Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Health. Show all posts

Thursday, 23 November 2017

What You Don't Know That May Be Killing You Fast



Let me explain. Every single day there are certain foods you eat and certain drugs you take, and certain things you use everyday that infuse into your blood stream, toxins that clog up your body system and prevent your body from shedding off excess fat.

 Things like: Hormone-pumped meat; animal meat from cows, pigs, or chickens and antibiotic-laced dairy from commercial cattle: These animals that are infused with hormones and antibiotics are posing a serious threat to your health without you even knowing it.


It all started about 50 years ago when farmers, food companies and pharmaceutical companies decided to start adding man-made estrogenic hormones in the cattle, pigs and poultry that we eat. They wanted to make the animals grow faster and make the meat softer and fattier. Dairy cows were given hormones so that they would produce more milk. Poultry (Chicken, Turkeys, Quails etc) and Fish sold in fast-food restaurants are cultured with steroids to grow to table size maturity fast. What’s more?


They are also regularly fed with conventionally grown and chemically sprayed fruits and vegetables. And this strategy worked…but your health is now paying the price! Package Foods: Package foods and desserts that are loaded with hidden sugars and artificial ingredients.

 Whole grains that are said to be healthy but are actually packed with allergenic ingredients like gluten, which has been linked to countless health problems including auto-immune disorders. Skin and Personal Care Products: These products are shuttling dangerous chemicals like lead, BHT, and other cancer-causing agents directly through your skin and into your body.

 Since your skin is your body’s LARGEST membrane (and detox organ), these “surface” products are just as dangerous as what you eat. Medicines like Advil, Aspirin, or Tylenol: Plastics and food containers? Cleaning and laundry supplies? Make-up and personal care products? These and more all team up to block your body’s metabolism system and deposit high amounts of toxins inside your blood stream, thus making your body Totally Unable To Shed Any Fat These toxins are making you age faster… they are tearing your body apart from the inside-out… they are forcing your body to cling on to unnecessary fat… and most importantly, these “invisible” toxins are slowly but surely shortening your life span and robbing you of the quality of life you have left. And the annoying part is...


 You Cannot Get Rid of These Toxins Creating ‘Lock-Up’ Fat Inside Your Body By. . . Taking Supplements – obviously that’s a stupid thing to do considering that drugs will simply add more toxins INSIDE your body rather than remove any. Exercising – there’s a foolish notion making the rounds that when you exercise and sweat, then toxins inside your body will leave through the sweat. Nothing can be more misleading than that. When you sweat, the ONLY thing that comes out is sweat and water
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Tuesday, 14 November 2017

Health Discussion on Hepatitis B

Hepatitis B, it causes, symptoms, and Treatment

Hepatitis B is an inflation of the liver ,it could cause scarring or marking of the liver, liver failure, and cancer of the liver. It is can be very fatal when left unattended. It relieving to know that in most cases of the disease do not last a long time. Your body develops resistance towards it within a few months, and you are immune to it for the rest of your lives.
But some people don't form resistance to the infection. If you have hepatitis B for six months, then you are a carrier even when you don't get symptoms, which means you can transfer the disease to someone else through
-unprotected sex/anal sex

-contact with your blood or an open sour
-sharing needles or syringes with you



Mode of transmission 
Hepatitis B can be gotten through piercing and tattooing of the body. A mother can pass the virus to her offspring during child birth. Through sharing of personal belongings like tooth brushes,razors,or
Clippers.
Hepatitis B cannot be gotten through kissing, hugging, sneezing, or coughing.it also cannot be spread by sharing of utensils.


Symptoms of Hepatitis B

Symptoms of hepatitis B could be different in individuals. But symptoms that you should be on the lookout for are 
-headache
-appetite loss 
-stomach pain 
-fatigue
-vomiting
-pain in the upper region
-stooling
-yellowing of the skin and eyes

Some major precautions a Hepatitis B patient should adhere to 

Avoiding strenuous or stressful activities,
Don't overwork yourself 
Eat properly cooked and nourished meal
It is necessary to eat right (because for most people loss of appetite increases as the day goes by)
It is essential you take plenty of water to hydrate your body,most especially if you vomit more often. 

Treatment of Hepatitis B 

Treatment on hepatitis B depends on how active the virus is and whether you are at risk for liver damages,cancer of the liver or cirrhosis. 

It also depends if you are recently infected with the virus,Or you have chronic infection,
If you have not gotten a hepatitis B vaccine and you think you may have been exposed to the virus, you should get a shot of hepatitis B immuglobulin (HBIG) and the first of three shots of the hepatitis B vaccine, it is important to receive this treatment within a week after a needle stick and within two weeks after several contact that may have exposed you to the virus.
The earlier you receive treatment after exposure the better the treatment work

Written by Ani Loveth 

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Friday, 10 November 2017

Health Related Topic On Athlete's foot

 "Athlete's foot" as funny as the name sounds,does not act funny.
It is a fungal infection that usually occurs between the toes. 
It is very common in Nigeria (that's to say more than 2  million Nigerians are infected with the fungus).



It is usually a scaly,red,raw-appearing infection and occasionally, maybe weepy and oozing with little blisters. 
It occurs in both male and female from 0 to 70+ age. 
There are different types of fungi that causes athlete foot and these can be contacted in many ways, (for example )
In Gyms
Swimming pools 
Communal showers
Nail salon 





It is contagious, it spreads from person to person,walking barefoot in areas where someone else with the fungus has recently walked, patient with diabetes has higher tendencies of getting infected with the fungus. wearing of tight-fitted shoes, for a long period of time.

Treatment for athletes foot 
Exclusive shoe materials, such as vinyl,which causes the feet to remain moist,provides a perfect area for the fungus to proliferate.
Likewise, absorbent cotton socks that wick water away from your feet may be useful. 
A home remedy of dilute white vinegar soaks using one part for vinegar and roughly four parts water, once or twice in a day(for ten minutes)  may aid in treatment followed by evaporation will be helpful.  



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