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Sunday, 3 October 2010

Overview Of Bone Diseases



Your bones not only support your body but also give you shape. Bones can be termed as living tissues that rebuild on a constant basis throughout your life. When you are young, your body adds new bone quicker in comparison to erasing old bone. Once you have attained an age of 20, you can lose bone quicker than you make bone. For strong bones, it is quite important that you exercise and get enough vitamin D and Calcium.

There are wide variety of bone issues:

To start with, Osteoporosis makes your bones weak and more likely to break. On the other hand, your bones become brittle with Osteogenesis imperfecta. Another significant thing that can make your bone weak is Paget's disease. You may not believe at first but it is true that bones can also lead to cancer. Majority of bone diseases occur because of poor nutrition and genetic factors.

Osteoporosis:

In Osteoporosis, your bone mass reduces and the bone structure deteriorates. A reduced bone mass means that chances of fracture increases with a fall. The worse part about Osteoporosis is that you are not going to feel any symptoms of it. However, it can be prevented, diagnosed and treated.

Arthritis:

Arthritis makes its presence felt when one or more joints get inflamed

Fibromylgia:

Fibromylgia is a chronic illness with common symptoms being fatigue from head to toe. At present, there is no cure of Fibromylgia.

Saturday, 2 October 2010

Blood Pressure Medicines

High blood pressure also known as hypertension, generally has no symptoms. But trust me it can cause serious issues like kidney failure and heart attack. If you do not manage to control your high blood pressure with the help of healthy lifestyle routines such as losing weight and decreasing sodium in your diet, your health care provider may prescribe medicines.

Keep in mind that blood pressure medicines work in different ways to reduce blood pressure. There are few that get rid of extra fluid and salt from the body in order to reduce blood pressure. On the other hand, number of medicines widen blood vessels and slow down the heartbeat. Quite a number of times, two or more medicines work better in comparison to one.

Eating a heart-healthy diet, limiting alcohol and exercising on a daily basis should be a part of your plan for reducing blood pressure. You should follow this route even if you are taking medicines.

There are various kinds of medicine that are employed in the treatment of high blood pressure. It is the responsibility of your health care provider to decide which kind of medicine is ideally suited for you.

Diuretics
(water pills) assists your body get rid of extra water and salt so your blood vessels do not have to hold so much fluid.

Beta-blockers plays a prominent part in lowering your heart beat.

Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (commonly known as ACE inhibitors) keep your body from making angiotensin II, a hormone that is responsible for blood vessels to narrow. According to experts, Angiotensin relaxes your blood vessels.

Centrally acting drugs have an impact on your central nervous system and brain to minimize the nerve impulses that can enhance your heart rate.