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Type 1 Diabetes Insulin
If you are diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, your pancreas doesn't make insulin or produces little insulin for your body. Insulin helps you regulate blood sugar entering your body's cells for energy use. Without insulin, blood sugar can't get into your cells and can build up in the bloodstream. High blood sugar can be damaging to your body. More often, it can lead to the onset of diabetes. ...
What Is Lexapro?
What is Lexapro? It is a brand name of escitalopram, is a type of antidepressant drug known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), a practical medication for major depressive disorder (MDD) and generalized anxiety disorder (GAD). Lexapro is available in prescription upon your doctor's advice. You can take this drug orally and it comes in both tablet and liquid drop forms. Below is...
Type 1 Diabetes Treatment
Type 1 Diabetes Treatment Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease in which the pancreas no longer produces insulin to manage blood sugar levels naturally. To avoid major consequences and stay healthy, doctors advise insulin treatment to maintain your blood sugar. Because type 1 diabetes results from the pancreas' inability to produce insulin, you need to take supplemental doses to fill the gap....
Type 1 vs Type 2 Diabetes
Although type 1 and type 2 diabetes almost sound similar, they are distinct conditions with different causes. The main difference between type 1 and type 2 diabetes is that type 1 is caused by an autoimmune response and manifests very early in life. On the other hand, type 2 diabetes develops over time and is associated with lifestyle factors such as being physically inactive and having a...
Type 2 Diabetes Symptoms
Type 2 Diabetes Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition affecting how your body metabolizes sugar. Insulin plays a vital role in breaking down the carbs into glucose and absorbing them into our cells that acts as a fuel for energy . With type 2 diabetes, your body doesn't use the natural insulin in the body properly. This causes your blood sugar to rise. Over time, too much sugar in your blood...
Type 1 Diabetes Symptoms
What is Type 1 Diabetes? Insulin helps your body turn sugar (also called glucose) from food into energy. If you have type 1 diabetes, your body can't make enough insulin that helps the glucose (derived from food) enter cells in your body for generation of energy. If your body produces very little insulin, your cells can't get the glucose they need to function normally. As a result the glucose...
Antidepressants That Cause Weight Loss
Antidepressants are FDA-approved drugs recommended to treat depression, anxiety, and other associated mental health conditions. While antidepressants can help cure these disorders, they can also induce several adverse effects, including weight loss. This article will explain how antidepressants affect the weight. Antidepressants That Cause Weight Loss There are three antidepressants that can...
Long Term Antidepressants Side Effects
Antidepressants work by raising the levels of certain chemicals in the brain, such as serotonin and noradrenaline. These are known as neurotransmitters, and they send signals from one brain cell to another. When the balance of these chemicals is disrupted it causes depression and its symptoms Antidepressant drugs are commonly recommended for managing depression – but are they safe? Are there any...
What are Anti-depressants?
Antidepressants are medications meant for effective treatment for clinical depression. It is also be used to treat a variety of different psychological ailments, such as: Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) Generalized anxiety disorder Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) It is popularly believed that anti-depressants can lead to various side effects or even addictions. Are the concerns...
Undetectable = Untransmittable. Is Undetectable Equals Untransmittable?
Undetectable = Untransmittable, also known simply as U=U, is a campaign that focuses on stopping HIV transmission and eventually eradicate it completely. This campaign is based on the findings from multiple HIV researches. It advocates that constant use of medication can reduce the viral load to the point that it will no longer be transmittable. It endorses its mission in three folds – The use...
Skin HIV-1 and HIV-2 Symptoms
Skin HIV-1 and HIV-2 Symptoms. HIV is a virus that attacks and weakens the immune system. It affects your whole body and can cause other long-term complications. Physical symptoms can manifest, especially on your skin, through rashes. That is why you can observe that most HIV-positive individuals have rashes or blisters on their skin, more frequently on the neck area up to their faces. HIV-1 and...
How To Live With an HIV-Positive Person?
Supporting someone who is HIV-positive can play a key role in making them feel more hopeful about their future. If you know someone, a family member or a close friend, who is living with HIV, you can help them in many ways. Although it may seem challenging, providing relief to an HIV-positive can be a challenge. Hopelessness and despair have been the two most prevalent emotions they experience....
HIV vs. AIDS: What’s the Difference?
HIV vs. AIDS. Many people think HIV is similar to AIDS. Although HIV and AIDS are related, these two words are not synonymous. So, what is the difference between HIV and AIDS? HIV vs. AIDS What's the Difference? HIV is a type of virus that can deteriorate your immune system. It may progress into AIDS after several years of getting the virus. But not everyone infected with HIV develops AIDS....
What is PrEP Medication? HIV PrEP Drugs
Any HIV-adjacent person would have heard about PrEP. But what exactly does PrEP mean? How does it prevent the infection? PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is an oral medication you can use to prevent HIV infection. PrEP medication reduces your risk of getting HIV by up to 99% when taken as prescribed. It can also protect you from lifelong pain linked to the symptoms of HIV. Taking PrEP for Hiv...
HIV Vaccine. Is There a Vaccine to Prevent HIV?
HIV vaccine. A vaccine offers active acquired protection against a specific infectious disease. A vaccination often comprises a substance that resembles a virus that causes a disease. It can be produced through a bacteria's weaker or dead variants, its toxins, or one of its surface proteins. Currently, vaccines are available for 18 dangerous to deadly diseases.. Is There a Vaccine to Prevent...
What Does HIV Viral Load Tell You?
HIV viral load is a measure of the amount of the HIV virus present in the blood. Your viral load can help determine the severity of your HIV infection and the likelihood of developing AIDS. Sometimes, your viral load can also indicate the effectiveness of antiretroviral therapy. What Does It Tell You? Viral load is the amount of HIV in your bodily fluids, such as blood and semen. The higher the...
Undetectable HIV. Can You Get HIV From Someone Undetectable?
There is no definitive answer to this question, as the risk of getting HIV from an undetectable individual is challenging to estimate. However, the chance of getting HIV from an undetectable patient is minimal. In fact, there is only a slim probability that an individual who is undetectable will transmit HIV to another person. HIV Undetectable Meaning Generally speaking, HIV is "undetectable"...
Anal Herpes Symptoms. What Do Anal Herpes Look Like?
Anal herpes is a sexually transmitted infection caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV). It is also called Herpes Anogenitalis. Anal herpes is often a minor infection that goes away on its own, but it can also be more severe and lead to long-term problems if not treated. People infected with HSV-2 are more likely to develop anal herpes than people with HSV-1. It spreads through skin-to-skin...
Ocular Herpes. Types of Eye Herpes
Eye or ocular herpes is a viral infection of the eyes that can cause pain, inflammation, and discharge. It is most commonly caused by the herpes simplex virus (HSV), but other viruses may also trigger this eye infection. The American Academy of Ophthalmology estimates the diagnosis of approximately 24,000 new cases of eye herpes every year in the United States. Types of Eye Herpes (Ocular...
Oral Herpes Symptoms
When you hear the word “herpes,” your first impression might be of something scary or embarrassing. However, herpes is just one of the many viruses that can infect the human body. These viruses don’t usually cause any illness, but they can sometimes give you cold sores on your face or full-blown outbreaks of blisters all over your body. Oral Herpes Symptoms Herpes symptoms usually appear between...
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