For the millions of Americans who suffer from arthritis, the search for relief is often long and confusing. For many, the recall of the arthritis medication Vioxx served as a wake-up call. To avoid side effects, many people looked for an alternative source of relief in supplements such as glucosamine and chondroitin. However, a recent study by the National Institutes…
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Asthma And Its Symptoms
In his book, Essential Allergy, Niels Mygind defines asthma as, “A lung disease characterised by: 1, variable and reversible airway obstruction; 2, airway inflammation; and 3, bronchial hyper-responsiveness.” Asthma is a disease where bronchial tubes are sensitive to irritants, which cause them to inflame and produce difficult breathing. The inflammation can cause, * contraction of muscles around the air passages,…
Bursitis An Unimaginable Joint Pain
It could be one of the worst pains you ever feel in your entire life. Many have to face this pain in an early stage of their lives due to excessive stress put on the joints. The inflammation of bursa is known as bursitis. In our body we have over 150 bursa sacs. These fluid-filled sacs keep the joints lubricated…
C Reactive Protein The New Testing Standard
The latest factor to determine your risk of a heart attack is the C-Reactive Protein (CRP) test. CRP is a molecule produced by the liver in response to an inflammatory response. A simple blood test can check your CRP level. A reading of 3.0 or higher triples your risk for a heart attack. Under normal circumstances, inflammation is a short…
Arthritis Not Just For The Senior Citizens
There is a general misconception that arthritis is an age-related medical condition that afflicts only the senior citizens or the elderly. It may be true with osteoarthritis, the most common type of joint disorder that usually affects adults of both sexes in their middle age. But what most people don’t understand is that there are other types or causes of…
Put Snoring To Rest
Almost everyone can tell at least one joke about people who snore. But snoring’s no laughing matter. According to The American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, severe snoring not only interrupts sleep, it can cause serious, long-term health problems, including obstructive sleep apnea. For chronic snorers, the good news is that they’re not alone. AAO-HNS says 45…
The Grumbling Gut
There are a large number of diseases of the bowl and they all have different symptoms, but there is one constant with all of these diseases and that is INFLAMMATION of the bowl. The digestive system is actually a very complex organ that has a finely tuned team of mechanical reactions mixed with chemicals. The team goes into action once…
Chrones The Other Ibd
When it comes to Inflammatory Bowel Disorder (IBD), most people are aware of ulcerative colitis. This is a disorder in which the damage occurs in the colon as a result of inflammation of the tissue. However, chrones is a prevalent disorder that is often misdiagnosed as ulcerative colitis, as they share many of the same symptoms. Basically chrones and ulcerative…
Diabetes Today The Disturbing Truth
Diabetes is the fifth-deadliest disease. Since 1987 the death rate has increased 45 percent. In 2002; diabetes claimed an astonishing 224,092 lives in the United States alone. It is believed that the number was actually higher since most deaths of the elderly had multiple chronic conditions associated with their death including diabetes. Many people do not know that they have…
Inflammation The New Medical Bad Guy
According to the latest medical theory, chronic inflammation is the root cause of almost every disease suffered by human beings. That’s right. Many doctors believe persistent, low-level inflammation paves the way for chronic disease, including those we usually experience late in life, e.g. arthritis, heart and kidney disease, and cancer. As a part of our immune response system, inflammation occurs…