HERNIA

A HERNIA OCCURS WHEN TISSUE FROM INSIDE THE ABDOMEN BULGES OUT THROUGH A WEAK SPOT IN THE ABDOMENAL WALL. HERNIAS ARE MORE COMMON IN MEN THAN WOMEN. THEY COMMONLY OCCUR IN THE GROIN AND IN MEN, MAY BULGE INTO THE SCROTUM.

ABDOMINAL PROBLEMS

THE CAUSES OF ABDOMINAL PROBLEMS CAN BE DIFFICULT TO ACCERTAIN. SYMPTOMS OF ABDOMINAL PROBLEMS INCLUDE;

WARNING SIGNS

SOME SYMPTOMS ACT AS WARNING SIGNS THAT A SERIOUS DISEASE IS  DEVELOPING.  IF YOU KNOW THESE WARNING SIGNS AND HEED THEM, YOU MAY DETECT THE DISEASE BEFORE IT BECOMES  LIFE-THREATENING. SOME DISEASES, LIKE CANCER ARE OFTEN CURABLE IF THEY ARE DETECTED EARLY. OTHER DISEASES LIKE DIABETES, CANNOT BE CURED BUT EARLY DETECTION AND  TREATMENT MAY REDUCE THE INJURY  THEY CAUSE THE BODY. HERE ARE THE WARNING SIGNS FOR FOUR DISEASES THAT IF DETECTED EARLY, CAN OFTEN BE STOPPED OR CONTROLLED.

WAYS TO STAY HEALTHY

PREVENTION THEY SAY IS BETTER THAN  CURE. YOU CAN SAVE YOUR SELF A LOT OF PAIN, WORRY AND MONEY BY AVOIDING HEALTH PROBLEMS IN THE FIRST PLACE.

BRUISES

                     

BRUISES  ARE CAUSED BY RUPTURED  SMALL BLOOD  VESSELS UNDER THE SKIN WHICH ARE USUALLY BY A BUMP OR FALL. BLOOD SEEPS INTO THE SURROUNDING TISSUES, CAUSING THE  BLACK AND BLUE COLOUR OF A BRUISE. PEOPLE WHO TAKE ASPIRIN OR BLOOD THINNERS MAY  BRUISE EASILY. A BRUISE MAY ALSO DEVELOP AFTER BLOOD IS DRAWN.

THE KIDNEY

THE KIDNEY ARE  BEAN SHAPED, ABOUT THE SIZE OF A FIST AND LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE SPINE, JUST BELOW THE RIB CAGE. THEY SIT OPPOSITE EACH OTHER ON BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE BODY. THE RIGHT  KIDNEY HOWEVER  SITS A LITTLE LOWER THAN THE LEFT  IN ORDER TO ACCOMMODATE THE LIVER.

SCHIZOPHRENIA