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Factors That Trigger The Migraine Attack 0

Posted on February 28, 2009 by admin

There are several factors accelerating or triggering the migraine attack. Some of these are as follows:

  • Disturbance in sleep-wake cycle
  • Missing a meal
  • Delaying a meal
  • Some specific foods
  • Frequent consumption of medications for headache
  • Exposure to bright lights
  • Sunlight and fluorescent lights
  • Watching TV in excess
  • Excessive noise
  • Stress
  • Depression

Some foods that are identified as possibly triggering migraine are:

  • Dairy products
  • Chocolates
  • Eggs
  • Citrus fruits
  • Meat (beef, pork, chicken, turkey and fish)
  • Wheat
  • Nuts
  • Tomatoes
  • Onions
  • Corn
  • Apples
  • Bananas
  • Aalcohol
  • Artificial sweeteners
  • Caffeine

Who Should Opt For Laser Tooth Bleaching? 1

Posted on February 28, 2009 by admin

A healthy smile represents a healthy mind and a healthy body, but for some reason one may not be able to have healthy smile even having a healthy body and a mind. It’s nothing other than yellow and or stained teeth.

There’s a variety of teeth whitening, and Laser Tooth Bleaching is one of the fastest whitening techniques. Although it’s a good way to get white and clean teeth quickly, but should everyone go for it? Certainly not!

Consider laser tooth bleaching only if stains do not respond to regular whitening gel, and if the stains gone gray or very dark. You can also opt for Lase Tooth Bleaching if the stains are caused by tetracycline and other medication.

Smoking Causes Sleep Snoring 0

Posted on February 28, 2009 by admin

Many times the diseases or condition are too complicated, with their causes hidden, that we cant identify those even while they’re our routine activities.

Sleep snoring is one of very unpleasant conditions, and only those people know its unpleasant effect who happen to hear it. Sleep snoring in many cases is the result of respiratory problems. So, the most important is to identify the factors that cause respiratory problems. According to researches, one of the most damaging, but avoidable causes for respiratory problems and snoring is habitual smoking.

Cigarette doesn’t only damage your lungs, but causes damage to the throat, sinuses and also causes inflammation in the nasal passages. This creates the unpleasant sleep snoring. If you’re a habitual smoker and are suffering from sleep snoring as well, get rid of this habit to have a pleasant sleep.

How Gestational Diabetes Effect Your Baby? 3

Posted on February 28, 2009 by admin

Gestational diabetes is the type of diabetes pregnant women suffer from. It affects the mother in late pregnancy, when the baby’s body has been formed. At this stage baby is busy growing only so gestational diabetes doesn’t cause the kinds of birth defects.

Although it doesn’t cause any defect, but remaining untreated or poorly controlled, gestational diabetes can hurt the baby in some other ways. Gestational diabetes sufferers happen to have pancreas working overtime to produce insulin. Insulin does not lower the blood glucose levels and so, the extra blood glucose goes through the placenta, giving the baby high blood glucose levels. This way the baby’s pancreas makes extra insulin to get rid of the blood glucose.

In a nut shell, baby is getting more energy than it needs to grow and develop, the extra energy is stored as fat, that causes many other malfunctioning or diseases. For instance, the extra stored fats can also cause ‘macrosomia’, or a “fat” baby. Such babies are also vulnerable to damage to their shoulders during birth, and breathing problems, and above all they are at risk for type 2 diabetes.



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