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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions

    By Kenneth Kee

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    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

    Is this the hero of whom I have read
    Curled up in a blanket on the hospital bed
    He twisted and turned as he slept
    This dreaming savior of people wept

    He saw the number of people trapped in a burning office building
    And some that jumped to their death to escape the burning
    He rushed through the burning downstairs door
    And up the stairs to the occupied floor

    The people were trapped by the locked stairs door
    They could not get out by the stairs from their floor
    He unlocked each locked door and called to the trapped
    ‘Come and get out down the stairs by the steps’

    He pushed them down the stairs with quiet authority
    ‘Do not jump, I will lead you down the stairs warily’
    And he did so with the greatest impunity
    The people rushed out of the burning door readily

    There were some minor burns to the skin
    But they have survived the fire without jumping
    He remembered those who jumped and the fear on their faces
    It was a nightmare to remember in any place

    He could not eat or drink and tried to sleep
    But sleep would not come as he continued to weep
    His heart was sad as he remembered the tragic events of the day
    Happy are the families of those saved who can see their children play.

    -An original poem by Kenneth Kee

    Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a psychosocial stress caused by exposure to an extreme stress occurrence in the work place or at home.
    1. Witnessing the death of a colleague shot by a robber or crushed by a collapsed heavy machinery
    2. Seeing a person falls from great heights and seriously injured
    3. Witnessing the amputation of a colleague’s limb
    4. Accident involving explosion or fire
    5. Violence or fighting at work
    The appearance of occupational Post Traumatic Stress disorder may vary from mild presentation of insomnia to the more severe presentation of panic and nervous breakdown.
    1. Re-experiencing symptoms
    a. Flashbacks of accident or traumatic events for minutes or days
    b. Post Traumatic Stress dreams and nightmares of the traumatic event
    c. Frightened easily by loud noises.
    Re-experiencing symptoms may cause problems in a person’s everyday routine.
    2. Avoidance of the traumatic site or thinking about the event
    a. Avoidance away from places, events or objects that are reminders of the experience
    b. Feeling Emotional upset and numb
    c. Feeling strong guilt, depression or worry
    d. Losing interest in activities that were enjoyable in the past
    e. Having trouble remembering the dangerous event.
    f. Things that remind a person of the traumatic event can trigger avoidance symptoms.
    g. These symptoms may cause a person to change his or her personal routine.
    3. Hyper arousal symptoms
    Hyper arousal symptoms are usually constant instead of being triggered by things that remind one of the traumatic events.
    These symptoms may make it hard to do daily tasks such as sleeping, eating or concentrating.
    Sometimes people have very serious symptoms that go away after a few weeks.
    This is called acute stress disorder or ASD.
    When the symptoms last more than a few weeks and become an ongoing problem, they might be PTSD.
    To be diagnosed with PTSD a person must have all of the following for at least 1 month:
    1. At least one re-experiencing symptom
    2. At least three avoidance symptoms
    3. At least two hyper arousal symptoms
    Counseling and education will help patient to return to work without feeling fear or panic about their working place.
    Encourage the affected persons to talk and share their traumatic experience
    Antidepressant medicines may help.

    TABLE OF CONTENT
    Introduction
    Chapter 1 Post Traumatic Stress Disorders
    Chapter 2 Interesting Facts about PTSD
    Chapter 3 Treatment of PTSD
    Chapter 4 Panic
    Chapter 5 Anxiety
    Chapter 6 Depression

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKenneth Kee
    Release dateNov 9, 2016
    ISBN9781370823611
    Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions
    Author

    Kenneth Kee

    Medical doctor since 1972.Started Kee Clinic in 1974 at 15 Holland Dr #03-102, relocated to 36 Holland Dr #01-10 in 2009.Did my M.Sc (Health Management ) in 1991 and Ph.D (Healthcare Administration) in 1993.Dr Kenneth Kee is still working as a family doctor at the age of 74However he has reduced his consultation hours to 3 hours in the morning and 2 hours inthe afternoon.He first started writing free blogs on medical disorders seen in the clinic in 2007 on http://kennethkee.blogspot.com.His purpose in writing these simple guides was for the health education of his patients which is also his dissertation for his Ph.D (Healthcare Administration). He then wrote an autobiography account of his journey as a medical student to family doctor on his other blog http://afamilydoctorstale.blogspot.comThis autobiography account “A Family Doctor’s Tale” was combined with his early “A Simple Guide to Medical Disorders” into a new Wordpress Blog “A Family Doctor’s Tale” on http://ken-med.com.From which many free articles from the blog was taken and put together into 1000 eBooks.He apologized for typos and spelling mistakes in his earlier books.He will endeavor to improve the writing in futures.Some people have complained that the simple guides are too simple.For their information they are made simple in order to educate the patients.The later books go into more details of medical disorders.He has published 1000 eBooks on various subjects on health, 1 autobiography of his medical journey, another on the autobiography of a Cancer survivor, 2 children stories and one how to study for his nephew and grand-daughter.The purpose of these simple guides is to educate patient on health disorders and not meant as textbooks.He does not do any night duty since 2000 ever since Dr Tan had his second stroke.His clinic is now relocated to the Buona Vista Community Centre.The 2 units of his original clinic are being demolished to make way for a new Shopping Mall.He is now doing some blogging and internet surfing (bulletin boards since the 1980's) startingwith the Apple computer and going to PC.The entire PC is upgraded by himself from XT to the present Pentium duo core.The present Intel i7 CPU is out of reach at the moment because the CPU is still expensive.He is also into DIY changing his own toilet cistern and other electric appliance.His hunger for knowledge has not abated and he is a lifelong learner.The children have all grown up and there are 2 grandchildren who are even more technically advanced than the grandfather where mobile phones are concerned.This book is taken from some of the many articles in his blog (now with 740 posts) A Family Doctor’s Tale.Dr Kee is the author of:"A Family Doctor's Tale""Life Lessons Learned From The Study And Practice Of Medicine""Case Notes From A Family Doctor"

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      Post Traumatic Stress Disorders, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Treatment And Related Conditions - Kenneth Kee

      Post Traumatic

      Stress Disorders,

      A

      Simple

      Guide

      To

      The Condition,

      Treatment

      And Related Conditions

      By

      Dr Kenneth Kee

      M.B.,B.S. (Singapore)

      Ph.D (Healthcare Administration)

      Copyright Kenneth Kee 2013 Smashwords Edition

      Published By Kenneth Kee at Smashwords.com

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated

      To my wife Dorothy

      And my children

      Carolyn, Grace

      And Kelvin

      This book describes the Post Traumatic Stress Disorders and Related Diseases or in vernacular terms

      What You Need to Know to Treat Post Traumatic Stress Disorders

      This eBook is licensed for the personal enjoyment only. This eBook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader.

      If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy.

      Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Introduction

      Ode to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

      Is this the hero of whom I have read

      Curled up in a blanket on the hospital bed

      He twisted and turned as he slept

      This dreaming savior of people wept

      He saw the number of people trapped in a burning office building

      And some that jumped to their death to escape the burning

      He rushed through the burning downstairs door

      And up the stairs to the occupied floor

      The people were trapped by the locked stairs door

      They could not get out by the stairs from their floor

      He unlocked each locked door and called to the trapped

      ‘Come and get out down the stairs by the steps’

      He pushed them down the stairs with quiet authority

      ‘Do not jump, I will lead you down the stairs warily’

      And he did so with the greatest impunity

      The people rushed out of the burning door readily

      There were some minor burns to the skin

      But they have survived the fire without jumping

      He remembered those who jumped and the fear on their faces

      It was a nightmare to remember in any place

      He could not eat or drink and tried to sleep

      But sleep would not come as he continued to weep

      His heart was sad as he remembered the tragic events of the day

      Happy are the families of those saved who can see their children play.

      -An original poem by Kenneth Kee

      Interesting Tips about Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

      A Healthy Life

      Live a healthy lifestyle

      1. Take a well Balanced Diet

      2. Treatment at an early stage will reduce the symptoms of post traumatic stress.

      a. Counseling and education will help patient to return to work without feeling fear or panic about their working place.

      b. Encourage the affected persons to talk and share their traumatic experience

      3. Keep bones and body strong

      Eat foods rich in calcium like yogurt, cheese, milk, and dark green vegetables.

      Eat foods rich in Vitamin D, like eggs, fatty fish, cereal, and fortified milk.

      Eat food rich in Vitamins B and C such as green vegetables and fruits

      Zinc and other minerals are important to the body

      4. Get enough rest and Sleep

      Avoid stress and tension

      5. Relax and Meditate

      Do deep breathing exercises.

      Clear your mind of all bad memories and live for the day.

      6. Exercise and stay active.

      It is best to do weight-bearing exercise such as walking, jogging, stair climbing, dancing, or lifting weights for 2½ hours a week.

      One way to do this is to be active 30 minutes a day at least 5 days a week.

      Begin slowly especially if a person has not been active.

      7. Do not drink more than 2 alcohol drinks a day for a man or 1 alcohol drink a day for a woman.

      People who drink more than this may have a higher chance for developing osteoporosis.

      Alcohol use also increases the chance of falling and breaking a bone.

      7. Stop or do not

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