37 Common Characteristics of Dyslexia

Most dyslexics will exhibit about 10 of the following traits and behaviors. These characteristics can vary from day-to-day or minute-to-minute. The most consistent thing about dyslexics is their inconsistency.

General Appears bright, highly intelligent, and articulate but unable to read, write, or spell at grade level. Labelled lazy, dumb, careless, immature, "not trying hard enough," or "behavior problem." Isn't "behind enough" or "bad enough" to be helped in the school setting. High in IQ, yet may not test well academically; tests well orally, but not written. Feels dumb; has poor self-esteem; hides or covers up weaknesses with ingenious compensatory strategies; easily frustrated and emotional about school reading or testing. Talented in art, drama, music, sports, mechanics, story-telling, sales, business, designing, building, or engineering. Seems to "Zone out" or daydream often; gets lost easily or loses track of time. Difficulty sustaining attention; seems "hyper" or "daydreamer." Learns best through hands-on experience, demonstrations, experimentation, observation, and visual aids.   Vision, Reading, and Spelling Complains of dizziness, headaches or stomach aches while reading. Confused by letters, numbers, words, sequences, or verbal explanations. Reading or writing shows repetitions, additions, transpositions, omissions, substitutions, and reversals in letters, numbers and/or words. Complains of feeling or seeing non-existent movement while reading, writing, or copying. Seems to have difficulty with vision, yet eye exams don't reveal a problem. Extremely keen sighted and observant, or lacks depth perception and peripheral vision. Reads and rereads with little comprehension. Spells phonetically and inconsistently.   Hearing and Speech Has extended hearing; hears things not said or apparent to others; easily distracted by sounds. Difficulty putting thoughts into words; speaks in halting phrases; leaves sentences incomplete; stutters under stress; mispronounces long words, or transposes phrases, words, and syllables when speaking.

Writing and Motor Skills Trouble with writing or copying; pencil grip is unusual; handwriting varies or is illegible. Clumsy, uncoordinated, poor at ball or team sports; difficulties with fine and/or gross motor skills and tasks; prone to motion-sickness. Can be ambidextrous, and often confuses left/right, over/under.   Math and Time Management Has difficulty telling time, managing time, learning sequenced information or tasks, or being on time. Computing math shows dependence on finger counting and other tricks; knows answers, but can't do it on paper. Can count, but has difficulty counting objects and dealing with money. Can do arithmetic, but fails word problems; cannot grasp algebra or higher math.   Memory and Cognition Excellent long-term memory for experiences, locations, and faces. Poor memory for sequences, facts and information that has not been experienced. Thinks primarily with images and feeling, not sounds or words (little internal dialogue).   Behavior, Health, Development and Personality Extremely disorderly or compulsively orderly. Can be class clown, trouble-maker, or too quiet. Had unusually early or late developmental stages (talking, crawling, walking, tying shoes). Prone to ear infections; sensitive to foods, additives, and chemical products. Can be an extra deep or light sleeper; bedwetting beyond appropriate age. Unusually high or low tolerance for pain. Strong sense of justice; emotionally sensitive; strives for perfection. Mistakes and symptoms increase dramatically with confusion, time pressure, emotional stress, or poor health.

Dyslexia

Developmental reading disorder, also called dyslexia, is a reading disability that occurs when the brain does not properly recognize and process certain symbols.

Causes, incidence, and risk factors

Developmental reading disorder (DRD), or dyslexia, occurs when there is a problem in areas of the brain that help interpret language. It is not caused by vision problems. The disorder is a specific information processing problem that does not interfere with one's ability to think or to understand complex ideas. Most people with DRD have normal intelligence, and many have above-average intelligence.

DRD may appear in combination with developmental writing disorder and developmental arithmetic disorder. All of these involve using symbols to convey information. These conditions may appear alone or in any combination.
DRD often runs in families.

 

Symptoms

A person with DRD may have trouble rhyming and separating sounds that make up spoken words. These abilities appear to be critical in the process of learning to read. A child's initial reading skills are based on word recognition, which involves being able to separate out the sounds in words and match them with letters and groups of letters.

Because people with DRD have difficulty connecting the sounds of language to the letters of words, they may have difficulty understanding sentences.

True dyslexia is much broader than simply confusing or transposing letters, for example mistaking ”b” and “d.".

In general, symptoms of DRD may include:

• Difficulty determining the meaning (idea content) of a simple sentence
• Difficulty learning to recognize written words
• Difficulty rhyming

DRD may occur in combination with writing or math learning problems.

 

Signs and tests

Other causes of learning disability and, in particular, reading disability, must be ruled out before a diagnosis of DRD can be made. Emotional disorders, mental retardation, diseases of the brain, and certain cultural and education factors can cause learning disabilities.

Before diagnosing DRD, the health care provider will:

• Perform a complete medical exam, including a neurological exam
• Ask questions about the person's developmental, social, and school performance
• Ask if anyone else in the family has had dyslexia

Psychoeducational testing and psychological assessment may be done.

 

Treatment

Every person with DRD requires a different strategy. An individual education plan should be created for each child with the condition.

The following may be recommended:

• Extra learning assistance, called remedial instruction
• Private, individual tutoring
• Special day classes

Positive reinforcement is important as many students with learning disabilities have poor self-esteem. Psychological counseling may be helpful.

 

Expectations (prognosis)

Specialized help (called remedial instruction) can lead to marked improvement in reading and understanding.
Reading difficulties may persist for life.

 

Complications

DRD may lead to:

• Problems in school, including behavior problems
• Loss of self-esteem
• Reading problems that persist into adulthood, which may affect job performance, particularly if the problem was not addressed early in life

 

Calling your health care provider

Call your health care provider if your child appears to be having trouble learning to read.

 

Prevention

Learning disorders, such as DRD, tend to run in families. Affected families should make every effort to recognize existing problems early.

Early intervention will provide the best possible outcome.

Review Date: 12/10/2010.

Reviewed by: John Goldenring, MD, MPH, JD, Pediatrics, Sharp Rees-Stealy Medical Group, San Diego, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by  David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Water Retention

What is Water Retention?

 

Water retention is also known by its more medical term, edema. This is a condition that results when water leaks into the body tissues from the blood. In normal circumstances, the fluid is drained from the body tissues through the lymphatic system – a network of tubes throughout the body that removes waste and extraneous material, and empties it back into the bloodstream. 

Water retention problems arise when fluid is not removed by the lymph system properly, it is retained in the body tissues where it causes swelling (edema). Water retention in the body is most common in the feet and legs, but it can occur in the hands, arms, abdominal cavity (ascites) and around the lungs (known as pulmonary edema).

 

Types of Water Retention

There are two main categories of water retention, generalized edema and localized edema. Generalized edema refers to swelling that occurs throughout the body while localized edema refers to the swelling in specific parts of the body. 

Diagnosing Water Retention

The diagnosis of water retention is determined by a physical examination, the symptoms presented as well as medical history. Various tests such as blood tests, urine tests, liver and kidney function tests, chest x-ray or an electrocardiogram (ECG) may also be performed to determine the cause. 

If water retention is a symptom of a serious underlying disorder, the disorder must be treated first.

Symptoms of Water Retention

• Feeling of puffiness, especially the feet, ankles and legs
• Appearance of shiny, stretched skin
• Dimples/indentations upon pressing the skin
• Swollen, stiff and painful joints
• Headaches
• A bloated or enlarged abdomen
• Breathing difficulties
• Decreased flexibility of the joints (ankles, wrists and fingers)
• Sudden or rapid weight gain

Shortness of breath, chest pain, redness or heat in the swollen edematous area(s) are rare but serious symptoms that should receive immediate medical care.

What Causes Water Retention?

Causes of body water retention depend on a wide range of factorscauses of body water retention. 

including a high salt intake, as a reaction to hot weather, gravity, nutritional deficiencies, burns as well as sunburn and as a side effect of certain drugs. Pregnancy, oral contraceptives such as the pill, the menstrual cycle and menopause are also known 

causes of body water retention.

Weight Gain

One of the main causes of weight-related water retention can be attributed to sodium intake, particularly from processed foods. In addition, since sodium is present in all foods, a higher intake of food in general also contributes to weight gain from fat stores and subsequent water retention.  

People dieting may experience frustrations in weight fluctuations related to water retention. Many people turn to diuretics or water pills, which create a false sense of weight loss. Reducing calories too quickly also forces the body to use up stores of carbohydrates and breakdown protein in the muscles, which also leads to water weight stored in those cells- sometimes with up to 75% of weight loss related to water weight. However, after calorie ingestion is resumed to a normal level, the water weight is restored as well. 

Menopause

Fluctuating hormone levels, hormonal imbalances, and a loss of progesterone can attribute to water retention in menopausal women. Unless the weight gain is excessive, it should not be a cause of concern and can be self-managed.

Hypertension

While it is not entirely known why high blood pressure occurs, a strong genetic component has been indicated. Other risk factors for high blood pressure include smoking, alcoholism, and high salt intake, being overweight, lack of exercise, and high levels of stress. Conditions known to cause secondary hypertension include Cushing’s syndrome, diabetic nephropathy, kidney disease, hyperthyroidism, obesity, and many more.

Since many of the above conditions are linked to water retention such as salt intake and obesity, it is important to receive a proper diagnosis and take measures to control blood pressure and fluid levels in the body.

 

 

Thyroid Problems

• Hypothyroidism

Hypothyroidism is caused by an underactive thyroid gland that produces insufficient levels of thyroid hormones. Symptoms are often varied and difficult to define, therefore a symptom such as water retention may be mistakenly attributed to another condition. Many people with an underactive thyroid gland may be unaware of the problem.
While a blood test is needed to confirm hypothyroidism, clinical history, antibody screening tests and thyroid scans typically accompany this test to help identify the underlying cause.

• Hyperthyroidism

Hyperthyroidism, also known as an overactive thyroid, overproduces hormones. As the thyroid controls vital systems of the body from metabolism to body temperature, a variety of symptoms can result, including water retention.
A blood test is usually the method of screening used to test for hyperthyroidism.

Kidney Infection/Disease

The kidneys are responsible for many important functions of the body, including removing toxins in the body via expelled urine and helping balance the volume of fluid in the body. When the kidneys are not performing these functions due to infection or disease, water retention may be experienced.

 

Additional causes

• Hot Weather: Warmer temperatures hinder the body’s efficiency of removing fluid.

• Postpartum Depression: A change in hormonal levels after pregnancy may lead to water retention.

• Seasonal Allergies: Those who are prone to seasonal allergies may experience fluid retention, especially around the eyes and face. 
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This condition may also be symptomatic of other serious diseases such as heart failure, liver disease, arthritis, allergic reactions, thyroid disease such as hypothyroidism, chronic lung diseases, malignant lymphoedema or kidney disease.

 

 

Help for Water Retention

Treatment involves rectifying the underlying causes of body water retention. A low dose of diuretic (water pill) may be prescribed to reduce swelling. In more severe cases of water retention, where the blood vessels are blocked or damaged, surgery may be required.

 

 

Natural Remedies for Water Retention

Natural and holistic treatments provide gentle water retention remedies. Those seeking a natural remedy for water retention may use herbs such as Uva ursi, Horse chestnut and Buchu for their excellent diuretic properties. Taraxacum officinale (Dandelion) and Olea europea help to balance blood pressure, assist liver and gall bladder functioning and improve circulation.

Water retention remedies that use herbal and homeopathic remedies are safe and effective and not as harsh as prescription diuretics. 

 

 

Water Retention and Weight Gain

To avoid water retention during a weight loss period and avoid re-gaining the water weight back, it is important to reduce losing water weight as much as possible so the body is forced to burn fat stores, not carbohydrate or protein stores. This can be attained by eating small portions of high quality protein at each meal, reducing food intake gradually, including anaerobic exercise into a fitness routine, avoiding crash and starvation diets, training for strength to increase muscle, and losing weight slowly (2 pounds per week max).

Water Retention and Menopause

Natural treatment for menopausal water retention is much the same for other causes of edema. Many of the same tips apply for maintaining a healthy weight and avoiding water retention during menopause, including eating a balanced diet and avoiding crash and starvation diets, limiting intake of caffeine, nicotine, and alcohol (these can exacerbate water retention), and remaining active to help increase metabolism and burn fat plus protect against osteoporosis. Most women stabilize any water retention weight within a few months.
However, if weight gain is excessive, check with your doctor to make sure hormone and blood sugar levels are normal, as excessive abdominal fat increases the risk of heart disease and high blood pressure.

Water Retention and Hypertension

Avoid diuretics if you have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, as these may have additional health risks for your condition. Instead, strive to achieve healthy fluid balance and blood pressure through a healthy lifestyle, including eating a balanced diet, maintaining a healthy weight, limiting sodium, alcohol, and caffeine intake, and getting plenty of exercise.

Water Retention and Diuretics

It is best to address the root cause of water retention rather than relying on diuretics, which only provide temporarily relief and may create lasting health problems. You can also eliminate excess fluid naturally, by incorporating foods such as celery, onion, eggplant, asparagus and watermelon into your diet, which are said to have a diuretic effect. In addition, the herbs hawthorn, corn silk, and parsley are used as diuretics in natural medicine. Some other natural diuretics include dandelion, ginger, and juniper.
Also be sure to keep foods high in sodium to a minimum, limit caffeine and alcohol, and follow a healthy lifestyle. Exercise can help relieve the body of excess fluid and salt through sweating, increased respiration and, ultimately, increased urine flow. While it may seem counterproductive, drinking water helps water move through the kidneys and bladder, diluting the urine. Since urine has some fluid-retaining salt in it, the more it's diluted, the easier it is to remove salt and prevent or decrease edema.

 

More Information on Water Retention

 

Tips for Preventing and Treating Water Retention

• Water retention remedies such as eating a well balanced diet and reducing your intake of salt will make a marked difference.
• Drink plenty of water so that the body is well hydrated.
• Exercise regularly, especially by walking, to help pump fluids back into the circulatory system. 
• Limit your intake of dehydrating drinks such as coffee, tea and alcohol.
• Increase your intake of vitamin B supplements which are known to be beneficial for water retention.
• Wear support stockings or elastic sleeves to help push fluids back into your circulatory system and help circulation.
• Remember to elevate the affected area when sitting or lying down.
• If you are overweight or suffer with obesity, try to take the appropriate steps to lose weight and slim down to a healthier weight in a safe and natural manner.
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http://www.nativeremedies.com/ailment/water-retention-causes.html



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The Chemistry of Water

The Hydrogen and Oxygen of Water

The chemical equation for the formation of water

 Hydrogen  +  Oxygen  =  Water

 2H2 + O2 = 2H2O

It takes two molecules of the diatomic hydrogen gas, combined with one molecule of the diatomic oxygen gas to produce two molecules of water.

The formation of water from it's elements produces, in addition to water, a tremendous amount of energy.

 

2H2 + O2 = 2H2O  +  ENERGY
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Water boils at 100°C
and freezes at 0°C.
That's certainly not unusual.

The boiling point of water is not always "100 °C".

Many physical changes depend on pressure. The boiling point of water depends on the pressure of the air around it.

 

Let's compare the boiling of water with some other chemically similar substances. 

IMAGE SOURCE: "Chemistry in Context" Wm C Brown Publishers, Dubuque Iowa, 2nd edition, A project of the American Chemical Society, ed: A. Truman Schwartz et al., 1997, Chapter 5 "The Wonder of Water"   

Water is way out of line! 

It boils at an extremely high temperature for its size. Why? 

Because of the extensive network of Hydrogen bonds. Those H-bonds are cohesive forces - they want to hold the water molecules together - and there are a lot of them! The process of boiling requires that the molecules come apart: a process that takes a lot more energy than expected. 

What's unusual about the freezing point?

Do you know...

We live on a water planet, however most of it is covered in salt water, covering about 71 per cent of the earth's surface. The biotic world is also made up mostly of water, 60per cent of tree's weight is water, in animals including humans the figure is about 50-65 per cent water. In terms of human use, only a small fraction is available for our use. 

Oceans contain 97 per cent by volume, which is too salty for drinking, irrigation or industrial use. The 3 per cent of earth's total water is considered fresh water. About 2.997 per cent of this fresh water is trapped in polar ice caps and deep within earth surface which is too costly to extract. 

Thus only .003 per cent of earth's total available water by volume is available for human use. If the worlds water was contained in 100 liters or 26 gallons, then what is readily available to us would amount to one-half teaspoon.

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Super Lutein.. Ingredients

Super Lutein is not just any Lutein.


What makes  Super Lutein  from Naturally Plus  unique is that it is the combination of 11  great ingredients which requires by the body..

In other  view... 

Can anyone really eat that much of vegetables and fruits at one time or even in one day of 24 hours ..

According to  FAMOSA  Cancer  Foundation in Taiwan ....it is recommended that the best method of preventing cancer is to take  9 servings of vegetables and fruits daily.

How can anyone do that at all... 


Yes,  YOU can...  just take  Super Lutein.  That's how..

Ingredients of Super Lutein
 
Lutein - is a type of carotene stored in the eyes and skin. Often used for "green juice", spinach, Broccoli, and red, yellow, orange and dark green leafy vegetables.

Alfa Carotene & Beta Carotene - are found in the yellow and orange colors pigments of carrots and pumpkin. These carotenes are transformed into vitamin A according to the needs of the body.

Lycopene - is found in the red colour pigments of tomatoes.

Zeaxanthin - is member of the yellow orange pigment group. It has characteristics very similiar to that of Lutein. It can be found in plants such as maize and Japanese sweet "Fuyu" persimmon, as well as green tea, egg yolk, animals fats and the liver.

Crocetin - is found in the fruit of cape jasmine and the stamen and pistil of saffron. It is both fat and water solube. Its most striking feature is its tiny molecular volume, which makes it easy for the body to absorb.

Blue Berry and Black Current Extract - Improve vision at night, slow down the degradation of the eye, prevention of cardiovascular dieases, contain high levels of vitamin C.

Vitamin B complex (B1, B2, B6, B12) - Can improve on skin problems, headaches, sholder pain and anemia.

Vitamin E - To promote vitality of the male sperm and raise the rate of pregnancy.

DHA - It is the most important fatty acids in the human body. It can enhance memory and learning ability.








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Lutein ....What is ..Lutein?

Many of us are not aware of  our anatomy and biological details as not  all of us ever wonder how it even works.  We  like to take things for granted.


We only know that we are sick when our body cannot serve us well in a day's routine or chores.  Even then ...we just say..."  Oh ..i'm not well today .."   and just that...


But how many people really get to know your own body and  how our systems works....I wonder??


I am one person (at least) am very concern of my self...
I am so concious of not getting sick or not being able to get up in the morning because it will disrupt all my plans, my routine, my schedules and things i want to do.


When body gets sick...it spoilt our mood and not to mention of  our brain... Don't mention of getting into focus..


Do  you know that  we have ...Lutein in our body.

How Lutein Works In The Body

 

Lutein is an important compound in the human body, but the body does not manufacture lutein. Eating foods containing lutein or consuming dietary supplements that contain lutein is the only way for your body to get lutein. Lutein is present in the eye, blood serum, skin, cervix, brain and breast. Within the eye, lutein is highly concentrated in the macular region of the retina and is dispersed in lower amounts throughout the retina and lens.

Within the skin, lutein appears to be deposited in the epidermis (outer layers) and dermis (inner layers), providing its antioxidant and blue-light absorption functions throughout the depth of the skin.


In your body, lutein is found in the retinas of the eyes. It is considered to be necessary for good vision.

Lutein and Women's Health

 

Research has suggested a minimum of 6-10 mg per day of lutein is necessary to realize lutein’s health benefits.  One such benefit is lutein’s role in eye health, specifically its role in reducing the risk of Age Related Macular Degeneration (AMD). 

In particular to women’s health, research has implicat  gender as a risk factor for AMD with women at a higher risk than men. It is documented that women have approximately 20% lower macular pigment in the eye compared to men. 

Women’s health research suggests lutein may also have a role during pregnancy and lactation.  Researchers have found lutein and zeaxanthin in breast milk and umbilical cord plasma, suggesting that these carotenoids may be transferred from mothers to babies.

In addition, studies indicate that foods rich in carotenoids - lutein, zeaxanthin, lycopene, beta-carotene, alpha-carotene - may have protective benefits against breast cancer risk.

Where to Find Lutein

 

Though lutein is deposited into many areas of the body prone to free radical damage–like the eyes and skin–it cannot be manufactured by the body. 

The only way to take advantage of lutein's antioxidant benefits is by consuming it–or, in the case of a growing number of skin care products, by applying it to the skin.

You can find lutein…

…in vitamins and nutritional supplements
…in raw foods
…in fortified foods
…in topical applications 


Why is lutein important in our diet? 

Simply put, lutein is an antioxidant that appears to quench or reduce harmful free radicals in various parts of the body.  Free radicals can play a role in a variety of chronic diseases. 

Lutein also filters the high-energy, blue wavelengths of light from the visible-light spectrum by as much as 90%.   Blue light, in both indoor lighting and sunlight, is believed to induce oxidative stress and possible free-radical damage in human organs exposed to light, such as the eyes and skin. Blue light is not the same as the commonly known ultraviolet A and ultraviolet B wavelengths of the invisible spectrum.

How much lutein do we need?  

Research suggests a minimum of 6-10 mg per day of lutein from dark green leafy vegetables and other sources is necessary to realize lutein’s health benefits.  Even if you eat a balanced diet, you’d need a large bowl of fresh spinach to get about 6 mg of lutein.


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