Archive for September, 2007

Do you ever find thyroid problem, a problem caused to thyroid gland.

So when you find any problem to the thyroid, you just fix it through proper treatment.

Actually, thyroid is a small winged gland located in the lower part of your neck, just below your thyroid cartilage.

The function of this gland is to produce hormones and release them into the bloodstream to regulate your body’s metabolism.

The major hormones the thyroid gland produces are triiodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4), which transmit energy to the cells of your body.

In general, for a healthy body, the thyroid gland produces the right amounts of T3 and T4 hormones.

Mostly, you can get thyroid problems from any of the following:

Hyperthyroidism:

This is caused due to too much thyroid hormone in your body. For this type of thyroid problem, currently you have radioactive iodine, anti-thyroid drugs, and surgery methods for treating a hyperthyroid patient like you.

Often, there come situations where all three methods are appropriate for your condition. However, surgery is the least common preferable treatment option for hyperthyroidism.

Birth control is a preventive measure to change the body’s natural way of ovulation in order to prevent or reduce the chances of becoming pregnant.

You have several different birth control options, also known as contraceptives, to help prevent pregnancy.

Remember no one birth control option work efficiently for every person.

So, choosing the right birth control option makes it possible to involve in your sexual activities without any tension.

However, discuss about birth control options with your doctor before using.

It is found that, in the United States, the rate of unplanned pregnancies is approximately 49%. The reason for this may be lack of right birth control option, misuse or discontinuation.

Hormone method of contraception is one of the birth control options to prevent the occurrence of pregnancy. The hormonal birth control options depend on the type and amount of hormone and the way hormone enters your body.

Estrogen and progesterone are the two hormones that help prevent the process of ovulation. The hormonal contraceptives can be taken in the form of pills, injections, skin patches, and devices such as vaginal ring, intrauterine devices.

One out of four sexual active adults is acquiring at least one sexually transmitted disease.

Generally, the sexual transmitted disease is caused by some kind of virus such as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) and so on.

Human papilloma virus refers to a group of viruses with more than 100 different types.

Of these, more than 30 viruses are sexually transmitted, which can infect the genital area of women and cause genital wart.

The major part of people suffering with genital wart is women.

It is also estimated that the genital wart, a sexually transmitted disease, affects approximately 5.5 million women every year. Of these, two million are pregnant women.

So, the more knowledge you gain about Genital wart (a sexual transmitted disease), the more you can prevent this disease from occurring to you.

Genital wart is also known as condylomata acuminata or venereal wart. These warts are flesh–colored or gray growths usually found in the genital area and anal region.

You can acquire this virus through direct skin-to-skin contact during oral, genital, or anal sex with an infected person. In some rare cases, both adults and children are infected indirectly. For example, you can acquire this disease with the use of an infected towel.

Pernicious anemia develops when the body is unable to absorb the vitamin B-12 it needs from food because of a lack of a protein, called intrinsic factor, produced by the stomach.

This type of anemia can be detected through a blood test because of the presence of large amounts of immature red blood cells in your blood. Immature red blood cells cannot transport oxygen effectively.

The cause for pernicious anemia can be a lack of food in your diet that contains vitamin B12 or a lack of intrinsic factor in your stomach.

Usually, it takes a minimum of five years for the pernicious anemia to develop. The severity of the condition depends upon the vitamin B12 quantity that is stored in your body.

People who have pernicious anemia often feel fatigue and weak due to insufficient quantity of oxygen supply to the body. However, if left untreated, this condition can lead to serious problems for the heart, nerves, and other parts of the body.

In you, with anemia, the heart has to work more hard to pump blood in order to get sufficient oxygen to your body’s organs and tissues.

Cervical dysplasia is also known as cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN). The term ‘dys’ refers to abnormal and ‘plasia’ refers to growth.

It is a condition where the squamous cells on the surface of the cervix grow abnormally and changes into pre-cancerous cells.

In other words, it refers to the presence of abnormal, pre-cancerous cells on the surface of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that opens into the vagina.

These changes in the cells of the cervix are categorized as mild (CIN-I), moderate (CIN-II), or severe (CIN-II or carcinoma-in-situ).

There are two types of cervical dysplasia: LGSIL and HGSIL.

The first type of cervical dysplasia is LGSIL. It stands for low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. Generally, the abnormal cells that are present in low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions will recover on their own and becomes normal within two years.

On the other hand, HGSIL stands for high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions. The abnormal cells in high-grade squamous intraepithelial lesions can develop into cervical cancer if left untreated. It usually takes more than ten years to develop into cancer.

Remember that the greater the abnormality of cells, the higher the chances of developing cervical cancer (Cervical Cancer Vaccines) .

Female infertility refers to the inability of a woman to conceive pregnancy through sexual intercourse.

It is found that, in the United States, approximately 6.1 million are suffering from female infertility.

Before knowing the causes of female infertility understand the role of female reproductive system in fertilization process.

The female reproductive system consists of three main reproductive organs: Ovaries, Fallopian tubes and Uterus.

Ovaries are a pair of organs that are located in the pelvis, each on either sides of the uterus. The ovaries are responsible for two main functions: production of female hormones and release of eggs.

Fallopian tubes have fimbria (fan-like ends) that is responsible for picking up the ovulated egg. The fertilization takes place in the fallopian tubes. The fallopian tubes hold the ovum and the sperm all through the fertilization process.

Uterus is a hollow, pear-shaped organ that is located in the pelvis between the bladder and the rectum. The inner lining of the uterus is called endometrium. The uterus is also known as womb, where a baby grows during pregnancy.

The uterus is responsible for the protection, development and nourishment of the fetus until delivery. The lower end of the uterus is the cervix, which connects to the vagina.

AIDS-Acquired immune deficiency syndrome, generally, by listening this term, we all think of it as a sexual transmitted disease with no cure or no vaccine.

But, do you really know there is medicine for this deadly disease. Is it not really good news!

Actually, AIDS is the most advanced stages of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a virus that damages cells of the body’s immune system, a system responsible for fighting against foreign cells in the body.

Literally, there is no cure however you have many medicines to fight against HIV infection and the infections as well as cancers that develop from it.

AIDS epidemic began in the early 1980s, where the patients with AIDS, rarely, lived longer than a few years. However, in these days, the patients with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, are living longer with healthier life.

Effective Medicines For AIDS Is It Not Really Great!

The reason for the increase in the life-span rate is various effective medicines to fight against the HIV/AIDS infection.

Most of these effective medicines fall into one of the following three categories

Diabetes is a serious health condition that occurs with the high levels of glucose in the blood due to the body’s inability to produce insulin and breakdown the glucose in the blood.

Glucose is the main source of energy for the body’s cells. It enters the cells with the help of insulin.

Insulin is a hormone secreted by the pancreas to control the glucose levels in the blood.

There is no cure for diabetes and your health condition can become complicated if left untreated.

Diabetes treatment should target at balancing the normal glucose level in the blood.

By maintaining normal blood sugar levels, it is possible to stay healthy for a longer period because it reduces the long-term complications such as heart diseases, kidney damages, damage to the blood vessels, and problems of eyes, skin, mouth and feet.

Diabetes is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. It is found that approximately 17 million people are with diabetes and 40% of them are unaware of the condition.

Diabetes can be identified with the signs such as excessive hunger, thirst, urination, fatigue, dehydration, blurred vision, recurrent infections, and sudden changes in weight.