Lifestyle Diseases

Dr Zaraina Solomon often sees patients for conditions and diseases related to their lifestyle choices, or a condition that is complicated by their lifestyle choices. It is vital that patients choose to live a healthy lifestyle, and have regular medical check-ups in order to monitor their body’s for issues. This will ensure that patients receive medical care before the problem becomes chronic or difficult to treat. Dr Solomons is there to educate and guide patients to the changes they need to make and the medications they may need to take. Dr Solomons will test, diagnose, treat and help to manage patients with chronic illnesses.

Lifestyle related conditions are often caused by:

  • A poor diet that is low in fibre, and high in carbohydrates, salt and sugar
  • Not drinking enough water
  • Not getting enough exercise or doing enough physical activity
  • Traumatic injury or incorrect body posture
  • Excessive stress
  • Poor sexual health practices/promiscuity and unsafe sex
  • Smoking, drinking alcohol and use of illicit drugs
  • Bad hygiene habits

Common conditions connected to lifestyle choices include:

  • Obesity
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • Heart problems such as atherosclerosis, valvular heart disease, angina and ischaemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmia, cardiomyopathies and pericardial diseases
  • High blood pressure/Hypertension
  • Stroke
  • High cholesterol
  • Liver cirrhosis
  • Nephritis
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Thyroid issues
  • Sleeping issues
  • Cancers, such as colon cancer or respiratory cancers
  • Emphysema and chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD)
  • Dementia, such as Alzheimers
  • And even premature death

Patients can suffer due to a lack of education. Many children suffer and die of dehydration due to diarrheal diseases. Which would not be the case if they were given water and electrolytes. A lower respiratory infections such as the flu, bronchitis, pneumonia and tuberculosis are treatable, but patients need to seek the assistance of a doctor if their condition does not improve.

Contact Dr Solomons’ office for more information on these conditions and how you can make positive changes and live a healthier life.