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October 29, 2008

Indigestion

Filed under: Disease — admin @ 11:03 pm

Indigestion is most often brought about by interference with a marvelous piece of engineering contained in 30 to 32 feet of continuous hollow tubing called the alimentary canal. In this system the food is broken down, churned, diluted, dissolved and chemically split into simpler compounds which can be absorbed into the blood. The alimentary canal is formed of membrane which has to resist chemistry that dissolves bone, gristle, animal and vegetable matter far tougher than the membrane itself. The stomach’s gastric juice, one of the chief agents in digestion, has a high concentration of hydrochloric acid. Indigestion takes place as such.

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Jaundice

Filed under: Disease — admin @ 11:02 pm

Jaundice is a condition in which the skin turns yellow because bile pigment is being deposited in its deeper layers. Jaundice may arise from the breakdown of red cells in the bloodstream; because the bile passages from the liver are blocked so that the bile is re absorbed into the bloodstream or because of disease of the liver cells as in hepatitis or yellow fever. Hepatitis and yellow fever cannot be cured by medicine alone. Careful nursing, plenty of rest, a protein-rich diet and time are needed for a complete cure. It’s a kind of disease that happens because of lack of hygiene and cleanliness.

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