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Joint Pain

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Ignoring joint pain, will cost you nothing but harm People always undermine their pain on the pretext of having the capacity to bear it or just because they consider it to be a stress related pain. I have come across many cases where the patients considered consulting a doctor or going for an over the counter medication only when the pain became excruciating. A delay in starting medication for joint pain may aggravate the injury to the joints and the damage done may become intractable. As a doctor, I would suggest people not to ignore recurrent joint pain and start an over the counter medication immediately if they do not wish to go for surgeries or are wary of using drugs which have side effects. Joint pain is one of the common ailments affecting humans. It may be a result of problems related to the joint. Certain problems affecting the joint, including inflammation, cartilage degeneration, crystal deposition, infection, and trauma, can cause joint pain. Joint pain can be a result of ...

How to prevent Heart Disease?

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Everyone wants to improve their health. You should always keep in mind that whatever actions you do today can either help to prevent, delay or minimize the effect of heart disease or worsen it. The key is to control the risk factors. You cannot control every risk factor for heart disease such as family history, but you can definitely do something about your behavior. Age and gender also influence your risk of heart disease. Whatever your education, jobs and profession you should understand your lifestyle. It’s important to know your daily habit. Are you a social drinker or a social smoker? Smoking and drinking too much alcohol is very bad and disturbs your heart. Smoking can cause you lung cancer and respiratory abnormalities. Also, excessive alcohol consumption can cause cirrhosis, an irreversible (it cannot be healed) liver disease that can disturb or even damage your liver and its functions.  Where are you going for lunch? Your daily food and beverages is important ke...

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