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Symptoms of Congestive Heart Failure

Nov 11th, 2009 | By Dee | Category: Featured Articles, Heart, Blood, Circulatory

congestive heart failureCongestive heart failure occurs when the heart is not pumping blood as efficiently as it should and is not getting the required amount of blood to the organs in the body. Soon after the efficiency of the heart goes down the organs do not receive the right amount of oxygen and nutrients, and symptoms occur.

Symptoms of heart failure include:

Edema, irregular or rapid heartbeat, shortness of breath, trouble concentrating, wheeze, nausea, coughing with phlegm that is white or tinged with blood, appetite loss or fluid retention that results in fast weight gain.

Symptoms are not always apparent while resting but will almost always show up during some type of exercise. Exercise tends to cause an individual to become fatigued and dizzy. The blood pressure goes down and the body attempts to make up for the lost blood volume by setting off hormone and nerve signals that are meant to increase blood volume by retaining water.  Read more...

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How Do You Know if You Are Experiencing Acid Reflux Symptoms?

Oct 29th, 2009 | By Dee | Category: Digestive Health

We all may get a little heartburn from time to time but how do we know if what we are experiencing is something more serious, such as acid reflux?

One way is to learn the symptoms of acid reflux and then if you feel you may have acid reflux, speak with your doctor for a diagnosis and treatment plan.

Common symptoms of acid reflux:

Heartburn is a familiar symptom with those who suffer from acid reflux. Typically they experience a burning sensation that may move up from the stomach area to the chest and even into the throat (heartburn) after eating a big meal or a meal with lots of rich or spicy foods, or when they eat and then bend over, lift objects or children and/or if they lie down immediately after eating a big meal, especially if they lie down on their back. The majority of patients who report having heartburn say they have it at night. Commonly those who report nighttime acid reflux say the pain is so severe they are uncertain as to it being heartburn or chest pain as in angina or congestive heart failure.  Read more...

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L Arginine

Sep 23rd, 2009 | By Dee | Category: Nutrition

L-arginine or arginine is an amino acid, one of the 20 most common natural amino acids required by humans to function optimally. Some qualified arginine as a nonessential amino acid while others believe it is a semi-essential amino acid. The differentiation revolves around whether or not the body can reduce the amino acid on its own in enough quantity to meet the needs of the body.

For instance, all essential amino acids are those which must be ingested through food or supplementation in order to meet the needs of the body while nonessential amino acids are actually produced with in the body from essential amino acids. A semi-essential amino acid such as arginine is primarily made in the body although supplementation is sometimes needed. For instance, people who suffer from protein malnutrition, excess ammonia production or excessive lysine intake or who may have burns, infections, rapid growth or sepsis will not have enough arginine to meet the body functions.

Individuals who are suffering from a deficiency in arginine will have poor wound healing, hair loss, skin rashes, constipation and may have a fatty liver.  Read more...

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