Hepatitis

A known sign of hepatitis is jaundice, which is an accumulation of a chemical called "bilirubin" in the body's tissues. Possible to see a yellow color in the skin, urine and especially around the whites of the eyes.

Four Common Hepatitis Symptoms:
1. Jaundice: This is the classic symptom of hepatitis.when the liver is damaged it's unable to do its normal job and the chemical accumulates in the blood and starts to leak out into body tissue. When enough of this chemical accumulates it's possible to see a yellow color in the skin, urine and especially around the whites of the eyes.

2. Loss of Appetite: called anorexia, is often the first symptom of acute hepatitis. Sometimes this symptom lasts for a very short time before being replaced by nausea and vomiting.

3. Fatigue: Fatigue is a debilitating tiredness and is a big source of frustration for people with liver disease. When the liver is damaged, feelings of extreme weakness is common.

4. Muscle and Joint Aches: Pain in the muscles and joints can last from days to weeks and are more common in acute hepatitis than in chronic hepatitis.

Others symptoms of Meningitis

Other meningitis symptoms in toddlers and babies:
Refusing to eat/feed
Irritable, not wanting to be held/touched
A stiff body, with jerky movements, or floppy, unable to stand up

Babies and tiny tots may also have:
A tense or bulging soft spot on the head (fontanelle)
A high pitched or moaning

Symptoms of Meningitis

		Septicaemia	Meningitis
	Fever and/or vomiting
	Severe headache
	Limb/joint/muscle pain (sometimes with pain/diarrhoea)
	Cold hand and feet/shivering
	Pale or mottled skin
	Breathing fast/breathless
	Rash (anywhere on the body)
	Stiff neck (less common in young children)
	Dislike of bright lights (less common in young children)
	Very sleepy /vacant /difficult to wake
	Confused /delirious
	Seizures (fits) may also be seen

Symptoms of Liver

Symptoms of liver Disease include:

• nausea, 
• vomiting, 
• right upper quadrant abdominal pain, and 
• jaundice (a yellow discoloration of the skin due to elevated bilirubin concentrations in the bloodstream).

Fatigue, weakness and weight loss may also be occur.

However, since there are a variety of liver diseases, the symptoms tend to be specific for that illness until late-stage liver disease and liver failure occurs.

Examples of liver disease symptoms due to certain conditions or diseases include:

• A person with gallstones may experience right upper abdominal pain and vomiting after eating a greasy (fatty) meal. If the gallbladder becomes infected, fever may occur.
• Gilbert's disease have no symptoms.
• Individuals with cirrhosis will develop progressive symptoms as the liver fails. Some symptoms are directly related to the inability of the liver to metabolize the body's waste products. Others reflect the failure of the liver to manufacture proteins required for body function and may affect blood clotting function, secondary sex characteristics and brain function. Symptoms of cirrhosis of the liver include:
  
  • easy bruising may occur due to decreased production of clotting factors; 
  • bile salts can deposit in the skin causing itching; 
  • gynecomastia or enlarged breasts in men may occur because of an imbalance in sex hormones; specifically an increase in estradiol; 
  • impotence (erectile dysfunction, ED), poor sex drive and shrinking testicles are due to decrease in function of sex hormones;
  • confusion and lethargy may occur if ammonia levels rise in the blood stream (ammonia is a waste product formed from protein metabolism and requires normal liver cells to remove it); 
  • ascites (fluid accumulation within the abdominal cavity) occurs because of decreased protein production; and
  • muscle wasting may occur because of reduced protein production.

Additionally, there is increased pressure within the cirrhotic liver affecting blood flow through the liver. Increased pressure in the portal vein causes blood flow to the liver to slow and blood vessels to swell. Swollen veins (varices) form around the stomach and esophagus and are at risk for bleeding.

Liver Cancer

• Abdominal pain or fullness, especially in the right upper abdomen
• Dark urine
• Easy bleeding or bruising
• Enlarged liver
• Fatigue
• Fever
• Generalized muscle weakness and reduced muscle mass
• Night sweats
• Pale stool
• Swelling and fluid collection in the abdomen (ascites)
• Unexplained weight loss
• Yellowing of the skin and whites of the eyes (jaundice)

Serious symptoms that might indicate a life-threatening condition

In some cases, liver cancer can be life threatening, especially if internal bleeding or liver failure should occur. Symptoms:

• Bloody stool (the blood may be red, black, or tarry in texture)
• Change in level of consciousness or alertness, such as passing out or unresponsiveness
• Change in mental status or sudden behavior change, such as confusion, delirium, lethargy, hallucinations and delusions
• Chest pain, chest tightness, chest pressure, palpitations
• Rapid heart rate (tachycardia)
• Respiratory or breathing problems, such as shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, labored breathing, wheezing
• Severe abdominal pain
• Uncontrolled or heavy bleeding, hemorrhage
• Vomiting blood

Symptoms of Pneumonia

Symptoms of pneumonia caused by bacteria in otherwise healthy people younger than 65 usually come on suddenly. They often start during or after an upper respiratory infection, such as influenza or a cold, and may include:

• Cough, often producing mucus (sputum) from the lungs. Mucus may be rusty or green or tinged with blood.
• Fever, which may be less common in older adults.
• Shaking, "teeth-chattering" chills (one time only or many times).
• Fast, often shallow, breathing and the feeling of being short of breath.
• Chest wall pain that is often made worse by coughing or breathing in.
• Fast heartbeat.
• Feeling very tired (fatigue) or feeling very weak (malaise).
• Nausea and vomiting.
• Diarrhea.

Symptoms of Brain

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• Headaches that are the worst in the morning
• Nausea and/or vomiting
• Speech changes, slurring of words, difficult annunciating
• Vision and hearing begin to deteriorate
• Motor-function skills become weak. Balancing becomes an issue. Walking is more difficult
• Personality, mood and concentration abilities change
• Memory begins to disappear
• Sudden and random jerking
• Seizures and convulsions
• Numbness in the arms and legs
• Tingling in the arms and legs

If any of these symptoms appear, immediately go the doctor to get scanned. When dealing with the brain, days can be the difference between life and death.

Brain cancer is a serious form of cancer that occurs when there is an uncontrolled growth of cancer cells that form a malignant tumor in the brain.

Cancer

Balance problems, difficulty walking, and falls

Blurred or double vision

Changes in hearing, taste or smell

Changes in mood, personality or behavior

Difficulties with memory, thinking, talking, comprehension, writing or reading

Dizziness or vertigo

Headaches, which may be worse in the morning or when lying down

Incoordination

Muscle twitching, spasms or seizures

Muscle weakness

Nausea and vomiting

Numbness or tingling in arms or legs

Measure of Good Health

o Be patient and give yourself time to develop new behaviors, thoughts and identity--one that is congruent for your comfort and security.

o Make small, incremental changes in the way you think and behave. You don't need to turn yourself inside out to create a change. Small changes can create the biggest difference.

o Learn to recognize the emotions you are acting out and find healthy ways for expressing those emotions.

o Stop the negative self-talk--i.e. stop judging yourself or comparing yourself to others.

o Stay focused on your goal--do something every day, internally and externally, to alter old habit patterns.


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Sign of Good Health

"Confidence on the outside begins by living with integrity on the inside." Brian Tracy


1. Spiritual involvement--prayer, reading about spirituality, meditation, yoga.
2. Consistent sense of humor--laughing at oneself and the ironies and paradoxes in life.
3. Frequent periods of joyful, happy experiences. Ability to recognize and circumvent ironies, paradoxes and hypocrisy.
4. Unflappable positive expectations; frame events in a constructive light--the glass is half full versus the glass is half empty.
5. Ability to readily adapt to changing conditions.
6. Rapid response and recovery of stress response systems to repeated challenges--a.k.a ability to bounce back.
7. Enthusiasm for physical activity.
8. Consistent pattern of identifying and communicating feelings.
9. Daily sense of peace of mind, gratitude and generosity.
10. Continuing presence of support from and for family and friends.

Heath Members

Members of the United Nations and WHO (World  Health Organization) by accepting its Constitution. Members of WHO are grouped according to regional distribution are 193 Member States.

A

Afghanistan

Albania

Algeria

Andorra

Angola

Antigua and Barbuda

Argentina

Armenia

Australia

Austria

Azerbaijan

B

Bahamas

Bahrain

Bangladesh

Barbados

Belarus

Belgium

Belize

Benin

Bhutan

Bolivia (Plurinational State of)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Botswana

Brazil

Brunei Darussalam

Bulgaria

Burkina Faso

Burundi

C

Cambodia

Cameroon

Canada

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Chile

China

Colombia

Comoros

Congo

Cook Islands

Costa Rica

Côte d'Ivoire

Croatia

Cuba

Cyprus

Czech Republic

D

Democratic People's Republic of Korea

Democratic Republic of the Congo

Denmark

Djibouti

Dominica

Dominican Republic

E

Ecuador

Egypt

El Salvador

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Estonia

Ethiopia

F

Fiji

Finland

France

G

Gabon

Gambia

Georgia

Germany

G continued

Ghana

Greece

Grenada

Guatemala

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Guyana

H

Haiti

Honduras

Hungary

I

Iceland

India

Indonesia

Iran (Islamic Republic of)

Iraq

Ireland

Israel

Italy

J

Jamaica

Japan

Jordan

K

Kazakhstan

Kenya

Kiribati

Kuwait

Kyrgyzstan

L

Lao People's Democratic Republic

Latvia

Lebanon

Lesotho

Liberia

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Lithuania

Luxembourg

M

Madagascar

Malawi

Malaysia

Maldives

Mali

Malta

Marshall Islands

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mexico

Micronesia (Federated States of)

Monaco

Mongolia

Montenegro

Morocco

Mozambique

Myanmar

N

Namibia

Nauru

Nepal

Netherlands

New Zealand

Nicaragua

Niger

Nigeria

Niue

Norway

O

Oman

P

Pakistan

Palau

Panama

Papua New Guinea

P continued

Paraguay

Peru

Philippines

Poland

Portugal

Q

Qatar

R

Republic of Korea

Republic of Moldova

Romania

Russian Federation

Rwanda

S

Saint Kitts and Nevis

Saint Lucia

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

Samoa

San Marino

Sao Tome and Principe

Saudi Arabia

Senegal

Serbia

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Singapore

Slovakia

Slovenia

Solomon Islands

Somalia

South Africa

Spain

Sri Lanka

Sudan

Suriname

Swaziland

Sweden

Switzerland

Syrian Arab Republic

T

Tajikistan

Thailand

The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia

Timor-Leste

Togo

Tonga

Trinidad and Tobago

Tunisia

Turkey

Turkmenistan

Tuvalu

U

Uganda

Ukraine

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

United Republic of Tanzania

United States of America

Uruguay

Uzbekistan

V

Vanuatu

Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)

Viet Nam

Y

Yemen

Z