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Keeping your mind and body in check - popular topics in health and medicine to maintain a long and healthy life.
Concussions
A bump on the head? Everyone said and believed is was no big deal. A kiss from mom, or putting ice on for a few minutes, or sitting down to relax to make everything better were the treatments for any and just about all injuries it seemed, including head injuries. This was the thinking in the early 2000s and earlier years, when parents, players and coaches never thought twice about a head injury. There weren't concussion protocols like there are today. So, where do you draw the line between a minor bump on the head and having a possible concussion? Are the concussion protocols today too much?
By Caitlin Welsh6 years ago in Longevity
Why Is My Mouth So Itchy After Eating Fruit?
Have you ever eaten a fruit such as an apple, banana, or perhaps a kiwi, and been totally confused as to why your tongue was so itchy? Or maybe your lips and mouth start to swell like Will Smith in Hitch? Perhaps your throat becomes crazy itchy and you have no clue why?
By Jack Emerald6 years ago in Longevity
Fibromyalgia Tips and Tricks…
Invest in deep heat or tiger balm... These can be picked up from pound shops, easy to apply and gets to work in five minutes. However it does give off a strong medicinal smell so if you want to avoid the smell you can use deep heat patches instead. These are maybe £1 more expensive but work for up to five hours (so long as you avoid a lot of movement).
By Melissa Stafford6 years ago in Longevity
Living with Severe Eczema
I honestly wish there was another word for it. "Eczema" is so well-known. Almost everyone will experience eczema to some degree at least once in their lifetime. Because simply, eczema is irritation of the skin. Of course, there is so much more that goes into it, especially for those with severe cases. But it's not rare to be diagnosed with eczema. Most people you come across in your life will know what eczema is when you say you have it. Because I have such a severe form of it, which is not what the average person experiences, I wish there was a different name for what I go through.
By Maddie Dauzat6 years ago in Longevity
Out of the Ordinary
It was in the middle of summer right before I started my freshman year of high school and I was about to turn 15 years old. I can still remember when I heard the term “autism” when my parents received the news from special educational diagnosticians at Scottish Rite Hospital. At the time, neither my parents nor I really understood what Asperger’s Syndrome (high-functioning autism), or autism was or what it meant. My parents had heard of it before but never really gave it much thought. They seemed a little puzzled and devastated due to the fact that I didn’t have traditional autistic traits. I remember my parents sitting me down along with my two younger brothers, who were getting very emotional to discuss it. I kind of dozed off, cutting off reality, puzzled, and not fully understanding to what was happening.
By Victoria Leake6 years ago in Longevity
Beating Breast Cancer
My husband was the one who discovered the lump in my breast. I didn't think much of it, I was 28 years old, full of life, and breastfeeding my two-year daughter old led me to believe it was just a clogged milk duct. I went to the doctor to get it checked and to my surprise, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. How could this be, I young and healthy, how could this ever happen to me, I thought. My whole world turned upside down, I was terrified and I automatically assumed I was going to die. I didn't know anything about cancer except becoming bald and weak was the norm for some. I was scared of the possibility of doing any treatment, with the fear of it not working. I was a nervous wreck, I prayed, I cried and reached out for any support I could find. Thankfully I was able to find a support group that helped young women like myself with resources to pay for treatment and living expenses.
By Candy Williams6 years ago in Longevity
Possible Cures for Diabetes and the Causes of Diabetes
Type 1 diabetes is not as common as Type 2 diabetes. Type 1 diabetes requires insulin substitution shots to replace the hormone that a person with diabetes’ body no longer makes. Islet cells in the pancreas are what normally produce insulin and they also are made up of cells called beta cells, which analyze blood sugar levels that in full-blown diabetics are measured with a glucometer. The immune system turns traitor on islet cells when somebody becomes a diabetic. Beta cells cannot release insulin anymore when diabetes actually manifests itself. Alpha cells produce glucose. In diabetes, only the alpha cells function with glucose. Islet cells are attacked by the body’s immune system, and this makes type 1 diabetes an autoimmune problem.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez6 years ago in Longevity
Which Is Stronger: Muscle or Mentality?
How much can you bench bro? What's your max squat? How about your deadlift PR? We tend to measure strength only by how much we can lift over our heads. I'll admit, it takes a strong individual to be able to go into a gym and lift two to three times their body weight. It takes a even stronger individual to lift themselves up after being knocked down time and time again. It does not matter how many muscles you build or hours you spend at the gym, a strong body can still be weak if it possess a fragile or poor mentality.
By Cory Garner6 years ago in Longevity
Diagnosed with Arthritis at Age 16
I was 15 years old at the time and on a mini vacation in Lake Katrine, NY with my family when I experienced my first flare up. I sat on the couch to watch tv with my grandmother. I remember having my legs crossed for about an hour. When I got up to use the bathroom, my right hip locked up and started to hurt as I took a step with that leg. I limped, but I thought it was probably from having my legs crosses for so long. About a month later, the pain went to my wrists, and then to my right hip a couple weeks later. The pain only increased as the weeks went by. That happened to be the last flare up I had before I was taken to the hospital. My mom was scared and hurt to see me in such excruciating pain. I couldn't even walk to the bathroom by myself.
By Tiffany Ortega-Anton6 years ago in Longevity