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August 11, 2020May 9, 2022

What is Diabetic Insipidus and What are the symptoms?

Diabetes Disease / Diabetes Insipidus Symptoms and Cause

In this post, we are looking at a rear type of disease that affects the kidneys. While there is no known cure for this disease, there are medicines that can help to manage the symptoms.

What Is Diabetes Insipidus?

Diabetes insipidus is a rare condition that causes your body to make a lot of “insipid,” colorless, and odorless urine. Most people pee out 1 to 2 quarts a day. People with diabetes insipidus can pass between 3 and 20 quarts a day.

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June 17, 2018October 15, 2022

Hepatitis Liver Inflammation –Maintaining good health

Hepatitis A is a communicable disease of the liver caused by the hepatitis A virus (HAV). It is usually transmitted person-to-person through poor hygiene practices of not the washing of hands after using the bathroom and because of this the disease usually goes through the fecal-oral route or consumption of contaminated food or water.

Hepatitis A disease that does not result in chronic infection. Most adults with hepatitis A have symptoms, including fatigue, low appetite, stomach pain, nausea, and jaundice, light-colored stool dark urine unexplained weight loss that usually resolve within 2 months of infection; most children less than 6 years of age do not have symptoms or have an unrecognized infection.

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June 14, 2018October 13, 2022

Liver Disease and Disorders–Maintaining good Health

Anatomy of the liver and biliary system with blood vessels

We will be looking at diseases of the liver, which is the largest organ in the body. The liver’s function is to clean or filter the blood from the digestive tract before distributing it to the rest of the body. The liver also detoxifies chemicals and metabolizes drugs. As it does so, the liver secretes bile back into the intestines.

The liver is shaped like a dark red cone, weighs about 3 lbs, and is located on the right side of the bode near the stomach. underneath the rib cage, The liver has many functions

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June 9, 2018July 4, 2022

Lung Disease That Affects The Blood Vessel–Maintaining Good Health

We will be looking at lung disease that affects the blood vessels. The right side of the heart receives low-oxygen blood from the veins. It pumps blood into the lungs through the pulmonary arteries. These blood vessels can suffer from disease as well.

Pulmonary embolism
Pulmonary hypertension

Pulmonary embolism, otherwise called deep vein thrombosis, is a blockage in one of the pulmonary arteries in the lungs

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June 8, 2018July 3, 2022

Disorders Of The Lungs, Lung Diseases— maintaining good health

Lung Diseases Affecting the Interstitium

The interstitium is the microscopically thin, delicate lining between the lungs’ air sacs (alveoli). Tiny blood vessels run through the interstitium and allow gas exchange between the alveoli and the blood. Various lung diseases affect the interstitium:

Interstitial lung disease is a collection of different lung conditions affecting the interstitium. They are:-

Sarcoidosis

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Autoimmune disease

Pneumonia and pulmonary edemas can also affect the interstitium

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June 4, 2018October 6, 2022

The Ways to Keep Your Lungs Healthy —Maintaining good health

ways to keep the lungs healthy — ways to keep lungs healthy

The lungs are an essential respiratory organ located on either side of the heart. Their main function is to transport oxygen from the atmosphere into the bloodstream and release carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The body’s cells need oxygen to work and grow. So we must keep our lungs healthy.

The body has a natural defense system designed to protect the lungs. This works very well most of the time, keeping out dirt and fighting off germs.

However, several harmful substances can damage the airways and threaten the lungs’ ability to work properly, leading to lung disease.

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