Maybe you have heard the recent guidelines about walking 10,000 steps per day. How far is 10,000 steps anyway? The average person’s stride length is approximately 2.5 feet long. That means it takes just over 2,000 steps to walk one mile, and 10,000 steps is close to 5 miles. Continue reading
Erectile dysfunction that affects men from all walks of life. It was formerly known as impotence. It is a sexual disorder wherein there is an inadequacy in erection during the sexual act. It is very hard for the man to handle it if he is diagnosed with ED. This usually causes pressure and low self esteem, which also brings strain to the relationship.
Asthma is one of those common chronic inflammatory disease of the airways that causes airway hyperresponsiveness, mucosal edema, and mucus production. This hyperresponsiveness and inflammation ultimately leads to recurrent episodes of asthma symptoms which are cough, chest tightness, wheezing, and difficulty of breathing (dyspnea). Asthma is different from other obstructive pulmonary diseases in that it is largely reversible. This can be reversible either spontaneously or with treatment. People suffering from asthma may have asthma symptom-free episodes alternating with acute exacerbations, which can be very dangerous too. Acute exacerbations can last from minutes to days. Continue reading
Meniere’s disease is a syndrome first described by Prosper Meniere, a French doctor. The exact cause of this ailment is relatively unknown but this is common in the middle age and above but uncommon in children. Continue reading
When you have an upper respiratory infection, you may wonder why you have an ear infection as well. This is because the nasal cavity is connected to the Eustachian tube. Normally, when you have a cold, this tube closes up to prevent the mucus from entering the auditory canal. When your Eustachian tube fails to close up, the excessive mucus that’s produced in the nasal cavity then pours out into the ear canal. This results to an even more aggravated ear infection. Continue reading
Your physician ordered a urinalysis to be done. You collected your urine specimen and sent it to the laboratory. The results showed that you have white blood cells (WBCs) in the urinalysis report and you wondered what that could be. A little knowledge on this diagnostic procedure won’t hurt a bit. Knowledge is power. Continue reading
Erectile dysfunction or impotence is the incapacity to acquire and maintain an erection hard enough for sex. Finding trouble in erection from time to time is not a call for alarm. However, if erectile dysfunction is a continuing trouble, it may bring personal problems, may cause stress and may affect self-esteem. Anyone with erectile dysfunction Continue reading
Along with the further development of the world’s economy and technology, the occurrence of various health conditions like diabetes. For years, so many specialists have exerted effort in finding out ways that will battle this long-term disease.
Everyday, we touch, move and do many things with our hands and feet. We become productive with our hands and feet. Little as we know, they are the busiest parts of the body and often times are subjected to many harmful things in the environment. Our hands and feet also need caring and pampering. Most people would want to have flawless hands and feet despite them being subjected to many activities in our daily lives. Continue reading
Boils are lumps filled with pus that develop underneath the skin due to bacterial infection of one or more hair follicles. Boils or also called furuncles generally begin as red, swollen lump. It can arise at any part of the body but it come mostly visible on the face, neck, armpits, buttocks or thighs wherein a hair-bearing spot that possibly develop sweat and occur friction Continue reading