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In definition, depression is an emotional, physical, and cognitive state, which affects ones feelings, actions and thinking. Often people experiencing depression have a feeling of blue and downheartedness. This condition is regarded as the largest non-fatal burden of diseases. The symptoms of depression are expressed by body feelings, behavioral characteristics and thinking. Loss of interest in pleasurable activities and routine tasks is a common feature on people suffering from this condition. For instance, a person exhibiting depression losses interest in work and leisure activities, which are regarded as important in personal development. In the workplace, there is lack of morale and a social isolation is witnessed when the person tends to detach from the company of the other employees. Another depression symptom is a state of negative thinking and worrying. There is presumably a feeling of negativity and subjective emotions. The worrying is brought about by fear of failure or los...

What is fainting? It is a state of loss of consciousness for a short period. The patient losses mental consciousness and regains it back after a short while. This condition involves lack of firmness of body muscles and this leads to fall of the patient. This is why the condition is sometimes referred to as falling out. Usually persons experiencing fainting attain their normal mental status immediately after awakening characterized by confusion and unable to say what has happened. Fainting can occur in persons of all age. However, the lifestyles people indulge in contribute to the susceptibility to be struck by the condition. Fainting, unless subsequently recurring, should not be viewed as a life threatening condition. Nevertheless, every cautionary measure should be taken especially by the medical personnel to try to establish the main cause of the problem. Where the cause is as a result of abnormal functioning of the heart, then this may be regarded as a serious condition. Nonethele...

What are kidney stones? These are lumps of minerals and other materials that accumulate and form within the kidney or the urinary track. The kidney stones in extreme cases may make the kidney organ to malfunction leading to a condition known as kidney failure. Kidneys can be described as body’s cleansing and purification organs. Through the kidneys, the body toxic waste is excreted. This function of the kidney ensures that body wastes substances do not remain in the body circulation system.  When wastes are retained in the body, they poison the healthy cells, tissues, organs and this advance to affect the entire body system. The result is a weakened function of the body organs due to death of body cells and tissues from toxins. To understand what are kidney stones, it is important to mention that when there is a reduced urine formation and increased minerals and crystalline substances in the urine, this leads to kidney stones. The substances accumulate around the kidney or the ur...

Triggers of depression are many and they range from biochemical effects, family relations, personality, to life stressors. What is depression? Depression is an emotional, physical, and mental state, which affects the feelings, perceptions and thinking of the patient. People experiencing depression usually lack mental concentration. They show disturbances in key behavioral functions such as relating with other people (irritation). There is also lack of confidence and a feeling of being detached and downhearted (social isolation). A number of inter-related factors cause depression and include family relations (people of blood relation) through internal body functions (biochemical effects) to external factors such as stressful life and personality. Hereditary causes are those genetic predispositions, which lead to development of depression. People of the same blood may show certain tendencies of being affected by biochemical (body changes) or external factors such as stress to an extend...

In defining what is toenails fungus, it is an infection, which is caused by dermatophyte fungus that feed on the keratin protein in the skin and the nails. It is also referred to as Onychomycosis. There are estimated 35million people in the US who are infested with the toenail fungus and this is according to the US Department of Health and Human Services. Statistics also show that about 6-8% of the adults have toenails fungus infections and this makes it the most common type of nail abnormalities. Nail fungus signs manifest as; •    Yellow, or yellow-green to dark brown discolorations on the nail surface •    Brittle and flaky nail on the free edges •    Some itches and discomfort •    Grooves and ribbed lines and distortions on the surface of the nail •    Thickened nails with loss of luster •    Changes in the texture of the nail surface with cloudy appearance •    Overgrowt...

Water is a body cleansing agent and helps detox the body of wastes. The role of water in detoxifying the body is often one of the most advanced of the functions of water in the human body. Indeed, water has been termed as a natural medicine and its curative role may not be understood in the layman’s language. Water promotes the natural body defense mechanism. Water in the body enhances the absorption of nutrients and oxygen in the cells. Water intake also increases the rate of chemical and substance excretion from the body through body fluids cleansing. Calcium and other toxins in body are excreted more frequently. Health conditions such as gouty arthritis are caused by these substances when they are deposited in the joints. Once these substances attach themselves to the walls of the blood vessels, they may as well block them resulting to blood pressure disorders. Other conditions that occur due to increased chemical substances in the body include kidney stone, kidney failure, and li...