Category: Diseases and Conditions

What is Hepatitis B? It is among the most widely spread infections of the liver. Majorly caused by a certain virus, Hepatitis is a transmittable disease that can claim an individual’s life if not taken care of. Majority of people with hepatitis B contact it through body fluids like sweat, blood and semen, all of which can easily be transferred from one person to another during sexual intercourse and other sexual activities like kissing and hugging. Getting a perfect cure for Hepatitis B is the dream of every victim, but can hepatitis B be cured? You are about to find out everything about Hepatitis B now. Read ahead. Symptoms of Hepatitis B  What are the signs and symptoms of Hepatitis B? This disease come with so many kind of visible signs that last for as long as one have it. Some of these signs are: • Abdominal pain: getting hold of the bowel, this health problem causes regular intense pain to victims, making them feel restless. If you have been having stomach pain severally, consider going for a confirmatory test. • Dark-colored urine: a change in urine color can be a sign for different health-related issues, but to be sure […]

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If you are someone that is dealing with consistent bad breath and/or you constantly feel the need to clear your throat, you might be dealing with tonsil stones. Tonsil stones is a condition similar to tonsillitis but instead of seeing white puss appear on the tonsils, you’ll see little collections that look similar to stones (which is where they get their name). Tonsil stones are either yellow or white in colour and they typically form in various pockets located on your tonsils. Sometimes they can form elsewhere in the back of your mouth (where ever debris can collect within a small space), but they are typically located on your tonsils. In terms of your overall health, they aren’t that threatening, they’re actually almost harmless. The thing with them is that they can cause a number of annoying and discomforting symptoms, such as bad breath and swollen tonsils. It’s for this reason why people desperately want to get rid of them. So that you can avoid unpleasantness that comes with this type of infection, I’m going to outline the main causes of tonsil stones in this article. And if you’re unfortunate enough to have already gotten tonsil stones, then don’t worry […]

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Brain is the processing part which is completely responsible for the proper functioning of the body. The human brain is capable of handling hundreds of requests per second but in the meantime, when it is put under some hard-decision-making situations randomly and simultaneously, it will get overloaded which is the primary reason for chronic headache. This is medically termed as migraine. The increased amount of stress and requests that are routed to the brain will be transmitted through the nerves which will make them weak and tired and this can lead to short-term headaches but if this continues then the results may be severe and can cause migraine which will be a problem for the entire functioning of the body. Many reasons which can cause migraine are as follows: Migraine is nothing but the constant headache which can last nearly 60 to 72 hours constantly which will ruin the daily activity. The primary reason for migraine is the continuous thinking. Stressing the brain constantly will make things worse. Migraine will start to develop from the smaller area and it is capable of spreading up to one-third part of the brain. Changes in environment are considered to be one of the […]

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If you are an athlete, who plays high-contact sports like football, soccer, basketball, or boxing, then you are more vulnerable to concussions – which are nothing but temporary injuries to the brain that are caused by a sudden blow to head. Although, it is true that concussions are sudden brain injuries, with right preventative actions you can reduce their risk to a great extent. For example, if you are a boxer, using right protective gear like a mouth guard and headgear can minimise the risk of concussions. Before we discuss, how to treat a concussion, take a look at some of the important signs and symptoms of this condition. Memory loss, wherein a person fails to recognize anything that happened with them before or after they received the injury to their head Headaches that are unable to stop even after taking painkillers Vision problems such as blurred vision Difficulty maintaining balance Feeling tired and sick all the time Changes in behaviour ( such as getting irritated frequently) and slurred speech Concentration problems and sluggishness Getting confused all the time The kind of treatment that you take for this condition, depends on the type of concussion you have. Concussions are generally […]

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