If you’re over 40, you might have noticed that you’re not able to eat or drink the things you used to. This is simply because you’re body isn’t as resilient as it used to be. As you age your risk for high cholesterol, heart disease, arthritis, prostate issues, cancer and diabetes increase. In fact, adults between the ages of 35 and 55 with moderately high cholesterol levels can have an increased chance of heart disease of up to 39 percent.
Nobody enjoys being sick, it can really ruin your entire week. From body aches to runny noses, the flu spreads like wild fire during the in between seasons. If you happen to suffer from hay fever on top of that, it can just be made that much worse but do you know the difference between the flu and just the common cold? Here are some signs and symptoms to watch out for.
Fatty liver disease, more accurately called non-alcoholic fatty liver disease or NAFLD, occurs when more than 5% of liver cells contain fat. The exact cause of NAFLD is not known, but both poor diet and genetics are known to play a part. Left unchecked, fatty liver disease can cause cirrhosis, a condition which is potentially fatal. Unfortunately, there is no direct treatment for NAFLD. Instead, doctors treat the underlying contributing factor, which is typically obesity.
High blood pressure is not something to be ignored. It can be a sign of a serious underlying illness or disease that can range from acute anxiety to heart disease and often goes unnoticed. The key with high blood pressure or hypertension is to be aware of its presenting symptoms so that you can seek swift medical advice from your GP. Below is a list of five of the most common signs that you might be suffering from high blood pressure.
Candida is a fungus that is capable of causing an infection called Candidiasis in human beings. Candida is always present in the human body, and it usually causes no problems to people with healthy immune systems. When someone’s immunity is compromised either by poor diet, H.I.V, hormonal imbalance and medication, the fungus may multiply rapidly and cause an infection. Candida is also capable of infecting different parts of the body, with the most common being the mouth (thrush)
About half of the adult population is familiar with bunions, which happen more often in women. They can either be inherited or appear due to the wearing of improper shoes. They’re not only painful and uncomfortable, but they affect your quality of life. And even though we cannot always prevent bunions, at least we know how to correct them.
Smoking is one of the worst habits that endanger one’s life and if you haven’t yet quit, you would be doing yourself a favor by doing so. Smoking without people realizing takes a toll on health in a serious way. It affects the lungs making it black as coal, leads to diseases like COPD; it also leads to cardiovascular disease by constant toxins in the blood and artery blockage. The main contributor to promotion of smoking has been advertisements, the media and Hollywood dramatizing and stereotyping smoking as cool or macho.
If you have ever felt a tingling sensation like a limb falling asleep or pins and needles poking your skin, you must have just ignored it. More often than not, we tend to ignore any sensations we feel on our skin. Today we’re here to talk about paresthesia.
In trying to keep our home and house functional and practical for convenience, we end up purchasing and storing products that we feel is good for home and health. Instead these turn out to be just the opposite. There could be toxic chemicals and other harmful substances present in many areas of your house that is not exactly visible to your eyes. However, there are ways to prevent such substances from affecting your health and the health of your loved ones.
For centuries humankind has hunted for the elixir of youth just to get that magic potion of eternal health and vitality. The fountain of youth is in all mythologies and archaic texts and to be honest the pursuit of youth has not stopped even today. Ageing is something which we are paranoid of as it reminds us of our mortality and we try to erase every little sign by surgeries and cosmetics but eventually age catches up.
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