Q What can you tell me about Borderline Personality Disorder?

Borderline personality disorder (BPD) is a Mental Health disorder that generates significant emotional instability. This can lead to a variety of other stressful mental and behavioral problems. When you have borderline personality disorder, you often have an insecure sense of who you are. Your self-image, self-identity or sense of self often rapidly changes. You may view yourself as evil or bad, and sometimes you may feel as if you dont exist at all. An unstable self-image often leads to frequent changes in jobs, friendships, goals and values. This is because people with borderline personality disorder often have difficulty accepting gray areas; things seem to be either black or white. The common symptom of borderline personality disorder are overwhelming feelings of distress, anxiety, worthlessness or anger, difficulty managing such feelings without self-harming, for example by abusing drugs and alcohol or taking overdoses, difficulty maintaining stable and close relationships, sometimes, periods of loss of contact with reality, in some cases, threats of harm to others. Treatment may involve a range of individual and group psychological therapies (psychotherapy) carried out by trained professionals.

Q Very severe spasms in calf muscles every night. I am 35 year old woman always remain over worked

Excessive physical exertion, dehydration, deficiency of potassium, magnesium or calcium, poor blood circulation are some of the causes of cramps in calf region. However excessive physical exertion seems to be the probable cause in your case. Following tips may help: follow a well balanced diet, include foods like banana, coconut water regularly in your meals, stay well hydrated, include some stretching exercise in your routine, give hot fomentation over the calf muscle. If all these measures do not help consult your physician to prescribe you medications.rnrn 

Q Whats the benefit of using condoms when we know that they are not 100 % safe ?

Unless a condom breaks or slips it is 100% effective to prevent pregnancy as well as STD. Failure of condom is generally due to its improper use, or vigorous sexual intercourse or poorly manufactured condoms. If a good brand is used with proper caution, there is very minimal chance of its failure. Also as it is said " It is better to be safe than sorry".

Q Is it advisable to go for cosmetic plastic surgery during pregnancy ?

Pregnancy usually brings in major alterations in overall body weight including the face which in turn changes the appearance of wrinkles. She should wait for at least 3 to 4 months after delivery in order to regain her pre pregnancy weight. Later on, she can opt for the plastic surgery.

Q What can cause orgasm problems in men?

Orgasm is release of sexual tension characterised by sense of sexual pleasure. The length of a mans orgasm is estimated to be in between 10-15 seconds on an average although they may last upto 30 seconds. In men it is denoted by ejaculaton of semen. However problems associated with ejaculation can affect a mans ability to achieve orgasm. They include : Anejaculation, premature ejaculation, retrograde ejaculation, delayed ejaculation and erectile dysfunction.

Q Pericarditis develops after what?

In most the cases the cause of pericarditis is unkown. In some cases it may develop due to viral infection or after a major heart attack. Other causes include lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, kidney disease, trauma to heart region, side effect of medications such as blood thinning medicines, etc.

Q How can I tell when Im ovulating?

Ovulation usually occurs 12-15 days before your period starts. So if your periods are regular, you can easily determine your ovulation period by subtracting 14 days from the expected date of the next menstrual cycle. One in 5 women experience mild abdominal cramps when they are ovulating. You can also use a basal body thermometer to check your basal body temperature which shows the lowest reading followed by a sudden rise when you ovulate. During ovulation, your cervix becomes softer and gives out more discharge (mucus) than normal. You can also buy ovulation kit available in chemist to determine your ovulation.

Q What is dry patchy skin around eyes?

Dry patchy skin around eyes indicates that skin in that area is devoid of its water content or moisture. Several factors can cause dry patches around eyes such as extremes of temperature, strong facial cleansers, soap, acne products. Skin conditions such as eczema and psoriasis can also cause dry patchy skin.

Q Are cigars less detrimental to health than cigarettes?

"No. Cigars arent less harmful than cigarettes in any way. Rather they contain more carcinogenic tars, which make them worse than cigarettes. Moreover, when one smokes stogy, excess nicotine and carcinogens are inhaled through the mouth, which could cause dental problems,lung diseases, and cancers.
The reason behind the false repute of cigar being less harmul might be that generally cigar smokers are "occasional" users, and while puffing, most of them don~t inhale the smoke into their lungs. Stay away from cigarettes, cigars, pipes etc if you want to live healthy."

Q What causes a rash on babies elbow?

While most rashes are not serious, a few need close attention as blisters can indicate a serious infection, like a bacterial infection or herpes. Small red or purplish dots can be caused by a viral or bacterial infection. In the first few months of a babys life, any rash associated with other symptoms (such as fever, poor feeding, lethargy, or cough) needs to be evaluated by a doctor as soon as possible. Acne or pink pimples can be caused due to blocked pores on babies elbow. The moisture on elbow creates fungal infections as candidiasis. Dry, sensitive skin, and sometimes allergies may create red, itchy patches as in eczema. Other rashes like erythema toxicum-red blotches on skin, salmon patches-nest of blood vessels, mongolian spots-melanin deficiency are commonly seen in children and most of the times needs no treatment and get cured by the age.