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Tuesday, March 29, 2016

[AlternativeAnswers] Spring Clean Your Website

 

Good Morning!

What better time to create and revitalize your website, than in Spring!  

Your rule of thumb: Refresh, refresh, refresh.

Keeping your website up to date and current, keeps interested customers coming back! Here are some great ways to reinvent your products and website.

1. Keep It Seasonal: Why not create products that work around each change of season! Perhaps it is a color scheme, name of an item or an entirely new product line, seasonal products and web design help to keep your products current. It can keep it new and fresh by theme and a good opportunity to rotate items into a "highlighted" or "featured" position. Seasonal products can be used for "change of season" events, to welcome in weather changes or to introduce a new approach to an old product.

2. Write An Article: If you have a new product to introduce or a new event you wish to advertise, write an article about the product or event. Go in depth with how, when, why, what and who the product was designed for. Give a short back story about the product or event. Get your reader/customer involved. Explain your event and express how it can benefit them.

3. Keep Your Website Info Updated: Keep your customer notified of new products, new events, seasonal specials and/or personal adventures. You don't want customers thinking your website is out of business or closing because you haven't been keeping things current. Make sure you let prospective clients know what's new. 

4. Make Sure Your Websites User Friendly: Just by the nature of their design,websites can be complicated and confusing. Assume your prospective client has NEVER been on a webpage before. Convey what you want them to know. Make it right up front and in their face. Allow your links to be easy to follow and help your client to where they need to be. That will have everything to do with your web design and the information you are trying to get across. When your customer enters your site, they should find what they need within a click or two. If they have to click many links and open several new windows, it will completely discourage your visitor. Think, hassle free!

5. If They Don't Find What They Like, They Move On: So give them what they like. Define who and what your site is for. Then, know what your customer is interested in. You can do this by the number of "favorites or likes" a product gets. You can follow up and see how many times a webpage has been visited and by how many people. Once you define the likes of your customer, create variations on that theme (with new information, new products or an ebook). You can also create a survey and ASK your customer what more would they be interested in on your site. You can narrow it down to several choices or categories and simply see what the consensus might be!

Simple Rule of Thumb: Keep it short, simple and to the point and prospective and returning customers will know what your website is all about!

Andrew Pacholyk MS L.Ac
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Monday, March 28, 2016

[AlternativeAnswers] Disorders of the GI Tract

 

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Disorders of the GI Tract

1. Celiac disease, also called celiac sprue, is a digestive disorder that occurs when an individual's immune system overreacts to the protein gluten, or other proteins within gluten such as gliadin, found in grains including wheat, rye, barley, and to some degree, oats. When a patient with the disease eats food that contains gluten, the immune system's response damages the intestinal lining. This causes symptoms of abdominal pain and bloating after consuming gluten. Additionally, complications, including poor absorption, may occur if the patient continues to eat gluten-containing foods. When the intestinal lining is damaged, patients have difficulty absorbing nutrients. It has not been determined what triggers this reaction in celiac patients. However, celiac disease is associated with autoimmune disorders, such as lupus. Autoimmune disorders occur when the patient's immune system mistakenly identifies body cells as harmful invaders, such as bacteria. As a result, the immune cells in celiac patients attack the patient's intestinal cells.

2. Constipation is the difficult passage of stools (bowel movements) or the infrequent (less than three times a week) or incomplete passage of stools. Constipation is usually caused by inadequate "roughage" or fiber in the diet, or a disruption of the regular routine or diet. Constipation causes a person to strain during a bowel movement. It might include small, hard stools, and sometimes causes anal problems such as fissures and hemorrhoids. Constipation is rarely the sign of a more serious medical condition. Treatment of constipation includes increasing the amount of fiber you eat, exercising regularly, and moving your bowels when you have the urge (resisting the urge causes constipation). If these treatment methods don’t work, laxatives are a temporary solution. Note that the overuse of laxatives can actually aggravate symptoms of constipation. Always follow the package instructions on the laxative medicine, as well as the advice of your doctor.

3. Colitis is conditions that cause an inflammation of the bowel. There are several types of colitis, these include:

-Infectious colitis 
-Ulcerative colitis (cause not known) 
-Crohn's disease (cause not known) 
-Ischemic colitis (caused by blood circulation to the colon) 
-Radiation colitis (after radiotherapy)

Colitis causes diarrhea, rectal bleeding, abdominal cramps, and urgency (frequent and immediate need to empty the bowels). Treatment depends on the diagnosis, which is made by colonoscopy and biopsy.

4. Colon polyps and cancer

Each year 130,000 Americans are diagnosed with colorectal cancer, the second most common form of cancer in the United States. Fortunately, with advances in early detection and treatment, colorectal cancer is one of the most curable forms of the disease. By using a variety of screening tests, it is possible to prevent, detect, and treat the disease long before symptoms appear.

The importance of screening Almost all colorectal cancers begin as polyps, benign (non-cancerous) growths in the tissues lining the colon and rectum. Cancer develops when these polyps grow and abnormal cells develop and start to invade surrounding tissue. Removal of polyps can prevent the development of colorectal cancer. Almost all precancerous polyps can be removed painlessly using a flexible lighted tube called a colonoscope. If not caught in the early stages, colorectal cancer can spread throughout the body. More advanced cancer requires more complicated surgical techniques. Most early forms of colorectal cancer do not cause symptoms, which makes screening especially important. When symptoms do occur, the cancer might already be quite advanced. Symptoms include blood on or mixed in with the stool, a change in normal bowel habits, narrowing of the stool, abdominal pain, weight loss, or constant tiredness. Most cases of colorectal cancer are detected in one of four ways:

- By screening people at average risk for colorectal cancer beginning at age 50 
- By screening people at higher risk for colorectal cancer (for example, those with a family history or a personal history of colon polyps or cancer) 
- By investigating the bowel in patients with symptoms 
- A chance finding at a routine check-up

Early detection is the best chance for a cure.

5. IBD (inflammatory bowel disease), which is Ulcerative Colitis or Crohn's disease. Treatment of diarrhea is often accomplished with the B.R.A.T. diet which stands for Bananas, Applesauce, Rice and Toast (dry)....these are known foods to bulk up stools when sick or have diarrhea.

6. Diverticular disease or Diverticulosis is the presence of small outpouchings (diverticula) in the muscular wall of the large intestine that form in weakened areas of the bowel. They usually occur in the sigmoid colon, the high-pressure area of the lower large intestine. Diverticular is very common and occurs in 10 percent of people over age 40 and in 50 percent of people over age 60 in Western cultures. It is often caused by too little roughage (fiber) in the diet. Diverticulosis rarely causes symptoms. Complications of diverticular disease happen in about 10 percent of people with outpouchings. They include infection or inflammation (diverticulitis), bleeding, and obstruction. Treatment of diverticulitis includes antibiotics, increased fluids, and a special diet. Surgery is needed in about half the patients who have complications to remove the involved segment of the colon.

7. Heartburn occurs when a muscular valve, called the lower espophageal sphincter functions improperly, which allows stomach acid to back up into the esophagus. This tube, which leads from the stomach to the throat can be greatly effected by stomach acid, causing a burning, painful sensation in this area. Lack of proper enzymes are also a cause. Heartburn, indigestion, acid reflux are all usually defined by a vague chest or abdominal discomfort or burning in the solar plexus area, with no apparent organic cause, that occurs during or soon after eating, drinking, or stressful situations.

8. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) (also called spastic colon, irritable colon, or nervous stomach) is a condition in which the colon muscle contracts more readily than in people without IBS. A number of factors can trigger IBS including certain foods, medicines, and emotional stress. Symptoms of IBS include abdominal pain and cramps, excess gas, bloating, and a change in bowel habits such as harder, looser, or more urgent stools than normal. Often people with IBS have alternating constipation and diarrhea. Treatment includes avoiding caffeine, increasing fiber in the diet, monitoring which foods trigger IBS (and avoiding these foods), minimizing stress or learning different ways to cope with stress, and sometimes taking medicines as prescribed by your health care provider.

9. Hemorrhoids are swollen blood vessels that line the anal opening caused by chronic excess pressure from straining during a bowel movement, persistent diarrhea, or pregnancy. There are two types of hemorrhoids: internal and external.

a). Internal hemorrhoids are normal structures cushioning the lower rectum and protecting it from damage by stool. When they fall down into the anus as a result of straining, they become irritated and start to bleed. Ultimately, internal hemorrhoids can fall down enough to prolapse (sink or protrude) out of the anus. Treatment includes improving bowel habits (such as avoiding constipation, not straining during bowel movements, and moving your bowels when you have the urge), using elastic bands to pull the internal hemorrhoids back into the rectum, or removing them surgically. Surgery is needed only for a small number patients with very large, painful, and persistent hemorrhoids.

b). External hemorrhoids are veins that lie just under the skin on the outside of the anus. Sometimes, after straining, the external hemorrhoidal veins burst and a blood clot forms under the skin. This very painful condition is called a pile. Treatment includes removing the clot and vein under local anesthesia in the doctor's office.

10. Fissures (anal) are splits or cracks in the lining of the anal opening. The most common cause of an anal fissure is the passage of very hard or watery stools. The crack in the anal lining exposes the underlying muscles that control the passage of stool through the anus and out of the body. An anal fissure is one of the most painful problems because the exposed muscles become irritated from exposure to stool or air, and leads to intense burning pain, bleeding, or spasm after bowel movements. Initial treatment for anal fissures includes pain medicine, dietary fiber to reduce the occurrence of large, bulky stools, and sitz baths (sitting in a few inches of warm water). If these treatments don't relieve pain, surgery might be needed to decrease spasm in the sphincter muscle.

11. Fistula (anal), often follows drainage of an abscess and is an abnormal tube-like passageway from the anal canal to a hole in the skin near the opening of the anus. Body wastes traveling through the anal canal are diverted through this tiny channel and out through the skin, causing itching and irritation. Fistulas also cause drainage, pain, and bleeding. They rarely heal by themselves and usually need surgery to drain the abscess and "close off" the fistula. Sometimes the skin glands near the anus become infected and need to be drained. Just behind the anus, abscesses can form that contain a small tuft of hair at the back of the pelvis (called a pilonidal cyst).

12. Perianal abscesses can occur when the tiny anal glands that open on the inside of the anus become blocked, and the bacteria always present in these glands cause an infection. When pus develops, an abscess forms. Treatment includes draining the abscess, usually under local anesthesia in the doctor's office.

13. Ulcers: Peptic ulcers are a group of ulcerative disorders that occur in the area of the upper GI tract that are exposed to acid-pepsin secretion. There are mainly two groups:

Gastric ulcers - gnawing, burning pain present, usually after taking food

Duodenal ulcers - pain present on an empty stomach, relieved by eating.

An ulcer is caused when the mucosal lining of the stomach has deteriorated, allowing digestive acids to eat away at the underlying tissue. They are painful and can be very dangerous if left untreated. Other symptoms, other than pain, can present as bleeding, obstruction or perforation.

Heliobacter pylori (H pylori) is an S-shaped bacterium that colonizes in the mucus secreting epithelial cells of the stomach. Since it has multiple flagella, the bacterium moves and produces urease, which allows it to buffer the acid environment of the stomach and live there. The barrier lining of the stomach often becomes available to infection due to alcohol intake which can disrupt the lining. Too much intake of NSAIDS such as aspirin also irritate the inner lining of the stomach. 


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