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If you are considering a body piercing, it s not always fun and games, as many people might say. Body piercing may be a trendy and popular past time, but it also comes with risks. To avoid having your body piercing experience become a nightmare there are a few things you need to know. However, let s first start with a word of caution in regards to your health, both short-term and long-term. You should know that medical studies have been conducted which have concluded that body piercing can lead to heart disease later on in life, as well as heart infection. Also, if you have existing medical conditions, such as diabetes, skin disorders or an immune system deficiency, you need to check with your doctor to make sure getting a body piercing is safe. If you are pregnant, you will have to wait until you give birth to have a piercing done. Getting a body piercing while pregnant means running the risk of acquiring a disease or infection; you don t want to pass anything along to your child that may affect him her. Such infections can occur when you have a piercing done in the mouth or nose area of your face. The reason for this is that millions of bacteria...

For most people arthritis pain and inflammation is a normal process as the body ages. In fact, most people over the age of 50 show some signs of this disease. Joints naturally degenerate over time. Arthritis is a term that includes a group of disorders that affect the joints and muscles. Arthritis symptoms include joint pain, inflammation and limited movement of joints. When a joint is inflamed it may be swollen, tender, warm to the touch or red. Surrounding each joint is a protective capsule holding a lubricating fluid to aid in motion. Cartilage, a slippery smooth substance, covers most joints to assure an even, fluid motion of the joint. With joint arthritis , the cartilage may be damaged, narrowed and lost by a degenerative process or by inflammation making movement painful. There are over 100 types of this degenerating process and rheumatic diseases including osteoarthritis, rheumatoid a rthritis , and fibromyalgia. Arthritis is a chronic disease that will remain for a long time and possibly for the rest of the patient s remaining life. The treatments will probably change over time and medication may be adjusted. If one experiences pain...

population lives in areas with unhealthy ozone levels, according to a 2006 report.1 And for people with respiratory and lung diseases, especially the estimated 20 million Americans with asthma,2 bad air days pose an exceptionally high risk. Unfortunately, the health risks associated with high levels of ozone aren t limited to summer months, and people can feel the effects of smog all year long. Ozone and Asthma Over the last decade, ozone levels have increased for many reasons, including higher temperatures and humidity, says John D. Cox, author of Weather for Dummies. Despite this, people are still unaware that ozone is dangerous even at its lowest levels. When inhaled, ozone can irritate lung airways and cause inflammation, and exposure to elevated levels of ozone can also increase the need for medical treatment and hospitalization in people with asthma.3 People who are active, and people with asthma and other respiratory problems are at a higher risk on these days. Asthma is a chronic disease causing inflammation to the lung s airways and tightening of the muscles surrounding the lung s airways. Together this causes the airways to narrow and can...

Here are some statistics about back pain. It has been estimated that out of every five people in America, four of them suffer some sort of back pain. Very often these back pains resulted from nothing more than fatigue, or stress to the body due to poor sleeping habits. But what about those that complain of major back pains continually. Several of the people that have mild back pain can relieve it with simple medications. However, for others, there is no relief, other than through methods such as physiotherapy or massage therapy. Here is a broad overview of the anatomy of your back. Your spinal column is covered up by muscle and is very delicate. The back is actually an extremely complicated system. The spinal column is essentially 24 small bones and they have small cushions between them, which are called discs. The vertebrae or backbones, and the discs that join them run from the pelvic area all the way up to the base of the skull. These discs and the facet bones in the back, being flexible, allow for a great degree of movement in the back. There is also a main cavity within this network of bones called the spinal cord. This is the location where...