs showed he has rheumatoid arthritis and we advised starting DMARDs (Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs), but he wanted to try a “traditional” remedy from his home country first.
The 20 Years Mystery!
A 50 years old lady comes to the clinic with history of chronic pain all over her body, but her most pressing issue was severe left shoulder pain that began 5 months ago. She was told her labs were normal and that she had a local shoulder problem and was given a local steroid injection that didn’t help.
A Young Man With A Long History!
A mother of a 20 years old gentleman visits me in the clinic for the first time, her son refused to come because he is fed up and lost hope after suffering for so many years.
