COMMON TYPES OF ARTHRITIS

OSTEOARTHRITIS IS A  BREAK DOWN OF THE JOINT CARTILAGES WHICH  IS MOST COMMON IN WOMEN AND MEN BETWEEN THE AGES OF 45 AND 90. SYMPTOMS INCLUDE PAIN, STIFFNESS AND SWELLING. IT IS COMMONLY FELT IN THE  FINGERS, HIPS AND KNEES.

NECK PAIN

                                                                        

NECK PAIN IS A COMMON PROBLEM WHICH MAY BE AS A RESULT OF POOR POSTURE. ARTHRITIS IS ANOTHER CAUSE OF NECK  PAIN, HOWEVER IF YOUR NECK PAIN IS ACCOMPANIED BY NUMBNESS, WEAKNESS IN ARMS AND HANDS, OR A SHOOTING PAIN IN THE SHOULDER OR ARM, THEN IT IS TIME TO SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION AS THIS COULD BE AS A RESULT OF A MORE SERIOUS PROBLEM.

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.