Natural Ways to cure gout (without drugs)!

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Every human being has a life style in carrying out its activities. Without realizing it, many diseases come by itself. From various diseases caused by lifestyle, uric acid is one of the diseases that are now starting to get much attention. The reason, gout is now no longer identified with a disease that only attacks the elderly, because young people aged 30 years and older were already many who show symptoms of the disease. A disease which is also called gouty arthritis is due to the buildup of uric acid levels in the blood that could not removed by the kidneys.

Uric acid is derived from the metabolism of purines, a kind of protein source came from animal products and alcoholic beverages. Purine small amounts beneficial to the body's metabolism, but purine in large quantities would result in a buildup of uric acid levels that can not be released by the body so that we are stricken with gout. Try to see people who are young have been attacked by gout; they are generally used to consume foods with excessive levels of purines without the balance with the food source of other nutrients.

Here are the symptoms if you have had gout:

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• Joint pain, aching, shooting pain, tingling and even swollen and reddish (inflamed)
• Usually in joints ached in the morning (just woken up) or night.
• Feels pain in the joints occur repeatedly.
• The attacked usually toe joints, fingers, knees, heels, wrists and elbows.
• In the event of severe cases, joints ached when going to move.

To know more definitely, the patient should immediately conduct examinations in the laboratory. For normal uric acid levels in men ranges from 3.5 to 7 mg /dl and in women from 2.6 to 6 mg /dl. 

Cured naturally without drugs

The goal of treatment uric acid is actually not spending levels of purines in the body at all, but rather reduce it down to the normal range and maintain it in a reasonable amount until no longer interfere with the functioning of the body. For severe gout, the doctor will usually prescribe medications while suggesting lifestyle and a healthy diet. However, when you just feel the severity of the symptoms, you should try to heal itself by making lifestyle modifications.

How to? Easy. Do not let purine accumulate in your body to not be excreted by the kidneys! Here's how :

1. Reduce the types of foods that contain purine. The food is usually a source of animal protein such as shrimp, crab, egg yolks, beef, goats and pigs, chickens, brain and viscera. If you want to consume a source of protein, consume pure protein such as egg white, vegetable protein, and a protein that is a source of essential fatty acids such as salmon and tuna.
2. Expand to eat foods that can aid digestion and circulation process, for example foods that contain a lot of vitamins, minerals and fiber. Fresh vegetables and fruit are good candidates for the daily diet for gout sufferers.
3.  Drink lots of water about 2 liters per day or even more severe when uric acid-moderate severity. This can help to expedite the activities of kidney and bladder so that more purine substances from the body is wasted.
4. Balance a healthy diet with exercise to further dissolve and dispose of uric acid in the body. If you feel pain, do not need to force do strenuous exercise; try lifting light weights, yoga, walking or cycling slowly, and do it consistently every week.     

Please try first of all natural gout treatment step before you see the doctor. If the measures proven naturally, is not much better?Good luck.

  

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What It Is Chikungunya?

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Chikungunya virus has been known throughout the world, as the mosquito-borne virus that was first circulated in the Caribbean area, before entering the United States. Until now, have not found a vaccine against chikungunya virus is. Thus, those who want to travel to the Caribbean, need to do a variety of infection prevention measures.The word chikungunya is derived from African languages, which means bending the body. Because, the sufferer, will bend the body due to the pain that is felt in the areas of joints. In 1952, chikungunya virus was first recognized and sustained by chimpanzees in southern Tanzania. Mosquitoes that carry chikungunya virus, can bite and infect animals and humans both.After the bite occurs, the chikungunya virus in the system will stay in a person's body, about a week old. Not only the original virus-carrying mosquitoes, mosquitoes can suck the blood containing the virus chikungunya, and bring it again and infect the next person bitten.

Some of the symptoms that would arise in those infected with chikungunya virus, are as follows:

1. Symptoms begin with fever and pain in the joints. These symptoms will occur within 3-7 days, after suffering the bite of an infected mosquito.

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2. Additional symptoms that will occur, headache, muscle pain, swelling of the joints and a rash on the body. Various symptoms of chikungunya infection conditions will not cause death, but sufferers will quite seriously ill and is crippling.

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In addition to these symptoms, patients with chikungunya themselves will feel better within a week. However, not all patients experienced similar symptoms.

">Some patients, will experience joint pain that lasts for months.It kind of chikungunya virus infection is that it generates immunity. If ever infected with this virus, the patient will be minimal risk of contracting the virus back the same, because of the natural protection of the body.

Similar to dengue fever

 
Symptoms of chikungunya disease, sometimes resemble the symptoms of dengue fever, which is also caused by a virus from the bite of a mosquito. Therefore, if the symptoms are similar to bedarah fever, but is accompanied by pain in the joints that paralyzes, immediately consult a doctor. Tell your activity before the body feels pain, including if there is a trip to the new foreign made. Typically, the doctor will do blood tests to determine whether or not the virus.

Until now, has not been found drugs that can cure chikungunya infection or to prevent its spread. To treat the symptoms of chikungunya that happens, the patient needs plenty of rest, drink plenty of liquids, ranging from water, pure fruit juice to the soup, to prevent dehydration. Drugs that can be taken even usually, would be to relieve fever and pain, such as ibuprofen, naproxen, acetaminophen or paracetamol. (AM)

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Symptoms Of Tuberculosis

Tuberculosis is an infectious disease of the respiratory tract caused by bacteria. Tuberculosis is a contagious disease with a high mortality rate. In order to celebrate the global Tuberculosis, March 24, the need for increased vigilance against tuberculosis, one to recognize the symptoms early on.When you have a cough that never stops, accompanied by pain and shortness of breath, you need to be aware of the symptoms of tuberculosis. Tuberculosis detection as early as possible, may increase treatment success that will surely save your life. To detect tuberculosis, need to do a series of tests.Golden standard by the International Standards of Tuberculosis Care is sputum examination with or without X-rays. When, sputum examination can not be done, then the X-rays can also be a diagnostic tool Tuberculosis. Meanwhile, the current Mantoux test, is used in children to clinical attention by using a scoring system. The use of the Mantoux test in adults for Tuberculosis diagnostics should not be used. Because, serology for Tuberculosis, low sensitivity values.In addition, blood tests should also be conducted to assist the diagnosis of Tuberculosis. Furthermore, the need for a routine check, to analyze whether Tuberculosis experienced the kind of active or not.

After knowing the existence of Tuberculosis disease in the body, treatment should be done depends on the type of Tuberculosis is experienced, whether the kind of active or latent Tuberculosis. 
1. Latent Tuberculosis Infection

In the kind of latent Tuberculosis infection, Tuberculosis means that you are experiencing is not the kind of active Tuberculosis. In this condition, the doctor will examine how much risk you are having active Tuberculosis and adjust the treatment you receive. The treatment you receive will be of antibiotics called isoanized, to prevent latent infection turns into active infection. Dose of this medicine, will be given in the form of a daily dose or twice a week. The evaluation will be conducted regularly to ensure acceptable drug body well, without serious side effects. In case of serious side effects, a doctor may prescribe vitamin B6 or pyridoxine to prevent occurrence of side effects isoanized.
 2. Active Tuberculosis Infection

On condition of active Tuberculosis, the doctor will give some kind of antibiotics to fight the infection and immunity prevents bacteria in the body. Some combinations of antibiotics which usually needs to be taken, including the type of isoniazid, rifampin, pyrazinamide or ethambutol. Consumption needs to be done for 6-12 months with a doctor's supervision, given the active Tuberculosis infection that can change at any time be fatal.

 3. The drug-resistant Tuberculosis

 
One type of drug-resistant Tuberculosis properties, due to the presence of tuberculosis bacteria to mutate, to reject two types of even more antibiotics. However, this condition can be overcome, with the passing of time with antibiotics prescribed drug spending. (AM)

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Cause Flatulence

Flatulence is generally characterized by stomach feel full, hard and slightly swollen. Flatulence is a type of digestive complaints were frequent and often experienced by adults.The main symptoms of the condition flatulence usually tend to be vague. Flatulence sufferers tend to feel a stomach complaint that feels uncomfortable and hard. The cause of stomach bloating is the presence of excess gas that causes pain, belching is persistent and abdomen that feels churned. Typically, those who suffer flatulence tend not to be able to move as usual because discomfort in the stomach and should berisitirahat at home. If flatulence is often the case, then the intensity of consumption of drugs also tend to be high.Here is the cause of flatulence:

1. Too much to swallow air.

2. Constipation or difficult bowel movements.

3. Heartburn, or abdomen that feels hot because of the stomach acid that rises.

4. Conditions of irritable bowel syndrome or indigestion which causes stomach often problematic. One of the symptoms are caused flatulence.

5. An allergy to products made from milk.

6. The habit of eating too fast, chew and swallow in a hurry hurry.

7. Increased body weight.

8. The presence of bacterial growth in the small intestine excessive and beyond the normal limits.

9. Menstruation.

10. The existence of parasites that inhabit the inside of the intestine or a condition known as giardasis.

11. The shape or structure that is not normal digestion.

12. Consumption of drugs that cause side effects such as flatulence.

13. The existence of a kind of consumption of sugar substitutes fructose and sorbitol which can not be tolerated by the stomach so that the stomach reacts experience bloating. 

Flatulence is sometimes also an indication of a more serious medical conditions such as:

1. The existence of a buildup of fluid in the abdominal cavity assembled or ascites area which is the result of cancer, liver disease, renal failure, heart failure, congenital conditions and the presence of other diseases.

2. Conditions celiac disease or intolerance to gluten in wheat.

3. Ovarian Cancer.

4. The existence of the amount of fluid digestive enzymes produced by the pancreas that is not sufficient for the body.

To prevent the occurrence of flatulence, a few things that are changing habits and lifestyle can be done as follows:1. Do not get used to chew gum because the air can be ingested into the stomach and cause bloating.

2. Limit consumption of carbonated beverages or containing additional artificial gas.

3. Avoid foods that can cause gas to accumulate in the digestive tract such as cabbage vegetables, dried beans and lentils.

4. Consumption of food slowly.

5. Avoid drinking through a straw.

6. Reduce excess body weight to make weight and height are not balanced.

7. Consumption of beverages and foods made from milk that is lactose-free.

 
If the complaint flatulence accompanied by abdominal pain, dark-colored stool because it is saturated with blood, diarrhea, burning sensation in the stomach intensified so, the condition of vomiting and weight shrinkage without any definite cause, immediately consult a doctor to get a proper diagnosis. (AM)

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Is there a link Headaches and Stress?

Frequent complaints of headaches is experienced by almost everyone. Headache is pain that occurs in the head, either in the area above the eyes or the ears, back of the head, or on the back of the upper neck. The causes are very diverse, such as high blood pressure, the heat, menstruation, disorder in the brain, and stress.

Stress is often associated with the cause of headaches and each person must have a level of stress that is different. One study found that the higher the level of stress that you experience the pain in the head will be increasingly felt.
Headaches due to stress can appear periodically and episodic. If you experience headaches that occur less than 15 days of each month it is considered episodic. And, if you have a headache more than 15 days in a month then it is considered as a chronic or periodic headaches. Both types of headache is often felt in the forehead or the back of the neck and head.

Headaches due to stress this episodic usually begins gradually until peaking at noon and lasted for 30 minutes each session. As for chronic or periodic headaches will increase every time you have a headache. This chronic headaches occur in a long time with the throbbing pain at the front of the head, top, or right side / left. This type of headache will not affect your vision or balance, but you will feel anxious and irritable.

Headaches due to stress is more often strike women than men, the cause is also very diverse. Among them because:

• Posture disproportionate
• Stress, emotional, or mental depression
• Fatigue
• Hunger
• The work is too hard
• Anxiety

In addition, stress headaches can be triggered by several factors such as environment or internal trauma. However, the most common trigger is a factor family, social relationships, friends, school, and work. Other triggers that cause headaches due to stress are:

• Problems in the household
• The stress of having a new baby
• There are no close friends to share a story or a problem
• Prepare for school exams
• Facing a new job
• Being overweight
• Deadline jobs
• Competition with friends or colleagues
• Trying to be a perfectionist
• Also involved in too many activities outside or organization

Symptoms of stress headaches

• Headache pain ranging from mild, moderate, or severe
• Headache routine
• Difficulty sleeping or difficulty sleeping soundly
• Chronic Fatigue
• Nature irritability
• Difficult to concentrate
• Sensitive to light or sound noisy
• sore in muscles

 

To overcome a headache that appears continuously You can start by avoiding originators beforehand. And, if it does not succeed, it is better to immediately consulted the doctor. In addition, you can try to do therapy or relaxation to simply relax and reduce the level of stress that you experience. (AM)    
 

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Intestinal infections , how to find out ...

Intestinal infection is a condition in which the intestine, which is part of the digestive, invaded by germs such as viruses, bacteria, parasites and various other health problems. The first sign of infection is a disorder of intestinal digestive activity.
Early detection of the symptoms of intestinal infection it is important that the cause of the infection can be immediately determined following appropriate treatment. Symptoms of intestinal infections caused by viruses or bacteria tend to be similar; therefore, you should consult your bowel condition to a doctor if symptoms occur following:

1. Abdominal pain
Intestinal infection usually leads to abdominal pain intensity varied, ranging from mild to serious such as stomach cramp. Pain may be reduced after a bowel movement.

2. There was constipation or diarrhea
Either constipation or diarrhea, both of which can arise when there is an intestinal infection. Complaints of diarrhea generally will greatly disrupt the quality of life of sufferers because it will be more frequent back and forth to the toilet.

3. There is a change in stool
Stool that comes out tends to look smaller than normal size and usually a little watery. Sometimes, it seems clear that the presence of mucus mixed with feces.

4. The stomach feels bloated
Infection of the intestine may also cause the stack gas in the body, especially in case of symptoms of constipation. The gas in the stomach can cause stomach pain or interfere with patient comfort.

5. Bleeding anus
Rectal bleeding can be caused in part by an intestinal infection. Inflammation of the intestine may facilitate the onset of bleeding from the walls of the gastrointestinal tract. Supervise closely these conditions, and if the bleeding still continues, please consult a doctor because it may indicate something more serious.

6. Nausea and vomiting
Symptoms of this one does not always appear as one of the symptoms of intestinal infection. The body is dehydrated due to diarrhea or constipation can cause nausea react. In addition, it can also arise because the body's reaction to vomiting can not excrete excess remains of digestion in a natural way. When the intestines are filled with excess substances should be discarded, the digestive tract becomes where the discharge of these substances, causing vomiting.

 Other symptoms that may arise due to intestinal infection include fever, decreased appetite, abdominal cramps, headache, extreme thirst to the shrinking weight if it happens often.

To prevent infection of the intestine, you need to adjust your lifestyle to improve nutrition by eating lots of fiber in the form of nuts, green vegetables, whole grains and fresh fruits. If still not sufficient, additional consumption of supplements anyway. Multiply drinking water to soften waste products and facilitate defecation.

Avoid processed foods full of toxins and balanced with plenty of active exercise. Prevent sense of stress so that digestion does not become a victim. In addition, the body also needs enough rest to get enough energy to be able to fight infection.

If the intestinal infection caused by bacteria, of course, needed antibiotics to kill the germs that lodged in the gastrointestinal tract. In case of symptoms of constipation, the consumption of laxatives can be done to help soften the stool.

If the intestinal infection often occurs, then you need to check yourself as this could indicate a more serious disease conditions. (AM)        

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Hypertension, what causes it?

Hypertension or high blood pressure is often called the silent killer. Because, hypertension often causes no symptoms at all, but its impact is very deadly. The number of hypertensive patients around the world is big enough. According to the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute there are about 72 million people, or about 1 in 3 people in the United States have hypertension. Meanwhile, according to The National Health Services, UK, an estimated 40 percent of adults in the UK also have hypertension.

Some of the symptoms are common due to hypertension include headache, dizziness, or nosebleeds. High blood pressure usually involves a process over the years, but its presence can be detected easily by a doctor. You only need to control blood pressure regularly so if a sudden increase in blood pressure will be quickly known.

In addition to a variety of symptoms mentioned above, -even severe hypertension may reach or exceed 180/110 mmHg) - will give rise to complaints such as: 

• severe headache which usually lasts for several days
• Impaired vision
• Chest pain
• Difficulty while breathing
• irregular heartbeat
• There is blood in the urine
• Dizziness mild to severe and vertigo

If you are experiencing some of the symptoms above, it is better to consult a doctor immediately. Because, some of these symptoms can lead to heart attack or stroke. Therefore, you should be careful if you have been diagnosed to have hypertension.

Basically, there are two variables were assessed in blood pressure checks:

• The systolic pressure, is the highest blood pressure when the heart muscle is being contracted
• diastolic pressure, is the lowest blood pressure measured when the heart muscle is resting (between pulses)

Causes of hypertension    

things that cause a person to suffer from hypertension, some of which are caused by:

• Age, along with age, the risk of hypertension will be increased
• Family history, if you have no family history or who have hypertension then you risk was also greater
• Obesity, someone overweight or even obese are more at risk of developing hypertension compared with someone with normal weight
• Physical activity, lack of exercise, as well as having an unhealthy lifestyle also increases the risk of hypertension.

• Smoking, smoking can cause narrowing of blood vessels so that blood pressure is higher. In addition, smoking also can reduce oxygen levels in the blood that causes the heart to pump faster and raise blood pressure
• Excessive salt intake, a researcher from the University of Michigan Health System reported that individuals who consume more salt at risk of having high blood pressure
• Diabetes, people with diabetes have a higher risk of developing hypertension
• mental pressure, various studies suggest that someone who stress are at higher risk for hypertension. (AM).

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