Author Archives : Bel Marra Health

I’m all too familiar with allergies – they can land you on your back, holed up in bed with a headache, stuffed up sinuses and runny nose, red, itchy eyes and overall malaise. It’s not a good time just hanging out with your tissue box all day. But people are not as smart about allergies ...click here to read more

Trouble breathing? Persistent cough or frequent chest infections? This could be chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) – the name for a collection of lung diseases including chronic bronchitis, emphysema and chronic obstructive airways disease. COPD exacerbation is not something you want to fool around with. Your body needs oxygen and you need to breathe! People ...click here to read more

Colds and flu can leave you flat on your back, completely out of the game for a few days. But pneumonia is another beast altogether – and a frightening one at that. So it’s important to know the main causes of pneumonia, and the signs and symptoms of pneumonia. Especially the symptoms of pneumonia in ...click here to read more

That plane trip to your tropical getaway just doesn’t appeal. You want the sun, sand and beach, but flying high over water to get there has you feeling anxious even before you reach the airport. It’s not because you’re afraid to fly, it’s the motion sickness. You break out into a cold sweat, feel dizzy ...click here to read more

Making some changes to your lifestyle can go a long way to helping reduce cholesterol and keep you off cholesterol-lowering medications or make those medications work even better. You’ve likely heard that extra weight contributes to high cholesterol, so even dropping as little as 5 to 10 percent of your body weight can reduce your ...click here to read more

You’re on a beach and the view is only the white sand and clear, blue water spilling out in front of you. A friendly face approaches, asking if you would like a coconut. Without hesitation, you accept the offer and enjoy the coconut’s fresh water, along with your relaxing vacation. Whether a daydream or reality, ...click here to read more

Dry, itchy red patches on your body? You may be all too familiar with psoriasis, a painful and chronic condition where skin cells build up rapidly on the surface of the skin. While there isn’t a cure to get rid of symptoms of psoriasis for good, there are steps you can take for psoriasis skin ...click here to read more

If you listen to pop music you may be familiar with the lyrics, “Hello, hello, I’m at a place called Vertigo…” Catchy tune indeed, but vertigo in reality may feel more like, “The jungle in your head…A feeling so much stronger than a thought.” What is vertigo? Well, vertigo – benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) ...click here to read more