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Sinus Treatments

Know About Sinusitis? Homeopathy treatment for Sinus problem?

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About Sinusitis:

Sinusitis is swelling of the tissue lining the paranasal sinuses. Sinusitis is also known as a sinus infection or rhinosinusitis. Sinuses are small, air-filled cavities in the bones around the nose like your cheekbones and forehead that connect to the nose through small, narrow channels. Normally sinuses are filled with air but, when virus or bacteria infect the sinuses, infection causes the sinus lining to swell and block the channels that drain the sinuses. Because of swelling the sinus drainage pathways are blocked and infection builds mucus and pus to fill up the nose and sinus cavities, which causes headache and facial pain.

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Types of Sinusitis:

There are different types of Sinusitis like

  • Acute sinusitis- infection last 2-4 weeks
  • Subacute sinusitis- infection last 4-12 weeks
  • Chronic sinusitis- infection last for more than 12 weeks
  • Recurrent sinusitis- infection happens several times in a year.

Symptoms of Sinusitis :

Symptoms of Sinusitis include

  • Facial pain or pressure increasing with stress or bending down
  • Hyposmia
  • Pus in the nasal cavity
  • Sore throat
  • Headache
  • Fever
  • Fatigue
  • Blocked nose
  • Pain around nose, cheeks, eyelids and forehead
  • Green or yellow discharge from nose
  • Ear pain
  • Cough or congestion
  • Bad breath
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Causes of Sinusitis :

Usually flu or cold virus causes sinusitis. Some common causes of sinusitis are

  • Common cold
  • Allergies and allergy related conditions
  • Nasal polyps (small growth in the lining of the nose)
  • Deviated septum
  • Weakened immune system
  • smoking

Tumors, dehydration, stagnated mucus can also cause sinusitis in some cases.

Consequences caused due to Sinusitis:

If sinusitis is not treated one will have pain and discomfort until it starts to clear up. While serious complications do not occur frequently, in rare cases. It is possible for sinus infection to cause meningitis, a brain abscess or an infection of the bone and it can be life threatening. It can also spread into the eyes and cause swelling of eyelids and can threaten vision. Untreated sinus infections can lead to bronchitis, asthma, worsening of asthma, chronic cough, ear infections, throat infections and nasal polyps. Treatment of sinusitis becomes more complicated with nasal polyps and can lead to complete nasal blockage.
In most of the cases people with sinusitis will feel better within 2-3 weeks and don’t need any serious treatment. Person can look after themselves. By staying away from allergies, smoking, cold and flu virus one can avoid sinusitis. Through warm packs and vaporizer people can get relief from sinusitis pain like headache, facial pain, nasal blockage and breathing problems.

Homeopathy Treatment for Sinusitis :

Homeopathy is very useful in treating sinusitis. Homeopathy treatment for Sinus problem aims at rebuilding body’s immunity at sinusitis. Homeopathy for sinusitis is mild and does not cause any side effects. Homeopathy aims to clear the root causes of Sinusitis and reduce the risk of re-occurrence. Homeopathy helps in fighting with normal flu and cold, which causes sinusitis and improve overall health and immunity.

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Eating Disorders Treatments

Eating Disorders Causes

Eating disorder is defined as abnormal eating habits, it include inadequate or excessive food intake which can damage individual’s health. Factors for eating disorders include age, family history and psychological factors. Eating disorders affect people of all ages and they are serious physical, mental and life threatening illness.

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Types of Eating Disorder :

The most common eating disorders are

Anorexia nervosa- It is characterized by severe restriction of food and low body weight.
Bulimia-It is characterized by episodes of bingeing (eating a lot in a short amount of time).
Binge eating disorder (BED) – It is characterized as overweight or obese. These patients are at high risk of diabetes, high cholesterol and high BP.

What causes Eating Disorders :

The exact cause of eating disorder is not clear, but many believe that genetic, physical, social, and psychological factors play a very important role in development of eating disorder. A combination of biological, psychological, and environmental factors causes eating disorders, they include
Genetics– People with parents or siblings with an eating disorder may be more likely to develop an eating disorder.
Family distress– Family’s unhealthy body image and obsession with calorie counting easily affects their son or daughter.
Sexual abuse– Sexual or physical abuse affects the psyche and self confidence of victims which leads to eating disorders.
Dieting– People who lose weight gets positive comments and appreciation from others, this may lead others to go for dieting too far which leads to eating disorders.
Mental health disorders– People with depression, anxiety and stress are more likely to have an eating disorder.
Photo shopped images– Teenagers are influenced by these photo shopped images and developing eating disorders.

Do we have any stages for this :

Before treating, there are several factors to be considered and one of those factors include the person’s stage of change. There are five different stages of change depending on the readiness, ways of thinking and acting of a patient.

  • Pre contemplation- It is a stage where patient do not realize that they have a problem, or they are not willing to admit it.
  • Contemplation- In this stage the patients are ready to realize something is wrong and are ready to admit it.
  • Preparation- In this stage individual is ready to take necessary steps to get better.
  • Action- In this stage they get treatment for eating disorders.
  • Maintenance- This is the important stage of treatment and individuals should stick to their treatment, continue the changes as part of day to day life.

Treatment for Eating Disorders :

Eating disorders are serious health condition. Through early diagnosis and proper treatment we can solve this illness. The most effective and long-lasting treatment for an eating disorder is a form of psychotherapy or psychological counselling, with careful attention to medical and nutritional needs.

Homeopathy Treatment for Eating Disorders :

Eating disorders cannot be truly treated from the outside or with special treatment. Homeopathy treatment are known to have deep affect on human economy and have been found effective in treating various disorders. Homeopathic treatment are non toxic and not addictive. Homeopathy treatment helps in breaking the binge and purge cycle.

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H1N1 Influenza Treatments

Know the Causes/Symptoms of H1N1 Influenza

H1N1 influenza is also known as Swine flu and it is a viral infection. Swine flu is a contagious respiratory disease. Swine flu symptoms are same as seasonal influenza in people. It is originated in pigs and now spreading from person to person. Swine flu spreads in flu seasons just like other common seasonal flu. Swine flu spreads fast from person to person through air with a simple cough and sneeze and causes fever, headache, chills, fatigue and so on. Swine flu is a severe condition which can be life threatening. Swine flu virus sticks on things like tables, chairs, doorknobs and attacks when a person comes in contact with these.

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What Causes H1N1 Influenza :

H1N1 Influenza is caused by a virus that infects pigs. This virus mutated in a way such that it can also affect humans. Mutation is a process where the viruses change their genes. Swine flu is very contagious and spread through saliva and mucus particles. This influenza virus enters body through eyes, nose and mouth. Coughing and sneezing releases the germs into air and these germs easily enters other persons through breath. H1N1 virus also rest on hard surfaces like chairs, tables etc, when a person touches them this virus stick to their hands and when he touch his hand near eyes or nose or mouth the virus easily enters the body.

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Symptoms of H1N1 Influenza :

Symptoms of this virus starts 3 days after a person have been exposed to virus and lasts up to 7-8 days. Symptoms are

  • Cough
  • Fever
  • Headache
  • Fatigue
  • Body aches
  • Chills
  • Sore throat
  • Loss of appetite
  • Running nose
  • Diarrhea
  • Nausea and vomiting

Like the regular flu, swine flu can also lead to more problems like lung infections and breathing problems. Affect of swine flu is severe on infants, children, elder people, and pregnant women and in people with asthma, diabetes, and lung problems.
Good way to avoid swine flu is to get seasonal flu vaccines. There are two types of flu vaccine they are trivalent flu vaccine and quadrivalent vaccine. Easy ways to prevent H1N1 flu are

  • Frequently washing hands with soap or hand sanitizer
  • Avoid close contact with people who are sick
  • Avoid touching your eyes, nose and mouth
  • Cover your nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze
  • Avoid going to large gatherings.

When you get sick avoid going out and stay at home until your fever breaks or until you are fine.

How to Identify it :

H1N1flu is the same as normal seasonal flu in general. The severity of the symptoms varies from mild to severe and sometimes requires hospitalization and emergency treatment. In some cases, severe complications such as pneumonia and respiratory failure can cause death. Few signs that H1N1 flu requires immediate treatment include

  • Trouble breathing
  • Shortness of breath
  • Trouble waking up

Symptoms of flu go away and come back with high fever, cough and cold
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Homeopathy Treatment for H1N1 Influenza :

It is possible to prevent H1N1 influenza with homeopathy. Homeopathic preventive treatment should be given to all healthy people from infants to elder people; it can also be given to pregnant women. Based on symptoms homeopathy can offer an effective H1N1 Influenza treatment or swine flu treatment. Homeopathy treatment for H1N1 Influenza mainly focuses on improving immunity to fight against the virus.

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Breast Infection Treatments

Effects of Breast Infection in Womens Life

Breast Infection :

If you have breast tenderness, redness, nipple discharge along with high fever, fatigue, itching and chills it may be due to breast infections. It is commonly seen in women with low immunity and diabetes.

An infection that occurs within the tissue of the breast is known as breast infection. Breast infection is also called as Mastitis. In breast infection breast tissues become painful and inflamed. It is a common situation faced by breast feeding women. Mastitis in common women or non breast feeding women is called periductal mastitis

What causes Breast Infections?

Breast infections are usually caused by common bacteria called staphylococcus aureus. This bacteria which is present in baby’s mouth enters mother’s milk ducts through the opening of the nipple. In infection breast becomes painful and inflamed. Mastitis is also caused when the milk is not properly removed from the breast, this type is called milk stasis. Some other causes of milk stasis are

  • Baby not attached properly to the breast while feeding
  • When a baby has sucking problems
  • Missing feeds

Mothers can continue to breast feed their children when they have breast infection or mastitis, as the bacteria are not harmful for the baby. Mastitis can also be caused by direct trauma to the breast tissues like in sport injuries.
Mastitis in non-breastfeeding women occurs when the breast becomes infected as a result of damage to the nipple, such as a cracked or sore nipple, it is called as periductal mastitis or chronic mastitis. Non lactation mastitis is seen in women with diabetes, in women who had breast surgery, in women with weak immune system.

Symptoms of Breast Infections :

Symptoms of breast infection or mastitis include

  • Abnormal swelling (one breast becomes larger than other breast)
  • Breast tenderness, redness
  • Breast lump (hardens your breast)
  • Nipple discharge
  • Pain or burning while breast feeding
  • Enlarged lymph nodes
  • Itching

Some also experience fever, aches, chills and tiredness.

Symptoms of a breast infection may also be associated with inflammatory breast cancer, which is rare but serious disease. When abnormal cells in the breast ducts divide and multiply quickly, these cells clog the lymphatic vessels in the skin of the breast, causing red, swollen skin that is warm and painful to the touch which leads to breast cancer.
You can treat and manage the mastitis with home remedies and self care like

  • By feeding your baby frequently
  • Make sure you attach your baby properly to your breast while feeding
  • Avoiding long gaps between feeds
  • Avoid pressure on your breast

Homeopathy for Breast Infections :

Homeopathy is very useful in treating mastitis. Remedies will gives that matches the symptoms and emotional state of nursing mother. The remedies is given every few hours until the mother gets relief, and repeated if the symptoms return after initial improvement.

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Spondylosis Treatments

Definition of Spondylosis? Best Homeopathy treatment for Spondylosis?

Spondylosis refers to a degenerative process affecting the vertebral disc. It is a type of arthritis that affects the spine, it is also called as spinal osteoarthritis. Spondylosis is a process of aging, as we put our bodies through lot of stress and strain every day it leads to change the various structures of spine. With age the discs breakdown, looses the fluid and become stiffer which results in pain.

Types of Spondylosis

Spondylosis can occur in different parts of your spine. Depending on the part of your body it is classified into different types, they are

  • Cervical spondylosis (cervical region is the neck region of the body)
  • Thoracic spondylosis (pain in upper region of back i.e. thoracic spine)
  • Lumbar spondylosis (degeneration of spine in the lower back)
  • Lumbosacral spondylosis (natural deterioration of lower spine where the lumbar spine meets the sacral spine)
  • Multi level spondylosis (degeneration takes place in both cervical and lumbar region)

What are the Causes of Spondylosis ?
As the body ages it experience some wear and tear i.e. degeneration, it is common in aged people.  As we age, the anatomical components that support the spine naturally begin to deteriorate, this deterioration leads to spinal disorders called Spondylosis.  Poor postures, loss of the normal spinal curves, accidents or repetitive stress injuries, Herniated disc, bulging disc, bone spurs abnormality in the body’s anatomy also lead to Spondylosis. Aging, family history and obesity can also cause Spondylosis.
It is not easy to identify Spondylosis as a cause of spinal pain or back pain. Now a day’s spinal pain or back pain or neck pain are due to bad posture, stress and due to long working hours. Doctors perform some exams like physical and neurological exams, and imaging tests like X-ray, CT scan, and MRI to find the exact cause of pain.

Symptoms of Spondylosis :
With aging the spine becomes weak and degenerate which leads to painful symptoms. Below are few Spondylosis symptoms

  • Pain
  • Joint or muscle stiffness usually in the morning
  • Loss of sensation
  • Muscular weakness
  • Balance problems
  • Tenderness in the area of nerve compression
  • Inflammation.

Treatment for Spondylosis is conservative; with some changes in lifestyle people can manage pain.
Weight loss can help reduce the pain in overweight patients. Other therapeutic options are

  • Physical therapy
  • Pain medications
  • Massage
  • Exercise
  • Stretching

Homeopathy for Spondylosis :
The Homeopathic treatment for Spondylosis provides relief in pain and stiffness and also controls the other symptoms like tingling, numbness and weakness. Homeopathic Spondylosis treatment stimulate the genetic code to enhance and boost the immune responses for removal of on-going inflammatory changes. With the help of homeopathy the pain in the neck, shoulders, head and arms is treated. Homeopathy for Spondylosis can improve the quality of life by giving you relief from pain; swelling and can reduce the pain due to spine-compression, stiffness and loss of mobility.

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Back Pain Treatments

Truth about Lower-Back pain

Things you need to know about Lower Back Pain(Lumbar Spine Pain)

Lower back pain is generally known as Lumbago. It is usually the pain in lower back or anywhere along the spine, from the top neck to down to the hips. It is generally caused due to factors such as injury, back strain, arthritis, muscle strain, slipped disc, sciatica and Rheumatoid Arthritis. The most common cause of lower back pain is muscle strain or ligament strain. Lower back pain is most common problem experienced by most people now a day because of the working positions and stress. Both men and women are equally affected by this lower back pain. Pain can begin suddenly or by an accident or by lifting something heavy or it can be due to age. Low back pain can be acute, sub acute or chronic depending on the duration of pain.

Symptoms of Lower Back pain

Lower back pain symptoms range from sharp and stabbing to a dull ache. Pain in the lower back starts with a sudden movement or by lifting a heavy object. Pain radiating down the legs known as sciatica may be present. Lower back pain affects the spine’s flexibility, stability and strength which causes pain and discomfort. The severity of the pain ranges from mild discomfort to severe, disabling pain, depending on the extent of strain. Symptoms of lower back pain may also include leg numbness, leg weakness and groin numbness. Additional symptoms of a serious condition include fainting, excessive sweating, high fever, abdominal pain, and chest pain.

Consequences of Lower Back Pain on health

Lower back pain not only affects you physically but also affects your feelings and thoughts. It affects your mood, daily duties, your appetite and your sleep. People get depressed, stressed, anxious, and irritable by thinking that they won’t be able to work or go to their daily activities as before.

Differences between Lower Back pain and Back pain?

Back pain is associated with the bones, muscle and ligaments in our back. Generally, back pain might be the result of poor posture or lifting heavy weights, emotional feelings and stress, but often occurs for no apparent reason. People with normal back pain gets better within few weeks.
Lower back pain is commonly caused by acute trauma, herniated disc, osteoarthritis, ligament strain, sciatica and Spondylolisthesis. Risk factors of lower back pain may be age, fitness level, pregnancy, overweight and genetics.
Early and accurate treatment helps to overcome the pain, by medical history and physical test experts identify the conditions that are causing pain and medication will be given based on the condition. Medication used to treat low back pain includes non-steroidal and anti-inflammatory drugs. Surgery may be useful to those with a herniated disc. Yoga, physical exercises and stretching exercises help to get relief in some cases.

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Homeopathy Treatment for Lower Back pain

Homeopathy offers a holistic treatment; it provides relief and also restricts further degeneration. Homeopathy treatment for lower back pain is safe and works very effectively. With a host of potent medicines to treat back problems, homeopathy has the advantage of having no side effects that are generally seen in painkillers, and other medications.
Homeopathy has successfully treated a lot of people with chronic back problems with symptoms like severe pain, spinal irritation, sensitive nerves, and back pains that originate from pelvic problems, uterine and rheumatic disorders.

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Diabetes Treatments

Treatment for Diabetes

An overview of Diabetes

Explain about Diabetes?

Are you facing symptoms like weight loss, fatigue, increased appetite, vision problems along dry and itchy skin, this can be due to Diabetes.

Diabetes is commonly referred as Diabetes mellitus (DM). Diabetes is a disease that affects your body’s ability to produce or use insulin by pancreas. Insulin is a hormone produced by pancreas. Our body transforms the food we eat into energy, which is usually called as glucose or sugar, insulin helps cells to use this glucose/sugar for energy. Without insulin cells cannot use glucose. Diabetes is a situation where pancreas fails to produce enough insulin or cells of the body are unable to use insulin properly. When cells fail to use the insulin excessive amount of glucose enters into body, high sugar level in body is called hyperglycemia (high blood sugar). As the body is not responding to the insulin properly the cells are not getting it for their essential energy and growth requirements which lead to weakness, stress, nerve damage. Glycemic control is the word used for the typical levels of sugar (glucose) in a person with diabetes.

Symptoms:

The symptoms of diabetes include

  • Frequent urination
  • Increased thirst
  • Extreme hunger
  • Weight loss
  • Yeast infections
  • Weak and tired feeling
  • Slow-healing sores or cuts
  • Dry and itchy skin
  • Blurred vision

Diabetes symptoms differ from one other depending on their sugar levels. In some cases very mild symptoms or no symptoms are seen, in such situation people with diabetes are unaware of the condition and undiagnosed.

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Consequences Caused due to Diabetes :

If Diabetes is not treated properly it may lead to long-term damage, dysfunction and failure of various organs. Some consequences of Diabetes are

  • Heart diseases
  • Stroke
  • Kidney diseases
  • Eye problems
  • Dental diseases
  • Nerve damage
  • Foot ulcers
  • Hypertension
  • Hearing problems
  • Sexual dysfunction

Explain about different types of Diabetes?

There are four main types of Diabetes :
  1. Type 1 diabetes( pancreas’s failure to produce enough insulin)
  2. Type 2 diabetes (body cells fail to respond to the insulin produced properly)
  3. Gestational diabetes (diabetes in the female during pregnancy)
  4. Genetic defects.

Gestational diabetes usually occurs during pregnancy and goes away after pregnancy. In some cases, pregnant ladies have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes and in such a situation, these women will need to continue diabetes treatment after pregnancy also. In some cases, diabetes is inherited from their ancestors.

Keeping sugar levels controlled in the blood is the main factor in managing diabetes. Measuring sugar levels regularly is the best way to know about the exact condition of the patient. By good and controlled diet, exercise, meditation, yoga, medication, controlling body weight and limiting sugary beverages one can manage and control diabetes.

Homeopathy Treatment for Diabetes :

Homeopathy is very effective in managing the symptoms of Diabetes. Diabetes with the help of Homeopathy can be controlled effectively. Homeopathy helps overall health improvement, when a person is in good health, stress-free their insulin requirements can be steady and body glucose can be under control.

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Treatment for Obesity

Treatment for Obesity

Treatment for obesity begins by comprehensive lifestyle management. Obesity is a state characterized by an absolute and relative excess of the reserves fat stocked in the adipose tissue. It is a condition where a person is very fat that it might have a negative effect on their health. People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI) is more than 30 kg/m, when he is very fat or overweight. Overweight and obesity are serious health threats because they are major risk factors of developing many potentially serious health issues, people with obese are at high risk for many serious diseases and health conditions when compared to those with a normal or healthy weight.

People with Obesity have high risk of health issues like coronary heart disease (CHD), high BP, type 2 diabetes, fertility problems, Gallbladder disease, Stroke, Some cancers (endometrial, breast, colon, kidney, gallbladder, and liver), Mental illness such as clinical depression, anxiety, and other mental disorders, Body pain and difficulty with physical functioning.

Causes of Obesity :

Obesity is generally caused by excessive food intake, lack of physical activity, and genetic susceptibility. Genetic factors play a major role in obesity. Generally, a person’s weight is the balance between calorie intake and energy expenditure. Consuming high-calorie food like fat and sugars without proper exercise and physical activity leads to surplus energy which will be stored as body fat. Possible causes of Obesity are genetics, medical reasons, Psychological factors, frequent eating, physical inactivity, hypothyroidism, polycystic ovary syndrome.

High intake of Junk food, unhealthy processed food, candy, chips, and soft drinks may lead to obesity in children. Children nowadays are more addicted to indoor games like video games, smartphones, computers, television as this leads to a lack of physical exercise and likely to gain weight. Children with less sleep are more likely to be obese. Abdominal obesity in women is central to metabolic syndrome and is strongly related to polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS).

 

Things you can do to manage Obesity :

One can manage and control obesity through

People can control Obesity by having a healthy and well-balanced diet, regular physical exercise, avoiding junk food and unhealthy food habits, eating plenty of organic vegetables, by maintaining stress levels.

Homeopathy Treatment for Obesity :

Homeopathy treats the person as a whole. It focuses on the patient as a person, as well as his pathological condition. The Homeopathic medicine for obesity is selected after a complete examination of individual and case-analysis, which includes the medical history of the patient, physical and mental constitution. A homeopathic doctor prescribes the right medicine for the right person as there are more than 100 medicines listed in the Homeopathic literature for obesity. Homeopathy is the tested, safest, proven method to reduce obesity. Homeopathy not only helps you in weight loss but it improves your metabolic system and digestive system. All age groups can use Homeopathic remedies as it has no side-effects.

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Arthritis Treatments

Fight Arthritis Fatigue

Arthritis is a term often used to mean any disorder that affects joints. A joint is an area, where two different bones meet. A joint functions to move the body parts connected by the bones. General symptoms like joint pain and stiffness. Other symptoms may include redness, warmth, swelling, and decreased range of motion of the affected joints.

Types of Arthritis

There are more than 100 types of Arthritis. When a person has this condition, it means that they have one of these below diseases

Arthritis is a common a chronic disease. Its symptoms increases gradually or suddenly. Certain rheumatic conditions can also involve the immune system and various internal organs of the body. It affects people of all ages but, its affect is more in elder people aged 60 and above.

Genetic factors (genes that are inherited from ancestors) also play an important role in this chronic condition. Other factors such as previous injury, infection, smoking and physically demanding occupations, increases the risk of this condition along with genes.

Causes of Arthritis

Few common Arthritis causes include

  • Abnormal metabolism – leading to gout and pseudo gout
  • Previous joint injury
  • Age.
  • Dislocation
  • Family history (Inheritance)
  • Obesity
  • Infections – such as in the Lyme disease
  • Immune system dysfunction – such as in RA and SLE.
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Symptoms of Arthritis

Some common symptoms of Arthritis fatigue include

  • Early morning joint stiffness
  • Tiredness
  • Feeling unwell
  • Weight loss
  • fever
  • Night sweats
  • Bony lumps
  • Pain in joints during or after use
  • Swelling around the joints
  • Skin rashes.
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The effects of this condition i.e. Arthritis symptoms are often mild, but in some cases they are severe. It is also common in overweight people. Earlier and accurate treatment helps in decreasing the damage and joint pains. Along with treatment, diet, therapies one can reduce the pain and discomfort of the disease to some extent.

Homeopathy for Arthritis

Homeopathy is one of the most popular holistic systems of therapy. Homeopathy treatment for Arthritis is given based on symptoms and health condition of each individual. This way, a state of complete health can be regained by removing all the signs and symptoms from the suffering person. In homeopathy several well proved and safe methods are available for Arthritis treatment.

Homeopathy treatment is highly recommended for Arthritis problem. Homeopathy approach is natural pharmaceutical system that uses substances from the plant, mineral to improve a person’s own immune system. There are no side effects as Arthritis treatment in Homeopathy works only on natural substances.

Several studies have shown that Homeopathy for Arthritis is very effective. Homeopathy for Arthritis aims to improves overall health of the people safely without any side effects.

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Asthma Treatments

What Causes an Asthma attack

Asthma is a disease affecting the airways (bronchioles) that carry air to and from your lungs. From time to time the airways narrow (constrict) in people, who have asthma. The airways are tubes that carry air into and out of your lungs. People, who have asthma have inflamed airways. The inflammation makes the airways swollen and very sensitive. Cells in the airways might make more mucus than usual. Mucus is a sticky, thick liquid that can further narrow the airways. This causes the typical symptoms. The typical symptoms are wheeze, cough, chest tightness, and shortness of breath. Symptoms can range from mild to severe. Symptoms of Asthma are high at night and early in the morning when it’s cold.

Though Asthma is an incurable illness, even when you feel fine, you still have the disease and it can attack at any time. Good treatment and management helps a person to live a normal and active life. Although people of all ages suffer from the disease, it most often starts in childhood as children have smaller airways than adults, which makes asthma especially serious. When asthma symptoms become worse than usual, it is called an asthma attack. Asthma is treated with two kinds of therapies: quick-relief therapy to stop asthma symptoms and long-term control therapy to control symptoms. Though symptoms of Asthma in older people are same as the younger people, they sometimes get serious asthma attack. Severe symptoms can be fatal. It’s important to treat symptoms, when you first notice them. So, they don’t become severe.

Causes of Asthma :

Two main causes of Asthma are genetic and environmental factors
Genetic
Family history is a risk factor for asthma, with many different genes being implicated. If a person has a parent with asthma, he or she is three to six times more likely to develop asthma than someone, who does not have a parent with asthma.
Environmental factors
Many environmental factors have been associated with asthma’s development and exacerbation such as

Many things can worsen asthma symptoms like aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and nonselective beta-blockers, sulfites in foods and drinks. Other health conditions can also make asthma harder to manage like runny nose, sinus infections, reflux disease, psychological stress, and sleep apnea. These conditions need treatment as part of an overall asthma care plan. By taking care of seasonal allergies one can reduce the severity of Asthma.