Relief from Rheumatic and Minor Musculoskeletal Conditions

As I suffer from the trouble of rheumatic and minor musculoskeletal pains, it proved extremely worse for my health. Besides, still I avoided the signs and symptoms of these disorders. Due to such reason, it proved extremely fatal for me and also hampered my professional responsibilities and duties. Due to these pain, I had to remain in my residence for a longer period of time, which hindered my organization to a significant extent. So, I decided to consult an experienced doctor to get freedom from these disorders.

After knowing the signs and symptoms of my disorder, the doctor prescribed me a medicine named algesal tube. As this medicine contains an active ingredient named diethylamine salicylate, so it can also be used to reduce the effects of lumbago, fibrositis, sciatica, bruises and strains and many others. While prescribing me this medicine, doctor told me to keep this medicine out of the reach of the small kids. As they might consume, that may prove problematic for me and my family. Along with this, he also told me that these medicines can only be consumed by us or children's above 6 years of age. After using this medicine, I understood that this medicine works in two ways such as an anti-inflammatory and a painkiller as well. So, it is highly preferred by me and many others in the entire world.

After putting the cream of algesal tube on the infected area, I attained a burning sensation and red rashes appeared within my entire body. This sensation distracts from brain and offers a relief from the feeling of pain from the infected part. After putting the cream, doctor advised me massage the cream with very gentle hands within the painful region. He prescribed me to use it, at-least 3 times a day. Besides, as I used numerous times, varied types of side-effects came into existence such as redness, irritation or rash. Along with this, the infected areas also becomes extremely sensitive to the rays of the sun. Not only this, he also advised me to store the medicine in a cool and dry place, so that it remains fresh for longer period of time.

Moreover, these medicines need to be according to the prescription of the doctor. As, over use might cause varied disorders such as diverse types of allergies, not to be used in broken skin and many others. Not only this, he also advised me to keep out of the contact of the eyes and other sensitive regions. So, in order to attain the similar benefit, it is essential to obey all his advices and recommendations. If it is not maintained by us, then it might cause increase of the blood levels and due to toxicity of methotrexate excretion might decline. It might be extremely harmful both for your personal as well as professional life. So, we need to be extremely careful, before consuming these medicines as compared to others. Before stopping the medicine, one to need to consult with the doctor.

Vitamin D Deficiency Treatment at a Glance

Because of its important functions, vitamin D is considered to be one of the most valuable vitamins. Vitamin D plays an important role in the regulation of calcium and phosphorus absorption, it has a positive effect on bone growth and development, and prevents bone-related diseases in children and adults, and many more. When the vitamin D levels are quite low, then there are chances for the patient to experience vitamin D deficiency symptoms.

All age groups can be affected by vitamin D deficiency and there are several situations when it can happen. The first situation is when the need for vitamin D is increased like in pregnant and lactating women or in children when their growth is the fastest. Another situation is when the body can't synthesize vitamin D because of some diseases like, kidney, liver or Crohn's disease. And finally, vitamin D deficiency can be caused when the intake of foods rich in vitamin D is inadequate or when people refuse to consume such food, vegetarians, for example.

The symptoms of vitamin D deficiency are sometimes hard to be recognized, mainly because some people manifest general symptoms like aches or fatigue. This is the reason why it is important to be able to recognize the vitamin D deficiency symptoms and react as soon as possible. For example, the following symptoms may occur in babies and children:

• Growth problems
• Delayed growth of the teeth
• irritability
• frequent infections
• soft skull and leg bones
• breathing problems
• muscle aches

In adults, the most common symptoms are pain in different parts of the body and when they get tired quite easily even when they don't do any activity. As time passes, these symptoms will worsen.

Fortunately, vitamin D deficiency can be easily prevented. Besides increasing the consumption of vitamin D rich foods, it is also good to use vitamin D supplements. However, after you have done all the tests and were diagnosed with a vitamin D deficiency you have to start treating your condition. Don't start the treatment yourself. Instead, let your doctor decide what would be the right dosage and treatment method. The best treatment at the moment is taking vitamin D shots. They can last for up to six months. There are also other types of vitamin D supplements like drops or tablets. However, keep in mind that you will have to continue with the treatment after you treat your condition. Now, when you already know that you can easily prevent vitamin D deficiency, it would be a good idea to take all the necessary steps to really prevent the occurrence of this condition.

This is a guest post by Alex who is writing for TheVitaminMag.com project, a health website that provides information about vitamins and supplements.

By Boris Washington