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PM2.5 lung and breathing problem.

PM2.5 lung and breathing problem. PM stands for Particulate Matters. It’s the standard term used for small dust that is harmful to our body and health by the united states environment protection agency in USA. There are two sizes of dust in the scale of micron which is PM 10 and PM 2.5. PM2.5 is the sized of 1/25 of the width of a hair and is very light. Dust PM 2.5 comes from smoke from vehicle combustion engine, industrial factory and burning from agriculture activities. PM 2.5 is harmful to our body and our breathing system that can lead to respiratory problem and if expose to PM2.5 for a long time, the dust can accumulate in the lungs which result in reduce efficiently for our lung to breath and to received oxygen. For individual with chronic lung illness such as asthma, emphysema and dust allergy, the condition of their illness can worsen with symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing and runny nose. Breathing in air containing PM2.5 without protection for a period of time has the potential to lead to lung cancer. Aside from that, PM2.5 is so small that it can even pass through our lungs and absorbed into our blood stream and spread around our body This can cause patients with heart and artery problem to experience severe symptoms that cause reduce the blood that feed our heart muscle. People who are easily susceptible to PM2.5 re

Knowing the limit of your heart.

Knowing the limit of your heart. Even when exercising regularly can have risk for heart disease still? Many of us like to exercise regularly and exercise trend such as running and cycling have become hugely popular among many. This leads to many people upping their exercise game and more people looking to exercise as something they can enjoy. Exercise can help to optimize the level of blood pressure, fats, blood sugar, weight and coronary heart disease. So then why do we still see individuals who exercise regularly or even sport athletes get heart diseases? From the data, it is found that heart diseases in sport athletes has to do with their age group. In group less than 35 years, most of them experience hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (an illness that result from thicker heart muscle than normal) or severe case of arrhythmia. In group above 35 years, most of them experience coronary artery disease Even though exercise can help to reduce the risk of coronary artery disease and keep our body looking healthy from outside, it does not mean that the health of the heart is the same. Especially those who exercise and have experience the following symptoms: Chest pain when sensation of chest pressure, epigastric pain, shortness of breath, chronic arm pain, neck, shoulder and jaw pain, over-sweat and dizziness and heart palpitation. The cause of heart disease can be separated into many types without a definitive cause. However, there are

Gastric acid reflux, behavioral change.

Gastric acid reflux, behavioral change. Acid reflex is a medical condition that stem from bad behavioral habits such as lack of sleep and eating routine. This medical condition can occur when there are high concentration of stomach acid coming up to the esophagus, which is not acid tolerant, and cause burning sensation. Causes of gastric acid reflux stem from incorrect habits such as bad eating habits that consist of eating snacks and having meals at time that the body is not used to, eating fast, consumption of spicy food, intake of alcoholic drinks, coffee and soda, eating before sleeping and smoking. Gastric Acid reflux has similar symptoms to gastritis (a medical condition relating to stomach) such as stomach ache, inflammation of lining of the stomach, acidic burb and bitter after taste in the mouth. It also includes indigestion. The symptoms can be categorized into 2 system: Symptoms relating to digestive tract such as throat pain, difficulty swallowing, chest pressure or chest pain from indigestion, sensation of sour or bitter liquid coming back up to the mouth. If left untreated can lead to cancer. Symptoms outside of the digestive tract includes changes to the voice, sore throats, severe and prolong cough, asthma and chest pain. How to prevent gastric acid reflux Gastric acid reflux can be self-treated by correcting various habits such eating on a timely manner, losing weight to reduce stomach pressure, stop smoking, avoid eating at least 3

Symptoms of depression disorder

Symptoms of depression disorder Today, from survey and research of world health organization, it is noted that depression disorder can be more commonly found in many people. So much so that 1 in 20 people around the world is facing some type of depression and about 5 percent in young adults. First, we need to understand what is the feeling of being depress and depression disorder as many of us misunderstood that when we experience depression, we can fix it easily such as by going out for a work, exercising or doing activities that is relaxing. Doing these activities can ease depression but depression disorder is much more severe than just feeling down. We need to put more emphasis on this topic and increase our awareness so that we can help those who are going through depression. As we have discussed about depression disorder, it can be difficult to separate and identify individual suffering from depression disorder. Diagnostic standards DSM-5(APA) help to identify symptoms of depression disorder easier. Symptoms of depression disorder includes Feeling down or get agitated and angry easily. Usually feeling sad and feeling lonely) Lack of interest or joy in doing various activities as before. Extreme weight again or weight loss. (not through diet changes) Insomnia or over sleeping Feeling unrest. Lack of spirit or mood and pace in doing tasks Feeling tired and lack of energy Sensation of lack of self-worth or feeling responsible for everything

Depression disorder

Depression disorder Today, from survey and research of world health organization, it is noted that depression disorder can be more commonly found in many people. So much so that 1 in 20 people around the world is facing some type of depression and about 5 percent in young adults. First, we need to understand what is the feeling of being depress and depression disorder as many of us misunderstood that when we experience depression, we can fix it easily such as by going out for a work, exercising or doing activities that is relaxing. Doing these activities can ease depression but depression disorder is much more severe than just feeling down. We need to put more emphasis on this topic and increase our awareness so that we can help those who are going through depression. Feeling depress and depression disorder are being mixed up as same thing by a lot of people and by misunderstanding these two things can lead to negative impact when giving advice or trying to help. Feeling depress is consider normal emotional state that human can experience and manage when the source of the depression changes, pass on or moved on from such as the lost of loved one, unemployment or failing to pass an exam. The feeling can be improved and be rid of through time or through doing enjoyable activities. However, depression disorder is entirely different from feeling depress. It last longer and

Colon cancer can be treated if detect early.

Colon cancer can be treated if detect early. Taking care of your bowel movement is a daily routine task for everyone, however in reality there are quite a number of people that going to the bathroom to get rid of your body’s waste is not on their daily routine list. For some, the urge to go to the toilet might be between 3 – 5 days per session and when the deeds are done, the result can be caused for concern. In most cases, there are blood mixed in with feces which can be brush off with the assumption that it has something to do with hemorrhoids even thought the cause of it has the potential to be a silent danger that is waiting to become a full-blown disease. Colon cancer is on of the most common cancer around the world, usually found in individual aged 50 and above. The symptoms of colon cancer include blood mixed with feces, stomach ache and diarrhea. Some patients lost so much blood through bowel movement that their hemoglobin level is low and are diagnosed with colon cancer when tested. The risks of this cancer are increased with consumption of fatty food and genetic. Colon cancer are usually detected after doing screen test or after the worried patient come to consult with doctors after experienced the symptoms mention above. So, after screening test, if the cancer is detected in its early staged, the majority

Calcium score evaluate risk for heart disease.

Calcium score evaluate risk for heart disease. Today, coronary artery disease is quite common, the rate of occurrence and mortality for this disease has increases. Important symptoms of this diseases include chest pain, tiredness and lack of strength. The cause of coronary artery disease usually are the constricted blood arteries and sudden failure of heart muscle that can lead to death without prior signs or signal from the body. The causes of coronary artery disease include the accumulation of fats that get stuck to the wall in the blood arteries slowly over time. We call this state a degenerative change to the body by which the fats buildup on the wall of the blood arteries contain calcium contents which hardens the lumps of fat blockage. The test to measure the level of calcium in the blood arteries can be used to assess the amount of fats buildup the arteries. Modern medical advancement has provided many different types of methods for detecting the risk of problems and issue that could potentially arise from coronary artery disease such as the test of fats level in our blood, measure of blood pressure, exercise stress test to name a few. Coronary calcium detection is one of the methods that has scientific data to backup its ability to use calcium level in the blood to assess future probability of illness that stem from blood arteries, and even surpasses the accuracy of some other screening

Bone and Joint that need to take care early.

Bone and Joint that need to take care early. The degeneration of bone and join tissue can start as early as 30 years of age but it can take longer than that for us to feel the effect. We will identify it as a medical condition when the symptoms have show it effects when the process of repair is slower than the process degeneration. The early symptoms of bone and join tissue degeneration is the joint has become restricted in its movement in one way or another. The extend of the restriction can be small or large as long as it is not as capable as before. In the latter stages, there can be sensation of pain or swollen of the bone joint. The bone mass can also be slowly reduced which does not show any signs except when there is a fractured or become more brittle in old age. The symptoms of bone pain and joint pain can be cause by chronic muscle tension that has be accumulated over time. Which usually stem from stress or improper muscle movement. This condition is common among office work and related to office syndrome. The cause of bone and joint pain For degenerative bone issue, insufficient calcium required by the body for proper bone regeneration and growth can have an impact over time. Other factors such as intake of acidic substances such as soda, tea, coffee, smoking and consumption of high sodium

Pain in abdominal area, aka stomach ache

Pain in abdominal area, aka stomach ache A stomach ache, also know as cramps or a dull ache in the abdomen area is usually not lasted very long and is nothing to worry about most of the time. However, severe abdominal pain is something to be taken into serious consideration. If the pain starts out of nowhere, especially if the pain is coming from a specific area, this should be treated as a medical emergency. Unexpected stomach cramps with diarrhea If you have stomach ache accompany by diarrhea, the reason behind this might be a tummy bug (gastroenteritis), meaning that you have a bacterial infection that may be caused by eating contaminated food (food poisoning). The condition should improve within a few days naturally. Please cist your doctor if your condition does not improve. You may have a long-term condition, such as irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) if you have experience bouts of stomach cramps and diarrhea constantly. Unexpected and severe abdominal pain If you experience a sudden agonizing pain in a particular section of your stomach, immediately seek medical help. This might be signal of a dangerous problem that could get worse quickly without medical aid. Serious causes of sudden severe abdominal pain include: a bleeding or perforated stomach ulcer– a bleeding, open sore in the lining of your stomach or duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) acute cholecystitis– inflammation of the gallbladder, which is often caused by gallstones, in many cases, your

Sitting at home or at work: Which is worse for heart health?

Sitting at home or at work: Which is worse for heart health? New research has found that not all forms of sedentariness are the same when it comes how each of them put heart health at risk. We already know that a sedentary lifestyle, which is when a person sits down for long periods of time daily and gets little exercise, is bad for health in general and heart health in particular. However, in a new study, researchers from the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia University in New York City, NY, have found that there is a difference between sitting at work (occupational sitting) and sitting at home, watching TV (leisure time sitting). The researchers worked specifically with a cohort of African American people, aiming to fill a gap in the research to date, which has main focused on white Europeans. Despite of that, they believe that regardless of the specificity of the study cohort, the findings could apply to everyone, regardless of ethnicity. The investigation revealed a different between a person spends sitting on the couch at home, watching TV, is much more likely to increase their risk of heart problems than the time they spend sitting at work. “Our findings show that how you spend your time outside of work may matter more when it comes to heart health,” explains study author Keith Diaz, Ph.D. The solution to this problem may be to spend more