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Causes of Panic Attacks

Flowers — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 05:16:06 +0000

The short and obvious answer: panic attacks are caused by high anxiety. But, what exactly is anxiety? Understanding how anxiety crops up will help you defeat panic attacks.

One of the biggest myths surrounding anxiety is that it is harmful and can lead to a number of various life-threatening conditions.

Definition of Anxiety

Anxiety is defined as a state of apprehension or fear resulting from the anticipation of a real or imagined threat, event, or situation. It is one of the most common human emotions experienced by people at some point in their lives.

However, most people who have never experienced a panic attack, or extreme anxiety, fail to realize the terrifying nature of the experience. Extreme dizziness, blurred vision, tingling and feelings of breathlessness—and that’s just the tip of the iceberg!

When these sensations occur and people do not understand why, they feel they have contracted an illness, or a serious mental condition. The threat of losing complete control seems very real and naturally very terrifying.

Fight/Flight Response: One of the root causes of panic attacks?

I am sure most of you have heard of the fight/flight response as an explanation for one of the root causes of panic attacks. Have you made the connection between this response and the unusual sensations you experience during and after a panic attack episode?

Anxiety is a response to a danger or threat. It is so named because all of its effects are aimed toward either fighting or fleeing from the danger. Thus, the sole purpose of anxiety is to protect the individual from harm. This may seem ironic given that you no doubt feel your anxiety is actually causing you great harm…perhaps the most significant of all the causes of panic attacks.

However, the anxiety that the fight/flight response created was vital in the daily survival of our ancient ancestors—when faced with some danger, an automatic response would take over that propelled them to take immediate action such as attack or run. Even in today’s hectic world, this is still a necessary mechanism. It comes in useful when you must respond to a real threat within a split second.

Anxiety is a built-in mechanism to protect us from danger. Interestingly, it is a mechanism that protects but does not harm—an important point that will be elaborated upon later.

The Physical Manifestations of a panic attack: Other pieces of the puzzle to understand the causes of panic attacks. Nervousness and Chemical Effects…

When confronted with danger, the brain sends signals to a section of the nervous system. It is this system that is responsible for gearing the body up for action and also calms the body down and restores equilibrium. To carry out these two vital functions, the autonomic nervous system has two subsections, the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system.

Although I don’t want to become too “scientific,” having a basic understanding of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system will help you understand the causes of panic attacks.

The sympathetic nervous system is the one we tend to know all too much about because it primes our body for action, readies us for the “fight or flight” response, while the parasympathetic nervous system is the one we love dearly as it serves as our restoring system, which returns the body to its normal state.

When either of these systems is activated, they stimulate the whole body, which has an “all or nothing” effect. This explains why when a panic attack occurs, the individual often feels a number of different sensations throughout the body.

The sympathetic system is responsible for releasing the adrenaline from the adrenal glands on the kidneys. These are small glands located just above the kidneys. Less known, however, is that the adrenal glands also release adrenaline, which functions as the body’s chemical messengers to keep the activity going. When a panic attack begins, it does not switch off as easily as it is turned on. There is always a period of what would seem increased or continued anxiety, as these messengers travel throughout the body. Think of them as one of the physiological causes of panic attacks, if you will.

After a period of time, the parasympathetic nervous system gets called into action. Its role is to return the body to normal functioning once the perceived danger is gone. The parasympathetic system is the system we all know and love, because it returns us to a calm relaxed state.

When we engage in a coping strategy that we have learned, for example, a relaxation technique, we are in fact willing the parasympathetic nervous system into action. A good thing to remember is that this system will be brought into action at some stage whether we will it or not. The body cannot continue in an ever-increasing spiral of anxiety. It reaches a point where it simply must kick in, relaxing the body. This is one of the many built-in protection systems our bodies have for survival.

You can do your best with worrying thoughts, keeping the sympathetic nervous system going, but eventually it stops. In time, it becomes a little smarter than us, and realizes that there really is no danger. Our bodies are incredibly intelligent—modern science is always discovering amazing patterns of intelligence that run throughout the cells of our body. Our body seems to have infinite ways of dealing with the most complicated array of functions we take for granted. Rest assured that your body’s primary goal is to keep you alive and well.

Not so convinced?

Try holding your breath for as long as you can. No matter how strong your mental will is, it can never override the will of the body. This is good news—no matter how hard you try to convince yourself that you are gong to die from a panic attack, you won’t. Your body will override that fear and search for a state of balance. There has never been a reported incident of someone dying from a panic attack.

Remember this next time you have a panic attack; he causes of panic attacks cannot do you any physical harm. Your mind may make the sensations continue longer than the body intended, but eventually everything will return to a state of balance. In fact, balance (homeostasis) is what our body continually strives for.

The interference for your body is nothing more than the sensations of doing rigorous exercise. Our body is not alarmed by these symptoms. Why should it be? It knows its own capability. It’s our thinking minds that panic, which overreact and scream in sheer terror! We tend to fear the worst and exaggerate our own sensations. A quickened heart beat becomes a heart attack. An overactive mind seems like a close shave with schizophrenia. Is it our fault? Not really—we are simply diagnosing from poor information.

Cardiovascular Effects Activity in the sympathetic nervous system increases our heartbeat rate, speeds up the blood flow throughout the body, ensures all areas are well supplied with oxygen and that waste products are removed. This happens in order to prime the body for action.

A fascinating feature of the “fight or flight” mechanism is that blood (which is channelled from areas where it is currently not needed by a tightening of the blood vessels) is brought to areas where it is urgently needed.

For example, should there be a physical attack, blood drains from the skin, fingers, and toes so that less blood is lost, and is moved to “active areas” such as the thighs and biceps to help the body prepare for action.

This is why many feel numbness and tingling during a panic attack-often misinterpreted as some serious health risk-such as the precursor to a heart attack. Interestingly, most people who suffer from anxiety often feel they have heart problems. If you are really worried that such is the case with your situation, visit your doctor and have it checked out. At least then you can put your mind at rest.

Respiratory Effects

One of the scariest effects of a panic attack is the fear of suffocating or smothering. It is very common during a panic attack to feel tightness in the chest and throat. I’m sure everyone can relate to some fear of losing control of your breathing. From personal experience, anxiety grows from the fear that your breathing itself would cease and you would be unable to recover. Can a panic attack stop our breathing? No.

A panic attack is associated with an increase in the speed and depth of breathing. This has obvious importance for the defense of the body since the tissues need to get more oxygen to prepare for action. The feelings produced by this increase in breathing, however, can include breathlessness, hyperventilation, sensations of choking or smothering, and even pains or tightness in the chest. The real problem is that these sensations are alien to us, and they feel unnatural.

Having experienced extreme panic attacks myself, I remember that on many occasions, I would have this feeling that I couldn’t trust my body to do the breathing for me, so I would have to manually take over and tell myself when to breathe in and when to breathe out. Of course, this didn’t suit my body’s requirement of oxygen and so the sensations would intensify—along with the anxiety. It was only when I employed the technique I will describe for you later, did I let the body continue doing what it does best—running the whole show.

Importantly, a side-effect of increased breathing, (especially if no actual activity occurs) is that the blood supply to the head is actually decreased. While such a decrease is only a small amount and is not at all dangerous, it produces a variety of unpleasant but harmless symptoms that include dizziness, blurred vision, confusion, sense of unreality, and hot flushes.

Other Physical Effects of panic attacks:

Now that we’ve discussed some of the primary physiological causes of panic attacks, there are a number of other effects that are produced by the activation of the sympathetic nervous system, none of which are in any way harmful.

For example, the pupils widen to let in more light, which may result in blurred vision, or “seeing” stars, etc. There is a decrease in salivation, resulting in dry mouth. There is decreased activity in the digestive system, which often produces nausea, a heavy feeling in the stomach, and even constipation. Finally, many of the muscle groups tense up in preparation for “fight or flight” and this results in subjective feelings of tension, sometimes extending to actual aches and pains, as well as trembling and shaking.

Overall, the fight/flight response results in a general activation of the whole bodily metabolism. Thus, one often feels hot and flushed and, because this process takes a lot of energy, the person generally feels tired and drained.

Mental Manifestations: Are the causes of panic attacks all in my head? is a question many people wonder to themselves.

The goal of the fight/flight response is making the individual aware of the potential danger that may be present. Therefore, when activated, the mental priority is placed upon searching the surroundings for potential threats. In this state one is highly-strung, so to speak. It is very difficult to concentrate on any one activity, as the mind has been trained to seek all potential threats and not to give up until the threat has been identified. As soon as the panic hits, many people look for the quick and easiest exit from their current surroundings, such as by simply leaving the bank queue and walking outside. Sometimes the anxiety can heighten, if we perceive that leaving will cause some sort of social embarrassment.

If you have a panic attack while at the workplace but feel you must press on with whatever task it is you are doing, it is quite understandable that you would find it very hard to concentrate. It is quite common to become agitated and generally restless in such a situation. Many individuals I have worked with who have suffered from panic attacks over the years indicated that artificial light—such as that which comes from computer monitors and televisions screens—can can be one of the causes of panic attacks by triggering them or worsen a panic attack, particularly if the person is feeling tired or run down.

This is worth bearing in mind if you work for long periods of time on a computer. Regular break reminders should be set up on your computer to remind you to get up from the desk and get some fresh air when possible.

In other situations, when during a panic attack an outside threat cannot normally be found, the mind turns inwards and begins to contemplate the possible illness the body or mind could be suffering from. This ranges from thinking it might have been something you ate at lunch, to the possibility of an oncoming cardiac arrest.

The burning question is: Why is the fight/flight response activated during a panic attack even when there is apparently nothing to be frightened of?

Upon closer examination of the causes of panic attacks, it would appear that what we are afraid of are the sensations themselves—we are afraid of the body losing control. These unexpected physical symptoms create the fear or panic that something is terribly wrong. Why do you experience the physical symptoms of the fight/flight response if you are not frightened to begin with? There are many ways these symptoms can manifest themselves, not just through fear.

For example, it may be that you have become generally stressed for some reason in your life, and this stress results in an increase in the production of adrenaline and other chemicals, which from time to time, would produce symptoms….and which you perceive as the causes of panic attacks.

This increased adrenaline can be maintained chemically in the body, even after the stress has long gone. Another possibility is diet, which directly affects our level of stress. Excess caffeine, alcohol, or sugar is known for causing stress in the body, and is believed to be one of the contributing factors of the causes of panic attacks (Chapter 5 gives a full discussion on diet and its importance).

Unresolved emotions are often pointed to as possible trigger of panic attacks, but it is important to point out that eliminating panic attacks from your life does not necessarily mean analyzing your psyche and digging into your subconscious. The “One Move” technique will teach you to deal with the present moment and defuse the attack along with removing the underlying anxiety that sparks the initial anxiety.

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Joe Barry is an international panic disorder coach. His informative site on all issues related to panic and anxiety attacks can be found here:http://www.panicportal.com

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Cold Sore Facts - What You Need To Know About Your Cold Sores

Flowers — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 10:32:04 +0000

by Denny Bodoh

Do you have cold sore questions? Then this article is just for you. Read it and discover many amazing facts about cold sores and what you can do about them.

WHAT ARE cold soreS?

cold sores come at the most inconvenient times. Painful and ugly, cold sores really hurt your social life.

These herpes infections have several names - cold sores, fever blisters, or oral herpes - but they are all the same. They occur and reoccur where the virus first entered the body. The lip is the most common infection point.

Herpes simplex virus, either type 1 or type 2, produces all cold sores. It is a very damaging virus, as you will see.

When the herpes virus first enters your body, it will claim a nearby nerve fiber as its lifetime home. All cold sores produced by this virus family will be at the surface end of that nerve fiber.

WHAT IS THE CAUSE OF PAINFUL cold soreS?

Most of the time this herpes virus will sleep in the root cells of its home nerve. If it becomes active, it will wiggle to the surface through the nerve and drill into your surface nerve cells.

Herpes virus cannot reproduce on its own - like bacteria does. It is the host cells that create the new virus particles. The virus will enter your surface nerve cells and force them to build virus clones.

The cold sore area will swell up as the cells fill up with the new virus particles. Once full, the cells burst open to release tons of this fresh herpes virus.

When the herpes virus annihilates many cells, you end up with an open wound called a cold sore. Painful they are because you now have exposed nerve endings.

IS THE cold sore VIRUS CONTAGIOUS?

The herpes simplex virus is an extremely tiny living particle. It enters the body through soft tissue - like lips - or through cracks in the skin. You are very contagious from the first itching until the final healing redness is gone.

Contaminated fingers and kissing are the most common ways you pass this virus to others. Do not touch the cold sore with bare fingers and always sterilize your hands after any cold sore treatment.

You can spread the cold sore to any place on your body. You can get cold sores on your fingers, arm or cheek if the virus gets through a crack or other sore to the soft tissue. These can be more painful than common lip sores.

Be especially careful not to infect your eyes. A cold sore on the cornea will cause serious injury.

Nearly 90% of folks on earth carry the herpes simplex virus. The majority of these people will get a sore at least once a year - and usually a lot more.

WHAT CAN I DO TO GET RID OF cold soreS?

Stress is the most common reason that the herpes virus becomes active. Under stress, your hormones change, causing an acid pH balance. The herpes simplex virus does very well when your body is in an acid state.

Without your help, your body will heal all oral herpes cold sores. It is slow, however, and often takes three to four weeks or more. Slash this time in half with a proven cold sore treatment program.

Your best bet for effective cold sore treatment is still by using natural remedies. They usually work better than prescription and over-the-counter options.

Garlic, lysine and the healing mineral zinc are three of several great cold sore treatment plans currently in use. Use all three topically, but lysine and zinc will do their best work if taken internally with supplements.

Any cold sore care plan should always include continuous cleansing using hydrogen peroxide, alcohol or wine soaked cotton balls or tissues.

Without a doubt, oral herpes cold sores really put the hurts to your social life. They are very difficult to deal with. With what you have just read, you should now have a huge advantage the next time a cold sore attacks.

You need to try different cold sore treatment methods to discover the best one for you. Then you too can be cold sore free for the rest of your life.

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What is Pulsed Magnetic Therapy and What Can It Do For You?

Flowers — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:56:33 +0000

by Bryant Meyers

The body is an extremely complex biological machine composed of both chemical and electrical fields. We are only as healthy as our cells in that environment called the human body. Our cells are like little batteries; capable of being charged or depleted. Energy trumps chemistry. If the cells are energetically weak, any invading germ could win this vibration contest, thus infecting the cell.

Today we have entered an era where we can, via machines broadcast a therapeutic electromagnetic fields; bring our own cells into a state of RESONANCE; strengthening the energy-field of each cell and thereby fortifying and protecting ourselves from the attack of disease causing organisms.

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MRS 2000+ returns lost energy and lost cellular balance to a normal, healthy state of vibration. Because of this, the entire cellular metabolism is boosted, blood cells are regenerated, circulation is improved and with more oxygen, the immune system is strengthened, nutrients are better absorbed, the respiratory system becomes more efficient, the nervous system is relaxed, the bones become stonger and more dense and vital organs such as liver, kidneys and colon are able to cleanse, ridding themselves of impurities and regaining their designated bodily functions.

“Magnetic Resonance Stimulation” is not just a static magnet (like magnetic bracelets), but a Resonating Magnetic Field (RMS). The MRS 2000+ contains NO STATIC MAGNETS.

Electromagnetic field therapy applies magnetic fields”either static or pulsed. Low Intensity Pulsed Electric-Magnetic Fields (PEMF) are used instead because a static magnetic field found in permanent magnets is not able to permeate the whole body and the body’s cells soon become used to a constant magnetic field and cease to be benefited. The pulsating field can be optimized to the correct frequency of vibration to effects the whole system and its long term use has many benefits.

Magnetic field therapy is very well established around the globe. Japan has led the way giving official approval for the use of pulsed electric-magnetic machines for healing. There are over 1000 clinical studies world-wide that prove the efficacy of Magnetic- Resonance- Stimulation. The New German-made MRS 2000+ designo is the new future as well as the benchmark in the area of pulsed electric-magnetic field therapy (PEMFT) for home, or clinical use.

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Natural Panic Attack Remedies - What Are They?

Flowers — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 10:14:43 +0000

by M B Bryan

As well as being unpredictable panic attacks can be very frightening when they happen to some people. But when it comes to you finding suitable panic attack remedies, the internet is a great source. Here you will find advice and information to help control and prevent panic attacks happening. In fact there are some panic attack remedies that will not only control them but also eliminate them safely and for good.

In many cases people when they are looking for ways to deal with panic attacks will prefer to go for the more natural methods. The problem that many face when they take prescribed medication is that they can cause unwanted side effects in a person and which could then lead to other health issues for them.

There are numerous natural ways through using herbs, vitamins and minerals to help control and prevent panic attacks. But along with these many people are now using self help programs such as Panic Away to help them deal with this particular disorder. Through the use of one of the best panic attack cure programs on the market you will learn of the right ways to control and prevent such attacks taking place in the future.

However, when it comes to herbs for treating panic attacks there are several different types to consider. Two herbs which are proving very effective at treating panic attacks are lemon balm and passionflower. Both of which have been clinically tested and in which have proven not only to be effective but safe as well for treating panic attacks.

The passionflower has been used for many centuries as a natural way of dealing with anxiety and panic attack. It contains properties similar to those found in medication prescribed to treat anxiety and panic attacks by doctors, but won’t cause side effects in the sufferer.

Lemon balm is a herb that contains properties that help to calm you down. If you are feeling more calm and relaxed so you will then find it much easier to cope with a panic attack and so bring it under control or even prevent it from happening.

These two natural panic attack remedies are not only effective at treating such conditions on their own but also when used in conjunction with each other. However, it may take some time for the effects of them to provide you with the kinds of results you are looking for.

In this article we have shown you some of the best natural panic attack remedies you can use to treat this particular condition. However, if you want a more effective and certainly one of the best panic attack cures to help you deal with this condition then it is worth considering using the self help program known as Panic Away.

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Help For Depression - The Box We’re Stuck In

Flowers — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 13:12:12 +0000

by John Stephan Laney

One of the first obvious things to discuss around depression is unpleasant feelings. Difficult emotions. And if you look, its easy to find that we all operate from a box around our emotions. A very simple, obvious box.

We all have emotions we like feeling. A normal list are things like Love

Joy

Happiness

Excitement

Enthusiasm

Inspiration

Enthusiasm

These we call good emotions. We all like having them and want them as often as possible. What are some emotions we dont like and dont want to have? See if most of these fit for you:

Fear

Anger

sadness

hate

loneliness

hate

Meaninglessness

shame

These are what we call bad emotions and we try to avoid them as much as possible. If we cant avoid them, and cant help but feel them, we try to get rid of them as quickly as we can.

What then is this paradigm or box we operate from concerning emotions? That there are “good” and “bad” emotions, of course. Each one of us just seems to “know” that there are good emotions and bad ones, and the point of life is to work to feel good ones and avoid feeling bad emotions. This assumption about emotions goes unexamined by all of us. Of course that’s how you manage your emotions!

And, of course, all the feelings that go with depression we classify as bad emotions, to be avoided or gotten rid of as quickly as possible and at all costs. The box were stuck in about depression is that it is bad. And we definitely want to get away from having all of the kinds of feelings that go with it.

But there is an underlying problem to this approach of trying to avoid or get rid of all the feelings that go with depression. It is founded in an “emotional mistake” we make every day. This mistake is about not trying to feel bad emotions.

Consider the idea that we all, each of us, have an emotional body, just like we have a physical body and a mental body. And your emotional body has a purpose and function, which is to simply feel feelings. All of them. Good emotions like joy and happiness, and “bad” ones like fear and anger. Its job is to feel feelings. You can’t actually keep your emotional body from feeling feelings.

You cant keep your skin from feeling hot or cold, soft or hard. Your skin will feel whatever surrounds it. Just so, your emotional body will feel all of your emotions. You cant just feel good feelings. When you try to suppress bad feelings, you only cause them to get stuck. They then tend to stick around much longer. Trying not to feel the difficult emotions that go with depression can be a way to keep depression around!

So for help with depression, you need to get outside the box of resisting and avoiding all difficult emotions. One approach to doing this is to learn some basic emotional intelligence so that you can process difficult feelings more efficiently and quickly so that they don’t get “stuck.” No room here for all the details, but just 5 minutes a day of exploring a difficult emotion rather than resisting it can provide surprising depression help.

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Accupressure & Chakra Balance: Here’s How

Flowers — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 11:14:35 +0000

by Deborah Lindholm

Holistic healers have brought together the ancient wisdom of both Chinese and Indian medicine by using acupuncture in conjunction with balancing the chakras, which supports physical, emotional and spiritual health. A variation on this is to balance your chakras using acupressure and essential oils.

Acupressure is a variation on traditional Chinese acupuncture that relies on the healing power of touch. Instead of inserting needles at the acupoints that correspond to the chakras of Indian medicine, or the organs in Chinese healing, the practitioner uses pressure to restore the energy flow.

One study suggested that treatment with the Tapas Acupressure Technique, for example, can help people recover and maintain their health and functioning. Acupressure may help with nausea, while another study found that it may be more effective than the most famous massage therapy of all, Swedish massage. Using fragrant essential oils brings in the power of aromatherapy in order to complement the traditional Chinese and Indian holistic remedies.

The concepts underlying the use of acupressure to rebalance the seven principal chakras are almost the same as in acupuncture. The difference is that touch takes the place of the insertion of acupuncture needles at the relevant acupoints. These points are broadly equivalent to the seven chakras described in the Indian healing philosophy.

One of the principles of aromatherapy is that essential oils have different properties, or resonances, that can aid healing. They can be applied in several ways, either directly onto the body or used to perfume the air. Released into the air, the fragrance is thought to neutralize the pheromones that emanate from living things, particularly when under stress.

aromatherapy oils may be massaged into the body using acupressure in order to increase the effectiveness of the treatment. The health problem will be localized to one of the seven principal chakras that are located along the spine, from the groin to the crown of the head. As well as being thought of as wheels of light, the chakras are considered to be like flowers that can be opened like blossoms to heal energy blockages. Fragrant oils and the power of touch can assist this process.

aromatherapy with acupressure intensifies the effectiveness of the treatment. Matching the right oils to chakras and/or acupoints is the key to successful healing. Complementary therapists will use oils or blends of different fragrances of their own choosing, but the art lies in selecting the appropriate oil for application to the relevant chakra. An example is the use of peppermint oil to unblock the third chakra. Both are associated with the digestive system.

Re-balancing the chakras with touch and fragrance can unblock the energy fields in the body and assist with spiritual revitalization.

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Symptoms of Gallbladder Disease

Flowers — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 15:37:59 +0000

by Rob Fitzer

The gall bladder is located below your liver and it works by helping your body to digest fat. Your gall bladder stores bile which is what is used to digest the fat and if your diet is high in cholesterol then the bile becomes backed up and starts to form clumps of cholesterol, also known as gallstones.

Gallstones can be very painful and cause several symptoms as well as gall bladder attacks. In many cases, gallbladder disease symptoms are confused with heartburn. However there is a way to know if the symptoms you are experiencing are simply heartburn pains or due to gall bladder disease.

Gall bladder disease will present frequent symptoms and pains, especially after eating. This disease is more common in women, but men can also develop gallbladder disease especially if you have a diet high in cholesterol.

If you are experiencing gallbladder pain then it is important that you seek treatment immediately. The safest and most effective way to get your gallbladder back to a healthy state is with a liver gallbladder cleanse. By using natural ingredients you can stop the pain and cleanse your gallbladder and remove gallstones.

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Acid Reflux Disease: Home Remedies Can Help You

Flowers — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 10:38:24 +0000

by Ricky Macenzy

Do you know someone who has been suffering a horrible burning sensation in her chest lately. It is awful at night and when she lies down she can’t breathe? This terrible feeling is acid reflux Disease. The symptoms include a burning pain the chest and in the back of the throat. Luckily for her there are plenty of home remedies which can help to alleviate this problem.

You don’t need expensive medical treatment. There are many ways in which you can stop the heartburn and breathlessness. It may require some changes in your diet, but there are also some things which you probably already have at home.

The heartburn on acid reflux is caused by acid. Reflux means that it comes back up into your throat from your stomach. And because your throat and oesophagus are not meant to have to deal with acidic conditions, you can feel it as a burning sensation. You don’t feel the acid in your stomach because it is well equipped to deal with the acid and you don’t even notice that your stomach is full of acid - until it decides to come back up that is!

Unfortunately, when you get an excess of acid in your stomach, then some of the acid contents can be released back up the oesophagus. That is the awful burning sensation that you feel. This can be caused by overeating, or just having too much acid in your diet or by stress.

Our modern diets can have a little too much acid for our own good. The first step, if you have acid reflux is to look at what you are eating. If this is the first time you have had it, then maybe that meal you had last night might be to blame. If you have it on a regular basis then it might be a good idea to keep a food diary for a while to see where the acid has started to creep in. Acid occurs in some fruits and drinks. Some food can also be harder to digest, or if you eat more than normal, then more acid is produced in your stomach.

Next, we can add calming things to our diets to help calm the acidic conditions. The opposite of acidic is alkaline. And luckily, many food items which are just as good for us are alkaline. Fruits such as figs, apples and bananas can help in the condition and also a chocolate - taken in moderation can help to overcome the acidity. It’s not s bad after all!

In summary then, acid reflux disease is commonly characterized by heartburn or a burning sensation in the chest which usually occurs after a meal or when lying down on your back. acid reflux disease may also complicate the voice box, and the throat causing them to inflame. It is certainly a serious medical condition.

Fortunately many cases, even severe ones, of acid reflux disease can be minimized or totally eliminated simply by making sure to include routine common items into the daily diet. For innocence, there are actually served in types of apples that can be included in your ordinary diet and eating just a couple of slices at a time that are extremely effective in eliminating the pain and discomfort of acid reflux disease.

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Stop Snoring Home Remedy - Does it Work?

Flowers — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 08:48:53 +0000

by Siegfried Spink

Solutions to snoring have been around since “adam was a boy”. snoring can cause a sleeping problem for the partner or significant other of the person with an excessive snoring issue. With a little digging, such as searching the internet, the one suffering from the excessive snoring can find a number of solutions to the problems associated with snoring. Many are simple home remedies.

Shedding any extra weight is one way that can help with snoring. There is a linkage between snoring and obesity and one way to stop snoring is to lose those pounds. Generally speaking your health will improve also.

Before you go to bed at night it is important you avoid alcohol. Those who drink too much booze before they go to sleep normally snore more than others. If you find that you’ve only got a snoring problem when you’ve drank alcohol, this may be the solution you’ve been looking for.

If you are a smoker, stopping smoking is the best way to stop snoring. Studies have shown that many more smokers snore than do non smokers, given no other underlying medical condition. It is hard to breathe normally as smoking irritates the air passageways as well as creating excess congestion and mucous.

As well as snoring being a nuisance it could be a sign of a medical problem. You can always try strips or a humidifier, but if all fails, do consult a qualified medical practitioner. In order to get to the bottom of the problem your doctor needs to know your history and your patterns from you and your partner. For example, a simple operation may be the answer if the doctor decides that your snoring is caused by restrictions in your air supply.

It is worth noting that your health may rely upon seeing the doctor for a total checkup if you’re unable to stop this problem on your own. When you see a doctor, it’s a good idea to be accompanied by someone who’s witnessed the snoring. You may find it difficult to answer all the questions about the snoring. The chances are you don’t know how or when you are snoring, but somebody who has seen you can explain on your behalf.

A lack of sleep may cause a serious medical issue. When your body is not given the right amount of time to recharge fully, you will not be very effective in daytime and could even fall asleep when it would be danderous to do that. Snoring can actually be a far more serious concern than most people would believe.

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A Diet for Lupus with Nutritional Healing

Flowers — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 10:11:05 +0000

by Janice Holmes, Cathy Wiggins

I Was Told ‘Come Back When You’re Worse and I’ll Put You on Steroids’

Several years ago I was diagnosed with lupus. I could barely get out of bed or walk, had a hard time holding a glass of juice due to joint pain, suffered from all over body muscle aches, endured a constant low grade fever, and itched uncontrollably on my arms with skin rash. My life as I new it, was over. I was petrified.

On my first (and last) visit to the rheumatologist I asked what I could do to support my health or to avoid a worsening my lupus symptoms. She casually responded ‘Come back when you’re worse and I’ll put you on steroids’. Straining to get some kind of supportive information I mustered up a question about diet and if there were foods I should eat or avoid. Her response was, ‘continue to eat whatever you want, it won’t make a difference’.

After one more question trying to get something useful to work with, I realized I was on my own and this so called ’specialist’ wasn’t going to help. In an internal fit of rage toward aloof attitude I decided then and there I would find a lupus cure, (and never to endure that ’specialist’ again). I did. I don’t have lupus anymore.

If Diet Matters When You Are Well, It Matters a lot More When Youre Ill!

As someone who has healed Lupus, I often get asked about the importance of diet. Many people tell me that their doctor also told them diet doesn’t matter. To that I ask you to consider ‘does what you eat matter even when you are healthy’? Of course it does, and it’s far more important when you’re suffering from ill health!!

In fact, diet matters so much that there are several testimonies of other lupus sufferers who have healed from diet alone. Other serious issues diet has been responsible for eliminating also include chronic fatigue syndrome, fibromyalgia, migraines, allergies, heart disease, cancer, diabetes, M.S., and asthma to name just a few.

A diet for lupus is a powerful way to support your health, reduce inflammation and pain, and provide your body with what it needs to begin to heal. (For more information on my story, and other modalities of healing such as supplements and energy medicine in addition to an essential lupus diet, please visit my site listed below).

Below are the top 7 lupus diet do’s and lupus diet don’ts you need to know to support your healing.

The 7 Top Lupus Diet Don’ts 1. Do not drink alcohol, pop (a.k.a. soda for those in the U.S.!), energy drinks, or other ‘acidic’ non-healthy drinks, including treated or public drinking water facilities. 2. Do not eat processed foods, or foods with unhealthy preservatives such as MSG (which include most foods in the centre isles of big box food chains). 3. Do not eat red meat. A little fish such as salmon is great, and chicken. For some even these may trigger flares, so be cognisant of how it makes you feel. 4. Avoid fatty foods, (such as mono saturated fats, trans-fats, saturated fats, and some polyunsaturated omega 6 fats) found in commonly baked, fried and junk foods. 5. Avoid the 4 white foods, including salt, sugar, white flour (refined carbohydrates and starches) and dairy. 6. Avoid spicy foods. Spices are known to trigger flares. 7. Avoid artificial sweeteners. These are toxic and by many believe it to even induce disease (I agree). There is no viable reason to use this product and they do not help you lose weight.

The 7 Top Lupus Diet Do’s

1. Eat a diet that mostly consists of simple, natural whole foods such as fruits and vegetables in its raw form. 2. Eat easy to digest foods, such as soaked almonds, soups, fruit/veggie smoothies, and salads based on natural, raw ingredients. 3. Be sure to drink at least 8 glasses of water throughout the day. This supports the elimination of toxic build up in the body, and a faulty digestive process common with lupus sufferers. 4. Support your body by supplementing with digestive enzymes and probiotics. Most lupus patients are not absorbing their food and nutrients properly and need extra enzymes to support the healing process. 5. You must consume enough essential fatty acid (EFA’s), or supplement with it. This will support you in reducing inflammation and therefore reducing pain and avoiding flares. 6. Avoid foods that cause food sensitivities or allergies. You must be tested for this in order to be sure of your bodies specific needs. Some tests do not indicate food sensitivities (such as to sugar, salt, etc.), so keep a journal of your body’s reactions to foods. 7. Eat a varied diet, rich with alkaline, anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory foods. Always clean your food well, (including organic foods).

The above lists are the foundational principles your diet for lupus must follow. There are many, many other ‘to do’s’ of lupus diet and nutrition that can and will support your body’s homeostasis and the healing process.

As you’ve probably learned, your doctor is not going to provide you with a healing regime to cure lupus, so you must find a way to work with your body and support its ability to heal naturally. There are many, alternative therapies for lupus that help reduce your lupus symptoms, even reverse them altogether. Your diet for lupus should be the first line of defense.

Some of the benefits you will soon experience from a lupus diet include:

Reduced inflammation, pain and swelling Decreased muscle pain, tissue damage and strain on organs Significantly increased energy and stamina Increased mobility Reduced body fat Relief of constipation, bloating and irregularities Improved memory and cognitive functioning … To name just a few!

There is no question what we eat affects how we feel physically, emotionally and spiritually, and how well our immune system functions in order to help us heal. Support yourself with highly nourishing foods that work with your body and immune system, not against it. A car can run on dirty oil only so long before it burns out. Don’t let that happen to your body.

The body is better able to heal itself when you eat foods that support the immune system and the healing process, and avoid food that interferes with it.

Remember, healing lupus is possible. Learn how to implement the appropriate lupus recovery diet, supplements, and other natural modalities that will support the healing process by visiting my site at Healing-Lupus.com

About the Author:

Stacey Becker is the author of I Don’t Have Lupus Anymore at Healing-Lupus.com . It is a true story about how she healed Lupus and how you can too. The book is a practical guide with a holistic approach to healing that addresses Lupus diet do’s and don’ts, nutrition, supplements, plus many other self healing approaches helpful in reversing disease through natural means.