Yvette McQueen MD, A Global Traveling Physician

SLEEP TO DESTRESS, IMPROVE HEALTH AND LOSE WEIGHT by Yvette McQueen MD     Did you know lack of sleep increases your stress level?  You feel sluggish and nonproductive which aggravates your psychic.  It also increases your cortisol levels which elevates stress; additionally increased cortisol levels will add abdominal fat and potentiate the risk of Type II Diabetes.  Recent studies show the average US adult sleeps 5-6 hours per night.  Not only reduced hours of sleep but interrupted sleep plays havoc on your stress level.  An average adult needs 7-8 hours of uninterrupted sleep to rejuvenate the body cells and metabolism.  A school age child needs 10-12 hours of sleep to maintain productive brain cells for learning. Ways to improve sleep habits: ·          *  Energy and exercise increase the happy brain endorphins for restful sleep; don’t exercise within 2        hours of bedti...

ILLNESS AFTER VACATION Yvette McQueen MD, Travel Doctor If you should get sick after your travels, please see a medical provider as soon as possible.  Let them know you were recently traveling, where you traveled and if anything occurred like injury, insect bite, foods eaten, body fluid exposures, medical procedures [Medical Tourism], tattoos or piercing.  We can alter the physical examine and tests according to diseases not usually occurring; or search for unusual sources of the illness. Possible post travel symptoms include: DIARRHEA FEVER BLOOD CLOTS RASHES SUNBURN TRAVELER’S DIARRHEA:  One of the main reasons for dehydration in a traveler.  Diarrhea can be caused by eating or drinking contaminated food/water with bacteria. Your gastrointestinal system is not immune to the local bacteria therefore you develop diarrhea and can lose a large quantity of your body’s water. Many of the developing countries of the world does...