Occurrence
The occurrence of Crohn’s disease is common to both the genders i.e. their incidence rate is equal in men and women. It has been found that this disease runs in some of the families. Nearly 20% of the persons affected by this disease have their blood associated with any of the inflammatory bowel diseases.

Causes
There are many proposals about the cause of this disease and the formation of the inflammation. There are no concrete proofs for these theories. However, the mostly accepted cause is that the immune system of the body responds to a pathogen by inducing the existing inflammation in the intestine. The general thought among the medical fraternity is the immune system abnormalities may be the cause of the disease.

What are the consequences of the disease?
The major consequence of the Crohn’s disease is the intestinal blockage. The consequences also include the formation of ulcers or sores in the affected regions. The fistulas usually become infected as a result of the disease. There are also nutritional consequences that arise due to the disease. Deficiency of vitamins and proteins occur in this disease. Consequences in the form of problems related to skin, mouth or eye inflammation, arthritis, formation of kidney stones and diseases related to liver occur due to the Crohn’s disease.

What are the treatment procedures?
The factors that influence the treatment procedure are severity, site of disease, consequences of the disease, and response of the disease to the treatment given before. The treatment procedure to the disease aims in controlling diarrhea and inflammation, providing solutions to deficiency in the nutritional habits, and make the patient free of pain in the abdominal part, and stopping the bleeding in rectum.

The treatment procedure includes drug therapy, suggesting a diet having the required nutrients and surgical procedures. These treatment procedures are given separately or in combination. The treatment procedures proves to be good in only controlling the Crohn’s and does not give complete cure to the disease. The drug that is usually prescribed is Sulfasalazine. The drugs that are often employed have mesalamine for controlling the inflammation. The surgical procedures involve colectomy which is to remove the whole colon part.

Principle one:
Adopt a diet higher in protein, lower in simple carbohydrates and with only a moderate amount of fat. A diet of nuts, wholesome grains like wheat, ragi and very little of rice, all kinds of wholesome grains and for fat a little raw-coconut or mustard of sesame seeds.

Principle two:
Eat slow absorbing carbohydrates rather than faster foods. i.e., whole grains, fruits and vegetables which break down sugar in a time consuming manner.

Principle three:
Grace, don’t stuff. Try spacing out the meals into smaller, less elaborate snacks.

Principle four:
Say good-bye to fast foods. Most of the highly refined, sugary foods contain hyper concentrated sugar. These “sweet nothings” are enough to challenge the sugar thermostat of a big elephant. Every bit of these sticky sweet confections throws the pancreas into a high-stage, red alert, in a biochemical panic to combat the infusion of high power sugars. The wild variations of sugar and insulin will put a tremendous strain on the pancreas and other organs, at once sending the energy level through the roof, then bringing it crashing down again, which leads to hyperglycemia/hypoglycemia syndrome. Therefore, give up those fast foods/junk foods today itself.

Principle five:
Say good-bye to tea, coffee, alcohol and tobacco. Since diabetes is a disease of unnecessary ups and downs, it is better to minimize the causes of these gyrations. Getting rid of artificial stimulants is the best way to do this. Further, the cycle of low blood sugar and high stimulants puts a real strain on several of the most important organs, including adrenal glands, stomach, nervous systems and cardio vascular systems. So give them up today itself.

Principle six:
If you are overweight, reduce. Losing weight will help the arteries and kidneys not to mention the sex life. It may also help lower the risk of fluctuations in the blood sugar level.

Principle seven:
Always be on the move. Do some exercises whenever you get time. Especially do some yoga or simply walk for 40 minutes every day, early in the morning, on empty stomach. Always sit straight, which will help you to burn fat faster.

When a patient feels like Hypoglycemia related symptoms, take a low-sugar, high-protein snack such as a handful of nuts or some low-fat-butter milk or some complex carbohydrates. If after eating, the patient feels the symptoms subside, it suggests that the problem may be due to an over sensitive food-insulin-blood sugar action. Instead of this, if the patient takes refined sugar or simple carbohydrates, that will make a high-sugar reaction. What the patient actually needs is a high protein or complex carbohydrates (Groundnuts / Coconuts / Dates / Papaya) that will gradually release protein or complex carbohydrates into the blood stream which will not only of if. In short, the effect will be ‘retarded release of sugar’.

Some of the joint diseases are as follows.

Arthritis

This disease results in the joints becoming inflamed and painful. It has been found that arthritis occurs in about 50 million people in U.S. Arthritis exists in about 100 different types. Some of the types of arthritis are rheumatoid arthritis, Lyme arthritis, osteoarthritis, gout, etc. The common symptoms include pain in joints, swelling of joints, fever, low blood pressure etc.

Types of arthritis

Rheumatoid arthritis

This type of arthritis is an autoimmune disease usually resulting in adults. It is commonly a systemic illness with anemia, fatigue, changes in the eyes, lungs, heart etc. This painful condition results when the normal healthy tissues of the body is affected by the immune system. The disease causes the synovial membrane to become thick and inflamed. Damages occur in the articular cartilage. Arthritis attacks many types of joints. Replacement of joints that are severely damaged by surgical procedures can treat this disease.

Lyme arthritis

This disease is due to the bacterial infection transmitted through tick bite which causes intermittent arthritis in many joints. The symptoms include pain, fatigue rashes, etc. The use of antibiotics to treat the disease is quite effective.

Osteoarthritis

This is a degenerative disease and most usual form of arthritis. The age is a factor in its occurrence as the chance of getting the disorder increases with age. In this kind of arthritis the softening and gradual disintegration of articular cartilage happens. This causes the articular surfaces to become rough. Pain develops in joints and difficulty arises in moving the body parts. The commonly affected joints are which are present in hips, fingers, vertebral columns etc. The drugs used in treating osteoarthritis are anti inflammatory medications.

Bursitis

This joint disease nothing but the inflammation of bursa. This disorder is due to stress applied to bursa or the overuse of joints. Bursa is present between the Achilles tendon and the heel bone. Sudden physical activities in high magnitude cause the inflammation. Tennis elbow is a type of bursitis. This form attacks the bursa which is present in between the skin and olec-ranon process.  Usually doctors suggest the patient to take rest as a part of their treatment procedure.

These are only some of many types of joint disorders. It is necessary to treat these disorders with appropriate care before they could become dangerous.

Genetics can help in a long way to find the cause of this disease. Genetic researchers have found a mutant gene which accounts for the disorder in many well analyzed large families. A protein known as alpha-synuclein is encoded by the gene. This protein is present in basal nuclei. During the abnormal condition improper folding of the protein happens. This may lead to the formation of deposits in the brain. There are some rare cases where the disease is inherited. In such cases the human genome project will identify the causative genes for the occurrence of the disease. This is also used to identify the genes that will enhance the risk of getting the disease.

What are the treatment techniques for the Parkinson disease?
Over the years the administration of levo-dopa is the standard procedure for treating the disease. This is nothing but a precursor to dopamine which is capable of passing through the blood brain barrier. In the brain levodopa once converted to dopamine cannot pass the barrier. But as a result of regular usage of levodopa, the brain increasingly turns out to be dependent on the external administration and thus the brain’s own generation of dopamine becomes lowered. Finally levo-dopa lessens the symptoms for some time. Another drug known as prampipexole is found to even out the dopamine supply by mimicking the dopamine action. This drug when given along with levo-dopa, the symptoms get improved and also found to lower the depression related with the Parkinson disease.

The experimental approach to treat the disease is the transplantation of fetal brain tissue into the brain of the Parkinson diseased person. This tissue produces the required dopamine. This treatment procedure went through lot of controversies.

How diagnosis of the disease is performed?
Diagnosis of the disease involves the tests mentioned as follows. CT scan and x ray of the chest serves as one of the major tools of diagnosis. The pulmonary function test, biopsies of the pleura or the lung also serves our purpose. Ultrasound scanning and perfusion scanning is also used in diagnosis of respiratory diseases.

Common treatment procedures
The administration of vaccines is the preventive measure of the disease. The treatment involves medication of inhalation type like antibiotics, corticosteroids, anti coagulants, immune suppressants etc. the treatment method also includes surfactant replacement therapy, physiotherapy, chemotherapy, liquid and also mechanical ventilation, radiotherapy, surgery etc.

How respiratory diseases are classified?
Usually the respiratory diseases are categorized on the basis of the organ, cause and symptoms involved in the disease. Some of the respiratory diseases are mentioned as follows. One such type is the obstructive lung disease. In this disease narrowing of the bronchial tubes occur. This makes the passage of air through the tubes extremely difficult. The other type is the restrictive lung disease. In this disease type loss of lung compliance happens and is otherwise called as interstitial diseases of the lung.

Upper respiratory tract infection and lower respiratory infection are the types of respiratory tract infections. The former type is usually common cold and also includes tonsillitis and sinusitis, etc. The typical example of the latter type is pneumonia which is an infection of lung due to bacterial infection.

Respiratory diseases can be also tumors. These tumors can be benign or malignant. Some of the common types of tumors occurring in the respiratory system are adenocarcinoma, small cell and non small cell types of tumor in lung, head and neck cancer, lymphoma, melanoma, mesothelioma etc.

The respiratory diseases also include pleural cavity diseases like emphysema and pulmonary vascular diseases.

The weight loosing trend is increasing in the developed countries due to the availability of numerous options and awareness sources. The reason for increased weight loss awareness may be due to the fact that western country people take in high cholesterol and fatty food items. The inability to burn the consumed fats make most of the people gain weight which is dangerous for the health. So for this reason the United States experts are highlighting health issues on the internet as well as on print media.

The health care research is also advanced in the developed countries. Being the world’s sole super power, United States of America is far ahead of other countries in innovation, pharmacy and medical research. The basic health acre is highly subsidized in public hospitals and nursing home but the private hospital treatments and operations are expensive. Very few countries provide low cost and free medical facilities to its citizens like Canada.

But in rest of the countries people have to spend themselves on their medication. But in developed countries people do not catch diseases frequently which save them from spending huge amounts of money on medical treatments. The patients from other countries of the world seek medical treatments in the western countries due to the advanced technology and facilities available with them. The research and technology is advancing rapidly in such countries which is becoming a source of national income. Medical instruments are prepared in the industries of European and United States’ industries and are exported to the rest of the world. Similar is the case with the medicines. The United States of America manufactures medicines and supplies it to the developing countries as they lack technology as well as expertise to manufacture certain medicines. World health organization is also developed by the advanced nations to help the nations which are far behind in this regard.

Especially the poor people can seek the help of the social workers who have been appointed by almost all big hospitals. The social workers in the health care profession are known as clinical and medical social workers. Health care profession surely needs a human element while they treat patients. But most of the times, the doctors can not do proper counseling of the patient and his family. This is the responsibility of social work. The spaces left in every field, which require some kind of humanistic approach and counseling is tackled by social workers. Similar is the trend in health care professions. The hospitals and pharmaceutical firms appoint social workers who can advise about the ethical standards as well as counsel patients.

The health care services are ensured by the socials health workers at community as well as individual levels the governments of developing nations are now realizing the importance of social work profession and are now adopting various strategies of development which require social workers’ services. But in spite all the roles it can play for the socio economic prosperity, it covers unfortunately few areas of health care only. It must be done that all the health care providers get training on social work from the expert social workers so they may not work as machines in their health care institutions.  Many areas are there which require social work’s attention. The awareness about the health care and diseases can be spread by the social workers. This is due to the reason that they may have abilities and skills to communicate with the communities and social gatherings of various social classes to convince them.

This must be done in the developing countries as the developed countries have almost solved their community related problems. Developed countries are far ahead of under developed world in health care services and social work associated with the health services. They have succeeded in introducing human element in the hospitals along with the materialistic approach of treatment.

The fitness is important for many reasons. If you are not fit physically you may get several mental problems and disorders as well. And due to the social and psychological reasons you may face physical health disturbance. Appearing smart and attractive is also a reason for which the demand for physical health care services is increasing. Not only are the number of people seeking such services increasing, the fitness service centers are also increasing across the globe even in the developing countries. Every one wants to look pretty and fit to get the attention of others. This has now become important for the gaining success in profession as well as in getting a good spouse.

The media portrayal has played a very important role in making such opinions of people around the world. People adopt various ways to satisfy turn their dreams of slim and smart body along with healthy look. The natural items are mostly used by the people as they lack side effects. But to stay healthy and physically fit is ensured only if one eats healthy, does regular exercise and avoids stress. If a person is physically fit he may remain psychologically healthy. But social, physical and psychological health are inter related.

If any one factor of this triangle is disturbed, the other two would surely be affected. The internet is a good source of health care information. People can use the web content for useful health care tips and advises. The weight loss is highly important for the people who are obese. The health does not mean obesity nor does it mean slimness. It requires healthy diet which provides the body with required nutrition and energy. Even how one can prevent diseases can be known through the internet sources. Surely, internet is well serving the health care as well as the physical fitness topics.