Archive for November, 2011

Wheezing is the whistling noise which is seen during breathing. This happens when the airways get too narrow due to inflammation. It happens mostly when you breathe out and it is a symptom of asthma. Other asthma symptoms include cough, breath shortness, and chest tightness. The people who are suffering from asthma might face one or all three symptoms. Wheezing and asthma - the common symptom It is said that wheezing is one of the most common asthma symptom and this is the reason why a lot of asthma patients seek medical help. During wheezing, you hear a high pitched sound of whistle while breathing through the mouth and nose. In most of the cases, wheezing is a common occurrence which is heard during inhaling and exhaling. Such wheezing sound is happens when the lungs are narrow. This narrowing  [...]

Asthma is chronic respiratory disorder which occurs due to constriction of the bronchial passages of the patients. Air pollution often acts as trigger for asthma. When anyone gets asthma attack, the air ways get closed and hence there are problems of breathing, wheezing, and coughing. Such symptoms of asthma are mostly due to air pollution. Anyone having chronic asthma should make sure that environment which surrounds him is totally pollution free and this includes office and home. The people who are suffering from asthma should avoid going to the highly polluted places. Here I am blogging about some air pollution effects on the asthma patients – Aggravation of symptoms of asthma : Medical experts say that pollution aggravates the symptoms of asthma in the people who are already suffering  [...]

The rates of brain cancer survival are defined in the medical terms as percentage of the people with certain type and stage of the brain cancer who are surviving the disease for specific period after the diagnosis. Surviving of brain cancer is a different story for different people. There are renditions which might warm your heart and there are others which might shake you up totally. However, it is important to remember that the survival depends on a lot of factors like The brain cancer type Location of the brain cancer Tumor size Cancer grade Overall general patient’s health and the immunity levels The relative rates of survival There are different methods used for calculating rates for the different purposes. Relative survival rate considers percentage of patients that  [...]

Ionizing radiation is known to be carcinogenic and a lot of studies conducted all over have given enough evidences to support this fact. These studies include the survivors in the Japanese atomic bomb explosion, the people who receive radiation in very high doses for treatment of cancer, the people who are exposed to a lot of radiation at their work places (like uranium miners) and the people who are exposed to radiation in some accidents like the Chernobyl disaster. Most of the studies on the links between radiation and cancer involved the people from 4 groups mentioned above and it shows that there was a small increase in cancer risk contraction because of the increased exposure to radiation. Studies also say that the exposure to radiation is responsible for different cancer types but it  [...]

Myocardial Infarction is a medical term and it denotes heart attacks. It occurs when there is a decrease in the oxygen flow which contains blood to the different parts of a human heart. In such cases, if the flow of blood towards affected regions of your heart aren’t restored then the ailing heart muscle die. One way to delay or prevent such heart attack is to exercise regularly. If you wish to prevent a heart attack, then you should be exercising regularly. The fitness routine must include both cardiovascular exercises and strength training. But the patients of are already suffering from heart attack and are looking to start exercising for prevent further heart attacks must seek a doctor or else the problems might aggravate. There are plenty of benefits of exercising and hence people  [...]

Concussion is a brain injury which occurs due to accident directly to the head. During such accidents, the brain of the patient wobbles inside the skull and this leads to swelling and bruising of the brain tissues. Child can get concussion if they have had any accidents while playing any outdoor games or while running in the park. If any child has had any such accidents involving the head then he should see a doctor immediately. There are various symptoms of concussion in children and I am blogging about them here – Fatigue Concussion can cause trauma to the brain of the patient. When the head goes through any accidents, then the brain tissues swell and the pressure inside too increases. Signals are then sent by the brain to slow down in order to hasten the healing process. Thus the patient  [...]

Cardiac Cephalalgia is heart disorder where in you start to get extreme headaches due to the heart problem. This type of heart disease is not very common and there are cases where surgeons have failed to understand the actual cause of this problem. Cardiologists say that they have been treating and diagnosing a lot of people who are suffering from heart problems like heart attacks, rhythm disturbances, and angina. However, they say that headaches are seldom seen as symptoms of these heard problems. Recently conducted surveys say that out of 150 people (who were a part of the survey) six people were suffering from head aches during heart attacks and there were also other problems seen like pain in chest and arm. Apart from that, it is seen that people who are suffering from the coronary arteries  [...]

Looking at the title, I bet you are wondering how a sweet substance like honey can help you in shedding the kilos. But intrinsically speaking, honey can help you in losing weight if you use it in right way. You certainly won’t start losing weight by just having one teaspoon of honey when ever you want. Honey contains simple sugar and this sugar is different from the white sugar that we have for day to day use. Honey contains essential nutrients like vitamins and minerals. When your body digests processed white sugar, all these minerals and vitamins that are present get used up and thus the nutritional quotient of sugar is exhausted. On the flip side honey helps to accelerate the metabolism and hence the procedure of fat burning is fastened in the human body. Here I am blogging about some  [...]