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Pancreatic Cancer-causes ,symptoms and treatment

2014-06-01T12:22:00.000-07:00

Pancreatic cancer is the of the most common cancer ,which is commonly seen in men.Pancreatic cancer has a low survival rate ,it is most often diagnosed when already tumor spreads to the other organs.Today pancreatic cancer cause one of the most common death in cancer.

For pancreatic cancer has no routine screening test.and it is most commonly diagnosed by advanced stage.
Pancreatic cancer symptoms

Pancreatic cancer most often has no any symptoms in the beginning of cancer but in late stage of cancer may seen ;
Abdominal pain in the upper part
Weight loss
Loss of appetite
Changes of bowel habits such as may seen diarrhoea or constipation
Yellowish skin and eyes
Back pain and can seen diabetes
Causes of Pancreatic cancer

The exact causes of pancreatic cancer are unknown.but in some of things can increase risk of pancreatic cancer;
Smoking
Age of 65
A family history of pancreatic,ovarian and colon cancer
Chronic pancreatitis (inflammation of pancreas )
Smokers are two times more likely to develop pancreatic cancer.

Treatment

Treatment of Pancreatic cancer depends on stage of cancer.İt may include surgery,endoscopic treatment and radiotherapy ,chemotherapy

6 ways to be Happy and Health

2014-05-21T14:10:00.002-07:00

We all want to be happy in our life, but sometimes it is not easy to get both of them ,it needs to take some effort.In life as we know many Duff problems but we can survive and we can get both of them if we follow some basic rules and trying for being good than before.
Our advice to you at this important points

1.Get enough sleep

Today sleep problems really common,many people suffers from sleeping disorders so it directly affect to the our Daily activity and body metabolism.without getting enough sleep brings many problem and in the day it lowers affect of Daily activity.Approximately 7 or 8 hours of sleep will be enough for our strong energy with the Daily activity.

2.Consume Fresh fruits

Consuming Daily fresh fruits are really necessary fort he healthy activity.Because fresh fruits contains fresh vitamins and minerals for those of them contain strong energy which body needs to work functionally good.in order to deficiency of vitamins and minerals you will get many negative effects because for good functioning of metabolism we need some basic vitamins and mineral.Adequate vitamins and mineral will increase your body energy and prevent from fatigue and many another problems of the body.

3.Drink water
Water is the most essential source of the life without them we can not live or even life can not continuing.there are many health benefits of water,regular drink of water may help a lot of body system ,such as regulate body metabolism,increase blood circulation ,prove some energy requirements and more many.

Way to be health and happy is necessary drinking adequately water.

4.Regular exercise
Running, walking, singing, using the bike as exercise to count everything for us would be very helpful, It makes more regular our metabolism.By the regular exercise will help for regulation of the blood circulation and prevent high blood pressure, vascular disorders and increase circulation of the blood to the organs. World health organization is recommended minimum 30 minutes exercises everyday ,this is very important recommendations fort he people to prevent disorders, because today there some terrible research about increasing number of diabetes ,heart diseases and many disorder which can be prevent by the some life changes ,sedentary life today Major problem for most of countries

5.Smiling

Smiling is most simply things which you can do every time with minimum effort,when we are smiling our bring will get happy signals which means we are happy those signals are effected to the health too.

6.No Stress please

Today it is not easy to get away from stress but we can eliminate effect of stress by changing some Daily behaviors or choosing less stress environment,because stress plays very important role in the developing of many diseases which some of them may can be life threading such heart attack,sudden death etc.

The Truth About the Acai Berry

2014-05-17T01:01:00.001-07:00

Acai berry is a used for centuries by the many natives, it brings popularity to the Acai berry,because it is a health food and with anti-oxidant function.after Oprah Winfrey Show many companies,try to find main properties of the Acai berry and a for vital ingredient of beauty products.

Acai berry is great fruit and with the many benefits. Here we list some of them :

İt delays ageing due to anti-oxidant properties and clear the skin so look younger

İt helps to the digestion system and provides high energy levels

İt helps to improve sexual performance and prevent infertility

İt reduces risk of many serious diseases such as diabetes,cardiac problems and many chronic disorders.

Helps to stabilize blood cholesterol level and prevent atherosclerosis

Scientist analyzed Acai berry and result is awesome

In 100 g of dry Acai fruit

Calories – 533.9

Total carbohydrates – 52.2 g

Dietary fiber – 44.2 g

Sugars – low

Protein – 8.1 g

Total fat – 32.5 g

Vitamin C – negligible, vitamin A – 1002U, calcium – 260 mg, iron – 4.4 mg, aspartic acid and glutamic acid.s

Acai berry is great source for anthocyanins, a type of flavonoid compound that may have help to prevent disease and therapeutic roles in a number of diseases such as diabetes and heart disease, because of its anti-oxidant properties.

Summary:

Rich in dietary fiber and help digestion system

Naturally fruit that helps lowering sugar

Great source of the anthocyanin it reduces oxidative stress

Reducing risk of diabetes,heart diseases and chronic disorders

What is hypertension ? symptoms and treatment

2014-05-16T15:16:00.001-07:00

Today many people suffer from high blood pressure,This problem gives many serious problem in the period of later stage.it may caused vessel damage and kidney failure so heart attack and etc.İt is very important that stabilize to the blood pressure and prevent the chronic damage of hypertension.

High blood pressure is not harmful only with itself disease but in the later stage high blood pressure effects many organs such kidney,heart ,eye and brain the risk are very harmful and sometimes life threatening but you can prevent of those serious result as chronic complication of high blood pressure.

What is hypertension ?

Hypertension is a condition of high blood pressure and it gives the damage to the our vital organs and as a later stage it causes of many problems.hypertension may caused kidney failure,heart attack or sudden death and brain damage.There are mainly two types of blood pressure Primary and Secondary hypertension.

Primary Hypertension

Primary hypertension, the high blood pressure conditions of about 90 percent which is responsible for Hypertension.İn that primary hypertension reason for hypertension is unknown, The main goal of the treatment of hypertension is to achieve optimal level of blood pressure and prevent organ damages

Secondary Hypertension

Secondary hypertension is rare than primary hypertension.In the second type of hypertension caused by diseases which affects to the blood pressure.some factors may lead to secondary hypertension such as feokrositoma ( adrenal tumor ), and diabetes or etc.

Symptoms of very high blood pressure

If your blood pressure is extremely high, there may be certain symptoms to look out for including:
Chest pain
Increase heartbeat
Visual problems
Dyspnea(difficulty breathing )
Severe headache

Hypertension risk factors

Overweight and obesity
Smoking
Little or no exercise
Too much salt in the diet
Drinking too much alcohol
Stress
Ethnic background (black person of African or Caribbean descent or of South Asian descent)
History of high blood pressure in the family

Sugar Found to Increase Risk of Heart Disease

2014-05-16T11:50:00.000-07:00

Research Fellow with Otago's Department of Human Nutrition Dr Lisa Te Morenga, Professor Jim Mann and colleagues have conducted a review and meta-analysis of all international studies that compared the effects of higher versus lower added sugar consumption on blood pressure and lipids (blood fats or cholesterol) - both of which are important cardiovascular risk-factors.

They located dietary intervention trials published in English-speaking journals between 1965 and 2013, comparing diets where the only intended differences were the amount of sugars and non-sugar carbohydrates consumed by the participants, and which measured the effects of these diets on lipids and blood pressure.

They found 37 trials reporting effects on lipids and 12 reporting effects on blood pressure. The findings from the individual trials were then pooled to determine the overall effects from all the studies.

Dr Te Morenga says previous research showed that there did not appear to be any special metabolic effect of sugars making people more likely to gain weight on high-sugar diets compared with low sugar diets when the total amount of carbohydrates and energy remains the same.

The research has been published online in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Male infertility linked to mortality

2014-05-16T11:45:00.000-07:00

A new study led by a researcher at the Stanford University School of Medicine finds men who are infertile because of defects in their semen are at greater risk of dying sooner than men with normal semen.
Male Infertility Linked to Mortality: Study

udy Men with two or more abnormalities in their semen were more than twice as likely to die over a roughly eight-year period as men who had normal semen, the study found.

Smoking and diabetes — either of which doubles mortality risk — both get a lot of attention, noted the study's lead author, Michael Eisenberg, MD, PhD, assistant professor of urology and Stanford's director of male reproductive medicine and surgery. "But here we're seeing the same doubled risk with male infertility, which is relatively understudied."

Infertility is a widespread medical complaint in developed countries, where about one in seven couples is affected at some point. But this is only the third study worldwide, and the first in the United States, to address the question of a connection between male infertility and mortality, said Eisenberg.

Results from the two earlier studies, one in postwar Germany and another of more recent vintage in Denmark, were conflicting.

In the new study titled "Semen quality, infertility and mortality in the USA," to be published online May 16 in Human Reproduction, Eisenberg and his colleagues examined records of men ages 20 to 50 who had visited one of two centers to be evaluated for possible infertility. In all, about 12,000 men fitting this description were seen between 1994 and 2011 at Stanford Hospital & Clinics or between 1989 and 2009 at the Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. At both clinics, data were available for several aspects of a patient's semen quality, such as total semen volume and sperm counts, motility and shape. (Dolores Lamb, PhD, and Larry Lipshultz, MD, of Baylor were senior authors of the study.)

By keying identifiers for the patients to data in the National Death Index and the Social Security Death index, the investigators were able to monitor these men's mortality for a median of about eight years. "We were able to determine with better than 90 percent accuracy who died during that follow-up time," Eisenberg said. "There was an inverse relationship. In the years following their evaluation, men with poor semen quality had more than double the mortality rate of those who didn't."

While no single semen abnormality in itself predicted mortality, men with two or more such abnormalities had more than double the risk of death over the eight-year period following their initial fertility examination compared with those with no semen abnormalities. The greater the number of abnormalities, the higher the mortality rate, the study found.

"Eisenberg and colleagues provide empirical evidence in support of the evolving literature suggesting that human fecundity influences health and disease across the life span," Germaine Buck Louis, PhD, director of the division of intramural population health research at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, wrote in an accompanying editorial, "Male fecundity and its implications of health and disease across the lifespan," in Human Reproduction. "Human fecundity may be both informative and predictive about continual health status and later-onset disease."

Of the 11,935 men who were followed, 69 died during the follow-up period — a seemingly small number. This reflects, first and foremost, the patients' relative youth: Their median age was 36.6 years. But it also reflects the fact that men who get evaluated for infertility tend to have a higher-than-average socio-economic status and have accordingly better diets, education and access to health care.

Moreover, men who are concerned about infertility are men who want to have children. "If you're trying to have a child, you're probably reasonably healthy at the moment and in mental shape to be planning for your future," Eisenberg said. In fact, the men seen at the two medical centers — both those with and those without semen abnormalities — tended to die at slower rates than the general U.S. male population.

Nevertheless, within this select group, the difference in death rates between those who had semen abnormalities and those who didn't was statistically significant. Those with two or more semen abnormalities were more than twice as likely to die during the follow-up period as those without any. This difference remained despite the investigators' efforts to control, where possible, for baseline health differences between the two sets of patients. They corrected for age and known diseases.

"It's plausible that, even though we didn't detect it, infertility may be caused by pre-existing general health problems," Eisenberg said. The true cause of increased mortality risk, then, would be not infertility per se, but those health problems.

"But we controlled for this factor as best we could, and while that did attenuate the measured risk somewhat, there seems to be something else going on. Could it be genetic, developmental or hormonal factors? Or could it be that something about the experience of having and raising kids — even though you may sometimes feel like they're killing you — actually lowers mortality?"

Eisenberg and his associates are trying to figure out why this is happening. "Is their blood pressure rising? What about their blood sugar, or other measures? We are starting to do prospective data collections now, through a collaboration involving several centers in the United States and Canada," he said.

Prostate cancer:Signs and Symptoms

2014-04-06T03:12:00.000-07:00

It is very common type of cancer among the men,it could be aggressive cancer which spreads another part of the body and may lead to death too.But like in every cancer early diagnoses are very important for the treatment and prevention of the any complication.

Prostate is a gland which is located in the male reproductive system.Cancer develops from prostate but usually takes long time to be understand and for the treatment.Prostate cancer may spread to other parts of the body,specially common in the bones and lymph nodes.After developed prostate cancer there are some symptoms may alert for prostate enlargement or for prostate cancer.

Those symptoms are :

Pain during urinating
Difficulty in urinating
Sexual intercourse problems
Erectile problems

What are the symptoms of Prostate cancer ?

Early stage of Prostate cancer may shown no any symptoms but after tumors developed it start to show some special symptoms on urinary system and to other.Those symptoms may occur same as for prostate gland hyperlasia so if you have some of those symptoms you should go to your doctor but think those symptoms are not only for Prostate cancer

Blood in the Urine
Painful during urination
Difficult starting of urine
More urination at night

But in some cases of Prostate cancer may not shown any symptoms until to diagnosed but in some cases of prostate cancer have one or more symptoms.In the late stage of the prostate cancer may metastases to the another part of the body and more often metastases bones and as result may seen bone pain.those bones are affected by the prostate cancer metastases those are vertebra,pelvis and ribs

Risk factors

Such as many of cancer some risk factors are necessary for the developing of Cancer,Those symptoms are obesity,history of cancer in the family,and by age because prostate cancer has always develop in elderly men,life style changes and nutritional habits which means inorganic food,bad habits such as smoking those risk factors potentially increase risk of the prostate cancer.

What are the common Diabetes Symptoms

2014-04-05T17:08:00.001-07:00

Today diabetes is very common disease all around the world.Diabetic patient percentage increasing in the United State.Sometimes people completely unaware about complication of diabetes but it can be caused serious complications such kidney failure,heart attack .

Here we list of the common diabetes symptoms :

Polyuria ( frequent urination )

İf you are going to the bathroom to urinate more recently,just think about diabetes.because when is the high level of glucose in the blood,people will urinate more often.

Polydipsia ( Thirsty )

İncreasing frequency of urination brings to drinks water much more than before ,because if people are urinating more than need to replace that lost liquid.that is way we need to drink more than usual.

Hunger
As we know if insulin is not working properly,than cells are not getting enough energy ,as the result ,our body may react to finding more energy and food.as a result we becoming hungry.

Weight gain
This is the result of the eating so much food.

Weight loss
Weight loss is a another common symptoms in diabetes type1.reason for the loosing weight is as your body is not making insulin and body will seek another source of energy,muscle tissue or fat will taken down for producing energy.it is more common in type 1 diabetes.

Fatigue
If your insulin is not working properly, or is not there at all, glucose will not be entering your cells and providing them with energy. This will make you feel tired and listless.

IrritabilityBlurred vision
Late wound healing

increases skin and/or yeast infectionsItchy skin

A feeling of itchiness on your skin is sometimes a symptom of diabetes.

Gums are red and/or swollen - Gums pull away from teeth
If your gums are tender, red and/or swollen this could be a sign of diabetes. Your teeth could become loose as the gums pull away from them.

Frequent gum disease/infection

Sexual dysfunction among men

frequent or constant sexual dysfunction (erectile dysfunction), it could be a symptom of diabetes.

Numbness or tingling, especially in your feet and hands

Fibromyalgia Symptoms, Causes,Diagnosis and Treatment

2014-04-05T17:06:00.000-07:00

Fibromyalgia is a medical disorder in which a person feels pain and aches throughout the body, this pain is found in some points which are also called tender points, which include low back, hips, shoulders, arms, leg and neck. Tender points which are mentioned above hurts a lot when some sort of pressure is put on them. Majority of people having fibromyalgia are women, there percentage is around 75-85% whereas men have less ratio of it.

Signs and symptoms of Fibromyalgia:

There are many symptoms of fibromyalgia but the main one's are :
1. Fatigue.

2. Joint pain.

3. Depression.

4. Stress.

5. Anxiety.

6. Headaches.

Causes of Fibromyalgia:

It has been caused to many people but its cause is not known up til now, some of the main causes which specialists think that they may be involved are:

1. Infection.

2. Illness.

3. Accidents like bike or car crash.

4. Doing same action again and again and getting injured by that.

5. It may be caused genetically.

6. Due to wrong posture.

Diagnosis of Fibromyalgia:

The diagnosis process is carried out by doctors by checking the past history of patient. It can only be diagnosed if the person have this pain from more than 1-2 months and having pain in tender points.

Treatment of Fibromyalgia:

It can only be treated with regular exercise and doctors advices physical therapy, pain killers are used to control pain.

4 Facts About Cancer You should know !

2014-03-29T14:09:00.001-07:00

1.Cancer is a characterized by the uncontrolled growth of cells.Today cancer is a most common cause of the death so some facts about cancer,which you should know.

.There are more than 100 types of cancer.we all have risk of getting one of type of cancer

2.Tobacco products are main cause of the cancer ,which can preventable.Tobacco products responsible 22% of cancer deaths.

.The latest research of American Cancer Society has shown about 174.100 cancer deaths will be using tobacco products.

3.In 2012 13.7 million Americans have history of cancer

.Skin cancer is another preventable cancer which is necessary affect of the sun exposure and ultraviolet light. more than 2 million skin cancers are diagnosed every year.

İncrease risk of cancer after age of 40, most cases occur in middle age or older.But about 77 percent of cancer diagnoses by age of 50 or older.

4.In 2013 580.350 Americans died of cancer.That means 1,600 people a day.

.Heart disease still number one which can cause death but cancer is the second most common cause of the death in the U.S.

For men prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed but in women breast cancer is the most common cancer.

Common cancers among men are:

Prostate cancer
Lung cancer
Colon cancer

And common cancers among women are:

Breast cancer
Lung cancer
Colorectal

But in both sex lung cancer is the one of the cancer which lead to death

Lung cancer: signs and symptoms

2014-03-28T17:31:00.001-07:00

Lung cancer is a characterized by the uncontrolled cell growth in the lung.Today lung cancer is a one of the most common type of the cancer which causes death.Lung cancer is highly aggressive tumor which causes damaged another organs.it has potential risk for the metastases.

Lung cancer cases are getting much more than before because of changing life style and bad habits,which means smoking is a another main cause of the getting lung cancer.smoking specially main cause of the small cell lung cancer,it has high relative risk for the developing small cell lung cancer.small cell lung cancer is more aggressive type of the cancer and has high risk of metastases.people with small cell lung cancer has lower change to get rid of the cancer.

The main types of the cancer divided into two types small-cell lung carcinoma and non-small cell lung carcinoma.

The main symptoms of the lung cancer are ;

Weight loss,difficult breath,chest pain and coughing

Weight loss and coughing are very common symptoms in lung cancer patients,loosing weight is very fast than normal.

Signs and symptoms which may seen in lung cancer

Lung cancer signs and symptoms depends on the stage of the diseases and types of the cancer.but commonly symptoms of cancer seen in every stage of lung cancer.respiratory symptoms are more specific ,such as coughing and wheezing or dyspnea and another symptoms are weight loss,fever due to infection and losing of appetite and in the advance stage of the lung cancer may seen obstruction airflow ,causing difficult breathing and block the bronchial secretions.if it blocks the secretion which comes from bronchial so it is highly risk for the lung infection.

Another problem with the lung cancer is para neoplastic symptoms,those symptoms are seen in the late stage of the lung cancer.it may include Lambert-Eaton myasthenic syndrome,increase secretion of anti diuretic hormones and damaging nervous system.

Cause :

Cancer cells has relatively relation with genetic changes.those genetic changes affect to the normal function of the metabolism.and as a result damage to DNA and uncontrolled cell growth and cause tissue growth.Smoking increase risk of the cancer,in the USA increase in sales of tobacco products that result also increase in the rate of lung cancer.Specially small cell lung cancer is highly relative with the tobacco products.Another risk for the cancer is air pollution specially radon gas increase risk of the cancer.Today air pollution is main problem in most of the country as well as in USA.

Amazing Nutritional Benefits of Pomegranate

2014-03-28T11:31:00.000-07:00

Pomegranate is the most wanted summer fruit for most people, but it is more than that pomegranate contains a lot of vitamins which gives strong force to the human metabolism,Pomegranate juice has antioxidants substances which makes you more strong than before.

Health benefits of Pomegranate

1.Prevents cancer

Pomegranate rich in antioxidant,antioxidant is a substances which protects to the body from cell damage and it prevents cancer.if you look at the past ,that time very low level of cancer but today cancer are really common and common diseases which lead to death.if we ask why today cancer is more common than in the past ? the answer will be so simple, today many food producers company are not using organic substances and it causes many diseases and problem to the people.

2.It makes strongest immunity inside body

As we know pomegranate contains high level of vitamin C and dietary fiber.vitamin C has great function for the preventing infections and viruses so taking vitamin c makes strong immune system and for the preventing many diseases and specially viruses.another good think for eating pomegranate is rich in fiber,fiber helps for the digestion,today many people suffers from constipation due to bad habits of bowels.it is very important to taking fibers to improve digestion and preventing colon cancer which is another common type of cancer which commonly seen after age of 40.That's way most physician has recommend that after 50 years old regular checking for colon cancer for the early diagnoses

3.Helps digestive system

As I mentioned above pomegranate contains soluble and insoluble fiber.fibers are great substance for the repairing digestive system and preventing digestive disorders.Fibers contents help your digestive system to work well and adequately.and maintain bowel movements and prevent chronic constipation

4.Helps for weight loss

Pomegranate contains very low level of fat so it is great source for people who need to lose weight.people who are dieting should drink pomegranate juice and helps losing weight.People with diet must take one glass of pomegranate juice in the day ,it gives lot of benefits for the losing weight and maintain health.

6.Pomegranate protects heart

Today heart attack very common cause of the death, pomegranate reduces blood clotting which may cause narrowing of the arteries and the end heart attack.so drinking regularly pomegranate juice helps to prevent heart attack and vessel disorder.but instead of the heart attack people should consume pomegranate juice for the improving heart functioning and for the cardiovascular health.

Could peach provide a cure for breast cancer ?

2014-03-27T16:20:00.001-07:00

AgriLife Research scientists say that the mixture of phenolic compounds present in the peach extract are responsible for the inhibition of metastasis, according to the study, which was this month published in the Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry.

"Cancer cells were implanted under the skin of mice with an aggressive type of breast cancer cells, the MDA-MB-435, and what we saw was an inhibition of a marker gene in the lungs after a few weeks indicating an inhibition of metastasis when the mice were consuming the peach extract," said Dr. Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, a food scientist for AgriLife Research in College Station. "Furthermore, after determining the dose necessary to see the effects in mice, it was calculated that for humans it would be equivalent to consuming two to three peaches per day."

This is very important because it can be translated into something that is also beneficial for people, he added.

This work builds upon previous work at AgriLife Research released a few years ago, which showed that peach and plum polyphenols selectively killed aggressive breast cancer cells and not the normal ones, Cisneros-Zavallos said.

The previous work as well as the present one was conducted by Cisneros-Zevallos, Dr. David Byrne, both with AgriLife Research; Dr. Weston Porter, Texas A&M University department of veterinary physiology and pharmacology; and then-graduate student Giuliana Noratto, who is now on the faculty at Washington State University.

In the western hemisphere, breast cancer is the most common malignant disease for women, he said. In the U.S. last year, the American Cancer Society estimated about 232,340 new cases of invasive breast cancer among women.

Most of the complications and high mortality associated with breast cancer are due to metastasis, Cisneros-Zevallos pointed out.

"The importance of our findings are very relevant, because it shows in vivo the effect that natural compounds, in this case the phenolic compounds in peach, have against breast cancer and metastasis. It gives opportunity to include in the diet an additional tool to prevent and fight this terrible disease that affects so many people," he said.

The study was conducted using the peach variety Rich Lady. However, according to Cisneros-Zevallos, most peach fruit share similar polyphenolic compounds but might differ in content. The study also determined that the underlying mechanism by which peach polyphenols are inhibiting metastasis would be by targeting and modulating the gene expression of metalloproteinases.

"In general, peach fruit has chemical compounds that are responsible for killing cancer cells while not affecting normal cells as we reported previously, and now we are seeing that this mixture of compounds can inhibit metastasis," said Cisneros-Zevallos. "We are enthusiastic about the idea that perhaps by consuming only two to three peaches a day we can obtain similar effects in humans. However, this will have to be the next step in the study for its confirmation."

Cisneros-Zevallos continues testing these extracts and compounds in different types of cancer as well as in diabetes studies in vitro and in vivo to understand the molecular mechanisms involved.

What is Achalasia ? signs,symptoms and treatment

2014-03-27T15:50:00.000-07:00

Achalasia is an esophageal motility disorder involving the smooth muscle layer of the esophagus and the lower esophageal sphincter (LES).It is characterized by incomplete LES relaxation, increased LES tone, and aperistalsis of the esophagus.

The most common form is primary achalasia, which has no known underlying cause. It is due to the failure of distal esophageal inhibitory neurons. However, a small proportion occurs secondary to other conditions, such asesophageal cancer or Chagas disease.

The main symptoms of achalasia are dysphagia and regurgitation of undigested food. Dysphagia tends to become progressively worse over time and to involve both fluids and solids. Some achalasia patients also experience weight loss, coughing when lying in a horizontal position, andchest pain which may be perceived as heartburn.

The chest painexperienced, also known as cardio spasm and Non Cardiac Chest Pain (NCCP) can often be mistaken for a heart attack.Due to the similarity of symptoms, achalasia can be mistaken for more common disorders such as gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), hiatus hernia, and even psychosomatic disorders.
Specific tests for achalasia are barium swallow and esophageal manometry.Various treatments are available, although none cure the condition. Certain medications or Botox may be used in some cases, but more permanent relief is brought by esophageal dilatation and surgical cleaving of the muscle (Heller myotomy).

What is Croup ?

2014-03-11T14:50:00.005-07:00

Croup is a disorder which characterized by inflammation of the larynx and upper respiratory airway.it causes cough, stridor and secretion of mucus.children with croup have barking cough which very special sign of Croup.Most commonly viral organisms causing croup but in some case may cause due to bacterial agents

Bacterial infection may lead to life –threatening stridor which need to immediately emergency treatment and hospitalization.

Treatment of Croup

Most viral croup is self-limited.stridor resolve in 3-5 days.with the using bronchidilators and humidified air at night and with good hydration.Cases with hypoxia should be treated with oxygen and using inhale nebulized epinephrine.

What are the symptoms of Shingles

2014-03-09T07:45:00.001-07:00

Shingles is a caused by virus,it is also called deadly skin rash. It occurs in one side of the body and chickenpox and shingles both causes by the same virus.

This virus is known as varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and can be found in the family of viruses.

This virus lives dormant in the nervous system of an human being after an individual has chickenpox, this virus never completely removed from the body as well. When someone have stress, immune deficiency (like AIDS) or cancer, this virus reactivates it selves and causes shingles. The risk of developing shingles is more in anyone who has had chickenpox in the past 6 months, although it is more common in people with the age of 55+ years. It has been estimated that millions of people have shingles each year in the United States only.

Symptoms of Shingles :

Patient feels severe pain and sensitive skin several weeks or days before a rash is visible. These rashes usually come up with small blisters on a red base, with new blisters continuing to form three to five days. The blisters follow the path of individual nerves exiting the spinal cord in a "ray-like distribution (called a dermatomal pattern) and appear in a model of band-like area of skin. In general, only one nerve level is involved. In rare cases, more than one nerve will be involved. Eventually, the blisters pop, and the region begins to ooze. The affected areas will then crust over and heal. The duration of the epidemic can take three to four weeks from beginning to end. Occasionally, the pain will be present but the blisters may not appear. This can be a very confusing because of local pain.

Treatment Of Shingles :

The patient of shingles is given antivirals and pain relieving medicines, doctors advices patients to clean the affected area with a good soap and mineral water as well, healing and cooling powders and lotions are also advised.

What is Atherosclerosis?

2014-03-08T19:43:00.000-08:00

Atherosclerosis is the vessel diseases.Patches of atheroma are develop within the inside lining of blood vessels(arteries).Atherosclerosis also known as Atheroma and Atherosclerosis cause hardening of the arteries.
Risk factors

Lipid plaque makes artery narrower.This can reduce the blood flow through the artery.İn time patches of atheroma can be larger and thicker.

Sometimes,Lipid plaque may develop a tiny crack on the inside of the blood vessel.This can cause a blood clot ,which we called thrombosis.Thrombosis may completely block the blood flow.Depending on the artery affected.A lipid plaque that on a patch of atheroma can cause a heart attack,stroke,chest pain ,or other serious problems.

Heart diseases,Cerebral diseases,Peripheral vascular diseases caused by Atherosclerosis

Lifestyle risk factor which can prevent and change;smoking ,alcohol,high fatty food

Low physical activity,Sedentary lifestyle
Unhealthdiet;so much salt,Alcohol

Treatable risk factors are;Hypertension,High cholesterol level,High triglyceride level,Diabetes,Kidney diseases,family history about cardiovascular diseases
Age;Older people has risk for developing Atherosclerosis.

What is bronchiolitis ? Signs,Symptoms and Treatment

2014-02-03T14:49:00.000-08:00

Bronchiolitis is an infection of the respiratory system, most commonly seen in infants ,it is more commonly seen by age of 0-2 years.early diagnosed and treatment of bronchiolitis is important to prevent life threatening condition.

Bronchiolitis characterized by cough,difficult breathing,fever and prolonged respiration specially during the expiration.Main cause of Bronchiolitis is Viruses ( most common RSV ) and other causes are bacterias such as Ureaplasma,Mycoplasma.

Treatment of Bronchiolitis

İn most common case supportive treatment is enough but in some cases may need to apply antibacterial treatment for to the preventing secondary bacterial infection.Condition with difficulty breathing may need to oxygen and intravenous fluids and clearing mucous secretions

İf severe case such as respiratory distress should need to apply bronchi dilators and using steroids.

Some of cases may require to hospitalization to reduce risk of diseases which may cause severe respiratory dyspnea and infection

Pica syndrome:Causes,Symptoms and Treatment

2014-01-16T19:39:00.000-08:00

Pica is a medical disorder non nutritive in nature, it may be caused due to some psychological issues of the individual, characterized by an appetite for substances which are usually not eatable and have are non nutritive (for example clay, metal, coal, sand, dirt, soil, toothbrushes, soap, mucus, ash, gum and things which are available in powdery form or the ingredients from the food source (for example salt, flour, potato, rice, starch, ice cubes).

The word Pica basically comes from a latin word magpie a bird that is reputed to eat almost everything. pica can be seen in people of all ages but most commonly seen in pregnant women,children and the people with developmental disorders.

Most commonly pica is seen in women and children, it is found in those children who have habit of eating dangerous things like lead, plastics and steels and other things which are poisonous.

Causes Of Pica Syndrome :

Pica syndrome is disorder of appetite cause due to mineral deficiency like take iron deficiency which results in celiac diseases or certain hookworms infection, the individual eats those minerals in pica form in which he is having deficiency in his body. It is usually seen that some mental health conditions like obsessive compulsive disorder can easily cause this disorder, it is also researched that traumatic stress are also lead to pica, individuals having pica disease have some sort of family problem, child abuse and some other factors too.

Symptoms Of Pica :

1. When it is diagnosed that the individual eats non nutritive foods or metals.
2. Eating those things (non nutritive) again and again by an individual.
3. Although eating poisonous or dangerous things without any hesitation.
4. Addiction of non nutritive or harmful food ingredients and also the metals.

Treatment Of Pica :

1. Treating the deficiencies of minerals in body.
2. Family advice
3. Consulting a doctor which can guide and can handle the psychological problems regarding this.
4. The therapy and medication such as SSRIs are commonly used throughout the world.
5. Zinc is successful at treating pica.
6. Behavior therapies.

Diabetes Type 2 : Symptoms and Treatment

2014-01-15T16:17:00.001-08:00

Type 2 diabetes today very commonly seen by the people of older age and people with obesity.Type 2 diabetes is caused by low sensitivity of insulin and caused by high blood glucose level.But something is good in type 2 diabetes than type 1 diabetes ,it can be controlled easily other than type 1 and in the most cases insulin injection is not needed for the treatment of diabetes type 2.

Type 2 diabetes is common in elderly so people can easily controlled diabetes with changing lifestyle,eating habits and regular exercise.in most cases drug treatment is not first approaches for the beginning of the disease.

Main symptoms of diabetes

İncrease frequency of urination
Feeling thirsty
Loosing weight
Late wound healing
And the very rarely diabetic coma

What people with diabetes type 2 should do ?

People with diabetes type 2 should be undercontrolled of doctor and it is necessary to changing life style and eating habits, diabetes type 2 can be controlled changing lifestyle and regular physical examination.

Diabetes Type 1 symptoms and treatment

2014-01-15T16:14:00.001-08:00

Diabetes is a metabolic disorder which is caused by lack of insulin secretion or inadequate insulin in the blood,Today diabetes affects million of people all around the world so it is one of the worst disease which affect human health.

Diabetes Type 1 is usually seen in the younger age even in the children,in the type 1 diabetes there are lack of the insulin secretion which causes increase blood glucose level.Insulin is a hormone which is secreted by the pancreas so believe that in type 1 diabetes there are destruction of cells which are secrets insulin hormones.

Main symptoms of Diabetes

Diabetes symptoms are commonly seen both type 1 and type 2 diabetes but diabetic ketoacidosis which means diabetic coma can seen mostly in the type 1 of diabetes so people who have type 1 diabetes should be carefully under control of doctor. Commonly symptoms of diabetes are ;
Polyuria which means frequent urination
Polydipsia ( feeling thirsty )
Late wound healing
İncrease risk of getting infection
And if there are uncontrolled diabetic patient can also seen diabetic coma

What diabetes people should do ?

Type 1 diabetes only can controlled by the insulin treatment ,insulin injection only way to regulate blood glucose level in the type 1 diabetes and people with type 1 diabetes should be careful what they are eating ,eating habits and lifestyle effects blood glucose level.so regular treatment of type 1 diabetes should be done with the regular insulin injection

What Is Pneumonia ? Symptoms,Diagnosis and Treatment

2014-01-10T15:50:00.000-08:00

Pneumonia is the name of infection which is of one lung sometime or can be of both lungs of a human body too, it is usually caused by bacteria, fungi or viruses.

Before the discovery of antibiotics, almost one third of all persons who developed pneumonia died from this infection.

Currently, more than 2.5 million people faces pneumonia every year in the United States only. More than half a million of these people are admitted to hospitals for treatment of this infection. Although most of these people recover, approximately 4% die from pneumonia whose cannot got healed.Pneumonia is the 6th highest leading cause of deaths in the USA.

Symptoms Of Pneumonia :

Most people who develop pneumonia first symptoms of a cold (upper respiratory tract infection, eg, sneezing, sore throat and cough), which are then followed by high fever (sometimes up 104 ° F), chills and a cough with sputum production.The sputum is usually discolored and sometimes bloody. Depending on the location of the infection, some symptoms are more likely to develop with in the body.

Diagnosis Of Pneumonia :

The diagnosis of this disease starts when doctor checks the lungs of infected body with the stethoscope and listen some odd sounds from the infected part, in the first stage Chest X-ray is advised to the infected person, then doctors take blood tests of the person because they can show a hint by checking white blood cells of the person.

8 Things a Man wants in Bed

2014-01-10T15:49:00.000-08:00

Most of the couple can be lose of the love,lust and desire during the life,but if you know,what you should do in order to retain those emotional feelings.And how you should make it permanent ?

Here is some advice for partners :

1 .Enthusiasm, Desire:Just start your initiative to your sex partner

2.Diversity :Are you doing the same things in bed,Just try different positions and enjoy your time with your sex partner.

3 Adventure:Do you think about making love to different places ? it is great idea let's try in different places and mention your sex fantasy to your partner.

4 Generosity: Everyone likes different things.Try to make different things to your partner without any expectation just take pleasure.

5 Reality: Tell your partner what you want exactly,which position you like more,just do not be shy,everything is shared in the bedroom stays there.

6 Courage: more than one of the parties to be willing to sometimes cause problems. You must be ready for the opposing party does not guarantee that it will be ready. Please note that the times do not want to have sex with men may be some stressful situations. Couple talking to each other can agree on these issues without breaking.

7 Confidence: How confident you are in the bed ? If your confidence with your experience it will be perfect. Leave yourself and do not assume anything.

8 Charming : Do your partner still seem beautiful? Do you wear something sexy,let's try something different for your partner.

What Is Diabetes? Causes,Types and Treatment

2014-01-10T15:48:00.002-08:00

Diabetes mellitus is a metabolic disorder which is characterized as high blood sugar level.As you glucose is the main source of the body ,but in some case that source may can be more than which should be, so if it is higher than normal level ,that we call diabetes.Diabetes may result of insulin production ,which can inadequate insulin secretion or there are no any insulin secretion.Insulin is a hormone which secrets in the beta cells in pancreas.

Patient with diabetes will typically experience polyuria ( frequent urination ),polydipsia and polyphagia,Polydipsia means increasingly thirsty and polyphagia means hungry.

The mainly diabetes divided into the three types :

1.Type 1 Diabetes
This type of diabetes commonly seen in early adulthood or teenage years.in this type of diabetes there are no produce insulin.and this type also called as insulin-dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes.

Type 1 diabetes gradually increasing as common as type 2 diabetes.Patient with type 1 diabetes will need to take insulin injection regularly for the rest of their life.and also important to regular checking blood glucose level and with special diet,

2.Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is commonly seen in obese people and elderly,in type 2 diabetes pancreas does not produce enough insulin for the maintain blood glucose level or insulin has lost it's sensitivity.

90 percent of all cases of diabetes are type 2 diabetes.Diabetes today main problem for many of countries as well as in United States.

Good thing in type 2 diabetes, may patient do not need any insulin injection because type 2 diabetes can be controlled by losing weight,health diet and regular exercise,with the regular monitoring blood glucose levels.but diabetes type 2 a progressive diseases,it may gets worse and patient may need to use insulin or medication for diabetes.

3.Gestational Diabetes

This type of diabetes affect pregnancy.it is diagnosed by routine pregnancy examination with high levels of glucose level in the blood.

İn the most patient can controlled their diabetes with regular exercise and health diet.but some amount of case may need to use anti-diabetic medication.diagnoses of gestational diabetes is important because undiagnosed or uncontrolled gestational diabetes may cause complication during childbirth and usually seen birth travma due to increase weight of baby.

Why Diabetics Should Have Regular Eye Exams

2013-11-04T00:45:00.000-08:00

The latest study about regular eye exams in diabetic patient.People who are suffering form diabetes have also risk in the eye disorder for that regular examination of the eyes should be neccesart to done.According to the new study,diabetic patient must get their eye-check -ups regularly.

In the United States,it is commonly cause of vision loss between diabetic patients.As you know diabet also effect to eyes,kidney and cardiovascular system,uncontrolled diabetes may cause chronic kidney failure and heart diseases.

Why should diabetic patient have regular eye exams ?

As a result of the diabetes may occur diabetic renitopathy.it is the common disorder in the diabetic patient.and affects about 28.5 percent of Americans who suffering from Diabetes.That means more than 7 million people have diabetes and expected to reach more than 11 million till 2030

Diabetic retinopathy affects to the smal blood vessels in and around the retina,if the disease continued,those vessels may be rupture or leak blood into the eye and as a result it can cause scarring on the retina.

Diabetic retinopathy in the begining of the disease has no any symptoms but until it reaches an advanced level.But if disease early detected,and early treatment decrease risk of severe vision loss from diabetic retinopathy.