Disease causing microbes, viruses and bacteria can be stopped invading your body by your strong immune System. If you are getting common cold frequently or viral infection regularly during a virus spread season, then you have to boost your immunity. Your immune system is too weak to fight these viral attacks.
Loss of appetite means general lack of interest in eating food. The condition is usually caused by a sedentary lifestyle, aging, anxiety and depression, smoking, weather conditions and pregnancy and nausea.
Many lifestyle changes and home remedies can provide restless leg syndrome relief. Are you suffering from aches, pain and sensations when lying down in bed or even during sitting, it is most likely a neurological disorder called restless leg syndrome (RLS) or Willis-Ekbom Disease.
Do you forget things often? Forgot that appointment with the doctor? Didn't remember to pick up grocery while coming back from office? or Having trouble with remembering the name of that interesting person you met socially in a party last week?
If you are allergic to bee sting venom then you should be concerned about anaphylaxis-a life-threatening reaction. You just can not afford to take a bee sting lightly.
Lactose intolerance is more prevalent than we imagine. Since the quantity of food containing lactose that shows intolerance symptoms differ some cases of lactose intolerance never surface as you are able to consume a certain amount without difficulties.
Blemishes free skin is a dream of those people who have had acne or other facial problems that left scars, dark spots or other blemishes.
Streptococcus pyogenes and staphylococcus aureus cause the highly infectious skin disease called Impetigo that can affect your face, neck, arms and legs. Impetigo are classified in different categories including impetigo contagiosa, bullous impetigo and ecthyma.
Itchy scalp is not only awkward in social setup, but is also painful and can cause hair loss. Anxiety, poor hair care, dandruff, head lice, psoriasis, tinea capitis, poor diet and infections are some of the main causes of itchy scalp. Swelling and redness may be felt in addition to the itch.
Every 3 out of 4 breastfeeding women experience different degrees of sore nipple problems. The basic cause is that the infant is unable to latch on properly during the feeds. Proper breastfeeding shouldn't cause pain, but bad positioning does. You need relief from your sore nipples.
Every woman, from time to time, suffers from the embarrassing vaginal itching and burning problems. Controlling the urge to itch vagina in a social or work environment becomes a necessity and that can cause a lot of discomfort.
Irregular periods or oligomenorrhea is a common problem among menstruating age women. On average a woman menstruates 11-13 times a year and their normal cycle ranges from 21-35 days.
If the back of your throat has beginning to give you scratchy feeling then you are likely to get pharyngitis.Inflammation or infection in the back of your throat (pharynx) is called pharyngitis. The condition is painful and gives constant scratching sensation in the throat.
Your general weakness can be attributed to feeling lack of energy, lethargic or tired. You may loose appetite, lack of concentration, find difficulties in sleeping and sweat excessively. The fatigue causes muscle weakness and you may feel drowsy and sluggish throughout the day.
Not treating appendicitis on time can be fatal. It can burst and spread infection in the abdomen which can lead to death. Appendicitis is a common disorder of the abdomen occurring during the age of 10-30 and men are more vulnerable than women.
Come warm weather and you are likely to get prickly heat rashes. This summer time irritation occurs due to excessive sweating in hot humid conditions and people of all ages from adults to children to infants suffer from it.
Tonsillitis is very common among children but adults can also get it. It is an inflammation of the tonsils. Both viral and bacterial infections of tonsils can enlarge the tonsils in varying degrees ranging from mild to severe.
You may generally think that occasional abdominal cramps with some loose motion and gas as a sign of indigestion, but it can also be a more serious condition called amoebiasis (also known as amebiasis or enterobiasis). Untreated Amoebiasis can be dangerous as it damages intestines, liver and other internal organs.
Depending on their hormonal composition in the body, different women get menopause at different ages. Impact of menopause on each woman is different but most women get hot flashes and night sweats within the first two years of menopause.
Old age, old injury or recent injury all are the main triggers of shoulder pain. However, these days shoulder pain occur due to extensive uses of computers and laptops. Abnormal postures in the sedentary lifestyle of office goers gives them shoulder pain.
When a skin gets cut, bruised, bitten, burnt, pierced or damaged due to any other condition such as acne, body produces collagen to heal the damaged tissue. This leaves a scar that feds away with time and skin looks smooth and normal again.
Dysuria is a discomfort during urination leading to pain and burning sensation. It commonly affects more women than men. Among the men older men are more vulnerable than the younger men to suffer dysuria.
Everyone wants to look younger and better all the time. Your face reflects your personality. Wrinkled and sagging facial skin and loose skin in the neck can spoil your looks. Though these are all signs of aging but some of you may get it earlier than the actual time these conditions should appear because of unhealthy lifestyle.
Hives or urticaria are allergic reactions manifesting in the form of itchy red bumpy welts. The size of the rash can be tiny to a 6-8 inch patch with clearly defined edges.
Dry socket is characterized by throbbing pain after 2-4 days of tooth extraction accompanied with bad breath. Dry socket means partial or total loss of a blood clot that is required for healing to cover and protect the jaw bone after extraction of a tooth.
Ringworm can affect any part of the skin in the body from the scalp to the feet. It is a contagious skin infection which results in red, scaly and itchy round patches on the skin. Ringworm infections look ugly and cause a lot of discomfort.
There are thousands of parasites that can invade human body but roundworm, pinworm, whipworm and tapeworm are the four most powerful parasites that infect human gastrointestinal tract mainly on the intestine and stomach.
Cradle Cap affecting sensitive scalp, eyebrows, eyelids and area around ears is a very common skin problems among the newborn babies up to the age of 3 months. Cradle cap is characterized by greasy, yellowish, scaly and crusty formation on the scalp of the babies.
There is a lot of ongoing medical research, but there is no cure for Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) as yet. You can do self help in addition to medication to improve quality of life by relieving pain and inflammation.
Hiccups are spasm of diaphragm muscle. During such muscle spasm the vocal cord instantly shuts producing hiccup sound.