Showing posts with label People. Show all posts
Showing posts with label People. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

People with Bulimia

The female population makes up a large percentage of people who suffer from bulimia. Those who are mostly affected are the ones in the late stages of adolescence. Of course, not all bulimics come from these specified groups or classifications.

What is bulimia?

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Bulimia is an eating disorder. Bulimics are afraid that they are not thin enough. They are extremely conscious of their bodies and how they might be carrying around excess fat. People who have bulimia often indulge themselves in binge eating, or taking in huge quantities of food within a short period of time. However, after these binges, they often disappear to the bathroom to purge their bodies of the food that they have just ingested. In purging their bodies, they often resort to self-induced vomiting.

What are the characteristics of people with bulimia?

The effects of bulimia are often felt after a long period of time. Bulimics often suffer from complications that arise from the illness itself. Due to the lack of nutrition and sustenance in their bodies, people with bulimia are mostly malnourished and look unhealthily thin. They have a skewed self-image, feeling that they are too fat, when in fact, they are not. Other bulimics also suffer from a nagging sore throat that doesn't improve over time, very low blood pressure, swollen glands in the throat and mouth area, tooth decay, dizziness, weakness, cramps, pain in the chest and abdomen and variety of other problems.

Who are some famous people who struggled with bulimia?

Anyone can suffer from bulimia. Famous people such as the late Princess Diana suffered from this condition. She claimed that the condition actually started during her troubled marriage with Prince Charles. Another person with bulimia is the author and comedian Joan Rivers. She developed the disorder right after the tragic death and suicide of her husband. Fitness expert Jane Fonda also suffered from bulimia.

People with Bulimia

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Saturday, October 29, 2011

5 Reasons Why People Fail at Using CPAP

CPAP therapy is considered the gold standard for treating sleep apnea. It is a machine that uses a mask of some type to deliver a specific pressure of air to help keep the airway open. The problem with CPAP therapy is that it does take getting used to in order to be successful in using it nightly. There are some very specific reasons that people fail to be able to adjust to it and there a definitely ways to overcome these obstacles to be successful and feel better.

There is a lack of communication. Many patients are afraid they are disturbing someone if they call when they are having issues with their CPAP. The truth is that if you want to be successful using your machine you need to communicate your issues with a professional. Depending on who you are working with you should call your doctor, the company that set up the machine or the sleep lab who performed your study. There can be many issues but if no one knows you are having problems then the problem can not be fixed. You have the wrong mask. If you had a sleep study where they fit you with a mask you must remember that you were only there for a short time. A mask might seem right during the study but may not fit as well at home. You may also find that although the mask is good the first couple of night after wearing it for a week it may not be as comfortable. In most cases insurance will pay for a change of mask during the first 2-4 weeks after your machine is delivered. This may not be true for those who have an HMO where the insurance company may dictate which mask you are given. In those cases it may benefit you to purchase a mask that might fit you better. It may cost you but it will be worth it in the end. Also those who have sensitive spots from the mask may benefit from having two masks to rotate through to change the pressure point. You do not use the humidifier. Many patients think that the humidifier is an optional piece of equipment but it is not. It is essential that you use the humidifier and that you set it to the appropriate setting. In the winter you will need more humidification then during the summer due to the air being dryer. If you do not get enough humidity you will find your mouth, nose and sinuses will get sore, swollen. You may also find that you will develop a stuffy nose due to the welling of the nasal tissue and the increase of mucus being secreted to deal with it. The pressure is too high or too low. The goal of the sleep lab is to find the lowest pressure needed to eliminate most of your respiratory events. However, just because they achieved a final pressure does not mean that it is the best pressure for you. Remember you are only in the sleep lab for one night and it is not the optimal sleep conditions. You are wearing wires, sleeping in a strange bed and it is usually the first time you have ever tried on a CPAP mask. The pressure achieved may be a little high or a little low. It may be that you need a higher pressure then you can handle. No matter what the issue there are certain procedures that must be followed before lowering the pressure. You will probably be asked to try a different mask. This is to see if the issue is not pressure but comfort. You may then have to see the sleep specialist before he is willing to turn you pressure down. This is because he is ultimately responsible for making sure your care is the best you can receive. You did not give yourself enough time. This is long term therapy. That means you will be using this equipment for a long time. So give yourself a little time to get used to it. For the first few days if you feel uncomfortable wearing it at night. Put it on while you are sitting in your recliner in the living room. Wear it for about an hour. Get used to it. Then increase your time wearing it. Usually be the end of the first one or two weeks you should be ready to sleep with it.

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CPAP therapy is an important part of keeping you healthy if you have sleep apnea. Giving up before you give the therapy some time will do nothing to improve your health and in the long run can have very serious consequences. Remember your doctor and the people who have worked with you want you to be successful.

5 Reasons Why People Fail at Using CPAP

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Thursday, October 13, 2011

Why Pressure Care Products Are Vital For People Needing Care

Pressure sores are often most common when the person is lying down for long stretches of time, possibly due to illness, long term conditions or if they are entering the final stages of life, but there is no doubt that they can be extremely painful and uncomfortable if they become quite aggressive.

The areas that bed sores are often most common include:

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• Buttocks
• Heels
• Hips
• Inside of ankles
• Inside of knees
• Elbows
• Shoulders

Hospitals and care homes often grade pressure sores on a scale of 1 - 4, with 1 being the least severe and 4 being one of the most painful sores and also one of the most dangerous in terms of possible long term effects.

Pressure sores are one of the most common issues that can arise from long term hospitalisation or periods in care homes, especially for people that struggle to move around easily or are bed ridden due to various complaints and illness. When patients and people needing care lose or begin losing the ability to move around with ease, pressure sores can become one of the most painful conditions to affect the patient.

Pressure sores can lead to many complications, but the most obvious are immense pain and infection.

If the infection happens in a hospital environment then we all know the dangers, but even the smallest infection at home can quickly develop into something much more serious. Many people just see pressure sores as an inconvenience, which they undoubtedly are, but they can become something much more worrying if they are left untreated.

Pressure care products can be a vital resource when it comes to preventing pressure sores as they can act as a barrier between the patient and the bed, meaning that you can help to prevent pressure sores occurring even if the patient does lack the mobility to move around freely and with such ease.

Pressure care products are traditionally made of foam or are air filled, but the latest design uses micro beads which are proving to be a turning point in pressure care products.

This unique design and technology tends to be far more efficient when it comes to preventing the sores occurring, because the beads roll around with the body and skin, rather than just acting like a pillow, moving in the same direction as the body, preventing shearing. The skin becomes thinner as we get older, increasing the risk of pressure areas.

Why Pressure Care Products Are Vital For People Needing Care

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Thursday, September 1, 2011

Empower Yourself - Learn How Some People Are Getting Healthy by Drinking Enagic Kangen Water

Let us be clear: Enagic Kangen Water is not a cure for anything. You my be asking what does Kangen Water do? What Kangen Water does is it helps to put your body back in balance and allows your body to do what it was naturally designed to do "heal itself." If your body is in an alkaline state disease cannot survive; disease cannot thrive in an alkaline body. Bottom line: Enagic Kangen Water "neutralize and balance a chronic over-acid state. Chronic over-acidity is the underlying cause of many disease, including pain, and inflammation" this is according to the Kangen Research Report.

The following are a few success stories my family and fiends have experienced as a result of drinking Engagic Kangen Water:

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Cancer: My niece was diagnosed with cervical cancer this past spring May 2009. When she went to the doctor she was told it was in stage two and the doctor recommended chemotherapy treatment. Now for those of you who are not familiar with chemotherapy and radiation treatment and what it does: chemotherapy poisons and destroys both rapidly-growing cancer cells and healthy cells. It can also cause damage to organs. Radiation burns, scars, damages healthy cells along with cancer cells.

Needless to say, she refused the treatment. She was determined to fight these disobedient cells (essentially that is what cancer is) naturally giving her body the proper food, exercise, and water (FEW). She made this decision because she realized the body is designed to heal itself, if it is given the proper nourishment. Perhaps, a week before her first follow-up visit with her doctor, she met with her friend's step mom. Her friend's step mom is a Holistic Health Practitioner. She gave my niece a list of herbal supplements to take and she also gave her two gallons of Enagic Kangen ionized water to drink. Approximately, a month after her initial visit to her doctor, my niece had a follow-up visit and the cancer had progressed to stage three.

Although, the news she received from her doctor was discouraging, it did not deter my niece from using the holistic approach. Therefore, for the next four weeks my niece drank Kangan Water, exercised, ate healthy (experts recommend 80% of our diet should be fresh, organic fruits and vegetables, raw if possible), and took her herbal supplements. When she returned to the doctor for her second follow-up visit the doctor was amazed; the cancer had regressed. This resulted in the doctor clipping a small area where the cancer was and today she is "cancer free" because her body is in an alkaline state.

High Pressure: My sister empowered herself when she drastically lowered her blood pressure by drinking a few glasses of Kangen Water straight out of the machine. My sister has had high blood pressure the majority of her adult life. Her blood pressure reading would range from 170 over 80 to 170 over 80. These readings were with blood pressure medication. Well, how about we purchased an Enagic Kangen Water ionizer machine and the morning it was set up, she drank a few glasses of 9.5 pH water from the machine. She went to a funeral that afternoon later in the same day she went to her appointment with her doctor. Well, amazing to her and her doctor her blood pressure reading was 126 over 70. The only thing she could contribute such a good blood pressure reading to was the Kangen Water she drank earlier that day.

Diabetes: My sister shared Kangen Water 9.5 with a friend who has been a diabetic for several years. Her friend takes her shots in her stomach several times a day to regulate her blood sugar level; however, she expressed a desire to get off of her diabetes medication. Thus, my sister's friend started drinking the 9.5 Kangen Water along with injecting herself with her medication. This brought her blood sugar level down immediately so my sister started giving her 8.5 pH level because she wanted a gradual decrease in her friend's sugar level. My sister's friend is currently drinking 8.5 pH Kangen water, monitoring her blood sugar level, and adjusting her medication. She makes adjustments to her medication according to her blood sugar level reading and how she feels. Eventually, she will be off her diabetes medication. The Kangen Research report stated, "according to peer reviewed scientific studies that have been performed in well respected universities and hospitals around the world drinking Kangen Water can normalize blood sugar and insulin." This is in addition to a litany of other aliments drinking Kangen Water can assist the body with "healing itself."

Skin ulcers (open sores/wounds): Skin ulcers are breaks in the layers of skin that fail to heal. They may be accompanied by inflammation. Sometimes they do not heel and become chronic. This is most common in the elderly. Diabetics are of special risk for foot ulcers.

I empowered my 79 year old former neighbor to take control of his health when I shared some Kangen Water with him. I gave him two gallons of 9.5 pH to drink and four bottles of 2.5 pH strong acidic Kangen ionized water to spray on his skin ulcer. He had this skin ulcer for about a year and was being treated by his doctor. He told me he did not know why this two to three inch deep sore developed; he said it was extremely painful, and infection ran out of it, so he had to keep it bandaged. I did not have the heart to look at it; all I wanted was to get it healed. Subsequently, I started sharing the water with him. First, I gave him 9.5 Kangen Water to drink and then about two weeks later, I gave him 2.5 strong acidic, ionized water. I asked him to spray this water on the leg sore. While drinking the water he told me he felt better, had more energy, was sleeping better, and was more regular. Then, a week after giving him the 2.5 strong acidic ionized water to spray on the leg ulcer he said, "the score was not as painful and it had stop running and he no longer keep it bandaged." Approximately, two weeks after that he said it was healing and three weeks later when I finally mustered up enough nerve to look at the leg ulcer, it was healed. There was no a sore there, the only thing at that time I saw was a white patch of skin where his color had not returned. This was simply amazing.

Slow Down or Reverse Aging Process (Antioxidant)

According to Dr. Jhon, "the outward signs of aging are just an indicator of what is also happening on the inside of the body." Studies have shown that "water content of the body decreases with age, producing a visible wrinkling and withering effect."

My 72 year old mother has been drinking Kangen Water for about 5 or 6 months. She drinks approximately one gallon or more a day. She loves it and even bathes and shampoos her hair in the beauty water (pH 5.5). How about my sister was walking behind our mother recently and noticed her natural hair color is replacing her gray hair in the back of head. I knew this was possible and have heard of this happening with another person drinking the water. Recently, I went out to dinner with two friends (both Enagic Kangen Water distributors). One of my friends shared with us that she has a friend whose hair was completely gray; however, after drinking the water for about two years for health reasons her friend's hair is now growing back to its natural color. She also pulled her hair back and showed us how the roots of her hair are reversing back to its natural color. Amazingly, I could not believe my friend's age when she told us she was 62 years old.   She does not have a wrinkle on her face, her skin is tight and clear, her hair is dark; she is slim; mind sharp and alert, and she is extremely vibrant.  

Remarkably, these are not your common every day results from drinking water; however, Enagic Kangen Water is not your typical every day tap, bottled, or alkaline water. Empower yourself try Enagic Kangen Water improve your health and create your own success story.       

Empower Yourself - Learn How Some People Are Getting Healthy by Drinking Enagic Kangen Water

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