Dr. Josyann Abisaab

Obesity & Sleep Linked: E.R. News and Dr. Josyann Abisaab

A study recently published in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine has found that insufficient sleep at night may actually have a lasting impact on obesity rates.  Babies and children under 5, the study showed, who got less than 10 hours of sleep a night, were more likely to be overweight or obese five years later.

As study author Dr. Janice Bell from the University of Washington explained,  "This is something we may be able to change to address the growing obesity problem."

Certainly, obesity rates are linked to more health issues and more resulting visits to doctors like Dr. Josyann Abisaab in the E.R.  If doctors and researchers can continue isolating the causes of obesity, this could help to reduce the problem and to create healthier situations for people and the health care community.

Emergency Eye Care: Dr. Josyann Abisaab

Most of us are fortunate enough to have healthy eyes. We don’t pay a great deal of attention to our eyes and we don’t think about issues that might occur.  However, eye emergencies are quite common, with nearly 2 million people in the United States seeking care in any given year for eye trauma.  Eye trauma is the number one cause of vision loss in people who are under 25, according to the Illinois Eye and Ear Infirmary.  Eye trauma may be due to an object penetrating the eye, to chemical injury, and to other issues.

Along with trauma, it’s important to know about other eye emergencies that might cause you to visit your primary care physician or to make your way to the emergency room for care from doctors like Dr. Josyann Abisaab.

If you experience a sudden loss of vision, either with or without pain, you should certainly seek assistance.  Sudden vision loss can be due to stroke, vitreous hemorrhage, bleeding into the clear gel in the center of the eye, inflammation of the blood vessels and more.  If you experience flashes of light or large amounts of specks that seem to appear in front of the eye, you also need to seek help.  These can be retinal tears or detachments.