Our acquired immunity cannot completely protect us from colds either if the body lacks vitamins, for example. Calcium deficiency, a low calcium level, is another important factor. Furthermore, we have to look out for signs of exhaustion. Heavy demands on our energies are closely connected with a greater consumption of vitamins and calcium. Should circumstances [...]
First of all, the nose is designed in such a way that the mucous membranes keep dust and bacteria from entering the body, provided, of course, that we breathe in and out through the nose and that it is not blocked. It is true that we can also breathe through the mouth rather than the [...]
The pituitary, 12 by 8 mm in size (like a bean), serves our body in a similar way to that of an inconspicuous general who commands a large army, or the person in the control tower who directs and manoeuvres huge jet planes entering and leaving an international airport. This gland weighs only a few [...]
The disease has an incubation period of about fourteen days and it is therefore not surprising that within another ten or twelve days the next case will break out, either in your family or your neighbour’s. The first symptoms of measles can vary, but might include a head cold, nose bleeding, bronchial catarrh and conjunctivitis [...]
In this context it is appropriate to take a closer look at the opposite method, the curbing of normal hormone production in the female body. Gynaecologists have observed that the inhibitory effect lasts only as long as the agent, for example the contraceptive pill, is taken. If a woman stops taking the ‘pill’, her body [...]
Two specific problems that have a direct bearing on headaches can arise when using spectacles. Firstly, as more and more people are using computers it becomes important to be able to see the screen clearly. We look at the computer screen from considerably further than the distance at which we read a book, so glasses [...]
One of the biggest misconceptions about headaches is that they’re commonly due to high blood pressure. Certainly, patients with severe hypertension get headaches, and those with moderate blood pressure seem to be more prone to headaches from other sources, but there is no hard and fast relationship between blood pressure and headaches. In fact, high [...]
The arachnoid is one of three layers of tissue which cover the brain in much the same way that a loaf of bread is wrapped in thin cellophane. The main blood vessels supplying the brain itself run between the arachnoid and the next layer of covering. In a sub-arachnoid haemorrhage, one of these blood vessels [...]
The sinuses are large hollowed-out areas in the hones at the front of the skull. We need them for two reasons. Without sinuses the bones would be solid and heavy, so that our heads would tend to drop forward, especially as the bones concerned are at the front of the face, well away from the [...]
Tension headaches are ideal candidates for experimentation with some of the complementary therapies on offer and there are literally hundreds to choose from. Because tension headaches have unique causes in every person, the success of the various therapies will also be individual. Some of the most generally recognised therapies are listed below, but with the [...]