HOLISTIC HEALTH -BODY-MIND and SOUL
INFINITE HAPPINESS Happiness is a butterfly, which when pursued, is always just beyond your grasp, but which, if you will sit down quietly, may light upon you. Also, happiness doesn’t come with fireworks and a parade but instead, it sneaks in quietly as the night so that you don’t realize it has been there for […]
UNDERSTANDING SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS What is scleroderma? Scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is a chronic connective tissue disease generally classified as one of the autoimmune rheumatic diseases. The word “scleroderma” comes from two Greek words: “sclero” meaning hard, and “derma” meaning skin. Hardening of the skin is one of the most visible manifestations of the disease. The […]
WHEN THE PROSTATE SEQUESTERS THE URETHRA, A REVIEW OF BENIGN PROSTATIC HYPERPLASIA Benign prostatic hyperplasia, a noncancerous enlargement of the prostate gland, is the most common benign tumor found in men. As is true for prostate cancer, BPH occurs more often in the West than in Eastern countries, such as Japan and China, and it […]
A BRIEF LOOK AT SEPTICEMIA Septicemia is the body’s overwhelming and life-threatening response to infection that can lead to tissue damage, organ failure, and death. In other words, it’s your body’s overactive and toxic response to an infection. Your immune system usually works to fight any germs (bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites) to prevent infection. […]
VAGINISMUS, A PAINFUL FRUSTRATING EXPERIENCE What is vaginismus? Vaginismus is an involuntary spasm of the muscles surrounding the vagina that closes the vagina. This condition causes penetration to be difficult and painful, or even impossible. It can also happen when you try to insert a tampon into the vagina, or during a Pap test. […]
IS IT JUST A RASH OR DO YOU HAVE PSORIASIS? A CLOSE LOOK AT PSORIASIS AND ITS DIFFERENT TYPES. Psoriasis is a skin disorder that causes skin cells to multiply up to 10 times faster than normal. This makes the skin build up into bumpy red patches covered with white scales. They can grow anywhere, […]
IS THE PAIN TOO EXCRUCIATING? WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT STOMACH ULCERS Stomach ulcers are also called peptic ulcers. You have a peptic ulcer if you get open sores in the lining of your stomach or the upper part of the small intestine. That happens when your stomach acids etch away your digestive tract’s […]
SKIN HEALING FLOWERS Flowers are regarded as a symbol of love, beauty and a gift of nature as they are used by people to provoke the feelings of love and happiness due to their power to make people happy and cheerful. Apart from expressing feelings and emotions, a lot of studies have shown that flowers […]
WHAT IS POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER, PTSD? Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a psychiatric disorder that can occur in people who have experienced or witnessed a traumatic event such as a natural disaster, a serious accident, a terrorist act, war/combat, rape or other violent personal assault. PTSD has been known by many names in the past, […]
PSYCHOLOGICAL DEBRIEFING They had been brought to the last extremity of hope yet they showed a passionate conviction that it would be all right, though they had faith in nothing, but in themselves and in each other. It was a long road home agenda with battlefield mindset, only later for some to become mad, some […]