There is no simple and accurate test which can be used to detect endometriosis. The only reliable way to diagnose the condition is by observing the implants during a minor operation known as a laparoscopy.
The diagnosis usually involves several stages which may include some or all of the following:
* reporting your symptoms to a doctor
* [...]
This is a useful tool for learning how to relax. A biofeedback system uses the ‘feedback’ to the individual of biological information that is otherwise unavailable to him or her so that he or she can exert some control over a particular body system. Using such techniques people have been able to control the temperature [...]
After years of frustration, Mary Ellen O’Grady finally found a weight-loss device that works for her: the venerable doggie bag.
At age 37, the Loch Arbour, New Jersey, resident noticed that even though her eating habits hadn’t changed, her waistline had expanded. Daily exercise was helping prevent serious poundage from accumulating. Still, she was roughly 10 [...]
This probably accounts for more Australian health complaints than any other source of chronic pain. It affects literally millions who may wake up one morning and clutch at some tender area either in the neck or shoulders or in the lower back and continue to feel that spot for the rest of their lives.
Back pain [...]
Understandably, chronic pain and marriage don’t mix well. The divorce rate for chronic pain patients is remarkably high and is possibly related to the avoidance of sexual activity by many chronic pain sufferers.This, understandably, places relationships under great stress — particularly if there are existing problems. Pain is a great magnifier. Tolerance levels are already [...]
Stress can lead to physical as well as psychological disturbances. These are most commonly treated by medication such as tranquillisers, muscle relaxants, sleeping pills, stimulants, antidepressants and mood-enhancers. Stress may be congenital, muscular, immunological, environmental — including accident and trauma situations — or infectious, neoplastic (associated with cancer),chemical, degenerative, emotional or psychological. Typical stress reactions [...]
Statistics are vague about the common chronic pain ailment — repetitive strain injury (RSI), which was so prevalent in Australia in the 1980’s that it was known as ‘kangaroo paw’. RSI is now the commonly used phrase used to describe a variety of soft tissue injuries or ailments. It is commonly seen in keyboard operators [...]
Other problems that can follow on from rhinitis are allergic sinusitis and nasal polyps. The sinuses are air-filled cavitities in the skull which are lined with delicate membranes that link up with those lining the nose. Most cases of sinusitis – inflammation of these membranes – result from an infection in the nose that spreads [...]
Use Symphosan externally and take Aesculaforce orally for good results in cases of phlebitis. Leg ulcers respond to a local application of Symphosan. First, dab the affected part, but if it stings too much, just dab the surrounding area until the pain subsides, for this too has an alleviating effect.
Additionally, healing can be accelerated and [...]
The peritoneum is so well designed that it does not easily become ruptured, even if it is subjected to exceptional strain once in a while. The healthy body is equipped with such good reserves of strength that one really wonders how it is possible for the abdominal wall to rupture in so many different ways. [...]
