August, 2016 | MediFee Healthcare

Understanding Blood Pressure Abnormalities

Your heart is beating. Keeps on repeating. And that keeps you going. A slight variation from the old melody is something that conveys the greatest truth about life and death.

A beating heart suggests life and existence. On the other hand, an abnormal heart beat can mean anything; from a malfunctioning heart, to a diseased condition and even death. Cardiac or heart related disorders are seeing an exponential rise with every passing year. And perhaps in no time, India shall become the global capital of cardiac disorders. That’s pretty tragic and terrifying!

High blood pressure is one of the most common health conditions in India. Young adults, middle aged and elderly citizens, equally contribute to this growing population suffering from abnormal blood pressure levels. Despite this, people are not doing much to control such menacing escalation.

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Inflammatory Bowel Diseases – CROHN’S and Ulcerative Colitis

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases refer to a set of conditions that result in a troubled and inflamed digestive or gastrointestinal tract. Although, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases exist in different types; the two most common forms are – CROHN’S and Ulcerative Colitis.

Any inflammatory disorder arises when the body causes unnecessary inflammation, that destroys essential tissues and organs. Inflammation is otherwise necessary and exists as the body’s normal response against harmful foreign entities and external damage of tissues. Inflammation is necessary to administer body’s own healing mechanism. However, when the immune system wrongly identifies external threat and thus results in inflammatory actions, inflammatory disorders are said to develop.

Inflammatory bowel disorders (IBD) are also autoimmune conditions, where the immune system mistakenly attacks healthy tissues of the gastrointestinal tract and cause severe pain, discomfort and even death. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases mostly affect small intestine and large intestine; however, serious cases even infect mouth, esophagus and other parts.

The following discussion entails causes, symptoms and treatment of the two most destructive forms of IBD: Crohn’s disease and Ulcerative Colitis. You may also get sufficient information regarding diet and lifestyle changes that can help you to deal and live with IBD disorders.

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Heart Bypass Surgery – What, Why and How

Bypass surgery, also known as Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery is a procedure done to find an alternative path, that can compensate for damaged arteries which fail to carry oxygen rich blood to the heart. The alternative path is created by blood vessels taken from another part of your body. Since these blood vessels form a bypass around the original channel of blood flow, the procedure is known as heart bypass surgery.

Now, for anybody to know, that they themselves or someone they love needs to undergo a bypass surgery, could be certainly a terrifying experience, they wish to escape. However, if anybody has been ordered this surgical remedy, opting for it without delay is the best they can do to avoid consequences.

Bypass surgeries are definitely major surgical procedures that need a good amount of preparation before hand. In addition, there are a multitude of questions that haunt individuals scheduled for this surgery. “Is it risky to undergo a bypass surgery?” “Are there no other alternative methods for treating the ailment?” “How does it feel to undergo this surgery?” “How long does it take to recover from a CABG surgery?” This can go endlessly, leading to increased anxiety, confusion and overall degradation of your health status.

Thus, the only resolute to a scenario such as this, could be learning more and more about the procedure, and what you as a patient or a care taker can do, to yield best results and quick recovery.

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