Stress is the body and brain’s natural, physical, and emotional reaction to challenging, demanding, or threatening situations. In the stress body releases adrenaline, which prepare the body to deal with challenging situations by increasing heart rate, constricting blood vessels to enhance blood pressure, and increasing blood glucose levels. If a person remains in stress for […]
Neuropathic pain is usually chronic (long term) pain associated with nerve damage. Nerves are the extensions from brain and spinal cord, and penetrate throughout the body. They take the signals from receptors (like skin and eyes) to brain and spinal cord, or from brain and spinal cord to effectors (like muscles). Sometimes these nerves got […]
Nociceptive pain is most common type of pain, it is caused by body tissue damage. Tissue may be related to skin, muscle, bone or any organ, where sensitive nerve endings are involved. Common causes may involve: Trauma Burn Inflammation Fracture Surgery Nociceptors are special receptors for pain, these are basically nerve endings, which can feel […]
Myopathy means weakness of muscles, if this weakness occurs in heart muscles it is called as cardiomyopathy. Mostly it goes side by side with aging, but there are certain factors which can initiate or worsen the condition. There are certain early signs of cardiomyopathy which can give an early clue to prevent further complications. […]
In the human eye there is a little window (pupil), which allows the light to enter the eye in a controlled way. Behind the pupil there is a lens that focuses the light on retina (sensory part of eye). This lens makes a sharp image over retina whose signals are then sent to brain for […]
Mostly we do not consider the type of pain we are having. Infect pain is of different types, by identifying the type of pain we can more efficiently treat it, moreover it can give a clue of cause more precisely. Pain can be classified into following major types: Nociceptive pain: Nociceptive pain is caused by […]
Most of the people, nowadays are facing Non-alcoholic fatty live, liver dysfunction or muscle damage. These conditions may be induced because of nutritional deficiencies. One of these deficiencies is choline deficiency. Choline plays very important role in your health maintenance. Some of most common signs of choline deficiency are: Headaches Mood disorder Memory and concentration […]
It is generally observed that the most common cause of death among smokers is heart failure or other heart issues. It is estimated that chances of heart failure is more than double in smokers. Let us first observe, what is the composition of cigarette smoke: Cigarette smoke contains over 7000 chemicals, including about 69 carcinogens […]
It is very commonly observed, that many people experience a condition of endless fatigue, they remained fatigued even after rest. Major health issues correlated with CFS are Depression, Widespread pain, Severe fatigue, cognitive dysfunction etc. If you feel such symptoms, you may be having CFS, that is usually remained unidentified and un treated, but it […]
NSAIDs are very common drugs used to treat pain. Basically our body has a mechanism to develop inflammation that involves many steps, one of these steps include a mediator called COX, which has two types, COX-1 and COX-2. COX-1 is responsible to maintain many physiological procedures in the body normally, like : Gastroprotection by mucosal […]
