Obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD starts from adolescence onwards.
OCD is feeling of strong obsessions and compulsions which result in intense discomfort and affects daily functioning.
Obsessions are thoughts which are persistent and recurrent.
They even include unwanted images and impulses which lead to distress and anxiety.
These feelings and thoughts are usually irrational or [...]
Every year more than one million people get eye injuries, out of which ninety percent are preventable if safety eyewear is used.
One hundred and twenty five thousand eye injury cases are caused by household products.
It is a good habit to wash hands regularly, especially after handling household chemicals.
When using detergents and hazardous [...]
Physical health problems encountered during adolescence can affect the development of the body, if not treated.
There are few anatomic regions, such as spine, knee and ankle, in adolescents which can get orthopedic problems such as Osgood-Schlatter disease, and Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis.
Osgood-Schlatter disease is caused due to injury or overuse of the knee [...]
Adolescence is the time when there is sudden transformation in the body and many questions arises in the minds of the adolescents.
Firstly they are not able to cope with the changes and secondly the changes bring along problems with them.
The most challenging problems are related to menses, in girls.
Menstrual conditions are many [...]
High blood pressure is a condition where the blood pressure is more than normal.
It is also known as hypertension.
Heart pumps out blood, so that oxygen can reach to different parts of the body via blood.
The pressure with which heart pumps blood is known as blood pressure.
The blood pressure comprises of two [...]
