Friday, April 30, 2010
Abscessed Tooth Symptoms
Monday, April 26, 2010
High Blood Pressure
- Diabetes – less than 130/80
- Diabetes with protein in your urine greater than 1g per day – less than 125/75
- Isolated systolic hypertension – less than 140 systolic
- Diastolic hypertension with or without systolic hypertension – less than 140/90
- Renal disease – less than 130/80.
Sunday, April 25, 2010
What is Depression?
Depression is a kind of mental disorder that affects a person’s frame of mind. It can change your thoughts, feelings, behavior, and taken as a whole health. Common thoughts fall along a range from mild to intense, and the similar is true of depression. It’s normal to react to victims in one’s life with unhappiness and gloom. But when these thoughts block a person from performing arts their everyday activities or are out of line with the veracity of a person’s life, they are measured symptoms of a 'depressive disorder.
Depression can have an effect on anybody, including teenagers. Most people with depression can be helped with treatment, but many depressed people never get the help they need. When depression isn’t treated, it can get worse, last longer, and prevent you from getting the most out of your life. Remember, you're only a teenager once.
Saturday, April 24, 2010
Laser Hair Removal
Laser hair removal treatment can be used to permanently treat and remove small and large areas of unwanted hair from the body. Best results occur in those with light skin and dark hair, and hair removal works better on coarse hair rather than fine hair
What is involved with laser hair removal?
The area is shaved and cleaned, and an anaesthetic cream applied. The laser then produces pulsed beams of highly concentrated light which is absorbed by the pigment located in the hair follicles, damaging the surrounding follicle.
The procedure can be uncomfortable, but it is not usually painful. The length of a laser session may be a few minutes to an hour or more, depending on the size of the area being treated. Any redness and swelling of the affected areas usually disappears in a short time. And most people return to normal activity right away.
Are there any risks associated with Laser Hair Removal?
Laser hair removal is a safe procedure if carried out by an experienced person. Possible complications include:
- darkening or lightening of the treated skin
- burning/blistering of the treated skin
Since darker skin is more susceptible to changes in pigment, tanning before laser hair removal should be avoided.
Friday, April 23, 2010
Tips To Handle Symptoms of Stress
Stress is one of those mental problems that are very common worldwide and there would be no such person in the world that won’t have faced the stress situation in his/her life.
According to many medical experts stress is increasing nowadays because of the busy routines of the people in which they won’t have time for any kind of relaxation activity, doctors have also told that stress carries some very common physical and mental symptoms like headache, high blood pressure, heavy stomach, improper eating and others. There are some very effective ways by which you can keep the stress symptoms away from you and some of them have been discussed in this article so let’s have a look.
- Try to eat a proper balanced diet and stress releasing foods which will be including plenty of vegetables and fruits and according to some experts a healthy diet can offset the symptoms of stress and one of the after affects of stress is also that it causes too much or too little eating that results in effecting your health badly.
- Don’t burden yourself with so many activities that you can’t even handle but draw a limit to your potential ability and don’t try to cross the line as this activity can decrease the negative like irritability or anger.
- Exercise is one of the best ways to stay away from stress and it also keeps the man fresh and fit, do some exercise for at least half an hour a day especially in the outdoors because it will prevent you from isolation and the social interaction will keep you away from stress.
- Alcohol or drugs usage is one of the major contributor of stress symptoms and they also weakens your power to cope with stress symptoms and they even makes the symptoms worst by bringing the negative feelings like anger and sadness.
- The yoga is one of the best stress relieving activity and it should be performed to protect you from stress.
These were some of the activities which can help you in protecting yourself from the stress symptoms and even if you are finding such symptoms in yourself, you can follow the above mentioned tips to remove the stress symptoms from your personality and make you fresh and healthy.
Pleural Mesothelioma Symptoms
Once trapped in the body, asbestos fibers cause cancerous cells to divide abnormally, resulting in the thickening of the pleural membrane layers and mesothelial cells, causing build-up of fluid (called pleural effusion). The fluid begins to put pressure on the lungs and the respiratory system in general, preventing normal breathing. Symptoms of pleural mesothelioma are largely caused by these developments and may include the following:
- Persistent dry or raspy cough
- Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
- Difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia)
- Shortness of breath that occurs even when at rest (dyspnea)
- Persistent pain in the chest or rib area, or painful breathing
- Development of lumps under the skin on the chest
- Night sweats or fever
- Unexplained weight loss
- Fatigue
Mesothelioma of the Lung
The pleura is comprised of two layers which provide support and protection for the lungs and chest cavity. The outer layer, or the parietal layer, lines the entire chest cavity and the diaphragm. The inner layer, or visceral layer, covers the lungs. Pleural mesothelioma typically develops in one layer, but can metastasize, or spread, to the other layer.
Like all mesothelioma cancers, pleural mesothelioma is caused by asbestos exposure and develops when the toxic asbestos fibers become trapped in the spaces between the mesothelial cells.
Monday, April 19, 2010
Peritoneal Mesothelioma Symptoms
Peritoneal mesothelioma accounts for approximately 25 to 30 percent of mesothelioma diagnoses and symptoms may include:
- Night sweats or fever
- Unexplained weight loss
- Swelling or pain in the abdomen
- Anemia
- Fatigue
- Diarrhea or constipation (in general, any change in bowel habits or regularity)
- Nausea or vomiting
The appearance of lumps under the skin on the abdomen
Symptoms are caused by the thickening of the peritoneal membrane and the resulting build-up of fluid between membrane layers. These changes in membrane composition put pressure on the abdominal region and organs, causing a patient to demonstrate symptoms of the cancer.
Friday, April 16, 2010
Mesothelioma Symptoms
A patient with mesothelioma often demonstrates symptoms 15 to 50 years after initial exposure to asbestos. The cancer may take decades to develop in the body and symptoms do not arise until after the cancer is present. Many patients are unaware of the severity of their condition since mesothelioma symptoms typically resemble symptoms of less serious illnesses.
If you have a history of asbestos exposure, the leading cause of mesothelioma, it is best to seek immediate medical advice. Informing your doctor of previous asbestos exposure can alert them to the possibility of an asbestos-related disease such as mesothelioma.
Early Symptoms of Mesothelioma
Unfortunately, there are practically no early symptoms of mesothelioma, which is why the disease is commonly diagnosed at a late stage of development. In the interest of early detection, those who were exposed to asbestos but have not yet exhibited symptoms should undergo regular chest X-rays or pulmonary function tests to monitor any adverse affects of asbestos inhalation.
When a doctor informs a patient of a mesothelioma diagnosis, patients and their loved ones are often very confused since the cancer is relatively unknown. Asbestos.com provides a complimentary packet with comprehensive information about mesothelioma symptoms and next-step guidance following a diagnosis.
Pleural Mesothelioma Symptoms
Pleural mesothelioma is the most common form of the cancer, comprising approximately two-thirds of all mesothelioma cases.
Known symptoms of pleural mesothelioma include:
- Persistent dry or raspy cough (typically non-productive, meaning there is little or no phlegm)
- Coughing up blood (hemoptysis)
- Difficulty in swallowing (dysphagia)
- Night sweats or fever
- Unexplained weight loss of 10 percent or more
- Fatigue
- Persistent pain in the chest or rib area, or painful breathing
- Shortness of breath (dyspnea) that occurs even when at rest
- The appearance of lumps under the skin on the chest
Symptoms of pleural mesothelioma occur as a result of thickening of the pleural membrane, caused by the rapid production of cancerous cells which can lead to the buildup of fluid between membrane layers. Tissue thickening and fluid buildup place pressure on the lungs, leading to reduced respiratory function.
Tummy Tuck
What is Tummy Tuck or Abdominoplasty?
Tummy Tuck, also known as Abdominoplasty or Panniculectomy is a surgical procedure used to flatten the abdominal wall or stomach area. Large amount of skin and fat are removed from the middle and lower part of the abdomen. Abdominoplasty removes excessive hanging skin, and repairs loose or stretched muscle, thereby, improving abdominal wall tone and structure. Skin that contains stretch marks on the lower abdomen may be removed as well.
How is Abdominoplasty done?
The procedure is performed under general anesthesia; Complete Abdominoplasty takes about 3 - 4 hours where as Partial Abdominoplasty takes about 1 - 2 hours. Depending on how extensive a Tummy Tuck procedure is, hospitalizion for 2 - 3 days is required after Tummy Tuck surgery.
Abdominoplasty or tummy tuck requires a horizontal incision across lower abdomen (within or above the pubic area). The length of the incision varies depending on the amount of skin to be removed. In some cases an incision around the navel is made so that the excess skin above the navel is pulled downward and removed. The navel's position remains unchanged The skin flap is then stretched down, extra skin is removed and the skin incision is stitched and bandaged to ensure proper healing with minimum scarring.
If large amounts of fat needs to be removed from the abdominal area, Tummy Tuck may be accompanied with Liposuction.
Thursday, April 15, 2010
Types of Cosmetic Surgery
Fat Removal Surgery
- Fat Suctioning by machine or Syringe liposuction. Removal of Fat and skin from fatty areas.
- Tummy Tucks.
- Reshaping thighs, hips, arms, Stomach area, legs.
Cosmetic Surgery for Baldness.
- Male pattern Baldness.
- Frontal baldness. By Mini/Micro grafts.
- Scalp reduction surgeries.
- Flaps
- Hair transplantation in scars.
Face Resurfacing- Laser peel
- Aging skin with wrinkles.
- Aging eyelids, Age spots on face
- Irregular Pigmentation Face.
- Pimples and small pox, chicken pox, herpes marks/scars.
- Surgical Face Lift can also be Undertaken.
Cosmetic Nose Job
- Deviated nose.
- Long, small nose.
- Nasal hump.
- Ugly nose.
- Post-Injury Nasal Disfigurement.
Cosmetic Surgery for Old injuries
- Old scars over face.
- Badly united face fractures.
- Post-injury or Post-operative scars.
- Breast Enlargment for..
- Small Breasts.
- Unequal Breasts.
- Post Pregnancy Breast Atrophy
- Cosmetic surgery to reduce Breast size
For big unsighty breasts..
- Surgery for Loose, hanging breasts : Mestopexy
- Post-cancer Breast Reconstruction.
- Nipple Areola Reconstruction.
Post-burn Deformities
- Post-burn scars do very well with laser alone or with Laser resurfacing and overgrafting, especially scars over face. Post burns' keloids and Hypertrophic scars respond remarkably well to lasers
- Pure cosmetic and functional surgery for post-burn contractures is also offered.
Complexion Enhancement
- Erbium YAG and at times Carbon Dioxide lasers help a lot in improving complexion, reducing blemishes from face and with due post-laser treatment regimen improve complexion.
- It may be used as a "Bridal Laser" procedure; the wife to be appears very fresh and lively. "Face Freshenning " Can also be affered.
Laser Circumcision: (Sunnat )
- A single stitch, bloodless laser circumcision is a boon to the tiny tot who is otherwise condemned to put on a dressing and special clothing for 15 days.
Hypertrophic scars and Keloids:
- Lasers help remove hypertrophic scars and improve keloid because of their action on skin tissues. Many lesions considered "intractable", respond reasonably well to lasers. Hypertrophic scars following burns do exceedingly well.