Losing Weight For Knee Health If you are overweight, your chances of getting osteoarthritis in your knee are four to five times higher than someone who’s not. In fact, overweight and obese people are not only more likely to get knee osteoarthritis, but their symptoms are reported to be significantly higher, with knee pain topping …
Avoiding Prostatitis: Helpful Tips Prostatitis is the most common prostate condition, especially in men under 50. It is a painful condition that involves inflammation of the prostate gland and is usually caused by a bacterial infection and treated with antibiotics. Though sometimes prostatitis can result from bacteria entering the prostate during a medical procedure or …
Fibroid Medications: GnRH Agonists When it comes to treating uterine fibroids, informed decisions are the best decisions. Therefore it is important to take a look at all of the fibroid treatments that are available. Whether it’s surgery, UFE, or medication, you and your doctor can find the one that’s best for you. The first mode …
Prostatitis and BPH When it comes to experiencing prostate symptoms sometimes it’s hard to tell if the symptoms point to prostatitis or an enlarged prostate, also known as benign prostatic hyperplasia. Though both conditions can share similar symptoms, there are certain differentiating factors including the cause and the treatment. First of all, BPH is a …
The Link Between Obesity and Knee Osteoarthritis The Center for Disease Control estimates that at least 2 out of 3 Americans are overweight or obese. They define being overweight in most cases based on Body Mass Index or BMI, which is 30 or greater. The CDC also found that more than 1 out of 3 …
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Treatment Options for Uterine Fibroids Over the next few weeks, we’re going to take a deeper look at all of the treatment options available for women with uterine fibroids. We will look at what those options are and how they work. As well as discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each treatment.Some of the treatment …
The Four Types of Fibroids Fibroids are diagnosed by type, based on their position within the uterine wall, and are typically divided into four categories. These categories are: Subserosal fibroids Submucous fibroids Intramural fibroids Pedunculated fibroids Though these names may be somewhat challenging to pronounce, they are fortunately fairly easy to explain. Let’s start with …
Acid Reflux and Fibroids Americans are gobbling up antiacids at a record pace, and amongst them are many women experiencing acid reflux due, in part, to uterine fibroids. Whether it’s Tums, Pepcid AC, or powerful acid-reducing drugs such as esomeprazole (Nexium 24HR), lansoprazole (Prevacid 24HR), and omeprazole (Prilosec OTC). So what exactly is acid reflux? …
Uterine Fibroid Embolization Uterine Fibroid Embolization is the only non-surgical procedure to date, that can be done to remove fibroids. So what exactly is UFE? How does it work? Does it work? And…is it painful? UFE is an outpatient procedure that begins with the use of conscious sedation ( an IV of a light sedative) …
Fibroids and Constipation Fibroids have many symptoms such as heavy bleeding, bleeding between cycles, pain during intercourse, fatigue from anemia, severe pelvic pain, and abdominal swelling. As if those symptoms aren’t annoying enough, some women with fibroids also experience problems involving their bowels, such as bloating and constipation. So why is this? For starters, it …
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