Wrinkle
“Aging, wrinkles, dull nails, or hair loss, can be a clue to more serious health problems,” says Dr. Molly M. Roberts, health experts from the Institute for Health & Healing, and president of the American Holistic Medical Association, as quoted from Fox News.
No exaggeration to say that there is a body fit appearance reflects good health. Here are detection of health problems with body sign.
- Wrinkle
These aging symptoms appear as you age. Although everyone will experience it, this condition can be a clue osteoporosis. Recent studies show a relationship between wrinkles and bone health, especially in women in early menopause.
The worse the condition of the skin constrict, the greater the risk of reduced bone density as a symptom of osteoporosis. Although the majority arise due to aging, wrinkle severity is also influenced by exposure to secondhand smoke and sunshine.
- Leg swelling
Many factors lead to swollen ankles. In addition to sprains, wounds, or infections, fluid retention in the lower body can also be triggered by pregnancy, obesity, or consumption of certain drugs. However, in some cases, this condition also be indicative of impaired cardiac pump function.
- Nails turbid
Attention nail conditions, whether the color is pale, yellow, brown, blue, spotted, grooved, or perforated? This condition can be a number of health problems and serious disease such as anemia, heart problems, diabetes, liver and nutritional deficiencies.
Yellow color of the nail can indicate respiratory conditions such as chronic bronchitis, thyroid disorders, or swelling of the hands (lymphedema). In this yellow nail syndrome, nails thicken and growth will slow down, so the color changes.
Leg swelling
Note the size of your hands and feet, is proportional? If size is greater than normal, maybe this is a classic sign of acromegaly, a hormonal disorder occurs in adults due to the pituitary gland makes too much growth hormone.
“These include a rare condition, and changes in bone and soft tissue usually runs slowly, so that the sufferer is often unaware of the hormonal disturbances in the body,” said Dr. Andrea Utz, director of the Vanderbilt Pituitary Center at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville.
- Bad breath
It’s a good brushing and gum health care on a regular basis, but still spread the aroma of bad breath? If you experience it, you may need to raise awareness of heart problems. While the teeth are easy to shake or the date to guide osteoporosis or poor bone density.
- Red face
Not being shy or withhold treatment but face reddened skin? This may be symptoms of rosacea, a chronic skin disorder that is usually accompanied by the emergence of infections such as acne. Red hue comes from an enlarged blood vessels around the face. If ignored, could form lumps and make round nose grow.
- Dark skin
Usually appear around the neck of the back and hard to lose even though they had clean with scrubs or scrub cream. This condition can be a sign of acanthosis nigricans, a condition where the skin appears darker and thicker, even resembling velvet folds along the body.
Which potentially develop this condition are those with insulin resistance, diabetes, obesity or, cancer. “While certainly not a clue, but it’s worth further investigation immediately if this condition is found,” said Heather Jones, a health practitioner at Oregon Health & Science University, Portland.
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