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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an immune condition that causes problems throughout the body, neurodegenerative and inflammatory. It is caused by a breakdown around the nerves of the protective cover (myelin sheath). This makes communicating to the rest of the body difficult for the brain. It is still unknown the exact cause of MS, but doctors understand the long-term effects and symptoms of MS. Read on to learn more about the effects of MS on your…
Understanding Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a neurological condition that affects your nerves. It’s an autoimmune disease as well. This means the defenses of your body against malfunction of the disease and start attacking your own cells. Your immune system attacks the myelin of your body with MS, which is a protective substance covering your nerves. The unprotected nerves are damaged and can’t work with healthy myelin as they would. The nerve damage results…
Understanding Thyroid Essential Oils Recent studies shows that essential oils can improve thyroid disorders. The thyroid is a small butterfly-shaped gland producing and releasing hormones. Your thyroid helps to regulate your body’s metabolism, emotions, brain function, and nearly all other processes. The American Thyroid Association estimates that more than 20 million Americans are suffering some type of thyroid disease. There is little medical research suggesting a direct correlation between the use of essential oils and…
Have you been diagnosed with hypothyroidism recently? If so, you’re probably aware of the underactive thyroid gland of your body. And likely you’re all too familiar with some of the associated symptoms such as exhaustion, constipation, and forgetfulness. These are frustrating symptoms. But they can be manageable with the right treatment plan. Understanding Hypothyroidism What does hypothyroidism mean? In short, you can’t make enough hormones for your thyroid gland to function properly. The thyroid gland…
Understanding Thyroid Nodules However a thyroid nodule is a lump in your thyroid gland that can develop. Because it can be either solid or fluid-filled. So you can have a single nodule or nodules cluster. Because relatively common and rarely cancerous are thyroid nodules. So the thyroid is a tiny butterfly gland in the vicinity of your larynx (voice box) and in front of your trachea (windpipe). Because this gland creates and secretes two hormones…
Understanding Cholesterol You have also been warned by your physician about cholesterol, the oily, waxy substance that circulates in your blood. Too much of the wrong cholesterol type can block your arteries and threaten you with heart disease. High levels of cholesterol can come from your diet, especially if you eat high-saturated fat foods such as red meat and butter. Your thyroid gland may be at times to blame. Too much or too little thyroid…
Understanding Yoga for Migraines More than just physical fitness, yoga can provide. It can provide your mind and body with calm and peace, as well as help with anxiety, depression, and pain. While the parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) may play a role, it is not clear exactly how yoga changes the body in this way. The PNS can slow your heart rate and reduce your blood pressure during yoga. After a stressful event, like a…
Migraines are not headaches that are typical. So when you experience them, you know that you may feel intense pain, vomiting, and light and sound sensitivity. Therefore you’re going to do almost anything when a migraine happens to make it go away. Therefore natural remedies are a drug-free way of reducing the symptoms of migraine. Because such therapies at home may help prevent migraines, or at least help to reduce their severity and duration. Note:…
Migraine involves severe, throbbing headaches, often accompanied by nausea, vomiting, and extreme light and sound sensitivity. Such headaches are never fun, but they can seriously disrupt your life if they happen almost every day. You are likely to be diagnosed with chronic migraine if you experience 15 or more days of headache each month. Approximately 2.5% of people with episodic migraine transition to chronic migraine each year. For most of your days in pain, you…
Scientists believe there is a continuum of headaches, with headache of tension on one end and migraine on the other. A migraine mixed pain is a headache that has both tension headache and migraine headache features. Among women they occur more frequently than in males. Migraines are thought to cause pain-producing inflammatory substances in the brain that surround the blood vessels and nerves. Throughout the planet, millions of people suffer frequent migraine headaches. Muscle tension…