People have allergy from various things like dust, fabric, or even pollen. Out of these, pollen allergy is mostly seasonal as people are usually allergic to certain pollens that are present in the air during specific seasons. When they come in contact with that pollen, they suffer from the particular outcome. Whatever the type of pollen is, the pollen allergy signs remain more or less the same. According to various studies that have been conducted, pollen allergy has been proven to be the most widespread form of allergy. Pollen allergies are also known by the name of hay fever. Some people even call it rhinitis. Pollens from various plants are known to cause allergic reactions. Some of these are birch, weeds, grass, cedar, oak, pecan and hickory. Around 30% of the adult population in the country have been proven to have a pollen allergy, and around 40% of the children are suffering from the same. The symptoms usually show themselves when the person is still in their childhood and usually fades over time. The main reason behind the condition being widespread in the country is the warm fall season which is immediately followed by heavy snowfall in winter when the temperatures go down to a minimum.

Many people are allergic to irritants in the environment. When it comes to nasal allergies, these could be as common as seasonal allergies or as serious as sinus allergies. However, when these are sinus allergy signs, you cannot ignore them. Frequent sinus or sinusitis may become chronic in just two to three months. Then, it turns into a serious inflammatory disorder of the nasal sinuses, which may also affect the brain.However, most people cannot detect the signs of sinus allergy and they treat it as a common cold or infection. Understanding sinusitis and its occurrence As it is critical to treat sinusitis in time, it is important to detect the sinus allergy signs. To do that, it is essential to understand what sinusitis is and how it occurs. Sinusitis is an acute inflammation of nasal sinuses, majorly caused by bacterial infection. Such infection can occur following a cold or some type of allergy. However, this disease may also occur due to structural problems in the nose or due to a weak immune system. If you are unsure what sinuses are, then you should consider them as hollow cavities based in your forehead, between eyes, behind the nose, and within cheeks.

Colitis is a condition which indicates inflammation of your colon. Normally cases of colitis can be very acute or can be chronic, for prolonged periods of time. The common area of inflammation for this condition is in the inner lining of the colon which can be caused due to some reasons: Certain bowel related diseases may be the cause of colitis, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis. Collagen levels in white blood cells, when exceeded the normal limit in the colon, can lead to this condition. Limited or reduced blood supply to the colon due to a condition called ischemia. Any common infection which develops symptoms of colitis. Any allergic reaction due to consuming dairy-based products. Understanding the causes is important, but it is imperative to know the symptoms of colitis to get proper, timely treatment. Symptoms of colitis will depend on the type of colitis you are suffering from. Common symptoms of colitis Pain in the joint areas or your rectum since colitis mainly affects the colon. Intermittent pain in the abdomen, muscle cramps or tenderness. Gastrointestinal problems like the leaking of stool, urgent need to defecate, or the opposite being the inability to move your bowels, diarrhea, bloating of your stomach, blood in stool among many other noticeable signs.

Imagine if y ou were mending your car and accident al ly bruised your finger while doing so, and feel a sudden rush of pain. A fter nursing the wound the injury heals an d voila! There is no more pain and this is not chronic as well . apparent pain is different than your regular one . Chronic pain is defined as a persistent pain which la sts for weeks to years. In layma n terms, chronic pain lasts long and earlier what was referred to an age issue has now crossed age barriers and can onset as early as in a 6-year-old . Doctors define chronic pain as pain that lasts for 3 to 6 months or more. W hat Causes Chronic Pain? Let’s go back to the starting of the article , the reason you feel the pain when you have accident al ly bruised your finger is that of a series of messages that runs through your nervous system. Your injury turns on the pain sensors which send messages to your brain in the form of electrical signals. Your brain then processes this signal, and a signal is transmitted to repair the injury. Once the injury is healed and the cause of the pain is resolved, your brain stops sending these signals as it is no more needed.

Diabetes patients have hypoglycemia or low blood sugar when their bodies stop producing enough sugar. Since sugar acts as a fuel for the body, it is essential to keep a check on one’s sugar levels. Low blood sugar displays several symptoms that depend on the severity of the drop in the blood sugar. While some symptoms such as dizziness, anxiety, and weakness remain constant, most symptoms low blood sugar displays usually vary. Often, blood sugar that is mildly low has symptoms that last for only a few seconds; however, people with severely low blood sugar may have life-threatening complications. Here are some common symptoms people with varying types of low blood sugar experience. General symptoms of low blood sugar Symptoms that are generally associated with all types of low blood sugar include a sense of ambiguity, dizziness, shakiness, extreme hunger, pale skin, trembling, irritability, headaches, racing heartbeat, and the like. Most of these symptoms can be diagnosed as the early signs and symptoms. In case these symptoms are undiagnosed and untreated, the disease may progress to give way to more severe symptoms like poor coordination, numbness, fainting, nightmares, and even coma. Mildly low blood sugar For people whose blood sugar has dropped under 70 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL) usually have mild low blood sugar.

There are individual membranes which cover the brain and spinal cord, and these are known as meninges. Inflammation of these meninges gives rise to a condition known as meningitis. Although there is no particular age for the occurrence of meningitis, it is more predominant in people who are living in close quarters like school kids packed in a classroom, college students, and people sharing dorm rooms, among others. Different types of bacteria and viruses are the leading cause of meningitis, but this condition is often linked to any illness you might have suffered. This infection is very easy to pass on to someone since living or working nearby is all that it takes for the infection to start spreading. Meningitis mainly is of two types: bacterial meningitis and viral meningitis. Bacterial meningitis is a rare condition but can be severe and sometimes even life-threatening if not treated. It is advisable to treat meningitis infection at the first onsight of symptoms to avoid any complications further down the line. Viral meningitis, however, is not so rare and also not that severe a condition. In fact, common viruses which cause a cold, diarrhea, and the flu are the ones which also cause viral meningitis.

A small pimple on the skin could be one’s absolute nightmare. And when it is around the sensitive areas of your face, it could be further more painful. A pimple around or inside the eyelid is what we call styes or hordeolum (its scientific name). The swelling of the eyes leaves one in agony as the abscess that grows on or inside the eyelid is usually filled with pus. One can expect to get some relief only once the abscess burst open and the pus is cleaned away. So how to get rid of a stye? Before that let us understand a little more about styes. Eyelids that are rich with tiny oil glands, peculiarly around the eyelashes are more prone to getting styes. It is important to ensure that the hygiene of this area is forever maintained to avoid clogging or blocking these small holes. When these small holes are blocked, it encourages the growth of bacteria in them which would eventually lead to the formation of the red styes. To know if what you are suffering from is a stye, here’s a list of symptoms you should be wary of. Swelling eyelids and red watery eyes Burning sensation around the eyelids Abscess filled with yellow puss similar to a pimple To know how to get rid of a stye read the following tips.

Diarrhea, a gastrointestinal issue, causes excessive discharge of the bowels and severe abdomen pain. A person who is suffering from diarrhea experiences abnormal and frequent release of watery stools. Diarrhea should be diagnosed and effectively treated before it gets worse and starts affecting the health of the person adversely. There are many treatments available for curing diarrhea. If you are looking to get instant diarrhea relief, then here are some of the measures that you can resort to. But before we get into these relief measures for diarrhea, let us see the causes and the risk factors of diarrhea. Causes of diarrhea Diarrhea is the direct result of the expulsion of infection and other toxins present in the body. Some of the toxins that get released may include bacteria, parasites, allergens and other microbes. One of the main issues of diarrhea is that it can make the person even more dehydrated as there is a continuous loss of water from the body in the form of watery stools. So, if a person is also suffering from diarrhea, he or she tends to become dehydrated which can make them severely ill and very weak. Diarrhea also causes minerals, electrolytes such as sodium to exit the body.

When the plantar fascia (a band of tissue running underneath the sole of the foot) thickens, it is termed as “Plantar Fasciitis” The reason behind the thickening can be a recent injury or damage, or can be an accumulation of smaller injuries over the years. Initial Treatment with Identification of Causes of Plantar Fasciitis In order to understand the methods for treatment of Plantar Fasciitis, it is imperative to first understand the triggers and causes of the condition so that the same may be stopped as an immediate measure of treatment and prevention of further damage. There can be various factors that contribute to plantar fasciitis. These must be avoided at all costs in order to effectively treat the condition. This condition is more common in woman, while men can also get a plantar fasciitis. Common causes include: Being overweight Taking up a new form of exercise or suddenly increasing the intensity of one’s exercise. Standing on your feet for many continuous hours each day Medical conditions like rheumatoid arthritis or lupus (systemic lupus) can because of plantar fasciitis Wearing high-heeled shoes, and shifting suddenly to flat shoes Wearing shoes that are worn out with weak arch supports and thin soles Having flat feet or an unusually high arch Having legs of uneven lengths or an abnormal walk or foot position Having tight Achilles tendons, or ‘heel cords’ What are the symptoms of plantar fasciitis?

Spiders do not feed on humans, neither are they blood-sucking creatures. Spider bites are quite uncommon, and in fact, most spider species’ fangs don’t have the capability to pierce through human skin. A spider usually won’t bite a human, if not felt trapped or surprised. It only bites a human in defense. Putting your hand in a place like under the table, shoe or box may surprise the arthropod and cause it to bite. Spiders may also attack in the event that they are trapped. For example, in a coat that has been hanging in the wardrobe for quite a while. Are all spider bites venomous? Spiders are arthropods that utilize venom to kill their prey. Thus, all spiders are venomous. Luckily, spider venom is ineffective when it comes larger preys like humans. The venom of a large number of the spiders that bite individuals does nothing more than a normal insect bite. Still, there are a handful of spider species whose venoms are strong enough to hurt people. Among these species, the two most common species are widow spiders and recluse spiders. However, bites from these spiders in the country are uncommon…. How to identify a spider bite There are certain spider species like a brown recluse, black widow, sac spider,etc.