Cocaine Dependence : Symptoms

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Symptoms could include:
The following list is a summary of the acute (short-term) physical and psychological effects of cocaine on the body: blood vessels constrict elevated heart rate elevated blood pressure a feeling of intense happiness elevated energy level a state o...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
An arrhythmia is any disorder of your heart rate or rhythm. It means your heart beats too fast, too slow, or with an irregular pattern. When the heart beats faster than normal, it is called tachycardia. When the heart beats too slow, it is called bradycardia.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 15, 2008
An arrhythmia is an abnormality in the heart ' s rhythm, or heartbeat pattern. The heartbeat can be too slow, too fast, have extra beats, skip a beat, or otherwise beat irregularly.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Detailed information on arrhythmias, including symptoms, diagnostic, and treatment information
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on arrhythmias, including symptoms, types, diagnosis, and treatment
Source:StayWell
Detailed information on problems involving heart rhythm
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The guidelines for how long to wait before driving after having an ICD implanted have been revised, to reflect the growing number of people who receive the device preventively.
Source:StayWell
When you're sick, even with just a cold, your blood sugar level may rise. Ask your healthcare team to help you develop a sick-day plan for controlling blood sugar. Here are some guidelines.
Source:StayWell
Aggressive behavior is reactionary and impulsive behavior that often results in breaking household rules or the law; aggressive behavior is violent and unpredictable. Aggression can a problem for children with both normal development and those with psychosocial disturbances.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Sleeping problems, called insomnia, can take several forms: Difficulty falling asleep when you first go to bed at night Waking up too early in the morning Waking up frequently throughout the night All types of insomnia can lead to daytime drowsiness, poor concentration, and the inability to feel refreshed and rested in the morning.
Source:ADAM
Date:February 6, 2008
Paybacks for Lost SleepAre you getting enough sleep? Do you have sleep debt?
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Some nights, sleep comes easily, and you sail through the night in a satisfying slumber. Waking up after a night of good sleep feels wonderful — you're refreshed, energized, and ready to take on the world. Other nights, sleep comes slowly or not until the wee hours. Or you may fall asleep, only to awaken throughout the night.
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Mania is an abnormally elated mental state, typically characterized by feelings of euphoria, lack of inhibitions, racing thoughts, diminished need for sleep, talkativeness, risk taking, and irritability. In extreme cases, mania can induce hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Fatigue is a feeling of weariness, tiredness, or lack of energy.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 17, 2007
Fatigue is physical and/or mental exhaustion that can be triggered by stress , medication, overwork, or mental and physical illness or disease. Everyone experiences fatigue occasionally.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
Boosting Your Energy provides information on the causes and treatments of persistent fatigue. Includes information on aging and energy, eating for energy, and boosting your energy.
Source:StayWell
Fatigue may be defined as a subjective state in which one feels tired or exhausted, and in which the capacity for normal work or activity is reduced. There is, however, no commonly accepted definition of fatigue when it is considered in the context of health and illness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Fatigue: TreatmentIf the fatigue is related to a decrease in hemoglobin, or oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, then replacing the red blood cells by transfusion or taking erythropoietin can help reduce fatigue. If the fatigue is not related to...
Source:StayWell
If you regularly feel weary after waking from a good night’s sleep or for no apparent reason, it’s time to find out why.
Source:StayWell
Fatigue is physical and/or mental exhaustion that can be triggered by stress , medication, overwork, or mental and physical illness or disease. Everyone experiences fatigue occasionally.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Introduction Fatigue may be defined as a subjective state in which one feels tired or exhausted, and in which the capacity for normal work or activity is reduced. There is, however, no commonly accepted definition of fatigue when it is considered in the context of health and illness.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
Fatigue is a feeling of exhaustion or loss of strength. The duration of fatigue for a patient with cancer has been found to last from one to two times the length of time between diagnosis and completion of treatment, so it is common for fatigue to persist beyond a patient ' s treatment regimen.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Cancer
Fatigue: ManagementIf the person on chemotherapy has decreased hemoglobin, or oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, and it seems like the low hemoglobin level will last for a while, then a medicine called PROCRIT® (Epoetin alfa) may be prescribed...
Source:StayWell
Fatigue: CausesWe currently understand some of the causes of fatigue but not all of them. Fatigue may be related to physical changes caused by cancer or its treatment (chemotherapy, biotherapy, radiotherapy, or surgery).
Source:StayWell
Fatigue: DefinitionFatigue is a vague feeling of being tired, weak, or exhausted. It is often a symptom of cancer, when cancer is first diagnosed, or when cancer progresses (Ferrell et al, 1996).
Source:StayWell
Many people experience late-in-the-day energy lags, but you can take steps to prevent them.
Source:StayWell
Oncology: Managing FatigueFatigue is a common side effect of chemotherapy and radiation therapy. It can be caused by worry, lack of sleep, and poor appetite.
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A generalized tonic-clonic seizure is a seizure involving the entire body, usually characterized by muscle rigidity , violent rhythmic muscle contractions , and loss of consciousness . The condition is caused by abnormal electrical activity in the nerve cells of the brain.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 21, 2006
Hoarseness is described as having difficulty producing sound when trying to speak, or a change in the pitch or quality of the voice. The voice may sound weak, excessively breathy, scratchy, or husky.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 25, 2007
A voice disorder is an abnormality of one or more of the three characteristics of voice: pitch, intensity (loudness), and quality (resonance). The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders estimates that approximately7.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The term anosmia means lack of the sense of smell. It may also refer to a decreased sense of smell.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
The term anosmia means lack of the sense of smell. It may also refer to a decreased sense of smell.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Irritability is an excessive response to stimuli .
Source:ADAM
Date:November 12, 2007
Children can become cranky, fussy or irritable for many reasons. Often it's because they're hungry or just tired. But sometimes irritability can be a sign of illness in children.
Source:StayWell
Don't Catch a Bad MoodLike the common cold, human emotions are highly contagious."It's easy to get swept up in somebody else's emotions," says James Page, M.D., a psychiatrist in Greenville, SC.
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A nightmare is a dream occurring during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep that brings out feelings of strong, inescapable fear, terror, distress, or extreme anxiety . They typically occur in the latter part of the night and usually awaken the sleeper, who is able to recall the content of the dream. See also night terror ; sleep disorders .
Source:ADAM
Date:July 27, 2007
Detailed information on nightmares and night terrors and what you can do as a parent to prevent them
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Detailed information on nightmares and night terrors and what you can do as a parent to prevent them
Source:StayWell
A frightening dream that occurs during REM (rapid eye movement) sleep. Nightmares- frightening dreams- are the most common type of sleep disturbance in early childhood.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Nightmares are a type of sleep disruption, or parasomnia, characterized by frightening psychological content. Nightmares provoke a feeling of imminent physical danger with a sensation of being trapped or suffocated.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Nightmare disorder, which is also called dream anxiety disorder, is characterized by the occurrence of repeated dreams during which the sleeper feels threatened and frightened. The sense of fear causes the person to awake.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders
The nose contains many tiny blood vessels that bleed easily...This is a disorder involving a blood vessel growth similar to a birthmark in the back of the nose...Almost all nose bleeds can be controlled in this way if sufficient time is allowed for the bleeding to stop...
Source:ADAM
Date:April 22, 2008
Detailed information on nosebleeds in children
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Detailed information on nosebleeds, including cause, first-aid, and prevention
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A nosebleed is characterized by bleeding from the interior of the nasal cavity. It can be caused by heat, dry air, trauma to the nose, certain medications, or a medical condition.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Alternative Medicine
A nosebleed is bleeding from the nose called epistaxis. Unexpected bleeding from anywhere is cause for alarm.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
A nosebleed, also called epistaxis, is a loss of blood from any blood vessel in the nose. It usually appears in only one nostril.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Paranoia is an unfounded or exaggerated distrust of others, sometimes reaching delusional proportions. Paranoid individuals constantly suspect the motives of those around them, and believe that certain individuals, or people in general, are " out to get them.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Discussion of the definition and features of the paranoid personality.“… the patient imagines that everything happening around him is a veiled reference to his personality and existence. Clouds in the staring sky transmit to one another, by means of slow signs, incredibly detailed information regarding him. His innermost thoughts are discussed at nightfall, in manual alphabet, by darkly gesticulating trees. Pebbles or stains or sun flecks form patterns representing in some awful way messages which he must interpret. Everything is a cipher and of everything he is the theme. He must always be on guard and devote every minute and module of life to the decoding of the undulation of things.”
Source:StayWell
Impaired smell is the partial or total loss of the sense of smell.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 30, 2008
Problem behavior is often associated with adolescence but may manifest in the very young or in adults. Delinquency, drug use, academic failure, risky sexual behavior, violence, property damage, vandalism and disregard of the rights of others are all problem behaviors.
Source:HealthLine
Date:November 30, 2007
Problems at work are carelessness, excessive absenteeism, being accident prone, being unable to follow through on assigned tasks, frequent anger or other problems that may be attributable to a medical or psychiatric problem. People with stormy or unpredictable ways of relating to others in social situations may have problems in a work environment..
Source:HealthLine
Date:November 30, 2007
Here are suggestions for becoming more efficient and effective at your job.
Source:StayWell
Clarifying Your Work ExpectationsThe thought of talking to your boss about your work expectations probably sends shivers down your spine.But if you're a new employee and want to start off on the right track, or if you've worked at a company for ye...
Source:StayWell
If you procrastinate a lot, it can cost your company thousands of dollars in lost productivity and unhappy customers. It also can cost you your job.
Source:StayWell
The more you learn about the pressure times and triggers at your workplace, the better you'll be able to plan for them.
Source:StayWell
Agitation refers to an unpleasant state of extreme arousal, increased tension , and irritability.
Source:ADAM
Date:May 26, 2008
Being tired is the familiar aftermath of physical exertion, prolonged labor or lack of sleep. When does being tired become a symptom of a condition? Fatigue, malaise, lassitude, exhaustion are all subtle variations of the same subjective feelings of not having enough energy to meet the demands of one's life.
Source:HealthLine
Date:September 30, 2007
Weakness is a reduction in the strength of one or more muscles.
Source:ADAM
Date:July 17, 2007
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