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Voice loss Causes and Treatment

Voice loss is a common problem in between the human being. Mostly all of us experience this problem in cold seasons. This is a normal problem which most the people can treat at home. But sometimes it may become serious and may leads to serious health disorders.

Voice loss may be caused because of various factors. Intake of cold drinks in excess may lead to loss of voice. Some people are addicted to take cold drinks with alcohol and all that. They mostly suffer from this problem.

Bacterial or viral infection can also cause the problem of voice loss. Drinking too much cold water may also cause this problem. Voice loss can also happened because of irritants like alcohol, tobacco chewing or smoking etc.

Voice loss can also be happened because of physical activities like crying, cheering up your team, speaking loudly etc. Putting too much strain on your vocal cord may also cause voice loss. Singing with a little too much gusto or chatting through whole night with old friends may also cause these problems.

The symptoms of hoarse voice or voice loss may include sore throat, swelling in throat, common cold etc. Firstly your voice becomes hoarse and after some days it goes totally. This can happen with people of all age groups.

Most of the people are able to overcome this problem at home. I just want to say you guys that if this problem is not overcome within 3-4 days with home remedies then you must go to your doctor immediately.

The best and fast home remedy to overcome this problem is inhaling of vapors of hot water. Add some drops of eucalyptus oil in the hot water for better results. It gives you immediate relief. Inhale these vapors about 3 times in a day.

May 11, 2010 at 7:23 am 1 comment

Fatal Hazards of Smoking

smoking hazardsThe unhealthy habit of smoking is very fatal to your health. Every year about thousands of deaths every year are noted due to the smoking of tobacco. Many teens have lost their life so early due to this unhealthy habit of smoking. Smoking up course gives you a temporary relief from the stress and tensions, but it performs parasitically by hazarding your health too badly. Smoking outcomes fatally by ending your life easily, it reduces your lifespan by about 10 years. Suppose if you get prone to any of the fatal cancers due to the smoking duration then certainly your life is going to be hell. So, friends just quit smoking because it is going to hurt you fatally. Smoking is nothing more than an act of suicide; it is just like a process of slow poisoning. It is not difficult to quit smoking if you are totally determined and dedicated to achieve it.  Here are the reasons why you should quit smoking.

Fatal Hazards of Smoking:

1. Lung cancer is the most commonly occurring outcome of the smoking. It is the cancer of lungs that destructs the respiratory system of the person. Once the lungs suffer with the cancer, it is very fatal, and surely your life is going to get end in maximum of about 4 to 5 years. This happens due to the carcinogenic substances that enter through the smoke into the respiratory system and leads to the cancerous growth in the lungs.

2. The risk of the cardiovascular disorders is being increased due to the smoking. It has been proved through the scientific research that smoking weakens your heart. It reduces the blood and oxygen supply to the heart thus causing the malfunctioning of the heart. Heart attack and heart strokes are being noted more commonly in the smokers than the normal individual. Smoking boosts the cholesterol content and thus you get prone to the heart attack. This is the fatal hazards of smoking that many people suffer with it. Atherosclerosis is one of the cardiovascular disorders that is being caused due to the smoking.

3. Damage to the nervous system is being noted to be occurring due to the smoking. It has been observed by the scientists that smoking increases the chances of suffering with the brain tumor. The working of the brain is being disturbed considerably due to the smoking. The working of the neurons sometimes gets dependent on the smoking and this is what makes you addicted to smoking.  Sometimes even deaths are reported to the brain tumor caused due to the smoking.

4. Tuberculosis is the outcome of the consistent smoking of cigarettes. It is observed to be occurring very commonly among the chain smokers. This disease will occur within a year you start the smoking. Tuberculosis is the deadly infectious disease caused by the bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The growth of the bacteria is being boosted due to the smoke of tobacco, thus making the condition more serious. Tuberculosis may become fatal if you continue to smoke while taking the treatment.

5. Leukemia or blood cancer is caused due to the smoking. The tobacco content of the smoke affects the blood cells adversely. It is the most dangerous forms of the cancer. Against it the survival rate is very less that is about just 5%. Kidney cancer and Bladder cancer are found to be caused due to the smoking. The hazardous particles of tobacco that enters through the respiratory system gets stuck in the kidney, bladder, or liver thus resulting in the cancer.

These are the fatal hazards of smoking. So, it is my genuine request to all the readers to quit smoking as soon as possible to stay away from these fatal disorders.

October 26, 2009 at 5:42 am 1 comment


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