Friday, September 6, 2019

Hypersomnia Foundation is Educating Doctors About Sleep Disorders


Unfortunately many primary care physicians do not have enough information in their general arsenal about sleep disorders.  And for many patients, the primary care physician is the first person they see when experiencing sleep issues. 

The Hypersomnia Foundation is attending a great number of family physician conferences with the sole purpose of providing them information about sleep disorders, what kind of sleep study they need to recommend for their patients, and to not automatically default to a "depression" diagnosis.  They have been able to add hundreds of physicians across the country to their mailing list and are providing their offices with brochures, research materials, informational handouts, etc.


They are also attending nursing and school counselor conferences educating them on what to look for if you have a sleepy patient, because this patient just might have a sleeping disorder.




Monday, May 6, 2019

H3 Prolotherapy

Prolotherapy is an in-office injection treatment that research and medical studies have shown to be an effective, trustworthy, reliable alternative to surgical and non-effective conservative care treatments. In our opinion, based on research and clinical results, H3 Prolotherapy (H3 is a type of Prolotherapy named after three of its leading physican innovators Hemwall-Hackett-Hauser) is superior to many other treatments in relieving the problems of chronic joint and spine pain and, most importantly, in getting people back to a happy and active lifestyle. This is why it is the Caring Medical treatment method of choice.

https://www.caringmedical.com/prolotherapy/

Types of Stroke

https://www.strokeassociation.org/en/about-stroke/types-of-stroke

Vestibular Migraine (a.k.a. Migraine Associated Vertigo or MAV)

https://vestibular.org/migraine-associated-vertigo-mav

Dystonia: Causes, Types, Symptoms, and Treatments

https://www.webmd.com/brain/dystonia-causes-types-symptoms-and-treatments#1

My dystonia triggers

Bright lights (especially fluorescent lights)

Flashing lights

Loud noises (particularly high pitched)

Being startled

Stress

Doing too many activities (moving about, doing tasks in general)

The high pitched whining of a dentist's drill (which is why knowing a dystonia-friendly dentist is so important)

Temperature extremes

Excess visual stimulation

Loud bass music

Being sick

Wal-Mart - All the activity with shoppers or overhead music, announcments

more Fatigue than usual

Certain positions also trigger it, like turning my head too far to the left or right, or up and down, can start an attack.


Other possible triggers can be found at
http://dystoniasupport.blogspot.com/2011/02/dystonia-and-triggers-what-makes-your.html?m=0