People who normally have a regular caffeine intake but then suddenly stop will probably have caffeine withdrawal. It often causes symptoms which make people uncomfortable, so it is better to slowly reduce the usage of caffeine than suddenly quitting it completely. If necessary, medication will be used to stop withdrawal symptoms.
When people use caffeine regularly, their bodies will get used to it. If they stop caffeine intake or do not take it as normal, the change will be accompanied by some symptoms like headache, sleeping disorders or restlessness. This is called caffeine withdrawal.
Caffeine occurs naturally in plants like coffee beans, tea, kola nuts and so on. It is often used to flavor drinks or food. When people keep eating or drinking these kinds of food or drinks for more than 3 days and then suddenly stop, caffeine withdrawal will probably occur within 6-24 hours, and the symptoms might last for 2-9 days. Caffeine withdrawal could cause side effects like 1) a headache which usually starts behind the eyes and then to the front of the head, 2) sleepiness, 3) irritability, 4) lethargy and lack of motivation, 5) constipation, 6) depression, 7) muscle pain and stiffness , 8) lack of concentration, 9) flu-like symptoms and 10) insomnia. In general, the more caffeine was consumed, the more severe the withdrawal symptoms are likely to be.
There are some principals for the treatment of caffeine withdrawal: 1) decrease the intake of caffeine gradually and increase the intake of water, 2) choose low caffeine products as a substitute, 3) take a rest or massage when symptoms occur and 4) if necessary, take non-steroidal analgesics according to a doctor’s order.
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Proceed as follows to enter your current symptoms.
Click on the appropriate body part on the picture. Select one/multiple symptoms corresponding to your complaint.
You can also add symptoms by typing your medical complaint in the search box and selecting the best matching suggestion.
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Once you have selected all applicable symptoms, click the “analyze disease pattern”-button.
Accordingly, you will get a list of possible diseases and matching doctor categories who can further help you.
You can inform yourself about the possible diseases by reading the related information. But you can also return to the previous step and add more symptoms or delete already added ones to further narrow down your disease pattern.
Click on the desired doctor category to find a doctor who can help you.
If you are logged in with your profile, you will be displayed the appropriate doctors in your area. Otherwise you can enter an address in the “address” field and you will be displayed a doctor’s list around that specified address.
You will receive further information about the displayed doctors when you press on “details”.
Online bookable doctors in your area will be indicated with the notation “Book appointment” or “Book externally”, additionally they will be displayed on top of the list for your convenience.
Click on “Book appointment” to start the online appointment booking process with the desired doctor.
Please select an available appointment. “Green“ appointments are booked directly. “Red“ appointments need to be confirmed by the doctor.
Enter your general personal and health information.
Enter your present medical symptoms.
Enter your mobile phone number to identify yourself and you can finalize the appointment booking.
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