The onset of spring and summer is meant to be all about sunshine, colors, and outdoor trips. But is that not the case with you? Do you associate change of seasons with watery eyes, loss of voice, red nose, and going through endless boxes of tissues? Do you notice that there is a pattern to your allergy and you see them arrive at the same time every year?

Swollen veins in the anus and lower rectum causing a lump are called hemorrhoids. Hemorrhoids are also commonly known as piles. Hemorrhoids can affect your body in many ways: one of the common effects is that your rectum does not feel empty after a bowel movement. Hemorrhoids cause excess pain in the anus as it causes blood clots to be protruding out of the anus.

It is normal not to have a bowel movement on some days. Even if you miss a bowel movement on a particular day, there is nothing wrong with it. If you have bowel movements at least three times a week, it would still be considered as normal or regular bowel movements.

A leg muscle cramp refers to a severe and painful tightening or contraction of a muscle that strikes immediately. This lasts either for few minutes or just a few seconds. Some cramps can, however, last for several minutes. During night time, leg cramps are sudden spasms that occur in the calf muscles during the night time, and they may affect the foot or thigh as well.

An alarming amount of people suffer from chronic pain in the US. To be specific, one in five people have this condition. It makes working difficult. Spending time with family and enjoying social events are barred as times due to this pain. If you are suffering chronic pain which you have been experienced for three months or more and do not receive any pain relief from the treatment, it may so happen that your body has not stopped sending pain messages to the brain, even though there is a possibility that there is no pain at all in the area concerned.

Hemorrhoids are the swollen veins in the lowest portion of the rectum and anus; it causes rectal bleeding. Though it is not a life-threatening physical problem, it does cause pain and discomfort especially when you pass stools. It can be easily treated and cured with certain home remedies, non-invasive, and invasive procedures.

You might have had that experience where you hear a sound such as ticking or ringing to continuous pure tone that is not from outside of your body. It is also known as ‘ringing in the ears.’ It can affect one in ten adults and is more likely in those over the age group of 60 years.

Shingles or the red patchy marks on the skin characterized by an intense pain can bring extreme discomfort to anyone. Also known as Herpes Zoster, this is caused by the Varicella Zoster virus, which remains dormant in almost every human being. It is the same virus, which is responsible for causing chicken pox in kids also sometimes in adults.

Every individual could suffer from leg muscle pain. There are different kinds of leg pain problems such as muscular pain, joint pain, leg cramps, nerve pain, and blood clots. Some of the types of leg muscle pain are as follows: Muscle cramp: It causes sudden pain in the lower leg; this is also known as a Charley horse.

Most people do not consider snoring as a serious problem. The fact of the matter is that loud snoring and the subsequent daytime fatigue can be a symptom of sleep apnea. This is a breathing disorder where breathing stops and restarts in a repeated manner while sleeping. If you suffer from sleep apnea, you feel fatigued and exhausted during the daytime.

Shingles rashes are a form of viral infection which leads to the formation of a painful rash. Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States of America has found out that one in every three people in the country will eventually develop shingles, once in their lifetime. Varicella-zoster virus is responsible for this viral infection.

Nobody wants to lose hair from their heads. Thick and flowing hair enhances the appearance of a person. Unfortunately, many people have to face hair loss issues. Several reasons contribute towards hair loss, and they include hormonal imbalance, environmental effects, unwanted stress, aging, heavy smoking, nutritional inadequacy, genetic factors, infections on the scalp, use of products filled with dangerous chemicals, some medications, iron-deficiency anemia, thyroid disorder, autoimmune diseases, and so on.