Tag: symptoms

The Essential Guide to Arthritis: Symptoms, Causes, Treatments, and Natural Approaches

Arthritis is a joint disorder that is the most common cause of disability in the United States, with approximately 50 million adults and 300,000 children affected by it. It typically involves inflammation, swelling, and degeneration of one or more joints and causes pain when the joint moves. Anatomy of a Joint Soft tissues cushion your joints…


[PREMIERING 5/23, 4PM ET] Woman Debilitated 3 Days After Vaccine Dose: Now Suing Biden for Censorship | Facts Matter

3 days after receiving her second dose of the Moderna vaccine, Nikki Holland of Tennessee experienced a debilitating series of symptoms which left her unable to walk, breathe, or eat. And after years of having her condition minimized by doctors, and censored by social media, she tells us her full story. …


Mom Diagnosed With Parkinson’s at 44 Reveals the Lesser-Known Symptoms She Noticed at 26

A mom diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease at 44 has shared the lesser-known symptoms, including loss of smell, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and intolerance to sugar and beer. Donna Marshall, 54, said the side effects, which started in her mid-20s, included a loss of taste and an inability to drink caffeine. Marshall underwent deep brain stimulation surgery in the…


COVID-19 Symptoms Much Worse Than Those of Influenza: Chinese Patients

While a new wave of COVID-19 is sweeping across China, Zhong Nanshan, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, said on Dec. 15 that COVID-19 should be renamed “COVID flu,” as current variant Omicron’s fatality rate “has dropped to a very low [level]” and is equivalent to that of the “seasonal flu,” according to…


5 Steps to Being Your Own ‘Doctor’

In the days of packed hospitals, burned out health care workers, and no legitimate answers to chronic health concerns, it’s time to consider becoming your own doctor. Now, before anyone goes off the deep end and defends the system as the only option to improve your health, let me be clear upfront that the current…


Period Problems: Fibroids, Endometriosis, and Other Issues

Getting your period is a fact of life for most women. But every woman’s period is different. So how do you know if yours is causing problems that it shouldn’t? Many girls and women get cramps, low back pain, fatigue, or discomfort with their periods. But some have pain so bad they miss days of…


13 Things Your Tongue Says About Your Health–Bright-Red Tongue Means See a Doctor

It might come as a surprise to some people that the appearance of our tongues can be indicators of our overall health. The best time to examine your tongue to get the most accurate reading is right after waking up in the morning, before brushing your teeth, sipping any water, or eating anything at all. With…


Therapies That Can Help Ease Long COVID Breathlessness, Fatigue

Occupational therapy or low-impact exercise might be the key to relieving long-haul COVID symptoms like extreme fatigue, breathlessness and brain fog, a pair of new studies from Ireland suggest. The studies reflect two different — in some ways, opposite — approaches to dealing with symptoms that tend to plague long COVID patients. One study taught long COVID…


Do I Have a Hormone Imbalance?

Your body contains chemical messengers called hormones. Your hormones travel throughout your bloodstream to provide organs and tissues with instructions for what they need to do. This is partially how key processes in your body, such as your reproductive system and metabolism, are controlled. When a hormone imbalance occurs, it means your body has too…


Endometriosis: It’s Not Just Painful Periods

Chronic pelvic pain — typically during menstruation — is the most common indication of endometriosis, an incurable inflammatory condition that can cause infertility, an expert says. About 10% of women have the disorder in which tissue that normally lines the uterus grows outside of it and can spread to areas such as the fallopian tubes,…