‘Depression’ became the common term for the urbanite people. Depression is downturn mood that took place on temporary basis. When one suffers from depression “feels blue”. Depression may cause from various factors such as:

• Family history: In cases of depression like other diseases genes came to play an significant factor.
• Trauma and stress: Problems related to finance, relationship, accidents etc causes trauma and stress on human mind as well as body. This also contributes to depression.
• Pessimistic personality: People from negative outlook towards life or anything under the sun also dig into the problem of depression.
• Physical condition: people who suffers from serious or chronicle health problem also have a tendency to be depressed.
• Other psychological problems like Anxiety disorders, eating disorders, schizophrenia, insomania etc also led to depression.

There are thousands of natural remedy for the problem of depression. But it is tough to select the best effective remedy to get rid of this problem called depression. Natural depression remedies are those remedies that have proved to be the effective to this problem. There are some natural remedies for depression.

• St. John’ Wort formula has been proved to alleviate depression and anxiety also.
• Self-help group has an important role to play for the people who are suffering from depression.
• Diet and nutrition will also help people to recover from mental illness called depression.
• Counseling helps immensely to get rid of depression.
• Animal assisted therapies by enhancing socialization skills also contributes to the natural remedy for depression.
• Expressive therapies like Art Therapy, Dance/Movement Therapy, Music/Sound Therapy contributes to the relieve of depression
• ‘Traditional Oriental medicine’ (such as acupuncture, shiatsu, and reiki), ‘Indian systems of health care’ (such as Ayurveda and yoga), and ‘Native American healing practices’(such as the Sweat Lodge and Talking Circles) helps to cure the problem.

Anxiety has became synonymous to the urbanites. To get relief from the problem called Anxiety there are respective natural treatments. They are: Good nutrition, medical–grade nutritional supplement, Hormonal Balance Profile, Physical activity (perhaps the best anxiety medication), sunlight and fresh air, sleep, emotional experience.

What do Doctors call this Condition?

Varicosities in the venous plexus

What is this Condition?

Hemorrhoids are painful, enlarged, bleeding veins in the region of the anus. They can be inside or protrude from the rectum. This condition is most common in adults between the ages of 20 and 50.

What Causes it?

Hemorrhoids probably result from increased pressure in the veins around the anus. Conditions that often coexist with hemorrhoids include:

• jobs requiring prolonged standing or sitting

• straining due to constipation, diarrhea, coughing, sneezing, or vomitIng

• heart failure

• liver disease (such as cirrhosis, amebic abscesses, or hepatitis)

• alcoholism

• anal or rectal infection

• loss of muscle tone due to old age, rectal surgery, pregnancy, or episiotomy (with childbirth)

• anal intercourse.

What are the Symptoms?

Hemorrhoids usually cause painless, intermittent bleeding that can be seen in bowel movements. Bright-red blood appears on the stool or on toilet paper when the fragile covering of the hemorrhoid is broken. First-degree hemorrhoids may cause itching. Second-degree hemorrhoids, which bulge out of the rectum during bowel movements and then return, are usually painless. Third-degree hemorrhoids cause constant discomfort. They bulge larger with any abdominal pressure and must be pushed back by hand.

How are they Diagnosed?

External hemorrhoids are visible around the anus. Your doctor will use a scope to identifY internal hemorrhoids and rule out rectal polyps.

How are they Treated?

Treatment depends on the person’s general health and the severity of the condition. Generally, treatment involves easing pain, reducing swelling and congestion, and regulating bowel habits. Other nonsurgical treatments include reducing hemorrhoids by hand or with a laser, or injecting a solution to produce scar tissue that keeps hemorrhoids from bulging. Hemorrhoidectomy is the surgical procedure used to treat more serious hemorrhoids - for example, those causing bleeding, intolerable pain, or infection.

What can a Person with Hemorrhoids do?

• Relieve constipation by adding more raw vegetables, fruit, and whole grain cereal to your diet. If your doctor agrees, use a stool softener.

• Spend less time sitting on the toilet to reduce pressure in the veins around the anus.

• Use local anesthetics (lotions, creams, suppositories) to reduce the swelling and pain of hemorrhoids. Astringents and a cold compress followed by a warm sitz bath or thermal pack are also helpful.

• If your doctor prescribes a bulk medication, such as Metamucil, take it about 1 hour after the evening meal, to ensure a daily bowel movement.

• If you have surgery, keep the wound clean to prevent infection and irritation. Be gentle when washing the wound and avoid harsh soaps. Use white toilet paper (chemicals in colored paper can irritate the skin).

• Don’t use stool softeners after surgery. A firm stool is a natural dilator and will help prevent scar tissue from tightening the canal.

This is one of three types of skin cancer. The other two are basal cell carcinoma and malignant melanoma . In squamous cell carcinoma, underlying skin cells are damaged, and this leads to the development of a malignant, or life-threatening, tumor (lump). As with the other types of skin cancer, years of exposure to strong sunlight seem to be the main cause.

What are the Symptoms?

A firm, fleshy, hard-surfaced lump develops, and grows steadily. In some cases, it looks like a wart. In others it looks like an ulcer, but the ulceration never heals completely. A squamous cell tumor usually appears on a place that is constantly exposed to sunlight. The lower lip, the ears, and the hands are common sites.

What are the Risks?

You are most at risk of having skin cancer if you have lived in a sunny area or worked outdoors for many years, have light skin, and are middle-aged or elderly. The disorder is very rare in people with dark skin.

If the cancer is allowed to reach an advanced stage, it may metastasize, or spread to other parts of the body. If this happens, the outlook is poor. Usually, if the problem is detected early, the treatment is effective.

What should be Done?

Go to your physician without delay if you develop a lump that does not heal in two weeks. Your physician may want you to have a biopsy, in which a small sample of the suspected tumor is removed for analysis.

Most squamous cell tumors are removed by cutting them away. When the tumor is large, a skin graft may be needed to cover the scar. Alternative treatments are cryosurgery (freezing), chemosurgery and radiation therapy. Most patients are completely cured, and regular checkups are advised over the next five years.

What are these Conditions?

Nodules and polyps are types of benign growths that may appear on the vocal cords. Both nodules and polyps have good prognoses, un­less continued voice abuse causes recurrence, with subsequent scarring and permanent hoarseness.

What Causes them?

Vocal cord nodules and polyps usually result from voice abuse, especially in the presence of infection. Consequently, they’re most common in teachers, singers, and sports fans, and in energetic children (ages 8 to 12) who continually shout while playing. Polyps are common in adults who smoke, live in dry climates, or have allergies.

What are their Symptoms?

Nodules and polyps inhibit the movement of the vocal cords and produce painless hoarseness. The voice may also sound breathy or husky.

How are they Diagnosed?

If a person has persistent hoarseness, the doctor may suspect vocal cord nodules and polyps. To confirm the diagnosis, the vocal cords may be visualized using a test called indirect laryngoscopey. In a person with vocal cord nodules, laryngoscopy initially shows small red nodes; later, white solid nodes will be seen on one or both cords. In a person with polyps, laryngoscopy reveals polyps of varying size, which may appear anywhere on the vocal cords and may occur on one or both cords.

How are they Treated?

Conservative management of small vocal cord nodules and polyps includes humidification, speech therapy (voice rest, training to reduce the intensity and duration of voice production), and treatment of any underlying allergies.

When conservative treatment fails to relieve hoarseness, the doctor will remove nodules or polyps under direct laryngoscopy. The doctor may use microlaryngoscopy for small lesions to avoid injuring the vocal cord surface.

If nodules or polyps are present on both cords, surgical removal may be performed in two stages so that one cord can heal before polyps are removed from the other cord.

For children, treatment consists of speech therapy. If possible, surgery should be delayed until the child is old enough to benefit from voice training, or until he or she can understand the need to abstain from voice abuse.

Acne vulgaris, often called simply acne, is a condition in which spots of various types appear on the skin. As many adolescents know, it nearly always develops during puberty. For this reason it is discussed under Special problems of adolescents .Acne rosacea is a condition in which the tiny blood vessels under the skin of the cheeks, nose, and forehead enlarge over a period of weeks or months. Why this happens is not known. The blood vessels can be seen as red streaks on the face. In some cases, the skin becomes completely reddened. Eating hot spicy food, or drinking alcohol or strong tea or coffee, makes you flush brightly. In some cases, pus-filled spots appear. About half of people with acne rosacea also get sore eyes, due to a type of conjunctivitis that develops

Acne rosacea is harmless. It affects adults and tends to persist for years, usually coming and going of its own accord in that time.

What Should be Done?

See your physician, who may prescribe an antibiotic drug. This is likely to improve the condition within a few weeks. However, after the antibiotic is discontinued, the condition may well recur and require antibiotic treatment again.