Some of the common form of conditions include plantar fasciitis, calcaneal apophysitis, and Achilles tendonitis. Out of these, the common condition that runner suffers from or will encounter at least once in their sports career is the heel pain. There may be many causes of heel pain but one the cause that results in the condition is the overuse injury. To treat the heel pain, we need to consider some factors such as pain, its intensity, duration, relief, prior history and treatment, training schedules, footwear, and medical history. The initial treatment of heel pain in runners consist of the following steps: Rest “ Restrict from running and modify your physical activity, cross training for instance. Stretching “ Runners experiencing heel pain should not actively and aggressively stretch if they experience immense pain due to the injury on the heel. Doing so may actually aggravate the injury and hamper recovery. It is actually helpful in the recovery phase, that is after the healing begins to take place. Stretching during the recovery phase is done to heal from the injury. Stretching during the treatment too aggressively can lead to a acute injury. This can further lead to injury to the muscle fibers.

In brief, congestive heart failure is the condition where the heart cannot pump properly to maintain the blood flow in the body. The heart’s inability to pump sufficient amount of blood flow, as it seems, is a very dangerous condition and is fatal as this is one of the most vital activities that happen in a human body for it to function. There are many ways to prevent heart-related diseases and problems. Healthy diet, exercise, and overall healthy lifestyle can curb your chances of getting a heart disease by almost 80 per cent. Not just in America, but heart failure affects 40 million people globally. Like every disease and illness, heart failure too has many signs and symptoms. Heart failure can be distinguished in two types”right sided failure and left sided failure. It is important to know what each side of your heart does. Left side takes oxygen-rich blood from the lungs that has been received by the lungs from the right side of the heart. Failure of the left side of the heart causes blood to get blocked and congest into the lungs and failure of right side of the heart occurs when the heart is not pumping blood to the lungs sufficiently.

Whether you are sixty or sixteen, you will need dental implants if your dental health is not above average. A dental implant procedure involves removal of a bad tooth or teeth. New artificial teeth are constructed and fitted to replace the old teeth. The artificial implants work as good as your permanent natural teeth, only their shape and look are better than your original teeth. ClearChoice is one of the clinics that provide dental implant care. Every center of ClearChoice has an all-in-one policy: so, you will have experts and labs under one roof. There are 32 ClearChoice dental locations spread across 16 states. ClearChoice has a wide presence in the southern state of Texas. There are six centers across major cities. You will find ClearChoice centers in Austin, Dallas, Houston, San Antonio, The Woodlands, and Arlington. The next major state is California with five ClearChoice centers: Sacramento, Daly City, San Diego, San Jose, and Walnut Creek. Each of these centers have expert teams who will guide and help you with your dental implant procedure. Each center has a Patient Education Consultant who will give you all the information including financials. Down south in the sunny state of Florida, there are three ClearChoice dental locations:

Uric acid is one of the elements in blood. The normal range of uric acid is 2.5-7.0 mg/DL”any level above or below this is harmful. It can cause a lot of ailments. The kidney flushes out uric acid from the body along with urine and through bowel movements. Higher uric acid level causes gout or arthritis, kidney stones, and renal failure. Low uric acid level gives rise to Hypouricemia. Hypertension and cardiovascular diseases find their roots in abnormal uric acid levels. Here, we’ll take a closer look at lower uric acid levels. Causes The causes of lower or uric acid levels fall under the following heads: Side Effects Of Few Medicines: A lot of medicines prescribed by doctors can lead to low uric acid levels. Drugs like xanthine oxidase inhibitors and urate oxidase can cause Hyperuricemia. Food Habit: The diet you follow controls the uric acid level in your blood. A lot of purine in the diet can cause higher or lower uric acid levels. Genetics: Genetics play a pivotal role in uric acid levels. Loss of xanthine oxidase can result in lower uric acid levels. Malfunction of the kidney can lead to increased excretion of uric acid. Wilson’s Disease:

High blood pressure has become a common health problem today. People are becoming very dependent on machines to get their work done. This reduces daily physical activities, which ultimately leads to health issues. Our bodies are designed to be physically active on a daily basis. However, most of the population spends its time sitting in one place. High blood pressure is a condition which develops due to the lack of physical work. It could lead to other severe health issues like cardiac problems and obesity. You need to ensure that you do not have high blood pressure if you want to live a healthy life. Here are a few tips that could help to lower your blood pressure. Tips to lower your blood pressure Even if you live a punctual and disciplined life, you could have high blood pressure due to other diseases. There are several natural ways to maintain normal blood pressure. But if the condition gets worse, you should seek medical help to keep your blood pressure low. Natural ways Since prevention is better than cure, it is best to take precaution. You could try these home remedies to maintain a balanced blood pressure. Weight loss: Losing excess weight and keeping fit can help a lot in keeping the blood pressure normal.

Fall is here, and you would be tempted to go out for long, uninterrupted walks and hikes. However, if you are one of those individuals with seasonal allergy problems, then the long walks can turn into an outlandish ordeal. The seasonal allergies can be the cause for a runny nose, itchy eyes, and nasal congestion which can all act as a deterrent for you in enjoying the beauty all around. While there have been numerous advances in the medical field for keeping these conditions under check, doctors generally believe that taking care of yourself can go a long way in minimizing the chances of coming in contact with these allergic agents. Let us brush ourselves with a few precautions that we can undertake to stay safe. Simple steps to keep seasonal allergies under check: Allergic triggers: It is best if you can consult your physician and know your allergens beforehand. By this way, you can safely avoid the routes and places where your allergens are more likely to occur. The common allergens can include ragweed or outdoor molds which can come up after the rains. Also, be sure to test yourselves for pollen agents against your skin and hands. Pollen agents can sometimes be very reactive to few individuals.

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) is an intestinal disorder, which can lead to a number of other medical conditions. It is one of the leading causes of irregularities in your bowel movements. From constipation to diarrhea to cramping and bloating of your stomach, there are many symptoms of IBS. Though there are several treatment plans and medications to take care of the symptoms, doctors nowadays suggest the use of probiotics for reducing the occurrences of IBS. Although probiotics are in the initial research stages, they are successfully marketed across as a medium of controlling IBS. Probiotics are sometimes called “friendly” bacteria as they are beneficial for your immune system. They keep in check the growth of unfriendly bacteria in the gut and are known to be used for wide range of symptoms. Let us look at it in depth. Intestines of human beings are filled with thousands of strains of bacteria. Medically, a healthy person should have a balance of the bacterial strains that are good and bad. If the areas favoring the bad bacteria are more, then they can lead to certain medical conditions. If you are consuming probiotic supplements, IBS can be avoided to a certain extent. Also probiotic supplements are known to be beneficial in maintaining a favorable balance between the bacterial strains.

Huntington’s Disease (HD) is a type of an incurable brain disorder which is fatal. It causes degeneration of nerve cells in the brain. This is an inherited disease and it has a great impact on how well an individual can function. This disease impairs movement, cognitive, and perceptive abilities in a person. It causes psychiatric disorders such as manic behavior, obsessive-compulsive disorder, (OCD) and bipolar disorder. The person struggles when doing basic activities like walking, talking, thinking, and reasoning. They become dependent on other people for their day to day activities. It is known to attack all nerve cells over a course of time. Almost 1 in 10,000 Americans are affected by this disease. What age group does it affect People between the ages of 30-40 are generally affected by this disease. It’s important to learn the early signs. This can help in treating the disease to a large extent. Early signs You have to know the symptoms so that you can successfully identify it. Once you find that you or someone you know has one or more of the following symptoms, consult a doctor to get their professional advice. Clumsiness Uncontrollable movements like jerking (chorea) and shaking Short term memory lapse Stumbling Lack of expressing emotions Depression Lack of concentration Uncontrollable mood swings (signs of aggression and antisocial behavior) Abnormal eye movements Insomnia Recurrent thoughts of death, dying and suicide Causes of Huntington’s disease This disease is caused due to a defect in the gene.

The largest organ in every animal is the liver. When it comes to humans, 30 out of 100,000 people are affected by liver cancer. Liver cancer is of two types. Cancer that begins in the liver is known as primary hepatic cancer. Cancer that has begun elsewhere and has spread itself to the liver is known as metastasis. The most common type of liver cancer that affects humans is Hepatocellular Carcinoma. The other types of liver cancer are very rare. Causes The main function of the liver is to filter the blood that passes through it. The liver removes toxins from the bloodstream and also absorbs important nutrients. Liver cancer is usually caused by birth defects, over consumption of alcohol, cirrhosis, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and hemochromatosis which is a condition where there is a lot of iron in the liver. Liver cancer is also associated with obese people. It is found that for almost as half of the people affected with liver cancer, the main reason is over consumption of alcohol. Also for smokers, when the bloodstream is infected with toxic chemicals and herbicides, there is a very large chance to develop liver cancer. Also there a special type of cancer-causing substance known as Aflatoxins, which can rarely infect wheat, peanuts, and soybeans.

Treating low platelets count depends on the cause and severity. The main aim is to prevent fatality and disability caused by excessive bleeding due to low platelets count. Mild causes of low platelets count do not require treatment. If an individual has a normal platelets count, it is not going to prevent profuse bleeding in case of serious wounds and injuries inflicted in serious accidents. Thrombocytopenia or low platelets count can be cured if the underlying treatment is treated. If low platelets count causes are due to medications, then your doctor might prescribe different medicines to treat the ongoing medical condition. Thrombocytopenia usually gets cured when the medications change. Thrombocytopenia due to heparin (HIT heparin induced thrombocytopenia) is difficult to reverse even if administration of heparin is stopped. Other blood clotting medications might be required to treat the condition. Other than this, following treatment options can be considered to treat low platelets count causes: Medicines Doctors might prescribe corticosteroids, that will help in slowing down platelets destruction. Corticosteroids can be given intravenously or orally. If the reason for low platelets count is an auto immune disease that kills platelets, then the doctor might administer medicines that suppresses the immune system.

You would want to know that almost half of the heart strokes in Americans is because of the clogging of the arteries. The arteries carry blood which is rich in oxygen and send it to the rest of the body. You cannot afford to get your arteries clogged as it would interrupt the perfect blood flow in the system. Among the arteries of our body, the carotid arteries are one of the most important ones, as they carry blood to your brain and ensure that your brain functions correctly for speech, thinking, and personality. Where are they located in your body? They are situated on either side of your neck. To find their exact location, place your index finger and middle finger on the side of your neck and try finding your pulse. The spot where you find your pulse has the carotid arteries below them. Unlike most of the other diseases of the world, it is challenging to identify carotid artery disease in its early stages. This is because in most cases the symptoms show when the disease has already taken a severe form. To know how to unclog arteries, it is first important to be aware of the symptoms.