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What is Fibromyalgia?
Fibromyalgia is a condition where a person experiences the presence of chronic pain all over the body. The pain is usually heightened as a response to even a gentle touch. The pain experienced may include the muscles, tendons, ligaments and may be accompanied by fatigue. The good thing is that fibromyalgia is not considered as contagious nor is it life-threatening. Cause of fibromyalgiaThe actual cause of fibromyalgia remains unknown. But there are several ideas suggested by researchers that may…
Understanding Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Chronic fatigue syndrome, or CFS, is the common term used for a complicated disorder that is characterized by extreme fatigue. This disorder usually has an unknown cause and do not seem to improve even with bed rest. The fatigue symptoms also seem to get worse with physical or even mental activity. Causes of chronic fatigue syndromeOf the many chronic disorders affecting people, chronic fatigue syndrome seems to be the most mysterious. Unlike other disorders with fatigue as a main symptom and ca…
Understanding Bursitis
Bursitis is a condition where the bursa is inflamed or irritated. The bursa is a sac located between tissues – bone, muscle, tendons and skin. It is filled with lubricating fluid, and thus when inflamed or irritated, it causes rubbing and friction.What causes bursitis?Bursitis is usually caused by minor, but recurring impact on a certain area, or from a single sudden but more serious injury. Injury can increase a person’s risk of having bursitis. So does overexertion. Some activities that are co…
Understanding Neck Pain
Neck pains, or cervicalgia, are what they literally are-pains felt at the neck area. Episodes usually vary from how intense or frequent it may be. Causes of neck painsGenerally, neck pains are, most often than not, acquired through lifestyle. Excessive physical activity which leads to muscle strain is a common factor. So does sitting in front of the computer for several hours. Sometimes, even sleeping in a wrong position contributes to sustaining such pains.Though neck pains are a common problem…
Preventing Lower Back Pain
A lot of people suffer from lower back pain, and there are so many reason why we get it such as bowing down to pick up a heavy object and carrying it for several meters, or twisting the back while tending a garden for six hours, or playing two rounds of golf without stretching beforehand. All of these activities have one common factor: all of them are acts of carelessness.Your lower back can tolerate a certain amount of weight and any excess will be manifested by giving a person unbearable pain …
Causes of Chronic Back Pain
Most cases of lower back pain is caused by a combination of overuse, muscle strain, and injury to the muscles, ligaments and discs that support the spine. Health experts say that frequent muscle strain can lead to an overall imbalance in the spine, leading to a constant tension of the muscles, ligaments, bones, and spinals discs. These make the lower back, also known as the lumbosacral region of your spine, more prone to injury or even reinjury. Here are the common causes of low back pain. Overu…
Exercises to Help Your Back
Lower back pain, whether occasional or chronic, can be an unbearable experience. Some of those who suffer from back pain believe that it is best to deal with it by a simple bed rest. Even doctors used to recommend taking a rest in dealing with the pain, but now they believe that staying in a strict bed rest can actually make the pain become worse. It is better to attack the pain with the help of over-the-counter painkillers, as well as specialized exercises that will strengthen the back muscles….
Treatment for Chronic Back Pain
For most people who suffer from back pain, a combination of over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drugs, heat and cold treatment, and exercise will help decrease the pain within four to six weeks. However, a small percentage of these patients experience pain in their backs that continue for more than three months, which makes it considered as chronic back pain. Causes of chronic back pain vary from a ruptured disc to inflamed facet joints. Finding the exact physical cause of chronic back pain is ve…
Back Surgery as a Treatment for Back Pain
If you have a chronic lower back problem, and all the exercising, injections, pain relievers, and even acupunctures no longer seem to work, you may need to visit your physician and consider having a surgery. It may be too drastic, scary even, but considering the constant pain and sleepless nights you have been suffering, this may be your last resort.What makes you a candidate for back surgery?Your physician should determine what causes your back to hurt. If the cause of your lower back pains is …
What is Sickle Cell Anemia?
What is sickle cell disease?Sickle-cell disease is a specific group of disorders that are rooted in the genes. It is caused by a particular type of hemoglobin which is “sickle hemoglobin” or Hgb S for short. The forms that this disease comes in many types however in most of the forms, the red blood cells morph whenever deoxygenating happens because the abnormal sickle hemoglobin undergoes polymerization. What this means is that the hemoglobin proteins stick to each other. What this does is that …
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