Irritable bowel syndrome or IBS is a common disorder of the gut. Why it occurs is not known, and the symptoms of the disorder tend to come and go. These are very variable and can include abdominal pain, bloating, and sometimes bouts of diarrhea or constipation, and sometimes alternating bouts of both. There isn’t any cure, … Read more
The sural nerve runs down through the center of the calf muscle and is one of five nerves that provide sensation to the foot. It travels down the back of the leg, over the Achilles tendon, and then along the outside of the foot to the end of the little toe. Comparatively, it is a … Read more
What is it? Prostatitis is any inflammation or irritation of the prostate gland. There are two main types of prostatitis, bacterial prostatitis and chronic pelvic pain syndrome or CPPS. Bacterial prostatitis is caused by a bacterial infection, while the cause of CPPS can be a mystery. It is, in fact, common for the cause of … Read more
Opioids are highly addictive, very strong painkilling medications such as Oxycodone or Morphine that are usually prescribed by doctors. Some opiates are illegal and not prescribed by doctors though, such as Heroin. This class of drugs works by imitating chemicals naturally made in the brain. They affect multiple systems in the body when ingested, resulting … Read more
Chronic pain is pain that has outlived its usefulness as a sensation. Pain is meant to alert an individual to trauma or injury in a part of the body. Chronic pain has either lasted much too long to be useful as an alert, or there is no underlying condition to be found, and the cause … Read more
Fibromyalgia is a disorder whose exact cause is unknown. Although things like specific infections, diseases, genetics, hormonal imbalances and PTSD seem to play a large part, in this disease. This disease causes numerous symptoms. Strangely, not all suffers experience all of the same symptoms. This is thought to be the result of the disorder imitating … Read more
Multiple Sclerosis is classified as an autoimmune disease. The body’s own immune system thinks the myelin sheath is a foreign body and attacks it. The Myelin sheath is the outer layer that protects the nerves. These attacks leave open areas known as plaques or lesions. This plaque makes it difficult for the nerves to send … Read more
What Is Multiple Sclerosis Multiple sclerosis is an autoimmune disease that affects the central nervous system, the brain and spinal cord. It’s categorized under the autoimmune disease, because its symptoms, like the other autoimmune diseases is caused by the immune system destroying its own body’s tissue. With MS this destruction occurs along the myelin sheath, … Read more
Pain occurs for many reasons. It could be from an injury, strain, sprain, fracture. Different diseases can cause pain as well. Did you know the foods we eat can increase our pain level? That’s right, chemicals in certain foods can make us hurt worse. So what foods causes the pain? What are some better, healthier … Read more
The Truth about Multiple Sclerosis MS is classified as an autoimmune disorder. This is because the white blood cells of a person with multiple sclerosis attacks its own tissue. This causes inflation, which leads to the destruction of the myelin sheath, the cover that protects the spinal cord and nerve endings. This unprotected area known … Read more