HEALTHY AND FITNESS

Smoking and Tuberculosis Tobacco smoking is injurious to health! Almost every one of us is familiar with an important disclaimer and understands it is a critical massage about your health. However, in order to satiate the never-ending bad habit, most of the people tend to ignore this important life-saving signal. Both, active and passive smoking is leading to causes of preventable death globally. Prolonged smoking can put out you at risk of tuberculosis (TB). This so-called high-status activity and as wrongly  advertised  marketing gimmick, severely hit young and adults of both genders. There is nothing called as ‘healthy smoking’. Electronic cigarettes loaded with vaporized chemical substances also increase the risk of cancer. They cause a serious lung condition called ‘popcorn lung’. Effect Of Tobacco Smoking On Lungs Prolong smoking impairs the total immunity of the lung system . ·     When the tobacco smoke enters the lungs, it causes the rele...

Vitamin B12 Deficiency Do you also ask to slow down the fan even in such weather, when the rest are feeling hot, because your body does not like to feel cold ? Or a sudden burning or cold sensation, pain in the joints, trouble in remembering anything, heartbeat and swelling, skin falling yellow, pain in mouth and tongue, loss of appetite, feeling weak, weight loss, frequent diarrhea or constipation , difficulty in walking, unnecessary fatigue, are becoming victims of depression? These symptoms are warning signs of Vitamin B12 the deficiency in your body and it may be life-threatening and invoking new diseases regularly. It is common for people to get vitamin B12 shortage, but most people do not know about it. Most of the adults are lacking in it. Pregnancy, lactating women may also be short of Vitamin B12. Vitamin B12 deficiency can lead to many diseases. Some of these diseases can be treated easily, but there are some diseases, which are very serious. Due to these serious di...

CHOLESTEROL AND EGGS Are Eggs Bad For You If You Have High Cholesterol? Commonly eggs have been considered for a long time more of a health risk than a healthy food. People have been enjoying and nourishing themselves with eggs, since the domestication of the chicken. Eggs are classified as " super-foods " However, eggs are defamed due to the presence of high cholesterol levels in the yolks. People believed that consumption of dietary cholesterol would raise cholesterol in the blood and contribute to heart disease . Does eating eggs really affect your blood cholesterol ? Moreover, how many eggs should you eat? Let us clarify our doubts about cholesterol and eggs . Are you afraid of eating eggs? Don’t be! They are the perfect source of proteins, which provide the essential nutrients needed by the brain and the body to function properly. One of the simplest and most nutritious foods, eggs, is defamed due to high cholesterol levels. However, eggs have got a bad r...

SCIATICA PAIN Sciatica is a sensation that can manifest as moderate to severe pain in the sciatic nerve that affects the hips, buttocks and lower part of the leg through the back. Sciatica causes unbearable pain in the entire leg due to swelling in the veins related to the groin. In the acute stage of this disease, the patient remains in bed due to unbearable pain. As the disease becomes chronic, there is attenuation and shrinkage in the feet. Due to increased pressure in the part of the nerves, there is a tingling and swelling in the leg muscles. You might also feel numbness or weakness in these areas. Sciatica is a symptom caused by an injury to your sciatic nerve or an area that affects the nerve, such as your vertebrae. I n sciatica, there is pain is usually affected on one side of the body. This disease is mostly due to the wrong way of getting up and sitting.   Sciatica is a very serious disease. If you do not get it treated on time, then it takes a big form, and...