Archive for January, 2008

According to the recent research, about 30 million North Americans are suffering from varying degrees of acne rosacea.

Among those 14 million people are improperly diagnosed with their condition.

Researchers found that demodex mite is the root cause of the spreading epidemic of acne rosacea. The five most effective causes of rosacea include:

• Sun exposure
• Hot weather
• Wind
• Cold weather
• Humidity

Weather changes, mainly the sun and hot humid weathers can cause rosacea to flare up and become extremely severe.

Rosacea can strike at any age:

Previously it was thought that rosacea can occur during the age of 30-40 years. But according to the recent study, 39 percent of the rosacea patients can develop the condition after 50 and 17 percent before 30.

This condition mostly affects the face. Often it starts as a blush on the nose, chin and cheeks. The blush can be more or less permanent and tiny webs of blood vessels sprout in those areas. In addition to this condition, tiny and pimple like bumps comes out on the affected skin.

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Colitis also called as ulcerative colitis; it is a chronic or acute inflammation and sores (ulcers) of the membrane lining the colon. Colon is your large intestine or bowel.

Colitis is a condition which causes ulcers in the top layer of the lining of the large intestine. This condition rarely affects the small intestine.

Inflammation causes the colon to become empty frequently. This condition is called as diarrhea. Ulcers usually form in the areas where the inflammation has destroyed colon lining cells. Some times ulcers bleed and also produce mucus and pus.

You may also experience painful spasms, crampy abdominal pain, fever, lack of appetite, fatigue and rectal bleeding. The symptoms of ulcerative colitis can be similar to other intestinal disorders such as Crohn’s disease (Irritable bowel syndrome). So it is very difficult to diagnose this condition.

Colitis can be affected differently for person to person. The stress of living with ulcerative colitis can also contribute to a worsening of symptoms. Having psychological and emotional support is very important.

Sometimes doctors will recommend removing the colon if medical treatment fails or if the side effects of the medications threaten the patient’s condition.

Having difficulty to get a good night sleep? Spending several hours without sleep?

Improve sleep with good sleep habits. Lack of sleep can result in stress, lack of concentration, moodiness, memory loss, lower motivation and fatigue.

It is important to get a good night sleep otherwise it can lead to different sleep disorders.

Here are 101 ways to get good night’s sleep for those who experience difficulty in getting sleep.

Sleep Routine:

1. Maintain regular bedtime routine. Try to go to bed at the same time and get up in the morning at the same time. Keeping a regular schedule helps the body expect sleep at the same time every day.

2. Maintain the sleep schedule even on weekends and holidays. Following the sleep schedule even on weekends does not disturb the internal clock of the body and helps to maintain circadian rhythm.

Get more information on circadian rhythm from http://www.talkaboutsleep.com

3. Regardless of how much sleep you had the before night, get up at the same time in the morning. If the amount of sleep is reduced due to some reasons, don’t oversleep to make up for a poor night’s sleep.

Angioplasty is a procedure performed to reduce or eliminate coronary artery disease.

Angioplasty restores the blood flow to the blood deprived heart tissue, reduces or eliminates the number of angina episodes and reduces the need for medications.

Angioplasty for coronary artery disease:

In angioplasty procedure, balloon catheter is used to dilate narrow section of coronary artery. Shorter recovery time is required for angioplasty than bypass surgery. Stents are inserted during the procedure of angioplasty.

After sedation, a thin flexible tube or catheter is included in the groin or arm through an artery and it is carefully guided into the blocked coronary artery up the aorta. Cardiac catheterization or coronary angiography is performed to identify any blockages if present.

How stents are placed during angiography?

A stent is a small wire, which can be expandable, is inserted permanently during angioplasty into the artery. Inside the stent, a balloon should be placed and inflated. It opens the stent and is pushed against the artery wall. Now, the stent is left in the place by deflating and removing the balloon.