Knowing the dizziness causes and deal with it
Suddenly it’s all about, or soil begins to sway. Or so especially older people experience a vertigo attack that even if it is short-lived, can lead to dangerous falls. Neither the cause of this vertigo nor are always clearly identifiable. Basically, dizziness is not a distinct disease, but rather a symptom of another disease or disorder. In order to find clues to the cause of vertigo, it is therefore important to know both the form of dizziness and vertigo attack as well as the duration of the triggering situation. Can be roughly divided into four different forms to dizziness. So the world seems to revolve around the affected like a carousel ride with vertigo. When vertigo is, however, the ground moves like on a ship in heavy seas. And while rotating the entire environment with positional vertigo and fluctuates...
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When stroke occurs every minute counts
Blood must flow, and in all blood vessels, because only then the muscles, organs and the brain can function optimally. However, an obstacle to these vital blood flow is atherosclerosis, also called hardening of the arteries in the vernacular, which greatly increased risk of stroke in conjunction with a high blood pressure. Thus, the human brain can perform its many tasks such as the control of breathing, thinking, or the storage of memories perfect, but it must be supplied with oxygen and other nutrients. This is spread via the blood to the brain, via the carotid artery and the vertebral arteries. If, in this blood flow disturbances, then threatens a stroke, and its potential impacts – permanent disabilities or may even be death. Here, a stroke can be triggered by blood clot with related vascular occlusion in the brain...
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Heart weeks 2015: Focus of cardiac arrhythmias
During the held Heart weeks 2015 the US Heart Foundation are taught in numerous seminars and lectures find out the most important organ: the heart. This year the focus is on the topic of cardiac arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation. The human heart has to do hard labor quasi: Approximately 100,000 strokes daily is necessary to circulate about 1,500 times in the cycle which is about five liters of blood and to supply organs, cells and tissues with oxygen and nutrients. Usually it works completely unnoticed, but gets the heart occasionally missing a beat – we take this as palpitations, -stolpern or uncomfortable pauses true. Occasional irregularities are perfectly normal and therefore not necessarily a sign of a disease requiring treatment. Join cardiac arrhythmias, however, often or for a longer period of time, the cause must be investigated by a...
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Tips for proper dental care
A beautiful smile can do magic, but only if the teeth are clean and shine. With help from professional teeth cleaning primarily their own oral hygiene, because only those who brushes his teeth daily, his beautiful smile gets into old age. In preschool, the little ones learn that brushing is essential for healthy teeth, as in the mouth various germs and bacteria lurk, some of them may be harmful to the teeth. Especially common is that these bacteria like to settle between the teeth in the grooves of the chewing surfaces or at the gum line in the form of plaque, where they can be difficult to achieve by the toothbrush. The consequences are caries and periodontal disease, which can ultimately lead to loss of teeth. Therefore the best be begun after the eruption of the first tooth with...
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Cough: Identify the cause and choose the right treatment
The cough reflex is a natural, perfectly healthy reaction to convey debris, dust, smoke, accumulated secretions or germs from the respiratory tract. However, persistent cough indicates an infection, allergy or over-stimulation of the respiratory tract. Up to eliminate the cause cough can torment, pain and prepare awake at night. Basically it can be distinguished “productive cough” dry cough. The productive cough cleans the airways of foreign material or mucus. The latter is not only a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses, he glued the respiratory tract. The causes may: Foreign bodies, dust, fumes that irritate the respiratory tract or even spasm can. Colds, inflamed with increased secretion and production, swollen mucous membranes associated. Allergic reactions that often have very similar consequences. mucous membranes swell, it is distributed more secretions. Dry cough, however, has no sound, liberating function: An inflammatory,...
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Beautiful white teeth – what does the whitening diabetes mellitus?
Beautiful white teeth across as friendly, healthy and well maintained. Over the years, however, the color of the enamel becomes darker. A number of external factors leads to unsightly discoloration. Tooth whitening, also called bleaching, is to create that bright healthy smile. What does a tooth whitening? Discoloration of the teeth are unavoidable, the role of each oral hygiene and the disposition. The enamel deposited with time and the traces of drug pigmented beverages such as coffee, tea, licorice and red wine. Also, certain mouthwashes and some antibiotics cause color changes. Other causes of tooth discoloration are a natural, age-related remodeling process of the enamel, root canals, fillings or translucent micro-fractures of the tooth crown. What to do about stained teeth? In addition to a thorough teeth cleaning at home can be a radiant white smile obtained as follows:...
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