Foods can provide essential nutrients and improve the health for you. However, sometimes, they can also hurt your body. The indigestible foods can seriously hurt your stomach and intestines. These dangerous foods mainly include fried food, spicy food, chocolate, orange juice, mashed potato, uncooked onion, ice cream, cabbage and beans. Fried food usually contains oily…
DetailsHydrochloric acid is very essential and helps in the digestion process. When the amount of hydrochloric acid increases in its level, it leads to acidity problems. This will subsequently gives rise to the inflammation of the mucus membrane. Further, people might be affected with duodenal, peptic and gastric ulcers. The symptoms of all these disorders…
DetailsHydrochloric acid is very essential and helps in the digestion process. When the amount of hydrochloric acid increases in its level, it leads to acidity problems. This will subsequently gives rise to the inflammation of the mucus membrane. Further, people might be affected with duodenal, peptic and gastric ulcers. The symptoms of all these disorders…
DetailsGastritis is a functional abnormality of the stomach characterized by various symptoms, with pain, or heartburn, indigestion and heartburn, the most common. Gastritis may be acute or chronic. In the first case they are older and manifest themselves through phases in which the symptoms are more pronounced and, in acute, occur due to causes more…
Details“What causes pain in the sternum or side?” is a question I’m often asked. And the first thing that always comes to mind is an injury to the rib cartilage called costochondritis. The first time people hear it they say, “What is that?” It’s not a commonly heard term but hundreds of cases come into…
DetailsWater retention is a common health problem that greatly affects the day to day activities of the sufferers. Water retention – medically referred to as edema – is the accumulation of excess fluid that leaks into the body tissues. The leakage will lead to swelling in all over the body (generalized swelling) or more localized…
Details“There is nothing to fear except the persistent refusal to find out the truth.” – Dorothy Thompson One of the chapters in my recent book, “Courageous Confrontations,” describes my experience with a patient named Emma Jorgenson. Shortly after sitting down in my consultation room, she said, “I hope you can help me, Doctor. Those other…
DetailsSYMPTOMS The symptoms associated with heart attacks or myocardial infarctions are: 1. a mild discomfort in the chest 2. a crushing pain in the middle of the chest 3. sweaty, grey and clammy complexion 4. nausea 5. vomiting 6. a general feeling of not being well 7. dizziness 8. coughing and 9. a feeling as…
DetailsWhat is a massive heart attack, will be discussed in detail within this article.. We all know of someone who has suffered from a heart attack. The main purpose of this article is to shed more light on such a huge killer of so many Americans. I will reveal insight to you about this pandemic…
DetailsHeart disease age range is not as an obscure topic as one might initially believe. After all, with an aging population it is not unusual for dinner table conversation to turn to when and if heart disease will strike. And quite honestly the topic of heart disease age range, along with what can be done…
DetailsTuberculosis is one of the major killer diseases of modern times. Till recently, anti-tuberculosis drug regimes were successful in curing the disease in a majority of affected patients. However, multi-drug resistance is fast becoming a major concern for health providers the world over. Moreover, tuberculosis is no more a disease of only the poor or…
DetailsI’m asked this question pretty regularly. People really hope that that the tightness, tingling, and itching on their scalp means that their are experiencing massive regrowth, but many also know that they experienced this same thing when those same hairs were coming out or shedding. The truth is that any time when a large number…
DetailsThe thyroid gland is one of the most important parts of our body. If something were to happen with gland one this is for certain: we must found out as quick as possible.This is the reason why today there are lots of tests that can help detect problems with the thyroid, like tumors or masses.…
DetailsPneumonia Definition: Pneumonia is an acute or chronic disease marked by inflammation of one or both lungs. An inflammation of the lungs caused by viruses, bacteria, or other microorganisms and sometimes by physical and chemical irritants. The air sacs in the lungs fill with pus and other liquid. Oxygen has trouble reaching your blood. If…
DetailsPleurisy Root – Butterfly Weed Asclepias tuberosa Asclepiadaceae (milkweed family) Both the family and genus of this stunning herb are named for the Greek god of medicine, Asldepios. The species name, tuberosa, means “full of swellings or knobs” and describes the enlarged root system characteristic of this plant. The milkweed family is noted for both…
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