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Thyroid It's a small, butterfly-shaped endocrine gland located at the base of your neck just below the Adam’s apple. The endocrine system is responsible for coordinating many of your body’s activities. The thyroid gland manufactures hormones that regulate your body’s metabolism. Several different disorders can arise when your thyroid produces too much hormone (hyperthyroidism) or not enough (hypothyroidism). Six common disorders of the thyroid are Hashimoto’s thyroiditis, Graves’ disease, goiter, hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism and thyroid nodules. Hyperthyroidism In hyperthyroidism, the thyroid gland is overactive. It produces too much of its hormone. Hyperthyroidism affects about 1 percent of women. It’s less common in men. symptoms - Excessive thyroid hormone production leads to symptoms suchas restlessness, nervousness, racing heart, irritability, increased sweating, shaking, anxiety, trouble sleeping, thin skin, brittle hair and nails, muscle weakness, weight loss ...

  Heart is a empty, muscular, spongy, shaped like a fist, placed behind the sternum bone, between the two lungs, slightly to the left side in a triangular tilt. It works like a pump, whose pumping motion makes blood flow into the arteries which carry it throughout the body to each cell and come back to the heart, flowing through veins. thus the heart circulates blood in the whole body. When your heart isn’t working well, it has trouble sending enough blood, oxygen and nutrients to your body. There are variety of issues that can affect your heart. You can have trouble with different parts of your heart, like your heart muscles, valves or electrical system. Lifestyle changes and medications can keep your heart healthy and lower your chances of getting heart disease. Symptoms of heart disease:- Sudden excessive sweating, palpitation, heaviness in the chest, difficulty in breathing feeling of suffocation, nausea, vomiting, Vertigo or unconsciousness, burning sensation in the stomach, h...

  Intoxication of any substance is bad. It destroys an individual. Hence it is very important to stay away from intoxication and if one does addicted then, he should try every possible method to get away from its clutch. An addict can never be healthy or happy addiction. Addiction is like cutting one’s own feet with an axe. Intoxication numbs the nerves and makes the addict sleepy. The brain becomes inactive, the tongue thickens, there’s a loss of taste and the mouth does not open enough. The kidneys too get damaged. Cough and cold increase; and cavities fasten the process of loss of teeth.   In a young age one feels old, and speech slows down. Impotency is caused by intoxicants. The nervous system including the sensory nerves becomes inactive. There is lack of vitality and the addict slowly and gradually surrenders moving on the path to self-destruction. Family and social life also are affected by a life of addiction. Problems begin to brew within the family members ...

FOOD Food is an essential part of everyone’s lives. It gives us the energy and nutrients to grow and develop, be healthy and active, to move, work, play, think and learn. For the nourishment of body and fulfilling the deficiencies of the body therein, intake of food is essential. By improving the diet all diseases can be treated. That is why it is said that food is medicine. The person is said to be intelligent who take proper food for a healthy and long life and gives up whatever is harmful to his body. The kind of food we take will determine the state of our body and mind. By consuming seasonal fruits and vegetables our body remains free from diseases because nature has grown them keeping in view the requirement of that particular season and place. Rules of food Eat only when you feel hungry. Eat only as much as would satisfy your hunger. Unless the first morsel is fully chewed do not take the second one. In one meal do not take too many food prod...

DIABITIES Diabities mellitus (DM), commonly referred to as diabities. Diabities mellitus is a disease that prevents your body from properly using the energy from the food you eat, It is a group of metabolic disorders in which there are high blood sugar levels over a prolonged period. Diabities is due to either the pancreas not producing enough insulin, or the cells of the body not responding properly to the insulin produced. This diseases takes hold of the person gradually. For years patient remains oblivious of the diseases. Causes Constant cons umptio n of heavy, oily, and sweet products, Family history of diabities or inherited tendency, Lack of physical work, Being overweight (obesity), Excess of mental work, Indigestion, Worries, Agitation, Physical stress (such as surgery or illness) , Use of certain medications, including steroids and blood pressure medications . Injury to the pancreas (such as infection, tumour, su...

Obesity is a medical condition in which excess body fat has accumulated to the extent that it may have a negative effect on health. People are generally considered obese when their body mass index (BMI) , a measurement obtained by dividing a person’s height, is over 30 kg/m 2 ,   with the range 25-30 kg/m 2   defined as overweight. It is not a diseases itself but opens doors for many other diseases like diabetes, blood pressure, heart disease, ulcer, certain type of cancer, depression, paralysis, skin trouble, sleeplessness, arthritis, asthma, sterility, impotency, etc. Causes Obesity is most commonly caused by a combination of excessive food intake, too much sleeping, habit of keep seated, eating of fatty food, maida, sweets, salty, tea, coffee, betel, tobacco, tension, lack of physical activity, disorder of endocrine glands, excessive medication and genetic susceptibility. Treament Of Obesity Dietery Changes Reducing calories and practicing healthie...