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As a trans person, you feel born into the wrong body. What further steps you take in this can vary greatly from person to person. Some have enough of a few simple adjustments to feel better in their skin such as appropriate clothing, wigs, breast prostheses or they measure themselves a new first name that better suits their true identity. Others choose to actually change gender.
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Self-mutilation means 'self-harm'. It can manifest itself in different ways, such as scratching itself, cutting or hitting. Sometimes self-mutilation is an expression of stress or unspoken feelings, but equally it is a symptom of an underlying disease. The purpose of self-mutilation is not to kill oneself.
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Korsakov's syndrome is a serious brain disorder that results from years of excessive alcohol consumption in combination with poor or irregular nutrition, causing a deficiency of vitamin B1 (thiamine). Memory disorders are the main feature of the disease. People suffering from the syndrome are often not very aware of their disease.
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Forty percent of the population between 25 and 85 years old complains of forgetfulness and about 8 percent are seriously concerned about that. This is the conclusion of research by the memory outpatient clinic of the Dutch University of Limburg. The people who found themselves very forgetful were subjected to all kinds of memory tests. The result: for most of them, that forgetfulness was not too bad.
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Polio or infantile paralysis is an inflammation of the spinal cord caused by the poliovirus. The virus is transmitted from person to person, especially by eating food or drinking water contaminated by bowel movements, and slightly less often by saliva droplets when coughing or sneezing. The infection can cause paralysis, can lead to permanent residual symptoms and sometimes to death.
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The important issues in life, such as our health, leave their mark on our quality of life, on who we are and how we stand in life. But our quality of life is also determined by subjective aspects and even by all the little things we do every day. And rituals we all have. Some we do consciously, others unconsciously. Some make us strong, others take away our energy.
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Hyperventilation means that you breathe too fast and/or too deeply. As a result, on the one hand, more oxygen enters the blood and on the other hand you exhale more carbon dioxide (CO2). Especially the latter can cause a number of complaints, because carbon dioxide affects the acidity of the blood. Due to the (false) feeling of respiratory distress and the frightening symptoms, you sometimes breathe even faster and / or deeper, so that the complaints become even worse.
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Hypoglycemia (also called 'hypo') or too low blood glucose levels mainly affect diabetespatients. In other people, it is very rare. The sugar value in the blood is then less than 70 mg/dL.
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Unlike acute inflammation, chronic inflammation is insidious and less visible, but therefore not harmless. In the long term, chronic inflammation can even lead to diabetes, dementia and cancer. It is therefore important to discuss an appropriate treatment method with your doctor.
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Fainting is usually harmless. It is usually the result of a blood pressure drop that your body repairs on its own. However, it is serious, if there is an underlying condition at the root. The most common causes are described here.
