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Knowing Hyperparathyroidism
The parathyroid glands are located on the front of the neck behind the thyroid gland. Usually four, but their number can vary and can be between 2 and six glands. These glands produce parathyroid hormone (PTH according to its acronym in English), which is responsible for regulating the level of calcium in the body. When a continued increase in the production of parathyroid hormone causes the disease called hyperparathyroidism.
Our body secretes this hormone in large quantities when decreases the blood calcium level, causing the kidneys do not remove both urinary calcium and calcium released from bone structure. If the calcium level is stable, the parathyroid glands fail to produce PTH.
When this hormone is produced in excess, the level of calcium in blood higher than recommended values, and that excess calcium deposits in the kidney, blood vessels and joints, and calcification, limiting its operation. Read the rest of this entry »
Asthma
Asthma is a serious chronic disease in which the bronchi, which are the main ducts of the lung is narrowed or blocked because of inflammation. This inflammation is often caused by a substance or event that serves as a trigger asthma episode. Some substances and events that can serve as triggers of asthma are different allergens, irritants, cold air, strong odors, exercise, gastrointestinal disturbances, or stress. Furthermore, in some people, acid reflux can trigger an asthma attack. Besides the swelling can cause an increase in mucus production and a tightening of the muscles in the walls of the bronchi. This causes the airways to narrow, producing characteristic symptoms of this condition.
Asthma Symptoms
Caution: Asthma is a serious condition and is a medical emergency. If you or someone around you suffers from acute asthma attacks consult your doctor or go to an emergency room quickly.
Symptoms of asthma include coughing, wheezing, runny in the form of phlegm, and dyspnea or fatigue (short breath). The severity of symptoms varies from a whistle may occur to a lesser severe difficulty breathing. Sometimes we think of asthma as a condition annoying but not life threatening. However, thousands of people die each year because of an asthma attack.
Asthma symptoms occur more frequently during the night. In some cases, asthma presents with long periods in which there are no symptoms until a crisis occurs or what many people call an asthma attack. In other cases the symptoms are more or less continuously, producing occasionally a sharpening of these. There are cases in which only show a persistent cough and tightness in the chest area. In some children appear to be a recurring bronchitis, coughing and phlegm without fatigue on breathing or other symptoms that occur in adults.