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OBESITY (A Disease)

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Are YOU over weight? If your body mass index is up to 25 then you are facing obesity.

What is BMI? To know body mass index, weight in Kgs is divided by square of height in inches.

Five Steps To Control Obesity:

1. Reduce your meal but avoid starvation.

2. Don’t take sweets and fats.

3. Don’t take extra and irregular diet.

4. Take exercise for 40 to 45 minutes daily. Walking, cycling, playing and swimming are important exercises.

5. Take calorie controlled meals:

Breakfast: Two slices and a cup of tea without sugar.(180 calories)

Lunch: Half plate boiled rice, half plate of boiled vegetables or curry and a plate of salad with lemon juice on it.(300 Calories)

Supper: A glass of juice and a fruit OR a cup of tea with two biscuits and a fruit.(240 Calories)

Dinner: A glass of milk and one slice OR half plate of boiled vegetables or curry, half plate salad and a slice.(180 Calories)

Note: The remaining 100 calories one can get according to their own choice.

Migraine and Sinus Often Go Together

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New research shows that migraines are quite common among patients with sinus headache.

Symptoms in sinus area are often reported during migraine attacks, but are not considered in making a diagnosis.

This was reported in the ‘Archives of Internal Medicine’ by Dr. Mary S. Richardson, of GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, and her colleagues.

Under-diagnosis of migraine may be partially attributed to variableness in the patient’s symptoms, and migraines with sinus symptoms may be part of the problem.

The rate of migraine-type headaches in 2991 patients who experienced sinus headaches in the past were examined by the researchers. Of these patients, more than 80 percent met the diagnostic criteria for migraines.

The most common sinus symptoms reported by patients were pain, nasal congestion and pressure.

Sixty seven percent patients with migraine were not satisfied with the medication they used to treat their sinus headaches.

Richardson and colleagues write: “The results indicate that the presence of nasal or (eye) symptoms often considered to be features of ’sinus’ headache should not automatically trigger a sinus diagnosis or exclude a diagnosis of migraine but should prompt assessment of the patients for migraine as well as sinus headache,”.

They concluded: “Accurate diagnosis of headache is essential for patients to receive appropriate therapy and to achieve an optimal treatment outcome,”.