Diseases conditions and symptoms

What you need to know about type 2 diabetes - risk factors, causes, conventional and alternative treatment

Almost half a billion patients have been reported to have diabetes as of 2019, representing as many as 9.3% of the world's population. Diabetes has three most common varieties: type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes (in pregnancy). In this article, we will consider type 2 diabetes in more detail - causes, symptoms, treatment, lifestyle.

Traditional Chinese medicine and the treatment of COVID-19

According to a study published by Chinese scientists in the International Journal of Biological Sciences, 85% of coronavirus patients in China are also given traditional Chinese medicine, which includes components of natural origin. One of the beneficial effects of this method is associated with relieving the severe side effects of conventional treatment of the disease.

New treatments of multiple sclerosis in Europe. Bonus: herbal remedies

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a disease that affects the central nervous system - the brain and spinal cord. Тhe immune system attacks and destroys the protective myelin sheath of the nerves, and this in turn disrupts the communication between the brain and the other parts of the body.

15 immunity booster foods and herbs

It is best to take vitamins in a natural way - with food. A change in diet can strengthen a person's immunity. It is no coincidence that there are specific diets for people with diabetes, hypertension, some diseases associated with immunodeficiency.

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) - causes, symptoms and treatment

The term spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) refers to a group of genetic diseases that affect motor neurons and lead to progressive muscle degeneration and weakness. The first cases were described as early as 1891 by two scientists independently of each other. For this reason, the disease is named after them and can be found as Wernick-Hoffmann disease. It is worth noting that under this name is usually understood the most severe form of the disease, since the cases described at the time were precisely such. It was not until the 1950s that lighter forms of the disease were discovered and described.

What is thalassemia - types, symptoms and treatment

Thalassemia is a rare genetic inherited blood disease in which the body does not produce enough of the hemoglobin protein. It is an essential part of red blood cells and is responsible for the transfer of oxygen between individual tissues in the body.

Study shows that vitamin D protects against acute respiratory infections

A study published in the BMJ in 2017 presented the results of a meta-analysis on the impact of vitamin D on acute respiratory tract infections. Overall, these results show a protective effect, especially in those who receive the vitamin as a supplement every day or once a week. The strongest protective effect of vitamin D intake was observed in those who otherwise suffered from a serious vitamin deficiency (below 25 nmol/l).

Why a pandemic like COVID-19 won't be the last

Although epidemics have occurred throughout human history, at the moment they seem to be gaining strength. In the last 20 years alone, coronaviruses have caused three major outbreaks worldwide. Even more worryingly, the interval between these three pandemics is small. Suresh V Kuchipudi is a virologist and assistant director of the Animal Diagnostics Laboratory at Penn State University, which studies zoonotic viruses. Zoonotic disease is what can be transmitted from pets to humans. He observed that most of the pandemics have something in common, namely that they always start in Asia or Africa, and we do not realize the reasons that provoke them. With this material we will consider the analysis of the virologist.

What we need to know about herpes

Herpes simplex virus is categorized into two types: HSV1 and HSV2. Both cause the appearance of unpleasantly painful skin lesions, better known as ordinary herpes. HSV1 infection is most often transmitted by air-drip and leads to the appearance of herpes on the lips (labes).

Gastritis - symptoms, conventional and herbal remedies

Gastritis is an acute or chronic disease of the digestive tract, which is characterized by inflammation of the mucous membrane of the stomach. What are the causes, how to recognize the symptoms, is there a treatment and what diet to follow?