According to the Mayo Clinic, your leg can swell for various reasons. For example, swelling in one leg alone may indicate an injury causing inflammation in the inflicted area. However, swelling in both legs may be the sign of a kidney or heart issue contributing to excess fluid in the body.
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When the nervous system detects the body overheating, it responds by changing breathing and blood flow patterns, causing a person to sweat as a cooling mechanism. Sweat can happen anywhere in the body, but is generally associated with the armpits, hands, feet and face.
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On average, 90 percent of the hairs on your head are in the growing phase while the other 10 percent enter into a resting state, in which the hair follicle dries up and hair loss begins.
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Anything that contains a liquid, including the bloodstream, has a measurable pH level. This level, which determines the potential of hydrogen reactions, or the presence of oxygen, can have significant impacts on the human body.
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Hair evolves in a cycle of growth, or anagen; transition, or catagen; and resting, or telogen. During its final stage of resting, hair begins to detach from the hair follicle and fall out under the slightest pressure or pulling.
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One of the most embarrassing parts of wearing a bikini or speedo is the appearance of unsightly cellulite. The fatty dimpling of the skin around the thighs and buttocks leaves many women feeling self-conscious.
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One of the common traits associated with growing old is gray hair. As we age, the melanocytes that contribute the pigment, melanin, to our hair stop producing, causing hair to become more transparent, or “gray.” In fact, without any melanin, hair would appear white.
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Scarring alopecia, or cicatricial alopecia, refers to any disorder or injury that destroys the sebaceous (oil) glands and hair follicles at the second layer of the skin, causing potentially permanent hair loss. The treatment for scarring alopecia depends on its severity and specific cause.
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