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What Is Crohns Disease

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If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons to your right >> , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! What is Crohns Disease? Crohns is a multifaceted condition that affects your digestive tract from your mouth to your anus with inflammation and ulcers. Most commonly Crohns affects the lower small intestines and large intestines but it can affect other organ systems as well. The symptoms of Crohns disease can come and go during your lifetime. The times they are gone are called remission and the times you have the symptoms is called relapse. There are many effective medications that affect and help the symptoms but at this time there is no cure. Interestingly there also is no known cause of the disease. When scientists are able to pinpoint the causative factors of a condition they usually are able to work toward b...

Massage and Crohns Disease

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If you enjoy this post, please share it using the buttons to your right >> , or email it to a friend , we'd really appreciate it! You can also get natural health articles delivered free by email or RSS - AND get a free mini-course on the Healing Art of Reflexology! Crohns disease is an inflammatory disease that affects the small and large intestines. Other similar inflammatory disease is ulcerative colitis. It causes inflammation and ulceration of the inner lining of the intestines. This inflammation can lead to the cells growing larger and obstructing, or closing off, the intestines. Sometimes this leads to the need for surgical resection and taking out the part thats obstructed. Its estimated that there are 100 out of 100,000 that have either ulcerative colitis or Crohns disease. In most cases physicians prescribe steroids, some antibiotics and other opiods to control the inflammation and the pain. But some patients, without medical coverage can afford the medication or o...

Anti-Inflammation Diet May Help Reduce Symptoms That Lead to Disease

Some saturated fats are necessary, and some in small quantities are good for us, like Omega 3’s. Mary Toscano, has a wonderful nutritional DVD that explains the benefits of fats, titled Fabulous Fats! that is a must see. This fun for all ages nutritional DVD explains the role of fats in our diet. Mary does a excellent job sharing how to add healthy fats and what quantity and types are best for good nutritional balance. She also explains which saturated fats are good for us, and when we introduce excess saturated fat into our diet we also introduce fatty acids that may not be that great. One that comes from excess saturated fat is called arachidonic acid and in excess this substance can increase inflammation in the body. Syndrome X Other foods that kick in inflammation issues are sugars, as described in Syndrome X, which is called one of the hidden deadly diseases. Of course the biggest sources of unhealthy sugars are found in refined foods. Fast foods are the worst culprits and include...

Coronary Heart Disease Symptoms, Heart Disease Causes

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The term coronary heart disease is a broad term that covers a number of medical problems that have to do with the heart and the arteries and veins connected to it. Many people think they can avoid heart disease by improving their lifestyle but, in fact, it is becoming more common every year. In 2007, stats were released that show that coronary heart disease is the number one killer in the US. Some of the medical conditions that fall under the term coronary heart disease include: arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, cardiomyapathy, inflammatory heart disease, congenital heart disease, hypertensive heart disease, congestive heart failure and coronary artery disease. Each of these has their own set of heart disease symptoms. Nevertheless, many of the symptoms of heart disease can be similar. Some of the most common heart disease symptom are: Angina (pain or discomfort in the chest), sweating, shortness of breath, cyanosis, changes in the rate of the heartbeat, cough, dizziness, wheezing, ...