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Last Updated: 6 years ago• Featured Tip
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1. Energy
An iron deficiency can mean that you aren t able to produce enough oxygen-carrying red blood cells therefore your body struggles to transport oxygen to your brain, tissues, muscles and cells, leaving you feeling exhausted and weak.
2. Muscle function
Iron is needed for muscle movement because it helps store the oxygen in muscles that allows them to move and strengthen. About 70 percent of your body s iron can found in the red blood cells of your blood call...more
An iron deficiency can mean that you aren t able to produce enough oxygen-carrying red blood cells therefore your body struggles to transport oxygen to your brain, tissues, muscles and cells, leaving you feeling exhausted and weak.
2. Muscle function
Iron is needed for muscle movement because it helps store the oxygen in muscles that allows them to move and strengthen. About 70 percent of your body s iron can found in the red blood cells of your blood call...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Cushing s syndrome occurs due to abnormally high levels of the hormone cortisol. This can happen for a variety of reasons. The most common cause is overuse of corticosteroid medications.
Causes:
Your adrenal glands produce cortisol. It helps with a number of your body s functions, including:
regulating blood pressure and the cardiovascular system
reducing the immune system s inflammatory response
converting carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into energ...more
Causes:
Your adrenal glands produce cortisol. It helps with a number of your body s functions, including:
regulating blood pressure and the cardiovascular system
reducing the immune system s inflammatory response
converting carbohydrates, fats, and proteins into energ...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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A cataract is defined as a clouding of lens in the eye where your vision gets blurred. A cataract affects the eyes, when light that passes through the lens prevents a clearly formed image from reaching your retina. The disease is very common and usually, develops as your eyes age or due to any injury caused to the tissues that cover your eye's lens.
Types of cataracts:
Senile Cataract: This is the commonest of all. It is age-related clouding of the lens. It can affect the near ...more
Types of cataracts:
Senile Cataract: This is the commonest of all. It is age-related clouding of the lens. It can affect the near ...more
Last Updated: 7 years ago• Featured Tip
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Although most women experience menopause between the age of 45 and 55, but when women experience the menopause before they reach 40, it is termed a premature or early menopause. It is also known as premature ovarian failure.
This may be due to primary ovarian insufficiency in which there is decreased activity in ovaries and the periods spontaneously stops. It may be result of chemotherapy treatment for cancer or it can be surgically induced menopause when the ovaries are removed. Premature m...more
This may be due to primary ovarian insufficiency in which there is decreased activity in ovaries and the periods spontaneously stops. It may be result of chemotherapy treatment for cancer or it can be surgically induced menopause when the ovaries are removed. Premature m...more
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Gynaecologist•Hyderabad
There are women who feel their looks are spoilt because of the presence of excessive body hair. While hair on women's body is common, excessive body hair isn't a normal condition and must be taken seriously. Women are generally unaware that the condition is known as Hirsutism.
What is Hirsutism?
Hirsutism can be defined as growth of excessive facial and body hair in women. With the world obsessed with flawless skin, such changes from feminine hair pattern (soft, fine, vellus ha...more
What is Hirsutism?
Hirsutism can be defined as growth of excessive facial and body hair in women. With the world obsessed with flawless skin, such changes from feminine hair pattern (soft, fine, vellus ha...more
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