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Tip 1: Make Sure You Really Have Osteoarthritis
While to some of you, today’s tip might be very basic. It is absolutely essential that you make sure your diagnosis is correct before you begin wasting money on treatments that are not designed to help your specific situation.
Tip 2: Searching For Just Arthritis Pain Relief? You Shouldn’t!
Doctors are very quick to address your joint pain with what has become a “standard” response. Normally, they tell you to take NSAIDS like Aspirin, Advil, Motrin, Ibuprofen, and Acetaminophen, or prescribe COX-2 inhibitors such as Vioxx and Celebrex.
Tip 3: Keeping Your Weight in Balance is Key To Taking Control of Your Osteoarthritis!
If your osteoarthritis is affecting your load-bearing joints, keeping your weight within normal ranges is important. Load-bearing joints of course refers to any portion of your body that would be affected by excessive weight. Hips, knees, feet and spine are all load-bearing joints.
Tip 4: The Arthritis Fighting Diet
The most common foods to avoid are: » Continue reading 8 Tips for Arthritis Sufferers »
Are you considering having your coccyx removed? If so, there are several things you should know beforehand. Here are some of the following pros, cons, and personal experiences to assist you in making your decision. Please remember, however, that this is your personal decision and only you know the pain threshold you can handle.
Step 1
CON: There is a reason for a coccyx. The tailbone acts as a shock absorbent and protects your sacrum.
PRO: The bones above your coccyx do not get aggravated unless you are slouching, or land hard on the ground.
Step 2
CON: There is the possibility of nerves being damaged when the tailbone is removed.
Step 3
CON: Their is the possibility of infection at the surgical site. This is because of the site’s closeness to the anus and colon.
PRO: With careful attention to your actions and wound, this can be prevented. » Continue reading How to decide if you want a Coccygectomy »
An analysis of 19 studies provides additional evidence of increased asthma risk in children and adults given acetaminophen.
The study’s lead author told Reuters Health, while this type of study isn’t the best way to prove that the medication actually causes the illness, it does show that the relationship should be investigated further.
“We know acetaminophen affects inflammatory cells in the airway,” said Dr. J. Mark FitzGerald of the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute in British Columbia. But even if the medication does boost asthma risk, he added, it’s likely only one factor in the rise in asthma prevalence seen in recent years.
Asthma has become increasingly common worldwide, and some investigators have suggested that more widespread acetaminophen use could be one contributing factor, given that the drug lowers levels of an antioxidant called glutathione found in lung tissue, FitzGerald and his team note in the journal CHEST.
Also, the researcher pointed out in an interview, a study of about 200,000 patients published in 2008 suggested an increased risk of asthma and wheezing in those who took acetaminophen.
To investigate further, FitzGerald and his associates searched the medical literature for studies that looked at acetaminophen and risk of asthma and wheezing. » Continue reading Acetaminophen could increase asthma risk »
Genes
No gene or group of genes has been proven to cause lupus. Lupus does, however, appear in certain families, and when one of two identical twins has lupus, there is an increased chance that the other twin will also develop the disease. These findings, as well as others, strongly suggest that genes are involved in the development of lupus. Although lupus can develop in people with no family history of lupus, there are likely to be other autoimmune diseases in some family members. Certain ethnic groups (people of African, Asian, Hispanic/Latino, Native American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Island descent) have a greater risk of developing lupus, which may be related to genes they have in common.
Environment
While a person’s genes may increase the chance that he or she will develop lupus, it takes some kind of environmental trigger to set off the illness or to bring on a flare. Examples include:
* ultraviolet rays from the sun
* ultraviolet rays from fluorescent light bulbs
* sulfa drugs, which make a person more sensitive to the sun, such as: Bactrim® and Septra® (trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole); sulfisoxazole (Gantrisin®); tolbutamide (Orinase®); sulfasalazine (Azulfidine®); diuretics
* sun-sensitizing tetracycline drugs such as minocycline (Minocin®)
* penicillin or other antibiotic drugs such as: amoxicillin (Amoxil®); ampicillin (Ampicillin Sodium ADD-Vantage®); cloxacillin (Cloxapen®) » Continue reading Causes of lupus – systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) »
To pump blood, your heart muscles must contract and relax in a coordinated rhythm. Contraction and relaxation are controlled by electrical signals that travel through your heart muscle.
Your heart consists of four chambers — two upper chambers (atria) and two lower chambers (ventricles). Within the upper right chamber of your heart (right atrium) is a group of cells called the sinus node. This is your heart’s natural pacemaker. The sinus node produces the impulse that starts each heartbeat.
Normally, the impulse travels first through the atria and then through a connecting pathway between the upper and lower chambers of your heart called the atrioventricular (AV) node. As the signal passes through the atria, they contract, pumping blood from your atria into the ventricles below. As the signal passes through the AV node to the ventricles, the ventricles contract, pumping blood out to your body.
In atrial fibrillation, the upper chambers of your heart (atria) experience chaotic electrical signals. As a result, they quiver. The AV node — the electrical connection between the atria and the ventricles — is overloaded with impulses trying to get through to the ventricles. The ventricles also beat rapidly, but not as rapidly as the atria. The reason is that the AV node is like a highway on-ramp — only so many cars can get on at one time. » Continue reading Causes of atrial fibrillation »
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