Articles tagged with: inflammation

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Homeopathic remedy relieves sinusitis symptoms, including sinus congestion, inflammation and sinus pain, plus opens nasal passages
Feeling ‘stuffy’ and congested? Battling sinus pain, pressure?
When the membranes lining the nasal passages become inflamed, swelling can occur, causing the obstruction of easy airflow in the sinus walls. This obstruction is commonly described as nasal congestion and pressure on the upper cheeks and on either side of the nose.
The dull ache of sinus pain is also commonly felt in the forehead area, often worsened when bending over, creating more pressure on the nerves attached to the sinuses and skull, particularly the ethmoid sinuses …
Joints, Bones & Muscles »

Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that occurs when the immune system mistakenly attacks the body. Inflammation and swelling will occur in the joints, including cartilage, bone and ligaments as well as soft tissue in some organ systems. The symptoms of her mature arthritis have her relationship to the basis of the disease.
Because the immune system will attack more than the joints in the body is sometimes called rheumatoid disease as a more global name. But, no matter what it’s called, it is a chronic illness that usually lasts for years. Individuals can experience times …
Aromatherapy, Headline, Respiratory Conditions »

This sounds like irony, since generally asthmatics have difficulty with smells and such. But aromatherapy is being utilized to aid those with this type of breathing problem to surmount it.
Asthma is a severe condition that bears upon the breathing of the individual. When an asthma attack is set off, the bronchial passages become inflamed. This inflammation causes them to swell, leaving only a narrow space for air to travel through.
An asthmatic might feel like they can not catch their breath. Wheezing is frequently a characteristic as they try harder and harder to move air. Another …
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Inflammation comes about once the tissues of the body are impacted by injury or infection. They become irritated to the point that it might lead to pain. Learn how to help abolish the pain of inflammation by altering your diet.
Consuming certain foods might likewise increase inflammation that’s already present in the body. Truly, you are what you eat. Many foods these days are processed for lengthier shelf life. Additional fats seem to make the food taste better even though it does not make it better for you.
To fight that inflammation, we take medicines. The most …
Joints, Bones & Muscles, Pain Management »

What is it that your grandma used to say? It appeared that she could predict icky weather merely by rubbing her knee or her elbow joint. So, is there a correlation between bad weather and bad joints?
It seems like an old wives’ tale but is it really? What are some of the reasons why a joint will ache? Arthritis is a term that’s used to describe joint pain. It’s an inflammation of various joints in the body. This may be either hereditary (rheumatoid arthritis), due to injury, physical activity or age.
Joints are cushioned by fluid …
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C-Reactive Protein
One of the reasons inflammation occurs is from a rapid rise in blood sugar, which causes biochemical changes in the cell. Staying away from sugar and high-glycemic (simple) carbohydrates, which the body rapidly converts to sugar, is one of the best ways to decrease inflammation.
C-reactive protein (CRP) is a key factor of inflammation. In a major study, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, people with elevated CRP levels were four and one-half times more likely to have a heart attack.
Not only is elevated CRP more accurate than …
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Have you felt chronic pain in the outside of your knee? Or maybe you have hip pain. There are several possibilities and one is Iliotibial band syndrome, also called ITB.
Iliotibial band syndrome is a common sports injury that affects the knee of runners, bikers, hikers and weight lifters.
The Iliotibial Band is a tendinous extension of the fascia that covers from the lateral condyle of the tibia to the gluteus maximus; basically from the knee to the hip. The Iliotibial band provides support and stability and holds the pelvis to the …






