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Low Blood Pressure and its causes

January 24th, 2010

Low blood pressure or hypotension, to give it a proper medical term, refers to the fall in blood pressure below the normal. It is a condition in which the action of the heart in forcing the blood through the arteries is weak. This is a direct outcome of a weakened and devitalized system. The patient with chronic low blood pressure may complain of lethargy, weakness, fatigue and dizziness. The patient may faint especially if arterial pressure is lowered further when he assumes an erect position.

These symptoms are presumably due to a decrease in perfusion of the brain, heart, skeletal muscle and other organs. The most important cause of low blood pressure is faulty nutrition. It makes the tissues forming the walls of the blood vessels to become overrelaxed and flabby or stretched. This results in less supply of oxygen and nutrients to the tissues. Malnutrition can result from diet deficient in calories, proteins, vitamin C or almost any one of the B vitamins.

Sometimes, the blood pressure falls rapidly because of haemmorrhage or loss of blood. Low blood pressure may develop gradually because of slow bleeding in the gastrointestinal tract, or through the kidneys or bladder. Emotional problems are far more frequent cause of low blood pressure. To a lesser degree, prolonged disappointment and frustration may result in a subnormal blood pressure.

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Leucoderma and its treatment - 2

January 24th, 2010

After the juice fast, the patient may adopt a restricted diet consisting of fresh fruits, raw or steamed vegetables and whole meal bread. Curd and milk may be added to this diet after a few days. The patient may thereafter gradually embark upon a well-balanced diet of seeds, nuts and grains, vegetables and fruits. The large proportion of the diet should consist of raw foods. Seeds and beans such as alfalfa, mung and soya beans can be sprouted. This diet may be supplemented with cold-pressed vegetable oils, honey and yeast. Juice fasting may be repeated at intervals of two months.

The patient should avoid tea, coffee, alcoholic beverages and all condiments and highly flavored dishes. He or she should also avoid sugar, white flour products, denatured cereals like polished rice and pearled barley and tinned or bottled foods. Certain home remedies have also been useful in the treatment of leucoderma. The best known of such remedies is the use of seeds of psoralea. Seeds should be steeped in the juice of ginger or cow’s urine for three days. The fluids should be renewed every day. The seeds should then be rubbed with hands to remove their husks, dried in the shade and powdered. One gram of this powder should be taken every day with fresh milk for 40 continuous days. The ground seeds should also be applied to the white spots.

Seeds of psoralea, combined with tamarind seeds are also useful. Equal quantity of both the seeds should be steeped in water for three or four days. They should then be shelled and dried in the shade. They should be ground into paste and applied to the white patches for a week. If the application of this paste causes itching or the white spots become red and a fluid begins to ooze out, it should be discontinued. If there is no itching or reddening, psoralea seeds should also be taken for 40 days.

Another useful remedy for leucoderma is red clay found by the river side or on hill slopes. The clay should be mixed in ginger juice and applied over the white spots once a day. The copper contained in the clay seems to bring back skin pigmentation and ginger juice serves as a milk stimulant, facilitating increased blood flow to the spots. Drinking water kept overnight in a copper vessel also helps.

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Get rid of your bad credit today!

January 24th, 2010

Hello friends. How many of you love to lead a peaceful life? Well, obviously everybody requires a peaceful life, don’t they? However, in recent times, life has become seriously tough for many people in terms of money and job. Yes, with recession happening for over a year, thousands of educated people have lost their jobs, thus creating a mental depression and a disturbing state of mind. So what is the best possible solution to this? How can we get rid of our mental depression, due to insufficient money?

Today, let us discuss the solutions for depression, and the reasons for that. One of the main reason for a person to be depressed is money. If you have insufficient money, obviously you would be disappointed. I have several friends, who have been struggling hard to repay their debts with several multinational banks. In fact, they are working day and night to re pay the credit. To be honest, even I had a bad credit and suffered a lot but all thanks to my friend, who showed me a website which offers loans for people with bad credit and trust me, I was completely happy and satisfied as I was able to clear all my debts within a few weeks.

So friends, each and every individual suffers from financial crisis and is very common, especially, in the last twelve months. So, what matters is to find a solution to get rid of your financial crisis. Yes, you may take a loan in order to repay the debt,  just the way i did.  And this helps to a greater extent and thus brings you peace of mind. So do not waste your time, thinking of ways to repay your bad credit as all you need to is to take a loan with immediate approval, and pay back the credit. Cheers and good luck!

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Leucoderma and its treatment - 1

January 24th, 2010

Many wrong beliefs are prevalent about the causes of leucoderma. It is not caused by eating fish and drinking milk at the same time, as is generally believed because even vegetarians suffer from this disorder. Other food combination’s such as pumpkin and milk, onion and milk as possible causes of leucoderma also have no basis. Leucoderma is not caused by any germs; nor is it due to bad blood. It is neither infectious nor contagious. It cannot be transmitted from one person to another by physical contact.

The main causes of leucoderma are excessive mental worry, chronic or acute gastric disorder, impaired hepatic function such as jaundice, worms or other parasites in the alimentary canal, ailments like typhoid which affect the gastrointestinal tract, defective perspirative mechanism and burn injuries. Often the harmone secreting glands are involved in this disorder. Heredity is also a causative factor and about 30 per cent of patients have a family history of the disorder.

In nature cure, the treatment of leucoderma consists of adoption of constitutional measures to cleanse the system of accumulated toxins. This enables the healing power within the body to assert itself, and produce normalcy. To begin with, the patient should undertake a fast on juices for about a week. In this regimen, he or she should take fruit or vegetable juices diluted with water on 50:50 basis every two or three hours. The bowels should be cleansed daily with warm water enema during this period.

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Leucoderma and its symptoms

January 24th, 2010

Leucoderma, also known as vitiligo, is a distressing skin condition. The world literally means ‘white skin’. There is a gradual loss of pigment melanin from the skin layers which results in white patches. These patches look ugly, especially in people with dark complexions. The condition does not cause any organic harm. It, however, brings about great psychological tension to the patient who is more embarrassed than the victim of any pain or discomfort. The condition thus, besides being a medical problem, also becomes a social stigma.

Leucoderma is a fairly common disorder and it affects one percent or more of the world’s population. The incidence is a little higher in India than any other country. The disorder can occur at any age in either sex in normal skin. It is, however, more common in women than men. The most affected areas are the hands, the neck, the back and the rist in that order.

The problem usually starts with a small white spot and later on it develops into patches. These patches are pale in the beginning but become whiter and whiter as time passes due to loss of pigment. As spots enlarge, they merge into each other and, in course of time, form a very broad patch. In some cases, most of the skin of the body may be covered with white patches.

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Save your money for the future

January 24th, 2010

Hello friends. How many of you love to earn money? Well obviously, earning money is an absolute necessity and hence, each and every individual need to earn money. However, in today’s world, people tend to forget, that they need to save money too, for their future life. Yes, today we shall discuss the importance and the advantages of saving money, which is very essential for us, as well as for our dependents. And not to forget, saving money should be developed and habituated by each and every individual, irrespective of age.

I still remember when I first earned my salary, I spent the entire amount within a day! Well, it was definitely fun while spending the money but within a few days, I had no money to eat food! Well, this might sound awkward and cheap but trust me, I seriously had  no money to have my meals. And that incident seriously thought me a lesson and from then onwards, I got to know the importance of money and the advantages of saving it for our future life. I have also seen several incidents similar to mine, and this made my trust of saving money all the more stronger.

So friends, what are you all waiting for? If you are looking forward to save money, then you can do that at your nearest bank. Remember, you need to open a savings account at your bank, in order to deposit all your hard earned money. And even I did the same way and currently, I have all my money in the savings account. And guess what? It is always nice to see money accumulated in your savings account as it gives you a sort of happy feeling, which makes you safe and secure. Cheers!

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Kidney Stones and its treatment

January 24th, 2010

A majority of patients suffering from kidney stones can be treated successfully by proper dietary regulations. These regulations will also prevent a recurrence of the symptoms. Only a few cases require surgery. The patient should avoid foods which irritate the kidneys, to control acidity or alkalinity of the urine and to ensure adequate intake of fluids to prevent the urine from becoming concentrated. The foods considered irritants to the kidneys are alcoholic beverages, condiments, pickles, certain vegetables like cucumbers, radishes, tomatoes, spinach, rhubarb, watercress and those with strong aroma such as asparagus, onions, beans, cabbage and cauliflower, meat, gravies and carbonated waters.

In calcium phosphate stones, over-secretion of parathyroid harmone causes loss of calcium from the bones resulting in a high blood level of calcium with increased excretion of calcium in the urine. An abnormally high intake of milk, alkalis or Vitamin D may also result in the formation of calcium phosphate stones. For controlling the formation of calcium phosphate stones, a moderately low calcium and phosphorous diet should be taken. The intake of calcium and phosphates should be restricted to minimal levels consistent with maintaining nutritional adequacy. The maintenance level of calcium is 680 mg. and of phosphorous 1000 mg. In this diet, milk should  constitute the main source of calcium while, lentils and groundnuts should form the main source of phosphorous.

Foods which should be avoided are whole wheat flour, peas, soya beans, beets, spinach, cauliflower, turnips, carrots, almonds and coconuts. When stones are composed of calcium and magnesium phosphates and carbonates, the diet should be so regulated as to maintain an acidic urine.  In such a diet, only half a liter of milk, two servings of fruits and two servings of vegetables should be taken. The vegetables may consist of asparagus, fresh green peas, squash, pumpkins, turnips, cauliflower, cabbage and tomatoes. For fruits, you may consume watermelon, grapes, peaches, pears, pineapple, papayas and guavas may be taken.

On the other hand, the urine should be kept alkaline if oxalate and uric acid stones are being formed. In this diet, fruits and vegetables should be liberally used and acid-forming foods should be kept to the minimum necessary for satisfactory nutrition. When the stones contain oxalate, foods with high oxalic acid content should be avoided. These foods include almonds, beetroots, brinjal, brown bread, cabbage, cherry, chocolate, potatoes, radish, spinach and soya beans. Uric stones occur in patients who have an increased uric acid in the blood and increased uric acid exertion in the urine. Since uric acid is an end product of purine metabolism, food with a high purine content such as sweet bread, liver and kidney should be avoided.

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Kidney Stones and its causes

January 24th, 2010

The formation of stones in the kidneys is the result of defects in the general metabolism. They usually occur when the urine becomes highly concentrated due to heavy perspiration or insufficient intake of funds. They are aggravated by a sedentary lifestyle. The other causes are wrong diet, excess intake of acid-forming foods, white flour and sugar products, meat, tea, coffee, condiments and spices, rich foods and overeating. Lack of Vitamin A and an excessive intake of vitamin D may also lead to formation of stones.

Chemically, urinary stones are of two categories, namely, primary stones and secondary stones. Primary stones are ordinarily not due to infection and are formed in acidic urine. They usually result from alcoholism, sedentary life, constipation and excessive intake of nitrogenous or pure-rich foods. Secondary stones are due to local infection and are formed in the alkaline urine.

Most kidney stones are composed either of calcium oxalate or phosphate, the latter being most common in the presence of infection. About 90 per cent of all stones contain calcium as the chief constituent. More than half of these are mixtures of calcium, ammonium and magnesium, phosphates and carbonates, while the remainder contain oxalate. Uric acid and cystine stones represent about four per cent and one per cent respectively of the total incidence of stones.

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Get your own hosting at Web Hosting today!

January 16th, 2010

Hello friends. How many of you love to have your own website? Well, obviously everybody loves to have their own website, isn’t it? If you are already having your own blog or website, hosted on a free web hosting then you will be missing out on several features that you get exclusively on a paid host. Yes, for instance, you will not be able to upload unlimited music, video or data, you will be unable to get your desired website name and most importantly, your website will never be guaranteed and can be removed any time without your consent!

So what is the best possible solution to this? How can we ensure that our website is under our control? Imagine if you love to have a video site and if you have the possibility to upload over 10,000+ videos, how happy would you be? So if you are looking forward to get the website hosting done at an affordable price, then all you need to do is to go for the paid hosting and enjoy the unlimited benefits. So how much does it cost you to have your own domain name and hosting for life?

Well, now here’s a happy news to all my blog readers - When you choose any of your favorite hosting, then you get your own desired domain name absolutely free! Sound’s good, isn’t it? So what are you waiting for? If you are looking for the best hosting, then you can take a look at the web hosting guide website, which provides you with a list of top hosting companies, that have been providing cheap and best hosting from several years. So get your own hosting today and reap maximum benefits! Cheers!

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Kidney Stones and its symptoms

January 16th, 2010

The formation of stones in the kidneys or urinary tract is a fairly common disorder. The stones are formed from the chemicals usually found in the urine such as uric acid, phosphorous, calcium and oxalic acid. They may vary in consistency from grit, sand and gravel-like obstructions to the size of bird’s eggs. Stones may form and grow because the concentration of a particular substance in the urine exceeds its solubility. This disorder occurs more frequently in middle age, with men being afflicted more often than women.

The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, lying below the waist on either side of the spinal column on the back wall of the abdomen. They are soft, reddish brown in color and, on an average, measures 10 centimeter in length, 6 centimeter in width and is 2.5 centimeter thick at its center. They are the filtering plant for purifying the blood, removing water and salts from it which are passed into the bladder as urine.

Kidney stones usually cause severe pain in their attempt to pass down the ureter on their way to the bladder. The pain is first felt on the side and thereafter in the groin and thighs. Other symptoms of kidney stones are a desire to urinate frequently, painful urination, scanty urination, nausea, vomiting, sweating, chills and shock. The patient may also pass blood with the urine. Sometimes, larger stones may remain in the kidneys without causing any trouble and these are known as “silent” stones.

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