Hemorrhoids Treated And Cured Without Surgery
By Admin | July 17, 2008
By: Donald Urquhart
In fact, there are many causes of hemorrhoids and many treatment options are available for you to consider.
Correct toilet sitting helps to cure, control and prevent hemorrhoids:
One of the most important treatments / preventatives, relates to how you sit on the toilet when doing your number 2’s.
In the good old days, people squatted on the ground - we are designed to do our number 2’s squatting. Toilets are designed to be sat on, not squatted on - they were not designed to allow the easy elimination of waste from our body. The more modern toilets, sometimes called squat toilets, are an endeavor to correct this historical mistake in toilet making.
However, the vast majority of us have not even seen a squat toilet. So, when using a normal toilet, the professional medical staff at my local hospital suggest that to prevent, or lessen / cure the effects of hemorrhoids, one should use a different sitting position on the toilet.
These professionals suggest:
First, when you sit on the toilet, have the toes and ball of the foot on the floor, but the heels raised up in the air.
Second, lean forward and rest your arms on your knees.
Third, let nature takes it’s course, don’t force.
Provided you have kept to a fiber rich diet and or used supplements to keep your bowel motions soft - be careful as certain herbal remedies can damage the bowel - the bowel should evacuate quickly, easily and fully. Remember to drink more water if adding fibre supplements to your diet - the fiber absorbs the moisture to create the soft bulky stool.
This simple strategy helps to avoid straining, which is good, as straining causes hemorrhoids. Straining puts undue pressure on the rectum area, which means the blood vessels are being pumped up with blood. This isn’t good, as sooner or later the blood vessels will weaken and some will balloon out under pressure, at which point they are called hemorrhoids.
If you already have them, this approach can help to reduce their aggravation, soreness and swelling and may help prevent them from showing themselves, depending on just how bad they are.
A Little Trick to stop the Pain and Discomfort :
Doctors grade them on the basis of just how often and how much they show themselves, but a little trick to reduce the pain and discomfort is to just push the hemorrhoids gently back inside, where they belong. Most hemorrhoids become painful because they are being cramped and hurt while outside - they have the muscles clamping down on them to try and stop it from coming through, which is what the muscles there are for and then they have cheeks rubbing against them and so on.
Seeing Your Doctor About Your Hemorrhoids and Dealing with the Embarrassment:
They are also known as piles, but some use the term prolapse. Prolapse may sound something dreadful, but it’s not your intestines falling out. When we are talking hemorrhoids, the doctor is simply saying the hemorrhoid is showing itself outside your bottom.
Doctors see hemorrhoid cases every day, so although it may be embarrassing for you, it’s nothing new to your doctor. If you need to, just write all your symptoms down and let the doctor read them. A sensitive doctor will ease you through the embarrassment and provide you with a proper diagnosis. Until then you are just guessing - all sorts of things have to be ruled out.
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Donald and his writers have walked the walked when it comes to hemorrhoids. Everything from hemorrhoid surrgery and operations to finding the causes.
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What is human growth hormone?
By Admin | July 16, 2008
By: Shekhar Bragta
What is Human Growth Hormone (HGH)? We hear about it in the news pretty often these days. What is it, exactly? What does it do? The answers to these and other questions about HGH are provided here.
Human Growth Hormone is a hormone produced by the pituitary gland in the brain. The pituitary gland is also responsible for the production of hormones like testosterone and estrogen. HGH acts on the liver and other tissues to stimulate production of insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I). HGH is critical to cell growth and our bodies produce a lot of HGH when we’re young to aid in healthy bone and muscle development. Doctors sometimes prescribe HGH supplements for children who aren’t growing properly or who are smaller than average for their age.
The body’s production of HGH peaks sometime between the ages of 20 and
31. After this time, HGH production sharply declines. As the production of HGH slackens, our bodies have a harder time maintaining healthy cell growth. This reduction of HGH leads to signs of aging such as hair loss, brittle bones, loose and thinning skin, decreased mental function, decreased sexual performance, increase in body fat, and loss of lean muscle mass.
In order to combat these symptoms of aging, some people undergo a process called Human Growth Hormone replacement therapy. This procedure can involve the injection of HGH beneath the skin or the ingestion of HGH Releasers, which combine amino acids and vitamins that help the body produce more HGH.
Reduced HGH levels aren’t necessarily a bad thing. One study suggests that people with a higher HGH level are likely to die at a younger age than those with a lower level of HGH. Studies such as these cast doubt on the health benefits of HGH replacement therapy for anyone other than those who suffer from a profound lack of the hormone.
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Vitamins and minerals needed to prevent hair loss.
By Admin | July 15, 2008
By: Sonia Sood
Some common myths have arisen concerning hair loss. Because of medical advancements many of these myths are being corrected. For starters, although androgenetic alopecia, pattern baldness, is genetic and can be hereditary, it is not passed down through only your mother’s side of the family. Either side of the family can pass down the genetic disposition toward baldness. Also, contrary to old family tales, wearing hats does not cause baldness either.
Most common hair loss comes under what has been commonly known as Male Pattern Baldness (MPB). Although referred to as MPB, females also suffer from MPB, so it is better to call MPB androgenetic alopecia.
Although hair loss is not life threatening, it is an indication of your internal health and it can cause you serious problems with an image and self-confidence. There has been no absolute cure found for hair loss, and many factors of hair loss are hereditary, however there are several preventative measures you can take to maintain healthy hair and scalp.
Diet, Nutrition and Hair Loss
Keeping your body healthy reflects on the health of your hair. If your lifestyle is not healthy, it will eventually reflect on your head. You will start to lose your hair and fulfill your genetic coding. To keep healthy, as a reminder, you need to eat in the proper fashion, exercise, and stay away from any kind of drugs - both medical and recreational.
To define what a healthy diet is, to preventing hair loss, can be individual and quite complex. But the main vitamins, minerals, and nutrients that you need to take or eat to maintain healthy hair are:
* vitamin A
* all B vitamins-particularly vitamins B-6 and B-12, folic acid, biotin
* vitamin C
* vitamin E
* copper, iron, zinc, iodine, silica
* essential fatty acids
* protein
* four - 6 glass of water.
The best way for you to maintain a healthy vitamin and mineral intake is a good diet. Vitamins and minerals are abundant in raw fruits and vegetables. Eat them in the morning or as in between meal snacks. A good mineral supplement would be an electrolyte liquid mineral product.
It is not necessary or advisable to go out and buy a bunch of over-the-counter vitamin supplements in order to achieve your suggested nutritional levels. Many over-the-counter vitamins are chemically processed and are not completely absorbed.
It is also easy to overdose yourself with over the counter vitamins, particularly when taking supplements of fat-soluble vitamins and minerals, causing toxicity and adverse reactions. The likelihood of doing this is far less with food; therefore it is always best to obtain the bulk of your vitamin and mineral requirements from whole organic raw foods.
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