Archive for July, 2011
Breast and Muscle pain after Sunburn
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Sunburn is one of the most common problems that people suffer from especially during summers. When you go fishing or plan to enjoy your holiday with your family at a well-known beach resort, you increase your chances of getting sunburned. Even though sunburn is seldom fatal, people are known to suffer from serious problems because of sunburn. Also, people who suffer from sunburn in their adolescence or childhood are more like to develop melanoma later in life.
Some women who suffer from sunburn may also suffer from excessive pain in their muscles and breast. Pain is muscle is usually caused when a person sweats a great deal when exposed to sun or during tanning. Usually the pain the muscles and breast will subside with time. However, if you still feel the pain after a few hours, it best you move to a cool area. Also, you can drink replacement fluids to compensate for the loss of moisture from the body.
At times, the pain in the muscles and breast can be unbearable and it is best that you consult a doctor if the symptoms don’t go away even after fluid levels have been restored. You must contact the doctor immediately if the following conditions develop:
- If the person who is affected by sunburn is not able to drink fluids because they are vomiting or suffer from nausea.
- If the person is suffering from more severe symptoms like vomiting, headache, fever and shortness of breath.
The doctor will analyze the condition of the patient and will usually suggest IV fluid rehydration. However, if the doctor feels that condition of the patient is not serious they may suggest oral rehydration.
Affects of Diet and Nutrition on Diabetes
Diabetes is a lifestyle disease that has affected more than 220 million people in the world. Every year more than 3.4 million people died due to high blood sugar. In this article, we have looked at the role your diet and nutrition plays in controlling and even reversing the affects of diabetes.
One of the key causes of Type-2 diabetes is obesity that can be controlled by making changes in the diet and by exercising regularly. The nutritional goal of the suffering from diabetes must be aimed at reducing blood pressure, improving the blood lipoprotein profiles, maintaining normal blood glucose levels and improving blood lipid profile.
Recent research has shown that excess fatty deposits in the body can disturb the functioning of major organs in the body like kidney, liver and pancreas which can play a major role in development of type-2 diabetes. Fatty deposits in the body can also interfere with essential metabolic functions of the body like storage of glucose the production of insulin.
According to a study conducted by experts this condition can be reversed if a person reduces the calorie content in their diet. When people reduce their calorie content, the excess fat that is deposited in the pancreas is removed and normal secretion of insulin is restored. Experts believed that this study has helped in proving that Type-2 diabetes can not only be controlled but can also be reversed.
Apart from reducing one’s calorie intake, there are several other dietary changes that a person must make to control their diabetes. People must reduce their intake of cholesterol, saturated fat and sodium as it will in reducing hypertension in people who suffer from diabetes. People should also make changes in their carbohydrate intake as it will help in management of blood glucose. When making changes in one’s diet plan, it is important that one includes foods with low Glycemic Index (GI). Foods with low Glycemic Index (GI) help in slow release of carbohydrates with can help in reducing the blood sugar levels. Also, increasing the fiber content in food can help improving the responses of insulin and glycemic.
People must also include antioxidants like black and green tea polyphenols, garlic oil, grapefruit extract narigenin and broccoli extracts as in helps in reducing oxidative stress that is associated with diabetes. Also, people must increase their mineral and vitamin D intake as it can help them manage their diabetes. Deficiencies in minerals like zinc, potassium and magnesium can increase carbohydrate intolerance.
