Ear Infections: "Mom, it hurts. It hurts!" Parents of children suffering from ear infections are all too familiar with this cry. Tugging at their ears, crying, and trouble sleeping are all signs of an ear infection in your little one. Children are more susceptible to ear infections than adults because of their smaller Eustachian tubes, and their less effective immune… Read More
Inflammatory Bowel Disease: The gastrointestinal mucosal barrier is an effective and powerful defense and repair mechanism, which allows for the proper absorption of energy, nutrients and water when we eat. The functioning of the digestive system with its balanced gut microbiota depends on the function of the mucosal barrier. The intestinal barrier has to be permeable to allow the passage… Read More
The pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD, suggests that interrupted interactions between the gastrointestinal tract, or GI tract, and the gut microbiota can often be the cause behind the development of the disease. A damaged or unhealthy gastric mucosal barrier may result in increased intestinal permeability which can cause an immunological reaction and result in symptoms of inflammation. Individuals… Read More
A number of gastrointestinal diseases, GI diseases, are believed to be caused by intestinal barrier dysfunction, predisposing the gastrointestinal tract, or GI tract, to inflammation, including the development of inflammatory bowel disease, or IBD. While increased intestinal permeability is often considered to be a worsening symptom associated with GI disease, or gastrointestinal disease, clinical and experimental evidence has found that… Read More
Intestinal Permeability: Alcohol and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, or NSAIDs, are harmful agents which can disrupt the balance of the digestive system, ultimately affecting the gastroduodenal mucosal and damaging the epithelial barrier along the gastrointestinal tract, or GI tract, increasing intestinal permeability. Moreover, it's not uncommon for patients to have been exposed to the two substances at the same time. It… Read More
Relieve: A small muscle located deep in the buttocks, the piriformis muscle performs the essential function of rotating the leg outwards. Piriformis Syndrome is a painful condition that occurs when the piriformis muscle is tight and intrudes upon the sciatic nerve in the buttocks. Causing pain and tenderness and sometimes numbness in the buttocks, piriformis syndrome pain may also radiate… Read More
Golfers, does this sound familiar? It's a warm sunny day with a bit of a breeze, you are on the back nine about to sink a putt. When you swing, your back seizes up with severe pain. The beautiful day of golf turns into painfully riding in the golf cart back to the clubhouse, and you limping painfully to your… Read More