Most common causes of why your blood sugar levels change
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Most common causes of why your blood sugar levels change
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Suffering from pancreatitis?
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Pancreatitis is a disease that causes the pancreas to become inflamed. It can either be acute or chronic. Acute pancreatitis occurs when the pancreas becomes suddenly inflamed, which only lasts for a few days.
Read MoreWhat is Raynaud's Disease
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Raynaud’s disease is a condition that causes some areas of your body to feel numb and cool in response to cold temperatures or stress. This is caused by narrowing of the small arteries that supply blood to your skin, limiting blood circulation. When exposed to cold temperature the blood supply is markedly reduced and the skin turns pale or white and becomes cold and numb. When the oxygen supply is depleted, the skin color turns blue, something that is known as cyanosis.
Read MoreWhat are ovarian cysts?
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An ovarian cyst is a fluid-filled sac that forms in or on the ovaries. The two most common types of ovarian cysts are follicle cysts and corpus luteum cysts. Other types of benign ovarian cysts which are less common include endometriomas, dermoids, and cystadenomas. Some women may experience many small cysts, which is called polycystic ovary syndrome.
Ovarian cysts are a common condition among women, especially during their childbearing years. They occur on the outside of a woman’s ovaries and develop in the form of sacs that are filled with fluid. Ovarian cysts may not pose any problems or discomfort, but sometimes, they can be quite painful. Follicular cysts are the most common type of ovarian cysts. They often go away on their own but some may require treatment. Women have two ovaries that are located on each side of the uterus. Their role is to act as a host to the eggs that develop and mature when a woman is trying to have a baby.
Most cysts do not cause any symptoms. However, when large ovarian cysts develop, they can cause symptoms such as:
· Pelvic pain shortly before your period begins or just before it ends
· Pressure on your bladder that causes you to urinate more frequently or have difficulty emptying your bladder completely
· Pelvic pain (a dull ache that may radiate to your lower back and thighs)
· Fullness or heaviness in your abdomen
· Pelvic pain during intercourse (aka dyspareunia)
· Pain during bowel movements or pressure on your bowels
· Nausea, vomiting or breast tenderness like that experienced during pregnancy
Treatment for ovarian cysts includes watchful waiting, birth control pills, or surgery. Watchful waiting may be recommended if you have no real symptoms that are causing problems. Birth control pills can help decrease the development of new cysts in future menstrual cycles. Surgery may be done to remove a cyst causes pain or other symptoms, or continues to grow after a couple of menstrual cycles.
Learning About Diverticulitis
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Eating an unbalanced diet can have more complications than just looking a bit overweight. Individuals on low-fiber diets are more prone to constipation, which can cause increased colon pressure during a bowel movement and may lead to weakening of the colon wall and eventually diverticula. Food can back up into the diverticula, or pouches in the colon, and bacteria can begin to thrive there leading to infection. When these pockets, or diverticula, in the wall of the colon become inflamed or infected, this is specific type of diverticular infection called diverticulitis. Although most people with diverticula in their colon will never develop diverticulitis, it is more common in people as they grow older and symptoms should not be overlooked as surgery may be necessary for proper treatment. Let’s see how diverticulitis can present itself, and what everyone should look out for.
Read MoreWhat is Botulism?
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Botulism is a serious and potentially fatal disease. It is a rare paralytic illness that is caused by the nerve toxins of certain bacteria which are found in soil and untreated water. People catch botulism from ingesting improperly processed foods in which the bacteria of the spores are present and produce toxins. It cannot be passed from human to human.
Read MoreThings to Know About Hip Replacement Surgery
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A hip replacement may be done for various reasons. There are certain conditions that can damage the hip joint and result in needing to have hip replacement surgery.
Read MoreLocal anesthetic toxicity
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Local anesthetic toxicity is also known as local anesthetic systemic toxicity. This condition can occur when the levels of a local anesthesia in your blood are too high. Local anesthesia is often used during medical and dental procedures to help numb the area of the body that is being operated on. Local anesthesia is usually very safe. However, if you are given too much local anesthesia or it gets injected into your body too quickly into the veins, it can cause symptoms that are harmful. As a result, a person can develop local anesthetic toxicity. Local anesthetic toxicity can cause lightheadedness, confusion, dizziness, abnormal taste, loss of consciousness, or seizures. In cases that are severe, it can even cause death. It is estimated that about one in every 1,000 people who are operated on using local anesthesia may have some degree of local anesthetic toxicity.
Read MoreLocal Anesthetic Toxicity
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When we receive local anesthesia, for a small procedure, biopsy or stitches we never expect that we are in danger. And in general, these local anesthetics are safe, but in some special cases getting local anesthesia can prove to be toxic. Toxicity can occur if the anesthetic is administered inappropriately, that is at higher than normal doses or in the wrong tissue type than it is intended. Toxicity can also occur in some people even when the local anesthetic is properly given, if for instance the body has an allergic reaction to the anesthetic. If a person does get toxicity from a local anesthetic, the reaction can fall into two categories: local or systemic.
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