WHAT DO THOSE DARK SPOT MEAN?

ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS: 

What are those dark spots that are  around the neck, elbows, and even in armpits and folds of the body on some people?  

Today I will explain why some people get those dark spots. Usually people will feel ashamed because of this, and consequently, they will not go to the doctor because they think it is related to poor hygiene. Wrong!! ACANTHOSIS NIGRICANS mainly affects African, Hispanic and Caribbean people. However, it could affect anyone who is obese, and even children.

WHY SHOULD YOU ROTATE INSULIN APPLICATION SITES?

Hello again.

Today I want to talk briefly about the consequences of failure to rotate the application of insulin injection. What you are seeing right below here it is a stomach of a diabetic patient who for years did not rotate the site of application of insulin.

METABOLIC SYNDROME.

Hello again:

As you recall, I have been talking in previous posts about the importance of maintaining monitored levels of blood pressure, triglycerides, blood sugar or glucose, as size of our  waist, and cholesterol. And I wanted to leave these clear concepts before speaking of Metabolic Syndrome.

What is metabolic syndrome?

DIABETIC FOOT CARE.

How to take care of Diabetic foot?

Today I want to talk about how to take care of the diabetic foot. There are many complications associated with Diabetes Mellitus, all very serious and important. A poorly controlled diabetes or maintaining high sugar levels cause nerve damage throughout the body. Today I will put special emphasis on Diabetic Neuropathy Distal that produces tingling, numbness in feet, muscle weakness, and eventually, ulcers or open sores.

LIPIDS IN OUR BLOOD.

LIPIDS:

Lab tests are a very important guide for you to  detect how our body is working. They are parameters,  and when they are out of range, that means that we would be talking about certain problems that  our body is going trough.

GLUCOSE

Normal glucose levels:

We previously talked about the importance of measuring the width of our waist as this will tell  if we are at risk for cardiovascular disease such as stroke or heart attack. We also learned the formula to get our Body Mass Index for early detection of problems in our health.

What we are going to consider today is what normal or desirable level of sugar in our blood should be.

OUR WAIST TALKS.

Our body talks and it does it through the size of our waist.

How wide is your waist will tell you easily how much fat is being accumulated at the central level of your body which is strongly related to serious heart problems such as heart attack and stroke.

HEART ATTACK

Heart attack:

Our heart is a muscle and like any other part of our body, needs oxygen to function properly. A heart attack occurs precisely when the oxygen supply is reduced or blocked in part because the plaque or what is commonly called fat in the coronary arteries that supply blood to our hearts, have narrowed and hardened (arteriosclerosis), forming a plug  preventing normal circulatory flow.

HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE, THE SILENT KILLER.

High blood pressure (The Silent Killer)

 

As its name indicates, high blood pressure is known as  SILENT killer precisely, because the vast majority of people who get this disease - do not feel anything, they wrongly think that are healthy, and  unfortunately, they try to act when it is already too late.

WHY DOES YOUR BIG TOE HURT?

Have you ever felt a sharp, stabbing pain in the big toe of your foot? Here may be your answer.

BREAST CANCER IN MEN AND WOMEN

Breast cancer in Men and women.

Our breast also speaks when they are sick. We need to pay attention when our body talks. These are the signs and symptoms that we need continuously check. We should NEVER find these symptoms on our breast. If so, we need to seek medical attention IMMEDIATELY! This can be the difference between life and death!

We should not find these signs on our breast:

ORANGE SKIN

ACHROCORDONS

Acrochordons

Acrochordons are not warts. Acrochordons are small benign skin appear that grow especially in areas that are prone to friction as the area below the chest, neck, armpits or groin, and sometimes appear on eyelids. Its appearance may be due mainly to rubbing skin to skin caused by the same obesity. They ARE NOT CONTAGIOUS!

NEVUS CHERRY

Nevus cherry

Explore your chest, face, neck, arms and back looking for moles as they appear in the picture.

Nevus cherry are small dilation of blood vessels.  They are flat, round, red and not greater than 2 mm. Usually they are more common in fair-skinned people, appear as advances in age and do not imply any health risk unless they present changes in shape, relief or diameter.

If Nevus cherry are on your face, it may be caused by overexposure to the sun without sunscreen. If they are too many and suddenly appear on your skin, you might have a problem with your liver and your diet, so it is advisable to go to the doctor to check on them.

Sometimes ruby moles or nevus cherry appear during pregnancy because of hormonal changes, but disappear after giving birth. Etiology or origin can be hereditary. If for some reason you want to eliminate them,  you can do it by laser but its cost is extremely high.

Thanks for visiting and sharing my blog. Cynthia R.

STROKE

STROKE

A stroke occurs when a blood clot does not allow blood to flow to the brain. Unable to receive oxygen due to a blockage caused by a clot, our brain cells or neurons die, and this is the reason why we must act fast. The most common cause of this is related to the narrowing of blood vessels that come from the heart by fatty plaques that block the arteries, hence the importance of us to eat as healthy as possible.

The stroke is global statistics as the second leading cause of death and doubles the number of deaths from traffic accidents. The chance of having a stroke increases with age, exceeding deaths from heart attacks.