For patients and caregivers, understanding clinical progression, diagnostic imaging results, and pharmacological treatment options is vital for managing acute and chronic health conditions.
Massage and acupuncture can provide relief from back and body pain. Routine treatment can reduce your muscle pain, inflammation and joint stiffness. However, many people encounter a surprisingly stubborn phenomenon during the course of a massage or acupuncture session: nasal congestion and nasal drip.
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Yeast, or Candida, is part of your normal internal flora. However, it can also cause opportunistic infections in individuals with reduced immunity.
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The human body requires three types of macronutrients – those nutrients needed in large amounts, including carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Although all macromolecules consist of oxygen, hydrogen and carbon, the amino acids that make up proteins contain between 15 and 25 percent nitrogen and some contain sulfur.
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Hyperventilation is a state of uncontrolled, rapid breathing. The fast-paced breathing expels more carbon dioxide from your body than usual, causing your blood's carbon dioxide level to drop and its pH to rise. As a result, the arteries constrict, causing feelings of dizziness or light-headiness.
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Anxiety disorders affect about 20 percent of the adult population. These disorders have an adverse effect on daytime performance and nighttime sleep. They also put people at risk for substance abuse.
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Your diet provides the necessary building blocks for the body to produce energy and maintain good health. A good diet, therefore, is the foundation of good health. Your food choices can have a significant impact on how well your body functions.
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Sweet foods, such as cakes and desserts, often contain large amounts of sugar and carbohydrates. While too many sweets are unhealthy for most people, individuals with diabetes must be extra cautious about their overall carbohydrate intake.
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When the body breaks down purines, a substance found in human tissue and in many foods, uric acid forms. Uric acid dissolves in the blood and passes through the kidneys and into urine for elimination.
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Understanding what causes hair to turn white–or gray or silver–involves taking a close look at the structure of the hair itself.
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Saline nasal spray has several advantages over steroid nasal sprays and over no treatment at all. Saline sprays can be used to moisturize dry sinus cavities, loosen nasal congestion, and remove debris or pollens from the nose. Water and salt or sodium comprise the spray.
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Viral infections in the eye may cause your eyes to feel uncomfortable, and some infections may result in blurry vision. Depending on the location and type of infection, your eye doctor may not have a medication to cure your eye infection.
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Attention deficit disorder, or ADD, is a neurologically based behavioral condition that affects both children and adults. Some of the prescription medications used to treat this disorder have gained attention and controversy due to the unwanted effects and potential for abuse of these powerful drugs.
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Abdominal pain is a common complaint. The causes of abdominal pain are usually benign, but certain signs and symptoms should alert you to the possibility of a serious condition. Other characteristics of the pain that are important in assessing its cause include its location, its duration and associated symptoms.
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Your eyes converge when you focus on near objects like reading a book, tying your shoe or sending a text message. Convergence insufficiency limits a person’s ability to work with visual information at close distances. Convergence insufficiency can even limit entertainment or leisure activities.
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Dairy intolerance and dairy allergy are two different things, according to the National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse. Dairy or lactose intolerance is a reaction to the sugars in milk. Your body either lacks the enzyme, lactase, which breaks down lactose or your body does not produce enough.
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Bile is a liquid containing cholesterol, bilirubin, bile salts and other substances. Gallstones, rock-like material within the gallbladder, form when there is too much cholesterol or bilirubin in the bile or if the gallbladder does not contract normally to expel the bile.
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Your hands perform multiple tasks on a daily basis, such as writing, driving, cooking, bathing, eating and picking up items. Your hands are one of the first things people notice about you, so peeling skin on your palms may become embarrassing and even make it difficult to perform certain tasks.
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Endotracheal intubation -- a medical procedure that involves the placement of a tube into the trachea, or windpipe, to help unconscious or medically compromised people breathe -- may cause side effects. These may be mild, such as temporary sore throat, or as serious as a collapsed lung.
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Nearsightedness, or myopia is a common vision problem that affects about four out of every 10 people. People who are nearsighted have trouble seeing in the distance.
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The upper portion of your digestive and respiratory systems both course through your throat and share common nerve pathways. As a result, eating may directly or indirectly stimulate coughing after eating. Acid reflux, swallowing disorders and food allergies are among the possible causes.
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