When you visit your doctor for a routine yearly check-up, often times they will order a blood test and do a blood draw on you while you are at the office. While we all pretty much just accept that as normal procedure, do we really understand what it is that they are looking for and what our blood levels can tell us about our underlying health? Let’s take a look A CBC...
While you may or may not recognize right off the bat that you have a deviation in your septum (a condition where the inner dividing cartilage in the center of your nose is pushed to one side or the other rather than remaining straight and in the middle as it is supposed to) if you have one, you most certainly will notice the symptoms. If you experience snoring or louder than...
Tetanus, which is sometimes referred to as Lock Jaw is caused by bacteria known as Clostridium tetani. It is feared that when someone receives a wound such as a puncture or a cut this form of bacteria will enter the bloodstream and affect the nerve function leading to muscle spasms in the stomach, neck, hands, and feet. It may be localized in reaction or system-wide. The term...
Experiencing the urgent, overwhelming need to urinate is never a pleasant feeling, especially when it’s so sudden that you have trouble making it to the bathroom in time. Feeling the urge to “go” more often is common if you’ve been drinking fluids in excess, particularly carbonated beverages with artificial sweeteners, coffee/tea with caffeine, or alcohol. Some foods...
Anxiety has now taken over as the number one complaint among American’s when visiting their doctors. Anxiety occurs in the body when it feels like something is wrong or might be wrong or possibly could be wrong. Which ever state – it feels terrible. Anxiety puts you on edge so that you live in a state of constant almost panic and fear, often times you aren’t even...
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