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General Health

Overview

The importance of maintaining your health and well-being throughout your lifetime by incorporating exercise, diet, preventative health checks, sleep management, managing mental health issues, and finding ways to relax and unwind are all important aspects of our health and well-being. 

How do you maintain general health 

1.      Measure and watch your weight. 
2.      Limit unhealthy foods and eat healthy meals. 
3.      Take multivitamin supplements. 
4.      Drink water and stay hydrated, and limit sugared beverages. 
5.      Exercise regularly and be physically active. 
6.      Reduce sitting and screen time. 
7.      Get enough good sleep. 
8.      Go easy on alcohol and stay sober 

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Hair Fall

Overview

Hair loss (alopecia) can affect just your scalp or your entire body, and it can be temporary or permanent. It can be the result of heredity, hormonal changes, medical conditions or a normal part of aging. Anyone can lose hair on their head, but it’s more common in men.

Causes

Baldness typically refers to excessive hair loss from your scalp. Hereditary hair loss with age is the most common cause of baldness. Some people prefer to let their hair loss run its course untreated and unhidden. Others may cover it up with hairstyles, makeup, hats or scarves. And still others choose one of the treatments available to prevent further hair loss or restore growth.Before pursuing hair loss treatment, talk with your doctor about the cause of your hair loss and
Hair loss can appear in many different ways, depending on what’s causing it. It can come on suddenly or gradually and affect just your scalp or your whole body.

Symptoms

Signs and symptoms of hair loss may include:
• Gradual thinning on top of head.
• Circular or patchy bald spots.
• Sudden loosening of hair
• Full-body hair loss.
• Patches of scaling that spread over the scalp.

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Heart Problems

Overview

The heart is a fist-sized organ that pumps blood throughout your body. It’s the primary organ of your circulatory system. Your heart contains four main sections (chambers) made of muscle and powered by electrical impulses. Your brain and nervous system direct your heart’s function.

The four main functions of the heart are:

  • Pumping oxygenated blood to other body parts.
  • Pumping hormones and other vital substances to different parts of the body.
  • Receiving deoxygenated blood and carrying metabolic waste products from the body and pumping it to the lungs for oxygenation.
  • Maintaining blood pressure.

Everyone’s heart is a slightly different size. Generally, adult hearts are about the same size as two clenched fists, and children’s hearts are about the same size as one clenched fist.

For most individuals, the heart beats 70-80 beats per minute.

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Liver Problems

Overview

The liver is your largest internal organ. About the size of a football, it’s located mainly in the upper right portion of your abdomen, beneath the diaphragm and above your stomach. A small portion extends into the upper left quadrant.

All the blood leaving the stomach and intestines passes through the liver. The liver processes this blood and breaks down, balances, and creates the nutrients and also metabolizes drugs into forms that are easier to use for the rest of the body or that are nontoxic.

The five major functions of the liver include:

Metabolism and detoxification.
Protein synthesis.
Storage of vitamins and minerals.

6 detox drinks to cleanse your liver

  1. 1. Coffee is good for the liver, especially because it protects against issues such as fatty liver disease.
  2. 2. Ginger and lemon drink.
  3. 3. Oatmeal drink.
  4. 4. Turmeric drink.
  5. 5. Green tea.
  6. 6. Grapefruit drink.


Fill your fruit basket with apples, grapes, and citrus fruits like oranges and lemons, which are proven to be liver-friendly fruits. Consume grapes as it is, in the form of grape juice, or supplement your diet with grape seed extracts to increase antioxidant levels in your body and protect your liver from toxins.


The liver is an accessory digestive organ that produces bile, an alkaline fluid containing cholesterol and bile acids, which helps the breakdown of fat. The gallbladder, a small pouch that sits just under the liver, stores bile produced by the liver which is afterward moved to the small intestine to complete digestion.


There are many kinds of liver diseases and conditions. Some, like hepatitis, are caused by viruses. Others can be the result of drugs or drinking too much alcohol. Long-lasting injury or scar tissue in the liver can cause cirrhosis. Jaundice, or yellowing of the skin, can be one sign of liver disease, pain, and distention of the abdomen due to the release of fluid from the liver, swelling of lower legs due to fluid retention, confusion, or forgetfulness. Dark-colored urine, pale-colored stool, chronic fatigue, nausea, or vomiting.

Here are the true ways to achieve liver wellness! 1. Maintain a healthy weight. 2. Eat a balanced diet 3. Exercise regularly 4. Avoid toxins 5. Use alcohol responsibly 6. Avoid the use of illicit drugs. 7. Avoid contaminated needles 8. Don’t share personal hygiene items.

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Worms

Overview

Intestinal worms increase your risk for anemia and intestinal blockages, as well as malnutrition. Complications occur more frequently in older adults and in people who have suppressed immune systems, such as people with hiv/aids infection. Intestinal worm infections can pose a higher risk if you’re pregnant.

Causes

Types of worms and how they enter the body

Tapeworm is a type of flatworm that lives in the intestine, where it attaches itself to the intestinal wall.
Hookworms live in the small intestine.
Flukes are a type of flatworm.

You can get infected by touching objects or surfaces with worm eggs on them. If someone with worms doesn’t wash their hands. Touching soil or swallowing water or food with worm eggs in it, mainly a risk in parts of the world without modern toilets or sewage systems.

Severe or persistent threadworm infections can cause  loss of appetite, weight loss, skin infection around the anus if bacteria enter any scratches caused by itching. Wearing cotton gloves while sleeping may help prevent this.

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Piles

Overview

Hemorrhoids also called piles, are swollen veins in your anus and lower rectum, similar to varicose veins. Hemorrhoids can develop inside the rectum (internal hemorrhoids) or under the skin around the anus (external hemorrhoids). Nearly three out of four adults will have hemorrhoids from time to time.

Causes

Foods with little fiber can cause or make constipation and therefore hemorrhoids worse, so it’s best to limit how much you eat of them.

For example:
• White bread and bagels.
• Milk, cheese, and other dairy.
• Meat.
• Processed foods such as frozen meals and fast food.
• Deep-fried and processed food items are heavy and difficult to digest. …
• Spicy food. …
• Alcohol. …
• Unripe fruits. …
• Refined grains. …
• High salted foods. …
• Iron supplements and some other medicines

Symptoms


1. Bright red blood after you poo.
2. An itchy anus.
3. Feeling like you still need to poo after going to the toilet.
4. Mucus in your underwear or on toilet paper after wiping your bottom.
5. Lumps around your anus.
6. Pain around your anus.
Hemorrhoids can develop from increased pressure in the lower rectum due to straining during bowel movements. Sitting for long periods of time on the toilet. Having chronic diarrhea or constipation.


An external hemorrhoid can burst if it becomes thrombosed, meaning that a blood clot has formed in the hemorrhoid. If this happens, people may feel a hard, painful lump outside their anus. If too much pressure builds up in a thrombosed hemorrhoid, it can burst.

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Skin

Overview

The skin is the largest organ of the body. The skin and its derivatives such as hair, nails, sweat and oil glands make up the integumentary system. One of the main functions of the skin is protection your skin protects your body from germs and regulates body temperature. Nerves in the skin help you feel sensations like hot and cold.


Skin is made of water, protein, fats and minerals.

Common known causes of skin disorders include: bacteria trapped in skin pores and hair follicles.

Causes

Stress-related skin problems include:
• Eczema.
• Psoriasis.
• Acne.
• Rosacea.
• Ichthyosis.
• Vitiligo.
• Hives.
• Seborrheic dermatitis.

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Stomach Complaints

Overview

Conditions that affect digestion or cause pain or discomfort in the abdomen are often perceived and described as stomach problems, although the stomach may not always be involved. Most stomach problems are related to the digestive tract, although symptoms may also be due to conditions of the body wall, blood vessels, urinary tract, reproductive organs, or organs of the chest.

Causes

Stomach problems, including gastritis, and gastric ulcers usually caused by helicobacter pylori infection and cancer.

Symptoms

The first sign of problems in the digestive tract often includes one or more of the following symptoms:

  • Bleeding.
  • Bloating.
  • Constipation.
  • Diarrhea.
  • Heartburn.
  • Incontinence.
  • Nausea and vomiting.
  • Pain in the belly.
  • What are stomach problems symptoms?
  • Abdominal pain (intermittent or constant burning, or gripping or gnawing pain) nausea, and vomiting. Loss of appetite. Bloating, burping, and belching.

Five common diseases of the digestive system include:

  • Irritable bowel syndrome.
  • Inflammatory bowel disease.
  • Gastroesophageal reflux disease.
  • Celiac disease.
  • Diverticulitis.


Get medical help immediately if: you have abdominal pain that is very sharp, severe, and sudden. You also have pain in the chest, neck, or shoulder. You’re vomiting blood, have bloody diarrhea, or have black, tarry stools.

When pain is present, stomach problems may be due to the organs near the site of the pain, such as the stomach or gallbladder in the upper abdomen, or the appendix in the lower abdomen. Generalized stomach problems may be associated with diet, infection or inflammation. In women, stomach problems may be related to the menstrual cycle or to infection or other conditions of the reproductive organs.


Stomach problems that are severe or that do not improve within a day or two can be symptoms of serious medical conditions. Seek immediate medical care . For severe pain that comes on suddenly, an inability to have bowel movements, bloody stool, vomiting blood, abdominal rigidity, breathing difficulties, or pain in the neck, chest, shoulders, or between the shoulders. You should also seek immediate care if you have stomach problems and have cancer or might be pregnant and experience vaginal bleeding or abdominal cramps.


If your stomach problems are persistent or cause you concern, seek prompt medical care

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