Causes of Slipped Disc
If you experience pain in the back or neck with concomitant numbness or weakness in your arms and legs, consult your doctor as there is a good chance that you might be suffering from a slipped disc. So, does the term ‘slipped disc’ make you think that there is some organ located in your back [...]
What Causes Sleep Terrors
Sleep terror is also known as night terror. It is a sleeping disorder that is often characterized by low, medium or extreme levels of fear. Causes for night terror are not determined by experts. However, stress and living environments often lead to night terrors. A sleeping person experiences night terror in NRE (non-rapid eye movement) stage [...]
Early Signs Of Diabetes
Diabetes mellitus or high blood sugar is being deemed as the number one lifestyle disease today, with more and more people falling prey to it with every passing moment. It’s not surprising to see the abnormal surge in the number of sufferers in recent years, thanks to sedentary lifestyle and poor eating habits. Before you [...]
Stomach Ache Causes
Stomach ache refers to an abdominal pain experienced by people of every age - newborns, young and old people. It arises in several organs of the human body such as stomach, small intestine, colon, liver, gallbladder, spleen and pancreas. The pain, which can be severe, may occur due to various reasons. The intensity and frequency [...]
Magnesium Deficiency Symptoms
Minerals play an important role in maintaining sound health, and we cannot single out any particular mineral as more vital than any other, for each has an important part to play. Among the many minerals, magnesium is the 4th most abundant mineral in a human body and can be found in bones, teeth, and red [...]
Signs of Diabetes in Men
Diabetes mellitus, commonly known as diabetes, is a chronic condition associated with abnormally high levels of sugar or glucose in the blood. It is caused either when the body does not produce enough of insulin, which is known to lower the levels of blood sugar, or because the cells in the body stop responding to [...]
Sugar Addiction Symptoms
Can you imagine a day without eating sugar in any form? If you think you can answer this question with a simple “Yes”, we recommend that you count your foods again. A day without soft drinks, milkshakes, pastries, fruit yogurt, cakes, chocolates, candies, cookies, donuts, ice cream, corn syrup, honey, maple syrup, muffins! What’s more, [...]
Tingling Feet Causes
Have you ever seen a puppet show? Doesn’t our body and its parts looks like a puppet in the show that is moved in different directions by a string attached from the top to its hands, legs and head. The parts of our body is connected to our brain with the help of the nervous [...]
Causes of Miscarriage
Nothing is more dangerous and harrowing for a woman than having a miscarriage. Even the very word ‘miscarriage’ seems to be very scaring, especially for pregnant women. But the bitter truth about it is that almost 10% of pregnancies result in a miscarriage. As such, pregnant women mostly take all sorts of precautions and necessary steps [...]
Period Symptoms
You’ve been informed and given a detailed lecture on menstruation by your mom. She has even told you that you are soon going to confront the teenage life with periods soon and has even bought sanitary pads and tampons lest you find blood spots on your panty. But to your surprise, your mom forgot to [...]
Causes of Osteoporosis
Osteoporosis is a medical condition that is characterized by low bone mass and loss of bone tissues, thereby leading to weak and fragile bones. A condition that is often found in elder women, osteoporosis starts causing damage in the early years. The word osteoporosis is a Greek term derived from “osteo” meaning “bone” and “porosis” [...]
Early Pregnancy Signs
Ask any mother about her early pregnancy sign, and she will start reviving those golden moments with great and exciting feelings. Similar to those hundreds of thousands of women around the world who have become mothers and are trying to become one, you too feel that it’s time to add another member to your family. [...]
Ectopic Pregnancy Symptoms
With the fertilization of a sperm and ovum begins pregnancy in a woman. In general, a fertilized ovum attaches itself to the lining of the womb. However, in certain cases, the fertilized womb implants itself elsewhere apart from the uterus. This is called ectopic pregnancy which occurs in one of the fallopian tubes that carry [...]
Causes of Weight Gain
The issue of weight gain has become all the more weightier with research suggesting that a host of diseases and disorders are directly or indirectly linked to the extra pounds of fat. Indeed, obesity or weight gain has posed to become one of the major lifestyle problems of the modern age. The issue of weight [...]
Casein Allergy Symptoms
Casein is a protein found primarily in milk and dairy products. However, it can be found in bread, instant soups, margarine, processed cereals, sweets, salad dressings, and cake mixes as well, though in small quantities. Plus, it is also used in the manufacturing of adhesives, cosmetics, and paints. But some people are unable to accept [...]
Endometriosis Symptoms
Endometriosis is a medical condition where the cells, which are normally found inside the uterus, are found growing outside the uterus. As such, the lining of the inside of the uterus is found outside of it. The cells, called endometrial cells, are shed every month during menstruation; thus, endometriosis is most likely to affect women [...]
Signs of a Heart Attack
A heart attack is a life and death emergency where every second counts. The moment we hear the term “heart attack”, it frightens us sending into a state of trembling. Medically known as myocardial infarction (MI) or acute myocardial infarction (AMI), a heart attack is used to describe any sudden pain in the chest accompanied [...]
Pyelonephritis Symptoms
Pyelonephritis or kidney infection in layman’s terms is a very specific kind of ‘urinary tract infection’ (UTI) that normally afflicts the urethra or bladder and gradually impinges on the kidneys. Persistent or periodic reflux of urine from the bladder to the ureters or kidney pelvis can trigger off inflammation in the kidneys leading to acute [...]
Symptoms of Hyperglycemia
Hyperglycemia is a condition where a diabetic suffers from increased blood sugar levels. It is a medical condition where the body’s blood sugar level is too high or the body’s insulin is inefficient (or insufficient) in controlling and burning the blood sugar in the body. In a person not suffering from diabetes, the blood sugar [...]
Broken Ankle Symptoms
It is a common misconception that people who are largely involved into sports and other physical activities experience the most number of ankle injuries. But the fact is that ankle injuries are the most common of the bone and joint injuries that can affect any individual. As such, any injury in the ankle is identified [...]
Chocolate Allergy Symptoms
Food allergy is a very common illness. Whenever a person consumes food to which his body is allergic, the body automatically produces antibodies to attack the food proteins generated from the allergic food. The antibodies attach themselves to the white blood cells in the blood to produce chemicals which are seen as external allergic manifestations [...]
Mold Exposure Symptoms
Molds are nothing but a group of fungi that grow and multiply on warm, damp or moist surfaces. Molds are characterized by the presence of multicellular filamentous structures and can grow anywhere, both indoors and outdoors, in your garage, basement or a moist corner in the house. Molds have the tendency to multiply and spread [...]
Acid Indigestion Symptoms
If acid indigestion sounds like a Greek term to you then read on to know what it truly means. Acid indigestion is when the acid from your bile travels upwards through your oesophagus to the mouth. So, if you are wondering how you will get an acid indigestion, then the answer is that this discomfort [...]