b>What is Fibromyalgia? Fibromyalgia (FM) is a chronic pain syndrome, characterized by widespread muscle pain, fatigue, and specific tender areas of soft tissue. It is often difficult to diagnose, due to the lack of a specific laboratory test, but it is estimated that there are 3-6 million fibromyalgia sufferers in the US alone. The causes of FM are still unclear, though recent studies have theorized that it may arise following a period of trauma, illness, or following a period of environmental ...
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What could be more serious than to be on the receiving end of an STD. The answer is, millions of people are choosing to ignore the warning signs of safe sex therefore causing epidemics like the plague. The plague as I remember go back to the days of Guy Fawkes where people had no help or treatment like we have today in the 21st century. . Ignorance has to be top of the list why this is a major concern. If you told me that a death sentence came with casual unprotected sex you would not have to ...
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Chronic headaches are a problem for many thousands of Americans, yet the vast majority never fully pinpoints the cause of their pain. Headaches can be caused by stress, poor posture, how you sleep, how many hours per day you spend looking at a computer screen, or any number of variables. Often, someone will visit a few doctors and chiropractors before giving up and resigning to a life of chronic headache pain. However, there is usually one stone left to be turned' Neuromuscular Dentistry In ...
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Currently, there are no known side effects for most hyaluronic acid products including pills, serums, creams and liquids. However, there are some side effects associated with knee and facial injections. Some of the less common side effects for knee injections of hyaluronic acid include: blue color or flushing or redness of skin, cough, difficulty in swallowing, dizziness or feeling faint, fever, redness or pain at place of injection, skin rash, hives, and/or itching, stuffy nose, swelling of ...
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Oral diabetic medications that can cause low blood sugar or hypoglycemia The following sulfonylurea medications for diabetes can cause hypoglycemia or low blood sugar as a side effect. * Glipizide (Glucotrol) * Glyburide (such as DiaBeta, Glynase, Micronase) * Glimepiride (Amaryl) Repaglinide (Prandin) and nateglinide (Starlix) are not sulfonylurea medications. However, they work in the same way and can also cause low blood sugar as a side effect. You are unlikely to develop hypoglycemia or ...
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Because hypoglycemia can effect your driving performance (even modestly low blood sugar can do this), if you are at all prone to hypoglycemia, I personally would strongly recommend you check out your blood sugar level each time you are about to drive. Prior to you putting the key in the ignition, test your blood sugar. There are some great glucometers out there, like the Accu-Check Compact with the Accu-Check Multi-clix lancet pen. The Accu-Check Compact has a 17 strip drum inside so you ...
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Question : My 17-year-old son's nose is quite sensitive nowadays, especially after a game of basketball. He sneezes quite a lot after that. Is he likely to get sinusitis? Answer : Sinusitis is characterised by inflammation of accessory nasal sinuses, blocked sinus drainage due to congestion and muco- sal oedema that is prone bacterial infection. Symptoms of sinusitis include; headache, earache, toothache, facial pain, tenderness over the forehead and cheekbones, and occasionally a high fever. ...
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Question : My sister, 20, has had difficulty moving her bowels since childhood. She usually does so once a week. The excreta is large and hard, resulting in pain. She takes fruit and vegetables daily. Answer : Constipation is characterised by difficulty in passing stool or an absence of the urge to eliminate. In general, if the bowel movement is less than three times in a week or the bowel movement is regular but the stool is hard or difficult to pass, it is defined as constipation. Symptoms ...
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A migraine is a throbbing or pulsating headache that is often one sided (unilateral) and associated with nausea; vomiting; sensitivity to light, sound, smells; sleep disruption, and depression. Attacks are often recurrent and tend to become less severe as the migraine sufferer ages. Types Migraines are classified according to the symptoms they produce. The two most common types are migraine with aura and migraine without aura. Less common types include the following: Basilar artery migraine, ...
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