Watching TV for long hours is also another young age hobby. These activities act as barriers to the physical development of boys. There are also environmental barriers. Lack of facilities such as playground in schools also affects the physical activities. Boys tend to be more active during this age. But the modern life and inadequate caring of parents to their children due to immense work are all degrading the physical and mental health of the children. Due to the above, children are becoming more obese these days. Fast food along with lack of exercise can lead to serious diseases. These diseases tend to appear only at an older age but we must understand that it comes as a result of the habits during the childhood. This age boys are more obese than girls. We, parents must take care of our children. So, how can we do this? We must spend more time with our children.

We must encourage them and allow them to entertain in activities like playing football or other outdoor games. Playing in door and video games must be reduced. Fast food must be minimized. Send your child to schools which give good importance to games and activities. Make walking as a habit. Try to walk at least 1km daily. Make sure that teachers also provide enough encouragement to your children. In this way you can develop your child physically and mentally.

Pediatrics

Depression Syndrome in children

Generalized anxiety disorder are anxieties experienced by normal people  in daily life. Exaggerated worry and tension are  various paths to  this disorder ,even nothing seems to provoke it. For persons  who have such disorder will always worry frequently about money,health,work etc. The person having such disorder will always anticipate danger. It’s usually difficult to find the source of  such disorders.

anxiety disorder outcomes

People with GAD always feel unable to relax. They always have the tendency to fall into trouble. These people always stay asleep .Their worries are often followed by physical symptoms,like ,muscle tension, headaches, trembling,sweating etc.They usually feel out of breath.Generalized anxiety disorder is commonly seen in childhood or adolescence.  But there are several cases that it may  begin  in adulthood too. This disorder occur more common in women rather than in men.

The symptoms of this disorder are exaggerated worry ,tension and six months or more of chronic .Usually people with such disorder always expect the worst, worry excessively about money ,health, family or work, even when there are no signs of trouble ,unable to relax, irritable ,suffer from insomnia, have physical symptoms such as fatigue ,trembling ,muscle tension, headaches,  irritability or hot flashes.GAD are complex and probably result  from a combination of genetic ,behavioral ,developmental and other factors.

Studies of  NIMH on twins and families suggest that genes play role in the origin of anxiety disorders. Researchers on the way to find the interactions of genetics and anxiety disorders and  they hope information from these studies will yield clues to prevent  and to treat such disorders.

There are different types of disorder for example like panic disorder, social phobia etc.The characteristics of Panic disorder are unexpected and repeated episodes of intense fear accompanied by physical symptoms that may include chest pain, heart palpitations, shortness of breath ,dizziness or abdominal distress. These sensations often are copy of symptoms of a heart attack or life-threatening medical conditions.

The characteristics of social phobia, also called social anxiety  are overwhelming anxiety and excessive self-consciousness in everyday social situations. People with social phobia have persistent, intense and chronic fear of being watched and judged by others.Childhood anxiety disorder is also another dreaded thing in this era.Proper strength  training will help you to reduce anxiety disorder or as a treatment of anxiety disorder.

Stresses can impact our lives in many ways. It can be linked to  lead to cause death, such as cancer,cardiovascular disease,  accidents and even  suicide. Many people, around 90%, visit primary health care providers due to stress-related problems. Adverse effects of stress are experienced by 50% of adults. About 1 million Americans lose job because of  stress related problems. Work place violence and homicide has also been a cause to stress.There are many situations which increase the rate of stress like death of a child, cases of divorce, illness, move or change of job etc. But all of us have the withstand most of the stressful situations by changing our attitude and the way we responds to them. If we try controlling all the things around as(we might fail regularly),the chances of stress are high. Its better to understand that what all situations we can deal with and to live with it.Considering the whole thing in a easy manner or cool way helps you to get out from the condition of “being stressed” .

Stress is classified into two types. Acute(short term) and chronic(long term).Acute stress is experienced by  the people when they deal  with dangerous and life threatening situations or events .Immediate response by the body to such events  includes the release of hormones such as adrenaline and cortisol which increases the blood pressure ,heart rate and respiration. Stress created by situations like heavy traffic, deadlines of work, credit card statements etc which are not life threatening are referred to as chronic stress.
There are many steps to reduce stress in our life. Some of them are like to determine the cause of stress, to keep a diary, by strengthening the support system, to be open up, by simplifying your life etc.

Remove Stress

Body Stress

What are the reasons for stress?

Stress occurs mainly due to external and internal reasons.The external reasons are those happening because of the tensions from external environment,Job,relation etc.And reason for stress which occurs internally are because of Nutritional deficiency,Lack of sleep or other physical disorders.

What are the Symptoms of Stress?

1. Headache
2. Sleeplessness(Insomnia)
3. Muscle Tension
4. Fatigue
5. Gastrointestinal disturbances.
6. Less Social Interaction

High stress may lead a person to use alcohol and tobacco which may lead indeed to more diseases.People who are very much affected by Job tensions,Poorly Nourished,Physical Problem and Insomnia  might get stressed eventually.Teens,Even kids are not free from stress,so parents so check regularly whether their environment is stressed as a stressed kid may carry it to the future!

Signs of Stress.

• Rapid Breathing
• Rise in heart beat
• Rise in Blood Pressure.
• Slow Digestion
• Sleeplessness
• Tensed Muscles.
• Hair Loss

How to relieve your Stress?

Exercise-Exercise is one of the best way to revive your stress,Go to your near by gym or work out at your home itself,regular work out get rid off your muscle tension and physical tension.You eventually acquire more power to face stressed and other difficult situations.

Quit Alcohol and Smoke-Most people have a misconception that intake of alcohol and Tobacco can remove your stress,but it will  not.It only gives you a temporary relief and has lots of side effects.

Less amount of Caffeine-Caffeine when consumed in excess can boost up the stress amount,So cut down he usage of caffeine.

Improve your Nutrition-Lack of nutrition is one of the root cause for stress,eat plenty of fruits and vegetables also other nutrients

Build up Optimism-  Bing optimistic can revive your stress,As in the movie Yes Man try to say Yes to all stuffs.Don’t skip your duties.Try to find a positive factor in every downfall.

Breathing Techniques-Lots of breathing techniques are available,follow them once you are stressed.For example close your one nostril and breath deeply through the other one.Exhale through the other one closing the one through which you breathed.

Other techniques-Meditation,Yoga and Massage have been acting as excellent methods for stress removal.
Boost up your social circle-Most of the people usually get back from their social circles once being stressed,but this only increases your stress amount.Instead try being active in Social Activities ,talking  helps you to relief stress.

Consult a Psychiatrist-If all the above technique doest work,you may need to consult a doctor that he might prescribe you Medicines for stress removal.

Also check  Stress in Children

Anxiety Disorders

Today most parents are concerned about health and welfare of their children. This can be natural normal concern. However some parents worry about varies thins like, how is their child developing?  How is the emotional well-being of their child? Most parents compare their children with other children and against prevalent social norms. If they feel their child is in any way different in they may seek help. At first parents discuss their concern with a family member or friend, then a family physician or a school counceller. If they problems are progressive, serious, and persistent or are a hurdle in development, they need to ask for help.

The depressed child

Not only adults, children and teenagers also can get depressed. World over there is rise in adolescence depressed up to 20 percent adolescence can be depressed. Parents must be aware of signs in their children such as persistence sadness, lack of enjoyment in favorite activities, increased activity or irritability, persistence physical complaint like headaches and stomachaches, frequent absence from school, poor academic performance, persistence boredom, low energy poor concentration, eating or sleeping pattern changes and spending more time alone. Depressed children may talk of ending their lives or abuse alcohol and drugs to feel better. Stressful life events like failure, love failure parental separation, physical or sexual abuse can precipitate depression. Early diagnosis and treatment are essential. Depression in child and adolescents needs psychiatric help. The treatment is in the form of medication and therapy.

Children may excessively cry and cling to mothers. They may complain of headache, stomachache just before leaving for school. These symptoms subside after the child is allowed to stay home, only to reappear next morning before school. Refusal to go to school often begins after a vacation or holidays or brief illness. It may also follow a stressful event like death or relative change in school or change of house.

Children with separation anxiety have difficulty going to sleep, have unrealistic fears of animals, ghosts, being alone in the dark. Persistent fears, if not attended to, can lead to long-term serious development problems. Parents should not hesitate to seek professional help. Most children can be successfully helped with counseling.

Learning disabilities

A common reason for poor academic performance for children is specific learning disability. A child with learning disability is bright, can follow instructions, concentrate and is good to home. Yet child is not able to read or write without mistakes.  Some children also have trouble sitting still and paying attention. Learning disabilities are caused by nervous system defects in receiving, processing or communicating information. These children are likely to get frustrated and develop low self-esteem.

They act as cerebral depressant. The commonly used tranquilizers are benzodiazepines,.temazepam etc.These drugs stranded as a substitute and replaced drugs like barbiturate . the long term use of drugs cause addiction . Hence the use of these drugs should be under close medical supervision. Beta blockers are group of drugs used to reduce anxiety by affecting nervous system in a different manner. These are not addictive drugs .they don’t act on the brain but on the autonomic nervous system . beta blockers reduce the activity of sympathetic nervous system.

If we told repeatedly by reliable individuals that something dangerous we may develop a phobia against it .the treatment for phobias will vary depending on the nature. Systematic desensitization is a technique which teaches the phobic person how to relax when facing a serious problem. flooding is another method. It involves prolonged exposure to the feared object .modelling involves observing non fearful persons in contact with the feared object , and then imitating the person by the fearful person.

The heart rate increases, the stomach produces too much acid. The breathing rate increases. Liver releases more sugar into blood stream. Brain become more active. The adrenal gland increase the production of adrenaline hormone.the reproductive system stops working, digestion slows .the stomach muscles tighten up. The pupils in the eyes are dilate. The skin sweats and there is decrease in skin resistance .blood pressure increase, the immune system stops working . tendency of blood clotting increases. Hand and body tremors. Red blood cells increases in the blood. Stomach upset and diarrhea may occur. The hair stands on its end.

“ it is not the death which is a problem but it is the fear of death which is creating a real havoc”

Acharaya Rajneesh said that

“ observe yourself dying . see death coming to you and going . if you can so observe the death from a distance you have conquered death . death is now your slave. Now you will die a conscious death and not the mindless death like and animal”

Once we are affected by the fear of death,its very hard to live on.Just forget the thing remembering that death is the part of life.Once born should die once.Death cannot be controlled.