Trusted & Medically Accurate Wellness Articles For Patients
A faces pain scale was originally designed (with kids) for kids (above the age of three) to be able to describe their pain, as a self-reporting measure. The original pain scale faces had a total of seven faces (refer to Figure 1.)…
The words “Daily Wellness Check” are probably self-explanatory to most of you. It means checking on your wellness daily. However, that is a lot easier said than done. How can that be done? How do you perform a daily wellness check?…
It seems like a good idea to start off with a little review. Similarly to the way high school teachers always start off the year. Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic inflammatory disease of the Central Nervous System (CNS). It causes “relapsing-remitting attacks of inflammation, demyelination and axonal damage, leading to various degrees and spectra of neurological symptoms and disability” (3). …
Do you often find yourself losing focus on tasks? Inability to maintain attention? Have to re-read the same paragraph for the fifth or sixth time? Or frequently daydreaming during an important meeting? If you had answered ‘yes’ to any of these, it may be a sign of Sluggish Cognitive Tempo (SCT).…
In order to understand a renal tracker in the new digital world, the basis of kidney physiology must be first understood. The kidneys are extraordinary organs so let’s dive into the fun stuff and skip all the boring details. In layman’s terms: its function is to simply retain correct volumes of water and nutrients vital for bodily functions and filter out harmful or unnecessary waste as urine.…
