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What are the causes of bad breath?

Bad breath severely affects people's interpersonal communication, bad breath may be a sign of a certain disease, so people with bad breath must be treated in time. So what exactly is bad breath? What are the treatments for bad breath? Let ’s get to know it together!

Causes of bad breath

I. Oral diseases: People who have dental diseases such as tonsillitis, dental caries, gingivitis, periodontitis, oral mucositis, and tooth decay, periodontal disease, etc., are prone to breed bacteria, especially anaerobic bacteria, which decomposes to produce sulfur. The material emits a rotten smell and produces bad breath.

Second, gastrointestinal diseases, such as peptic ulcer, chronic gastritis, functional dyspepsia, etc., may be accompanied by bad breath. Recently, we have also found that the incidence of halitosis in people. After the eradication of H. pylori, the symptoms of halitosis are significantly reduced. The cause may be that H. pylori infection directly produces sulfide and causes bad breath.

Third, people who smoke, drink alcohol, drink coffee, and often eat onions, garlic, chives and other spicy stimulating foods, or people who like stinky tofu, stinky eggs and other odorous foods are also prone to bad breath.

The fourth is  Diet and weight loss, or inability to eat due to illness, or decreased salivary gland function in the elderly, and women's endocrine disorders during menstruation leading to reduced salivary secretion, which is conducive to the growth of anaerobic bacteria, so bad breath occurs.

Fifth, Gender: Some women in adolescent development, ovarian insufficiency, lower sex hormone levels, oral tissue resistance decreases, easily infected with bacteria and produce bad breath.

Sixth. Drugs that can reduce saliva secretion, such as certain sedatives, antihypertensive drugs, atropine drugs, diuretics, and traditional Chinese medicines with warming effect.

Seventh. Patients with diabetic ketoacidosis, liver coma, and some respiratory diseases such as bronchitis, bronchiectasis, sinusitis, laryngitis, tonsillitis, and pulmonary cysts may also cause bad breath.

Eighth. Long-term constipation can cause bad breath and bloating, loss of appetite, irritability and other autotoxic symptoms such as the harmful substances produced in the body cannot be excreted in time and absorbed into the blood.

Nine, Diet is too "heavy", eat large amount or eat meat, greasy food or the amount of hot irritating seasoning.

10. Excessive psychological pressure, frequent mental stress causes the parasympathetic nerves of the body to be in an excited state, and the digestive glands, especially the salivary glands, are reduced in reflection, leading to dry mouth, which is conducive to the growth of anaerobic bacteria and produces bad breath.

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Is Ketogenic Bulletproof coffee safe?

The people who are concerned about weight loss must be already aware of “the ketogenic diet and bulletproof coffee”. In recent years, it has set off a wave of bulletproof coffee to lose weight, and many celebrities have become fans of it.

Does bulletproof coffee really have a magic weight loss effect? 

How is it different from regular coffee? Is it a myth of weight loss, or is it an over-promised and over-promoted weight loss "fairy tale"?

What is "bulletproof" foods?

In 2014, Dave Asprey founded the "Bulletproof Diet".Asprey is a successful executive and entrepreneur.  In his "New York Times" best-selling book "Bulletproof Diet", Asprey describes his 15-year journey to lose weight and recover from a traditional diet.

At the same time, he published the recipe of this coffee and his own health benefits on his website and blog.  He also claims that you can achieve the same effect in accordance with his principles. Asprey describes this bullet-proof diet as an anti-inflammatory program that eliminates hunger, loses weight quickly and works optimally.

Bulletproof coffee uses the same weight loss principle as the ketogenic diet. When the body is lack of sugar, the body will activate the mechanism to force the burning body fat to supply the energy.

It requires eating high fat and low carbs for 5-6 days per week, and then regain carbs for 1-2 days per day. According to Asprey, the purpose of carbohydrate supplementation is to prevent negative side effects associated with long-term consumption of ketogenic foods, such as constipation and kidney stones.

Asprey claims that starting your day with bulletproof coffee can suppress your hunger, increase your energy levels and make you 100 times more spiritual. This bulletproof diet also includes intermittent fasting, which means that you also need to fast for a certain period of time. We all know that if you use intermittent fasting, you will definitely lose weight, which seems to have nothing to do with the bulletproof diet.

Bulletproof coffee can really help you lose weight?

There are some methods that have proven effective for weight loss. Low-carb, high-fat diets, and ketogenic foods have been shown to lose weight faster than other diets, but over time, the difference in weight loss seems to have disappeared.

Therefore, from the basic logic, the best way to lose weight is still whether you have the ability to stick to a low-calorie diet for a long time. Keep your intake of calories less than what you consume.

Therefore, the impact of a "bulletproof diet" on your weight depends on the calories you consume.

Potential Risks of Bulletproof Coffee

Although this formula can provide high energy to the human body, what about nutrition? When we eat food, we need not only the energy in the food but also the nutrients in the food. Bulletproof coffee can bring a lot of fat, and it can effectively suppress appetite within hours, especially for those who are adapted to keto diets and those who are accustomed to low-carb, high-fat diets.

Take three meals a day as an example. By drinking bulletproof coffee, you can effectively replace one of the three meals with low-nutrition foods. Bulletproof coffee may contain a small amount of nutrients, but compared to what you get from a nutritious breakfast, it's completely different.

Due to the single nutrient content of bullet-proof coffee, long-term dieters can easily lead to nutrient deficiencies due to long-term meal replacement. The body's metabolism slows down. It should be noted, however, that studies have shown that the safety and health benefits of a low-carb and ketogenic diet did not allow participants to drink bulletproof coffee. And, there is still no research on bulletproof coffee to indicate whether it is safe.

Some doctors claim that their patients had a sharp rise in cholesterol levels on a low-carb and ketogenic diet and had an interesting "coincidence" that he happened to be drinking bulletproof coffee.

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The surprising killer behind celiac disease?

A new study shows that typical innocuous viruses can sometimes cause celiac disease.

Celiac disease is caused by an abnormal immune response to protein gluten found in wheat, rye and barley. This condition damages the lining of the small intestine, and the only effective treatment is a gluten-free diet.

Read this article for celiac disease symptoms and prevention tips

The new study found that when mice were infected with a specific gut reovirus strain, their immune systems were intolerant of gluten.

The researchers said that patients with celiac disease antibody levels against respiratory viruses than those without autoimmune antibody disease.

Senior research author Dr Bana Jabri said: “This study clearly shows that a no clinical symptoms of the virus can still do bad things on the immune system, and is an autoimmune disease, in particular, the celiac disease she set up a stage. He is the research director of the University of Chicago Celiac Disease Center.

“But the specific virus and its genes, the interaction between the microorganism and the host, and the host’s health are also important,” Jabri added in a university press release.

The researchers said the findings provide further evidence the virus may in autoimmune diseases such as celiac disease and type 1 diabetes play a role in development, they believe the vaccine may help prevent these diseases.

“At the age of one year, the immune system is still mature, so for a child with a specific genetic background, acquiring a particular virus at this time may leave scars with long-term consequences, “ Jabri said.

“That’s why we believe that the more research we have, the more we want to consider whether children at risk for celiac disease should be vaccinated,” she added.

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Top 7 High Blood Pressure Myths

7 misunderstandings about hypertension

If my parents have a history of this disease, I will definitely have high blood pressure

Most people still believe in the myth of this hypertension. Hypertension can indeed be reduced in the home. If you have parents or blood relatives who have high blood pressure, you will be more likely to develop high blood pressure. However, healthier lifestyle adjustments can help people with a history of hypertension avoid this.

Lifestyle changes that can prevent high blood pressure include:

Eat foods for a healthy heart, including less than 1500 mg of salt per day.

Exercise regularly and exercise.

Maintain a healthy weight.

Manage stress well.

Avoid smoking and quit.

If prescribed, take high blood pressure regularly

Limit alcohol, or not drink at all.

Cooking without salt is enough to prevent high blood pressure

Salt is indeed the enemy of high blood pressure. But it's not just table salt. You also need to reduce salt in other forms. Up to 75% of the salt we consume is hidden in processed and packaged foods such as ketchup, soups, seasonings, canned foods and mixed seasonings.

Therefore, when buying ready-to-eat and packaged foods, read the packaging label. Note the "Sodium", "Sodium" and "Na" symbols on the label. Because these words indicate the presence of sodium or salt compounds in these foods.

Sea salt is an alternative to low sodium

The chemical structure of sea salt is the same as common salt (common salt). Common salt is a combination of two minerals, sodium (Na) and chloride (Cl). Sea salt still contains 40% sodium, so it is equal to the total daily sodium consumption.

Therefore, it is of course not recommended to use sea salt in excess. If you want to control your blood pressure, be sure to limit your salt and sea salt intake.

Not feeling any symptoms of high blood pressure means there is no risk of the disease

Another myth about hypertension that is widely believed by the public so far is that if you don't experience high blood pressure symptoms, it means you don't have high blood pressure. In fact, it's not always like that.

More than 25% of the population in Indonesia has high blood pressure, but many of them are unaware that they have high blood pressure or have no symptoms at all. In fact, many people have had hypertension for years without knowing it. High blood pressure is often called the "silent killer" because it has no symptoms, so you may not realize that the disease has damaged the arteries, heart and other organs.

Therefore, don't make mistakes because you don't have symptoms of high blood pressure, so the risk of developing the disease is reduced. Remember that high blood pressure is a serious illness. If left uncontrolled, high blood pressure can cause serious health problems. Check your blood pressure regularly. By monitoring your blood pressure regularly, you can take immediate precautions when your blood pressure continues to be higher than usual.

He said alcohol is good for the heart

If you enjoy drinking, including wine, aka wine, reduce this habit. Regular and excessive use of alcohol can greatly increase blood pressure. It can also cause heart failure, cause strokes and produce irregular heartbeats.

Not only that. Excessive drinking also increases the risk of high triglyceride levels, cancer, obesity, alcoholism, suicide and accidents. Alcohol can also be very addictive.

Limit men to drink no more than two drinks per day, and women to drink one drink per day. Usually, one drink is equivalent to 354 ml of beer, 100 ml of wine, 44 ml of 80 ml of wine, or 29 ml of spirits (100 ml).

No need to check blood pressure at home if you see a doctor

Blood pressure may change based on your activity. Therefore, normal blood pressure at the time of a hospital check may not necessarily show the same result when checked at home. vice versa.

Therefore, regular monitoring and recording of blood pressure readings can provide your doctor with useful information to determine if you really have high blood pressure. Not only that, but it can also help your doctor know if your treatment was successful.

It is important to measure blood pressure at the same time every day, such as morning and evening, or as recommended by your doctor.

If you already feel healthy, you don't need to take medicine

Hypertension is a lifelong disease. Therefore, even if the condition is healthy, patients with hypertension should take the medicine according to the doctor's prescription. The reason is that when you don't take high blood pressure medications as prescribed, your blood pressure will keep rising and get out of control. Therefore, patients with hypertension must take high blood pressure medications so that their blood pressure does not rise sharply.

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Types of pain in diabetes that require treatment to relieve

In the clinical treatment of diabetes, diabetic patients often call for physical pain, and doctors can determine whether they have complications by the location and degree of pain (Diabetic Symptoms). But are all physical pain caused by complications? How is it different? Experts analyzed the nine kinds of pain that may occur in people with diabetes and the countermeasures for treatment.

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy

Patients with peripheral neuropathy generally have symmetry of the extremities and limbs, showing gloves and socks. At the same time, the patient will be accompanied by numbness, ants' crawling sensation, stinging, burning, etc., and they are getting more and more serious.

Diabetic peripheral neuropathy should be treated with lipoic acid, mecobalamin, and epalrestat. Patients with severe pain can be treated with painkillers. For example, amitriptyline, gabapentin, duloxetine, etc. can improve the symptoms of neuralgia. Relieve pain. However, the most important thing is to control blood sugar. After all, high blood sugar is the main cause of neuropathy.

Diabetic complications with lumbar disc herniation

Elderly diabetic patients have long-term pain due to osteoporosis, which may easily cause lumbar disc herniation or osteoporosis to compress the spinal cord and nerve roots. Patients may have electric-like pain, swelling, and muscle weakness. This type of patient usually has pain in a single limb or a single nerve formation.

Patients with lumbar disc herniation must first undergo a magnetic resonance examination to confirm the condition. In mild cases, bed rest, traction treatment, physical therapy, massage, massage, traditional Chinese medicine to promote blood circulation and blood stasis should be treated, and severe patients should consider surgery, otherwise Paralyzed due to pain.

Osteoporosis with diabetes

Patients with osteoporosis are also mainly elderly, and most often suffer from low back pain. As the spine spreads to both sides, the pain will be reduced when lying supine and sitting, but the pain will increase when standing and sitting for a long time. If you bend down, cough, or force your stool, the pain will be more serious. This kind of symptoms accounts for 70% to 80% of patients with pain.

The most effective way to treat diabetes complicated with osteoporosis is medication, which can prevent bone resorption. There are two kinds of medicines that can be treated. The first is a medicine that inhibits bone resorption, including calcium, vitamin D, calcitonin, estrogen, and diphosphate. The second is a medicine that promotes bone, including Flavonoids, fluorides and parathyroid hormones.

Diabetes complicated by rheumatism

Patients with rheumatism are accompanied by inflammation, such as redness, swelling, heat, pain, and impaired function. Quite a large number of patients will also have joint deformation to increase the pain.

If diabetic patients want to treat patients with rheumatism, they still need to actively control blood sugar and use ibuprofen, diclofenac, piroxicam and other drugs to treat and relieve pain. In addition, diabetic patients should avoid the use of adrenocortical hormones, such as glucocorticoids, strictly monitor blood sugar and control postprandial blood sugar.

Peripheral diabetic vascular disease

Diabetic patients experience symptoms of bilateral lower extremity pain, intermittent claudication, pale skin, and cyanosis, which may be diabetic neurological diseases caused by extensive sclerosis of nerve blood vessels, which is also one of the causes of pain in diabetic patients. Patients with less severe conditions must control high blood pressure, high blood sugar, high blood lipids, and quit smoking. In terms of medicines, vasodilators and anticoagulants such as aspirin, lipoic acid, and hydrochloropidogrel can be used.

Patients with a severe condition need to have an angiogram of the lower limbs to understand the degree of vascular blockage and place a vascular stent to clear the blood vessels and solve the problem of ischemia and hypoxia at the lower extremities.

Gout with diabetes

Some diabetic patients have joint pain in the middle of the night like a knife cut so that it affects sleep, and the tissues around the pain site are accompanied by red, swollen, painful, and hot symptoms. In this case, it is necessary to correct hyperuricemia and prevent joint damage and kidney damage. Drugs are recommended to use drugs that inhibit uric acid production, uric acid excretion drugs and inhibitors. At the same time, it is necessary to maintain a daily urine output, which is also a necessary measure for the prevention and treatment of ventilation-related kidney disease.

Diabetes complicated with tumour

Middle-aged and elderly patients with diabetes have a high incidence of tumours, and many tumours show early pain. Therefore, for the pain of unknown cause, we must first go to the hospital for necessary examinations to rule out the possibility of tumours and detect and treat early. If it is because of the direct pain caused by the tumour, try to choose surgical treatment. Otherwise, if the tumour metastasizes, it will cause multiple pains throughout the body. Many tumour patients will use painkillers or morphine to relieve pain.

In addition to the above complications, the body may also have pain such as myocardial infarction, pulmonary infarction, pneumonia, gallstones, kidney stones, appendicitis, etc. If you have severe pain, you must seek medical treatment in time to avoid delay in treatment

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The danger of Throat Cancer | Laryngeal Cancer

First of all, you should know what is laryngeal cancer.

The throat is an area we don't pay much attention to in our daily lives. If we don't pay attention to protection, it will also cause us to suffer from throat cancer. The incidence of laryngeal cancer accounts for about 1 to 5% of systemic tumours, ranking second only to nasopharyngeal cancer, nasal cavity and sinus cancer in the field of otolaryngology. The prevalent age is 50 to 70 years

1. Stubborn hoarseness: 

Laryngeal cancer often affects the vocal cords, and even small volume can cause hoarseness in patients. Hoarseness is the earliest sign of throat cancer. Any adult who has hoarseness for unknown reasons and lasts for more than two weeks should undergo a careful throat examination and should not be taken lightly.2. Throat sensation abnormality: foreign body sensation, urgency or swallowing discomfort, are early symptoms of supraglottic laryngeal cancer. However, the initial symptoms of this type of cancer are often not obvious, and it is not discovered until the second or third stage. Therefore, if the middle and old people have throat discomfort, a comprehensive and detailed examination should be done.

3. Coughing blood in sputum: 

Due to tumour irritation, an irritating dry cough can be produced, and blood in sputum can cause mucus adhesion. When the tumour grows, it can also block the airway, making the tracheal secretions difficult to discharge, causing respiratory infections, wheezing, and even breathing difficulties, and the middle and late stages are manifested by a persistent cough and altered pronunciation.

4, reflex pain: 

laryngeal cancer with ulcers, inflammation or laryngeal periostitis, can cause reflex pain in the nerves, manifested as ipsilateral headache, ear pain. These symptoms occur mainly in patients with supraglottic tumours.

5. Precancerous lesions appear Some laryngeal diseases such as larynx, leukoplakia, and papilloma of the larynx may also become cancerous. This is called "precancerous lesions" and must be followed up regularly to prevent.

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What is urinal tingling? Does it hurt when you pee?

Urinal tingling (ardor urinae) refers to feeling pain in the urethra, bladder, and perineum during urination. The degree of pain is mild or severe, often burning, such as cutting with a knife, and acupuncture with mild. Urinary tingling is common in urethritis, prostatitis, prostatic hyperplasia, seminal vesiculitis, cystitis, urinary stones, bladder tuberculosis, and pyelonephritis. Clinically, male urination sting may be non-gonococcal urethritis, which is an infectious disease of the male reproductive system. The main infection factor is personal hygiene.

Why does it hurt when I pee?   

There can be different reasons for Urinal tingling such as

Urethritis

Pyelonephritis

Gonorrhoea

Prostatitis etc.  Read about the reasons for urinal tingling in detail on https://symptomszone.com or  https://familydoctor.org

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Can a bad lifestyle lead to arthritis?

In general, the onset of rheumatoid arthritis is related to genetic, environmental, and infection factors. Another study found that smoking, obesity and diabetes also increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

New research published in the Journal of the Rheumatic Diseases Annual Report suggests that smoking, obesity and diabetes all increase the risk of rheumatoid arthritis.

Researchers say their findings could be used to develop a simple screening tool to identify people at higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease that causes pain, swelling, stiffness, and loss of joint function. It also affects other organs in the body.

The British Epidemiology Unit's arthritis research team followed up over 25,000 people between the ages of 40 and 79 for several years and collected research data. They compared 184 people with rheumatoid arthritis to healthy people and found that smoking, obesity, and diabetes all increased the risk of the disease.

Researchers have also found that people who drink a small amount of alcohol and are at a higher level of society have a lower risk of joint disease. Therefore we should be aware of which Arthritis Diet Foods to Avoid and Eat.

Women with more than two children and shorter breastfeeding periods were at higher risk for rheumatoid arthritis, the study authors said.

"Some of the factors that arise in early life and eventually lead to someone with rheumatoid arthritis provide us with important clues. These factors are easier to ask and can be part of a prevention plan," said the British National Health Research Ian Bruce, a senior researcher at the institute, a professor of rheumatism at the University of Manchester, and the head of the study.

Although research has found that certain lifestyles are related to the development of rheumatoid arthritis, no causal relationship has been proven.

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Difference between anxiety and depression

Anxiety and depression are now generally known to us, and more and more people know that when they have symptoms of depression and anxiety, they must seek professional help if they cannot adjust themselves.

This is a blessing for the counselling industry, and for patients as well. Psychological problems are the same as physical diseases. If you do not solve them for a long time, you will have backlogs and the problems will become more and more serious.

As Bian Xuan advised Cai Xiegong, psychological problems also need to be found early and treated as soon as possible. It may take a long time to become a disease. At that time, more time and money will be spent, and the chance of healing will decrease.

Anxiety and depression can coexist. According to surveys, about 33% -95% of depression patients are accompanied by anxiety symptoms. Anxiety and depression also have overlapping symptoms such as decreased appetite, sleep disorders, cardiopulmonary and gastrointestinal discomfort, irritability, fatigue, etc. In addition, there are many similarities in the aetiology and pathology of the onset. Factors, and have the same personality characteristics, no organic lesions.

So what are the differences between anxiety and depression? This article summarizes the following points.

1. Depression is often accompanied by anxiety symptoms, but depression is the main cause. Anxiety is often just an emotional reflection of depression patients, and may also be accompanied by compulsion, doubt, and fear. Anxiety patients are often in a panic sense of distress, panic, and fear of disaster, accompanied by dizziness, sweating, hot flashes, tremors, numbness in hands and feet, and gastrointestinal discomfort.

2. Suicidal thoughts: Depression patients often have suicidal thoughts and have even tried suicidal behaviours, while anxiety patients are also afraid, but usually do not escape through death.

3. One of the main manifestations of anxiety disorder is to show excessive worry about what has not happened. Patients will feel painful, while depression patients' emotions will be more complicated, and anxiety will appear.

4. The physical symptoms of patients with anxiety and depression are different. The physical reflection of anxiety is mainly related to autonomic nerves, such as breathing, heartbeat, sweating, etc .; while the physical symptoms of patients with depression have a certain stability, such as "mei qi", pain in the two threats, and heavy body, etc. Wait.

5. Anxiety disorders are relatively targeted because of anxiety. Depression, on the other hand, is widespread withdrawal and intent.

6. In clinical terms, more than 80% of depression patients have anxiety. For patients with depression and anxiety, depression should be treated first and then anxiety should be treated.

7. The first onset of anxiety is generally over 35 years of age; depression can occur at all ages.

8. Depression patients show indifference to family members and friends, loss of past hobbies, and anxiety remain normal.

9. Insomnia in depression patients is mainly characterized by early awakening, while anxiety is characterized by difficulty falling asleep.

10. Depression patients are depressed and unwilling to have too much contact with people but are not afraid of sudden interpersonal contact. The anxious person is afraid of sudden social contact, etc., and afraid to go to public places.

11. Generally speaking, depression is inhibited downwards, while anxious persons are panicked upwards. In addition, depression is a very common emotional component. When people encounter mental stress, life frustration, painful situations, old age, death, Natural disasters and man-made disasters often produce depression.

The above are some differences between anxiety and depression, which can be used for reference.