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Issues That Can Go Wrong With Your Senses

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Your health is important, and while people that have no issues with all of their senses may take them for granted, there are problems that can happen. You are lucky to see and hear clearly, and it can be very traumatic to lose any of your five senses. But how is it that people can lose things like smell and taste?

Well, it is possible. Your hearing and sight aren’t the only senses that can be lost or diminished. Here are some of the things that can affect your senses.

Hearing

You use your hearing everyday, from listening to the people around you to listening to the television. Without hearing, you would not be able to listen to music, TV, other people, or anything, for that matter. Whole plenty of people survive in the world without hearing, why not work to protect yours.

That means wearing earplugs when you will be around loud noises, and learning the safe and proper way to clean your ears. If you experience ringing in your ears or any amount of hearing loss, talk to your doctor.

Eyesight

For most people, eye problems come with age. However, some people are born blind, and some children need glasses at a young age. People are born with lazy eye issues, and more. These are things you deal with as they come along.

You do want to get a yearly eye exam though, to make sure that your sight is good, and to allow your eye doctor to look behind your eye at all the components that keep you seeing, Eye exams to help with early detection of blindness, glaucoma, and other eye issues.

Touch

There are illnesses that can cause you to lose your sense of touch. Most commonly, though, an injury to your nerves, such as a broken limb or spine, or trauma of some sort, can cause loss of feeling. If you have nervous system issues, this too can be an issue.

Smell

If you are not smelling things normally, or at all, it could be something as simple as a cold or sinus infection affecting you. However, it could also be something more major, such as tumors, polyps, or even something wrong within your brain. If you don’t have a cold and you’re sense of smell is gone, or not normal, talk to your doctor.

Taste

If there is something wrong with your sense of smell, then it will commonly affect your sense of taste as well, since they both work together. But you can also lose your sense of taste on it’s own. As you get older both of these senses can wane some as well, just like your other senses.

Originally posted on August 6, 2016 @ 6:14 pm

Dealing with Diarrhea or Loose Bowel Movement (LBM)

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Loose Bowel Movement

Digestive disorders that would come normal would include that of consuming something that the stomach would not like. In other cases, it would include food intake of something that may have been already spoiled thus leading towards discharge of wastes and toxins that may become uncontrollable.

Loose Bowel Movement (LBM) is a natural occurrence where much of the body minerals would be affected as well. Changes in the bowel movement are sure to occur in bad digestive instances. Experiencing stomach cramps, slight chills and the usual uncomfortable feelings are among the things to watch out for in such cases.

The best way is to continuously drink water as a form of therapy since LBM drains the body of its liquids at times. Gatorade has been known to be a good alternative to drink up because of its amino acids that would ensure that the body would still have the necessary proteins and to avoid dehydration.

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Originally posted on August 2, 2007 @ 11:44 pm

Headaches Should Not Be Taken For Granted

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Aneurysm

Headaches are only normal for people to encounter. This especially holds true when people are put under a lot of pressure, stressed out and lack the necessary hours of sleep to recharge their body and mind. Abuse of the body�s health is only normal as this is something that most people would usually do when they are always on the go or have to perform the duties necessary for them to uphold their career and lifestyle.

But while an aspirin may relieve some people of headaches, recurring instances should not be taken lightly. Headaches are associated with other things such as peripheral vision, heart conditions, and neurological issues which may be a cause for alarm.

The best way is to see a physician and determine the cause of headaches and rule out any serious illness, like aneurysm as mentioned above. Headaches may not be given the due attention but it would be best to rule out other complications for something that may not be immediately cured by pain relievers and aspirin.

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Originally posted on February 26, 2007 @ 2:07 am

Keeping Track of your Medical History

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For most healthcare institutions and hospitals, patient charts containing the medical history of their patients are kept in order for assigned physicians to have a basis for making their medical diagnoses. Current medical complaints and conditions need to be traced prior to prescribing and advising new medicines and health examinations such as laboratory examinations and cardiology exercises. One wrong advice could lead to patient liability and may worsen the situation of the patient.

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Most people would refer to medical charts as a useless way of tracking their health history. But if all of these documents were to be compiled, it can provide a better of the overall health of a person from infancy to adulthood. pictureThere are certain areas to consider such as allergies and prior medications and vaccination. All of these are important before new medical treatment is provided to them by licensed physicians affiliated with such healthcare groups.

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Originally posted on March 6, 2007 @ 2:25 am