National Nursing Review : Nursing Study Resources & Health Tips

Although even today is unknown the origin of autoimmune diseases, there are several theories about why this type of disease appear. As a definition say that so-called autoimmune diseases are those where both the immune system as defenses act in an abnormal way in the way they react to certain cells of the body as if they were his enemies and therefore the damage.

This type of mismatch can affect a body, several or even a tissue that often ends up as changes occur as time passes the immune system will see the area as long as a foreign body.

Autoimmune diseases are very similar to allergies, where the body is an overreaction to a substance that itself does not pose a health hazard.

Among the organs and tissues that are most affected by this problem are the skin, muscles, joints, blood cells and some blood components, as well as some glands like the pancreas or thyroid.

Although there is no consensus about what are the causes of autoimmune disease, some theories are dumped on the fact of a genetic predisposition, or also the effect of viruses, bacteria and other microorganisms or certain medicines. (more…)

During the exploration of different treatments for eye floaters on the Internet, fascinated by the amount of search results on the treatment of dry eyes and psychological training. First, dry eye is a serious disease that adversely affect your eyesight. Nevertheless, it has visualized a small impact on the way floaters eye.

Dry eye is through evaporation, in most cases – a result of dehydration. For this reason, a water imbalance can lead to problems because the vitreous is more than ninety percent water. (more…)

It is common to hear that someone has a problem with his knee, familiar with terms such as sprains, cruciate ligament tears, meniscal injuries or osteoarthritis, but not always know which anatomical structure referred to the injury.

Here in general such as the knee joint, the largest of all the joints of the body. It connects the thigh and leg can be divided into two halves, an upper half, or femoral meniscal proximal and lower distal or meniscotibial.

They are part of this joint the distal femur, proximal tibia and patella. These bones are associated in close contact with each other. To ensure that contact between the surfaces produces a subtle movement and pain in the knee joint, like all the joint surfaces in the body, they use a very soft, whitish hyaline cartilage layer. (more…)

Gynecomastia is a type of pathology which is enlarged male breast tissue and usually occurs in stages of human life in which he goes through hormonal changes, may be the childhood, adolescence or old age.

Usually, this type of benign condition is caused by different hormonal changes, which may include estrogen increase or decrease in androgens (testosterone).

In some cases, gynecomastia may be associated with other diseases, which should be ruled out before making a diagnosis. The other pathologies may be tumors, drug use, congenital syndromes, thyroid disease, liver disease, lung and testicular cancer. Since in some cases, gynecomastia is present only as a symptom. (more…)

Seborrheic dermatitis is a dermatosis erythemato-squamous very common, representing about 7% of consultations in dermatology and reached 1-3% of the population. It varies depending on age. Rare before puberty, its peak is between 18 and 40 years with a strong male predominance. After age 40, its frequency decreases and it affects virtually the men.

The diagnosis is mainly clinical. The lesions are erythematous, scaly plaques with ill-defined, covered with scales more or less adherent. The affected skin areas correspond to areas rich in sebaceous glands and / or rich in keratin, which are descending order of frequency: the scalp, face, the middle parts of the trunk. The main functional signs are itching associated with burning surface.

Scalp seborrheic dermatitis is highly variable intensity, clinical presentation ranges from simple dandruff to the most severe forms where lesions may coalesce into plaques covering the entire scalp. (more…)

Tendonitis is quite simply a tendon inflation only lasts about 48-72 hours, whose clinical manifestation is simple and obvious it spontaneously localized pain, tenderness or mobility. The basic problem arising from the condition of a chronic injury to no therapeutic remedies in due course.

When we become chronic tendonitis to a tendinosis, a situation that for many people seems to have no medical solution, when the reality is very different, it is possible to cure most chronic tendonitis, avoiding surgery, simply by reviewing in detail the causes that have given rise to the inflammatory process evolves and lasts over time.

Whatever the underlying cause of the process, the phenomenon responsible for the intimate frame will be a change in the capillary micro-circulation of the tendon, with the consequent worsening of blood flow that provides oxygen and nutrients to the fibroblasts. (more…)

More common than desired fluid retention is a problem that affects many people and produces multiple ailments. However, it can be prevented and when they are mounted can be remedied.

Fluid retention also known as dropsy is the accumulation of water and other liquids in various parts of the body, being the most common ankles, hands, legs and abdomen and is usually generated by an imbalance that is caused by a metabolic change in the body.

As main symptoms are a feeling of heaviness especially in the legs, also shows a swelling in ankles and abdomen, then generalized to the entire body. Obviously, all these symptoms will lead to the weight gain and general feeling of heaviness, weakness and cramps. (more…)

In recent years the so-called “panic attack” or “panic disorder” has become a recurring theme. A new disease of modern society that can affect anyone, regardless of sex, social status or age. But let us first see what is this disease:

When the first episodes occur, symptoms usually appear for no apparent reason that incurs. Later crisis are adding associated with places or situations, such as leaving home, being alone, with many people spaces or confined spaces.

As a result of these crises a person begins to feel worried because they do not want to re-experience the same situation again and then the tendency is to avoid situations and places associated with any new episode.

The logical consequence of this type of painting is a state of fear called “anticipatory anxiety” and so the person begins to develop several behaviors to avoid situations known as “Agorafobia” with the aim of not being exposed to the risk of living moments which may generate the risk of further panic attacks. (more…)

Macular degeneration is a condition that occurs at the so-called macula, the central part of the retina responsible for central vision allow as clear and detailed.

Upon a change of type of degeneration of the macula that causes vision loss and even blindness can be reached. At present there is no certainty about what actually causes the disease, but has discovered that age is one of the major risk factors.

In the case of macular degeneration, known as peripheral vision remains perfect, why the sufferer continues to perform other tasks such as move from one place to another without needing assistance of any kind. (more…)

Permarexia, the term has not yet been accepted by the medical community, but commonly it is used to define the case of both women and men, obsessed with being overweight are permanently on a diet and are likely to suffer from anorexia or bulimia short term.

In modern society, many people live obsessed with having a slim silhouette and this becomes more important in their lives. To them it depends on your happiness, acceptance of other people achieve their personal goals and so on. For this reason the majority of their daily activities, thoughts and ideas are geared toward topics relating to food and personal image.

This type of behavior, which is due in part to cultural and psychological aspects, has given birth to a number of illnesses known as eating disorders. Within these eating disorders can find the anorexia nervosa, bulimia, and also the fact orthorexia of binge eating without being able to control the appetite.

The permarexia tells of people living on an obsessively counting calories every meal can bring, are internalized forms there to lose weight in a short time and are constantly all kinds of diets.

People who suffer from this disorder are constant attention focused on the energy value of food and care only about healthy eating but in those without calories. Do not stop eating as with other eating disorders, or make themselves vomit or ingest medications such as diuretics, but her obsessive behavior often leads them to suffer decompensated organic level.

The conduct of a person with permarexia is not motivated in the pursuit of a healthy life but your thoughts become obsessive as it is not accepted as they are physically. (more…)