When most people think of serious medical problems, they imagine them popping up suddenly without a warning. It often seems like we go from being perfectly healthy to horribly sick in just a single day. However, the reality is that we don’t actually get sick out of the blue. Your body actually gives you warning signs long before you get diagnosed with your illness. Far too often, these subtle signs of getting sick go unnoticed until the condition has progressed to a truly dangerous problems. If you want to be able to tell when you’re in danger, you need to…
Author: Ana
If you have sciatica, you will be completely unable to ignore the pain associated with this condition. Sciatica causes intense discomfort that many people describe as shooting, biting, or pinching sensations. All of these unpleasant symptoms are due to the sciatic nerve. This important part of the nervous system stretches along the entire length of the buttocks and legs. Therefore, much of the unpleasant sensations occur in the lower back, buttocks, and legs. Sciatica occurs whenever the nerves in the region get inflamed. It is often caused by an injury, like a slipped disc, that pinches the area. Other causes…
The Legionella bacteria is a type of bacteria that can cause many problems inside the human body. If the bacteria gets into the lungs, a person can end up with Legionnaires disease which is a form of pneumonia. Legionnaires disease (LD) is a type of respiratory illness, so it can make it difficult to breathe properly. When the average person gets this illness, they may just feel like they have an unpleasant case of influenza. However, when a person with a weakened immune system gets LD, the symptoms are far more dangerous. It is possible for LD to end up…