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How to check your health using a stool color chart

How to check your health using a stool color chart

You might be surprised by this, but your stool says a lot about your health, diet, and what illness you might have. The color, texture, quantity and the consistency of your stool changes as per your dietary intake, and when you suffer from any health issues. Your stool acts as an indicator which helps you know about your health and the preventive measures you can take to escape from falling a victim of any diseases.
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TMJ – Causes, symptoms, and treatments

TMJ – Causes, symptoms, and treatments

Temporomandibular is a hinge connecting your jaw to the temporal bones of the skull present in front of each ear. It helps in moving your jaw, and enabling you to talk, chew or yawn. Temporomandibular disorder (TMD) is the problem with the jaw and the muscles of the face that control it.
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Things you probably did not know about the stool color chart

Things you probably did not know about the stool color chart

We all know that our stool is an indicator which gives us an idea of how healthy we are. It is, therefore, essential that you know how to study your stool and analyze it. The stool color chart makes it easy for a person to understand the condition of the stool and decide whether he or she needs to see a doctor or no.
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Endoscopy – Its procedure and purposes

Endoscopy – Its procedure and purposes

Endoscopy is a procedure that requires specialized instruments which help in viewing and operating the internal organs of the body. It helps the doctors and surgeons to view the internal organs of the body without making any large incisions on the body. Endoscopy procedure is performed to indentify causes like abdominal chest pain, nausea and vomiting, heartburn, bleeding and swallowing problems.
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Endoscopy procedure for treating kidney stones

Endoscopy procedure for treating kidney stones

Kidneys act as filters for the body as they help in removing chemicals and excess fluid from the body by making urine. Most of the chemicals get converted into urine and are flushed out of the body, unnoticed. However there are some chemicals that accumulate in the system and form tiny crystals.
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4 tips to eat healthily and lower bilirubin levels

4 tips to eat healthily and lower bilirubin levels

Bilirubin is produced by the conversion of hemoglobin when the liver breaks down red blood cells that are no longer required by the body. High bilirubin levels in the body are caused due to an increase in toxicity in the liver, malfunction of the liver or the gallbladder. High levels of bilirubin can also be caused due to diseases such as cirrhosis, viral hepatitis, gallstones, leukemia, Gilbert syndrome, pancreatitis, cancer or inflammation of the gallbladder.
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