According to the recently conducted survey by the W.H.O, under the name as: “World Health survey”, in sixty countries all over the world, the main chronic health problem affecting the people is, “Depression”, compared to other four important diseases, viz: pain in chest, joint pains, asthma and diabetes.   If depression and diabetes occur in one person, the trouble is much more.   Age: Depression occurs at any age of the individual.   Sex: 30 % of the males are affected, where as 40% females are affected.     Signs and symptoms of Depression:     Often many of us feel some sort of emotions in our daily life but certain persons are not in apposition to cope up with them and develop depression.   1. The person appears to be in “dull” mood and feels “helplessness’’.   2. Loss of interest on any thing and also without any enthusiasm.   3. Often feels weakness and vigor less.   4. Feeling tiredness even after doing minimal labor.   5. Loss of self-confidence and also self-esteem.   6. Future appears as hopeless and often feels apprehension.   7. Not able to get sound sleep and often getting irregular sleep with disturbances.   8. Loss of appetite, discomfort in the stomach and loss of weight, are also present.   9. Disinterest in sexual desires and acts.   10. Not mixing either with friends or known persons. They prefer to spend lonely.   11. Often in anxiety and tension.   12. Often is of the opinion that living in this world is waste and feels miserable.    13. Gradually develops the “Suicidal Tendency” and sometimes harms himself physically.   Physicians should always keep it in mind, that if any person comes with a certain physical ailment, they must also look for the signs of depression if at all present in that patient.     Treatment for Depression:   There has been a lot of improvement in the methods of management of the depression in the last twenty years. Safety anti -depressant drugs are available now. The other procedures are counseling and psychotherapy by the experts, along with the drugs are also available.     The Most common diseases present in the adults:   1. Depression: 9.4%   2. Deafness: 5.5%   3. Eye-sight problems: 5.2%   4. Joint pains: 3.2%   5. Paralysis: 2.7%   6. Forgetfulness: 2.6%   7. Bad effects of pregnancy: 2.5%     Life is not a bed of roses, but full of thorns. So we have to face them, whatever may be the consequences and try our level best to overcome them. Rest is left to God, the omnipotent. Human life is a God given gift and is a rare opportunity to us and not to waste it by day to day problems and depression, etc.       … [Read more...]