The most common allergic diseases are allergic rhinitis (hay fever), asthma, allergic dermatitis (eczema), contact dermatitis, food allergy, and urticaria (hives). Allergic disease can be classified by the type of allergen (i.e., food allergy) or by the part of the body that is affected. For example, if allergic symptoms appear in your nose, you are said to have allergic rhinitis. If allergic symptoms appear in your lungs, then you have asthma.

Every year, approximately 30 cases of poisoning by marine toxins are reported in the United States. Because healthcare providers are not required to report these illnesses and because many milder cases are not diagnosed or reported, the actual number of poisonings may be much greater. Toxic seafood poisonings are more common in the summer than winter because dinoflagelates grow well in warmer seasons.

Yes. As a woman ages, the number of her eggs decreases, and the remaining eggs are more likely to have chromosomal errors, such as trisomy 21, commonly known as Down syndrome. In addition, age can also negatively affect the uterine lining, which needs to be healthy in order to maintain a pregnancy

Every day an estimated 1,000 eye injuries occur in American workplaces. The financial cost of these injuries is enormous--more than $300 million per year in lost production time, medical expenses, and workers compensation. No dollar figure can adequately reflect the personal toll these accidents take on the injured workers.

About half of the population has a cataract by age 65, and nearly everyone over 75 has at least one. But in rare cases, infants can have congenital cataracts. These are usually related to the mother having German measles, chickenpox, or another infectious disease during pregnancy, but sometimes they are inherited. [top]

The most common eye injury is a corneal abrasion, which occurs when the surface layer of the eye is scratched. Corneal abrasions usually heal on their own within 24 hours of the injury but must be kept clean to prevent infection.

Abusers of older adults are both women and men. Family members are more often the abusers than any other group. For several years, data showed that adult children were the most common abusers of family members; recent information indicates spouses are the most common perpetrators when state data concerning elders and vulnerable adults is combined. Find out more … A Response to the Abuse of Vulnerable Elders: The 2000 Survey of State Adult Protective Services.

Answer: Yes, the average age of our patients is 60 to 85. The ReBuilder is designed with large adjusting knobs for arthritic hands, and a large typeface for those with vision challenges. It is powered by a common 9 volt battery, and even if used with the wall adapter, there is safety circuitry built in so that even if it is dropped into the water bath, it poses no danger. The ReBuilder automatically shuts off.

It depends on your age. Annual comprehensive eye examinations are recommended for adults, contact lens wearers and children starting as early as age two. It is very important that children be examined before preschool since a visual condition could exist that could eventually impair a child's vision if not detected early and treated. In addition to routine eye exams, you should have your eyes examined by an ophthalmologist if you have:

The Snellen Chart, which is the eye chart with the large “E” that most patients are familiar and which was developed in the 1800’s, measures distance vision only. The PRIO tester, a much newer medical device, simulates a computer screen and measures the near power needed to work at the computer.

Diabetic retinopathy. This eye disease is a leading cause of blindness in American adults. It is caused by changes in the blood vessels of the retina. In some people with diabetic retinopathy, retinal blood vessels may swell and leak fluid. In other people, abnormal new blood vessels grow on the surface of the retina. These changes may result in vision loss or blindness.

Up to 25% of all visits to eye doctors are due to dry eye, making it one of the most common complaints seen by eye doctors.

Nutrition remains important throughout life. Many chronic diseases that develop late in life, such as osteoporosis, can be influenced by earlier poor eating habits. Insufficient exercise and calcium intake, especially during adolescence and early adulthood, can significantly increase the risk of osteoporosis, a disease that causes bones to become brittle and crack or break.

It is true that it is less effective in growing hair in older individuals, but a main benefit of Propecia, that of prevention of further loss is just as important.

the Cogswell Resource Library, McGreal Sight Center, Concord. At this library there are books, brochures, audio and videotapes and reference materials helpful to persons who are blind and visually impaired, their families, teachers. Items may be taken on a loan basis, some you may keep. Legal blindness - is an arbitrary definition used to determine eligibility for government disability benefits. In the United States: the criteria for legal blindness are: 1).

Social Deficit. Regardless of where we fall on the spectrum, we are less able to function socially and to intuit the meanings of social behaviors and non-verbal communications. This is the one thing that all autistic people share by definition. Clumsiness. This is not universal, as a very select few of us have proven dance capabilities. But there seems enough of a predisposition towards motor problems amongst us to warrant mention. Sensory integration difficulties.

This is a difficult and very individualistic area. However, there seems to be a definite propensity to developing Fibromyalgia and/or Chronic Fatigue Syndrome due to having EMS.