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“Why does she talk like that in sex? She says things that just send chills through me. It’s not her talking. She seems possessed or something. It’s dirty talk. It’s a turn-off.”

ANSWER: One of my other patients once asked why her husband yawned so loudly. The answer to that question is the same as the answer to this one. We all express ourselves differently. The words that bother you so much are just expressive sounds. They mean nothing about you or her; they are reflexes just like any other. Such expression is arousing or exciting to some people, but if these words bother you, suggest the words you might like to hear. It will take some time, but such words might work their way into her’ ‘reflexive vocabulary.” Remember that the words are reflexes, not messages, and maybe you won’t be so bothered. It’s a compliment to you, really, that she feels comfortable and safe enough to let loose, to be free in her sexual reflex vocabulary.

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Comments (0) May 18 2009

Even if we could reliably locate every cancer cell, it would still not be possible to cure every cancer by radiation treatment. This is basically because the reactions of the normal tissues force us to limit doses to a level which cannot cure some cancers. Whether or not a cancer can be cured depends on its location, size, and type, and the general conditions of the patient.

The location is important for two reasons. Firstly, a cancer located in or near tissues which give rise to dangerous or otherwise severe radiation reactions cannot safely be given the same dose as one in a less critical location. Secondly, cancers whose cells look exactly the same under the microscope have different chances of being cured by radiation depending on where in the body they started. The reasons for this are not really understood but it is a fact that should be taken into account by your radiotherapist when planning a treatment. For example, a cancer starting just above the voice-box is less likely to be cured by radiation than exactly the same type of cancer starting in the vocal cords.

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Comments (0) May 18 2009

When we look at these cases, we tend always to think of malingering; and our own values and ideas of morality lead us to make judgments about this behavior.

Let me give you an example which proved to be what we all might regard as a suitable solution to a difficult problem.

A husband came home and found his wife in bed with another man. Following an angry scene, he developed a paralysis of his right arm. The paralysis was a symptom of hysteria.

Psychotherapy revealed that it served two purposes. The man’s cultural background led him to believe that he should, as a man wronged, kill both his wife and her lover, but his own ethical standards would not accept this.

The paralysed arm prevented him from carrying out this unacceptable act and, at the same time, led his wife to feel guilty for having caused his paralysis.

In treating such a case it is important not to overcome his paralysis without giving him time to accept some other solution, otherwise he could have been forced into a corner where he had to carry out that action.

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Comments (0) May 15 2009

There are many other types of anaemia where the red blood cells are reduced in number and these may be due to deficiency of other essential factors, or it may be due to an excessive breakdown of red blood cells due to chemicals or hereditary factors.

But iron deficient anaemia remains the commonest of the anaemias, and fortunately it is the easiest to treat.

A woman, during her reproductive life, is always potentially anaemic because the blood lost with each period not only represents the blood lost from the body, but also a loss of iron and therefore her intake of iron has to be adequate to make good this loss.

With a man, there is usually no loss of iron from the body except where he also may be losing blood, such as with bleeding haemorrhoids or a peptic ulcer which is slowly bleeding.

Iron is a fairly common constituent of many foods and it is rare for an inadequacy of intake to occur except where there may be poor absorption, or illness, leading to a reduced intake of food, poverty or the development of certain food fads.

All these factors may lead to a deficient intake.

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Comments (0) May 15 2009

Endometriosis affected regularly menstruating women before Homo sapiens discovered how to control tire or chip a block of stone into a working wheel. Though we have no way of knowing how earliest woman coped with menstrually related distress. We might guess that she believed the cause was cosmologies and out of her control. The early Egyptians, who created one of the most advanced cultures four and five thousand years ago, were diligent recorders of history, astronomy, and science. It was they who for the first time made reference to a “painful disorder of her menstruation,” duly noted on the Papyrus Ebers from the year 1600 B.C.

We are without further medical identification of the disorder until 1696, when the French surgeon Saviard noted the presence of endometrial tissue outside the uterus. Then in 1835 another French doctor, Jean Cruveilhier, described uterine cysts. Twenty-five years later. Dr. K. von Rokitansky, a German doctor, published the first paper on the disease, referring to it as an “adenomyoma,” now called adenomyosis, or endometriosis confined entirely to the muscle wall of the uterus. At the turn of the century, two American doctors further described degrees of the disease, but it was not until 1921 that Dr. Sampson, as noted earlier, recorded his theory of how endometrial tissue implants on internal organs.

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Comments (0) May 08 2009

Acne is a very common inflammatory disorder of the oil glands, or pilosebaceous follicles. The majority of these glands are confined to the face, chest and back, and they are most active during adolescence. The course of the disorder is variable, as is the age of onset. Usually it appears a little earlier in girls, but in either sex it is very uncommon before the age of 10. The duration of acne is as variable as the severity. In mild cases the condition may resolve itself spontaneously within a few months, but typically it will last for a year or two. If severe or if chronic, the condition warrants active treatment.

The precise reason why some people develop acne yet others do not, is unknown. However, hormonal factors appear to set the stage for the development of the condition. Except for in the first few months of life, the disease does not develop before puberty, nor does it occur in eunuchs unless they are treated with male hormones. Acne is aggravated by the administration of male hormones, and of course pre-menstrual exacerbations are common in women. Without the natural oils secreted in the skin, known as sebum, there would be no acne. Without male hormones there is little if any sebum. Genetic factors, however, have a definite influence, as do bacteria, which are involved in the development of inflammation. Dietary and emotional factors are sometimes implicated, but have not been completely proven.

The pathology in acne is that the sebaceous duct leading from the gland which produces the sebum becomes blocked. This blockage, if below the skin surface, is called a whitehead, or if above the surface, a blackhead. Following blockage of the duct, at whichever level, the duct, at whichever level, the duct or the gland may rupture, and the sebum escape underneath the skin, setting up an inflammatory reaction. This may be aggravated by the normal bacteria present on the skin.

Looked at objectively, it will be seen that the methods of treatment could include unblocking the duct; decreasing the amount of sebum secreted; changing its composition to make it less irritating; and reducing the amount of bacteria on the skin surface.

Acne occurs at an age when the adolescent is adjusting, sometimes with difficulty, to a major physical and emotional transition. The teenager is often self-conscious, and unduly embarrassed by even minor grades of the disease. To dismiss acne as unimportant demonstrates a considerable lack of understanding, particularly as the disease can be satisfactorily suppressed in the majority of patients, and scarring prevented or minimized.

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Comments (0) May 08 2009

1. A reduction in dietary fat will be the prime objective of any fat loss eating plan.

2. Calorie counting should be avoided in favour of a low-fat eating plan.

3. Fat reduction should be recommended only in the context of a balanced diet.

4. Although some fats may have better health value than others, it is currently prudent to recommend a decrease in all dietary fets for body fat reduction.

5. A ‘user-friendly’ rule is to try to reduce total daily fat intake to below 40g. Even so, any reduction will be moving in the right direction.

6. Clients can identify sources of dietary fat using the Short Fat Questionnaire.

7. A ‘fat count’ may be a useful exercise to identify more specific sources of dietary fat.

8. Clients should be taught to read food labels, nutrition information panels and ingredient lists to assist the appropriate selection of foods. 9 Clients should be encouraged to eat regular servings of low-fat foods.

10. Spreads such as butter and margarine may be easily minimised or eliminated.

11. The use of oils should be minimised.

12. Clients should be taught low-fat cooking and food preparation procedures.

13- Help clients to determine which food sources of fat they are willing to exclude and which ones they are willing to limit in quantity.

14. Any low-fat eating plan prescribed for fat loss must be one that can be comfortably adhered to for a lifetime.

15. Although of secondary importance to dietary fat reduction, total energy input may need to be reduced if desired fat loss is not achieved with dietary fat reduction alone.

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Comments (0) May 08 2009

Luteinised unruptured follicle syndrome, usually known as LUF syndrome, occurs when the ovarian follicle matures and prepares itself for ovulation but at the time of ovulation the follicle fails to rupture and release the ovum.

LUF syndrome is very hard to detect because the usual methods of determining whether or not ovulation has taken place, such as basal body temperature charts and measuring progesterone levels in the second half of the cycle, all indicate that ovulation has occurred. It can only be reliably detected by inspecting the follicle during a laparoscopy or by measuring the size of the follicle during repeated ultrasound scans. In the past many researchers thought that the LUF syndrome was a major cause of infertility in women with endometriosis. However, now many researchers believe that it does not play a significant role and some believe that the LUF syndrome is probably just a random event which occurs in most women from time to time.

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Comments (0) May 08 2009

In the past it was often claimed that endometriosis could be prevented if women had frequent pregnancies early in their reproductive life. But it is now well documented that early and frequent childbearing does not necessarily protect a woman from developing endometriosis as many women have been diagnosed after they have had their children.

So far, gynaecologists and researchers have not been able to find a way of preventing endometriosis because no one knows precisely the causes or what factors influence its development or who it affects.

There is a considerable amount of research being carried out which is attempting to identify the possible factors that may increase or decrease a woman’s risk of developing endometriosis. To-date, none of the results have been sufficiently consistent for any conclusions to be made. In the future it may be possible to identify those women and girls who are most likely to develop endometriosis and to offer them advice regarding the things that they could do to reduce their risk of developing the condition.

Eventually, when more is known about what determines how — and why — the misplaced endometrium implants in some women and not others, it may also be possible to find ways to prevent endometriosis from occurring altogether or at least to prevent recurrences of the condition. For example, it may be possible to develop a vaccine against the condition or to develop drugs which cure the condition permanently.

Lyn’s story

It came as something of a shock when I was told in December 1986 that I had endometriosis — a shock because I had never heard of ‘endometriosis’.

Coming from a family of eight children I suppose I just assumed fertility would never be a problem.

Thinking back now, I am sure I developed endometriosis when I was about 16 — about two years after I started menstruating. I would get severe cramps on the first two days of my period, usually requiring me to stay home from school tucked up in bed with my faithful hot waterbottle.

I remember waking one night in such severe pain I could hardly walk. I staggered to the bathroom, thinking I had a severe bout of diarrhoea. For two hours I suffered hot flushes and pain which, although I have never experienced childbirth, came with the irregularity of labour pains. I remember staggering out of the bathroom and fainting much to the horror of my father.

You see, he was a jockey and his small five foot frame was no match for my larger, heavier and limp body. Much to his credit, he was able to carry me to bed!

The next morning my mother took me to our local doctor. After describing the symptoms, he told us I had probably experienced a twisted bowel which had ‘corrected itself. His solution for my painful periods was to put me on the pill.

For the next 10 years I went on and off the pill. I didn’t think it was too healthy to stay on the pill for such a long stretch but each time I took a break, the cramping periods would be back as bad as ever. It was easier to stay on the pill and enjoy a relatively painless cycle.

In 1985 my husband and I decided it was time to start a family. I just presumed that the first month off the pill would result in the expected pregnancy.

When this didn’t eventuate, I was given the usual advice: ‘Try not to think about it dear’, ‘Your job is too stressful’, ‘Just relax!’.

Six months later I had another attack of what I thought was a twisted bowel. Again I went to a doctor and again he confirmed that it was a twisted bowel which had corrected itself. I mentioned to him that I was having difficulty becoming pregnant. His answer was that as I was only 25,1 shouldn’t worry. He said he would not recommend seeing a specialist for another two years.

Neither my husband nor I were happy with that suggestion and we decided to see another doctor. As luck would have it, a girl I went to school with was working as a GP near our home. I went to her, told her my symptoms and had an appointment with a gynaecologist two weeks later. That’s when the fun really started. On my first visit, he did an internal examination and told me I was very tender on my right side. Who wouldn’t be tender when someone is tugging at your ovaries!

He suspected an ectopic pregnancy and sent me to have blood tests and an ultra-sound, both of which confirmed I was not pregnant. I was then booked in to have a laparoscopy and this revealed I had severe endometriosis.

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Comments (0) May 08 2009

Warts are caused by a virus. There are different types of warts. The most common are the small warts children get on their hands and sometimes feet. Many a child has suffered the agonies of a trip to the hospital to burn the warts off. Naturopathic remedies work just as well.

Usually these warts last 3 to 6 months and are found on the fingers near the nails. They are infectious and other children can easily catch them. The best treatment is thuja taken internally as a tincture or thuja extract applied to the wart twice daily until it disappears. Echinacea can be taken internally. The white sap of the dandelion flower can also be applied to the wart twice daily until it disappears.

Beware of caustic lotions which burn the surrounding skin and sometimes cause the warts to spread. These will burn the face and the genital areas.

Plantar warts need specialist attention as they grow larger and become intensely painful. They may disappear spontaneously after a few months or last for a number of years. The base of the wart is embedded in the soles of the feet, or toes and may be single or multiple. They are firm and round with a rough surface. If this is cut off, dark spots can be seen —blood vessels supplying the wart.

The person suffering with plantar warts should wear socks and slippers around the house and have their own bath towel and bath mat. If the individual is an athletic person, plastic socks can be purchased for use in the communal shower room or in the swimming pools.

Genital warts are sexually transmitted. They can be visible around the labia of a woman or the penis of a man, or they can be inside the vagina. They look like cauliflower growths and can irritate the sufferer. Any sign of infection should be treated as quickly as possible. They are highly contagious and are related to incidence of cervical cancer in women. They have been related to cancer of the throat in cases where oral sex has taken place with an infected person over a long period of time.

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Comments (0) Apr 29 2009