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Stress can affect anyone, and in small doses it is not necessarily a bad thing. Average amounts of stress can keep you alert and ensure that tasks are completed and deadline met. Essentially stress is life’s little push that often helps us to cope.

The kidneys are two bean-shaped organs, about 5 inches long and 3 inches wide. They are dark red in color, and located on either side of your spine in the middle of your back, just below your rib cage. The right kidney lies a little lower than the left kidney. The kidneys together with the bladder, two ureters and single urethra constitute the urinary system.

With Hashimoto’s thyroiditis the immune system mistakenly attacks the thyroid causing inflammation and tissue damage. Antibodies are made by white blood cells to fight germs and infections. But in Hashimoto’s, auto-antibodies (antibodies which attack normal tissue) are made by white blood cells and appear in the bloodstream.

The thyroid release hormones that influence many bodily functions, such as physical growth and development, metabolism, puberty, organ function, fertility and body temperature. These functions depend on two hormones released from the healthy thyroid gland: tri-iodothyronine (T3) and thyroxine (T4).

Narcolepsy is a chronic neurological disorder that causes excessive sleepiness without warning and at inappropriate times. When a person has Narcolepsy, the brain is unable to regulate the sleep-wake cycles normally. Numerous factors contribute to sleep disturbances and neurological dysfunction. As a result, both daytime and night-time sleep attacks occur.

A seizure is a condition that occurs when the electrical system of the brain malfunctions. When the brain functions normally, a multitude of tiny electrical signals are produced by the nerve cells of the brain and other parts of the body. With a seizure there is a short, temporary disturbance within the electrical system of the brain – like when a power outage occurs and the electricity switches off.

With Tourette’s Syndrome, which usually starts in childhood, individuals feel an irresistible urge to make sounds and body movements that are beyond their control. These uncontrollable movements and sounds are called tics.

Tic disorders cause rapid, uncontrollable movements or sounds that a person makes for no apparent reason. They are involuntary actions and often tend to happen in sudden bouts. Usually occurring on a daily basis, tics are almost always an unwelcome experience for the sufferer.

Tuberculosis (TB) is a contagious and potentially fatal disease that predominantly affects the lungs. While only 10% of people exposed to TB actually advance to the stage of active tuberculosis, the increasing prevalence of HIV and AIDS in recent years has resulted in increased numbers of TB cases. With more people contracting active TB, more people are exposed to the infection.

When we eat food, our body needs to break it down into usable nutrients and vitamins. The process of this breakdown starts off in the stomach. The stomach secretes an acid that is essential in the digestive process, as this acid helps in breaking down the food during digestion.