1. Chronic fatigue syndrome
The diagnosis is popular, the name is beautiful, almost glamorous, understandable and close to hundreds of thousands of poor people tired of the life race. But who put it - you yourself or a psychotherapist? We go to the International Classification of Diseases (it's easy to find it with the help of a search engine) and we are convinced that there is no such diagnosis! From what then they are being treated?
In real. The term was first proposed in 1988, and in 1990 the National Center for Chronic Fatigue was established in the United States. But there was no research into the causes and clinical picture of the disease. Only found out that pathology is poorly diagnosed and does not lend itself to effective treatment. While they are guided by symptoms - long-term fatigue for an unknown reason that does not pass after rest, muscle discomfort, fever, tenderness of lymph nodes and joints, memory loss and depression. Doctors advise to rest more and move. And no magic medicines, techniques and means!
What to do? Any malaise is an occasion to check your health, to see if the virus or chronic infection in the body is managing, which just give such symptoms. It will be useful to deal with psychological problems. Well, then - adjust the mode of work and rest, allocate time for 2-3-hour walking tours, go on a trip - in general, start enjoying life ... and forget about the diagnoses!
2. Dysbacteriosis
The mass media assure that almost 90% of the Russian population suffers from it to some extent. "No documents matching the dysbacteriosis request were found," the International Classification of Diseases answers. What's the matter? It's just not an independent ailment, but a manifestation of other diseases, primarily gastroenterological.
In real. The microflora of the intestine is strictly individual. Precise data, how many millions of useful and harmful bacteria should we inhabit, no. Analysis for dysbiosis also gives very approximate results - it literally depends on what you ate the day before. More or less objective picture can only give a biopsy of the intestine.
What to do? Eruption, heartburn, nausea, bloating, diarrhea, constipation, smell from the mouth, allergic reactions to harmless foods ... It's time to gastroenterologist. These symptoms are inherent in almost all diseases of the digestive tract, which in turn accompanies dysbacteriosis. Take the same probiotic drugs for prevention, as advertising calls, it is meaningless. If necessary, they will be assigned to you, but together (instead of instead!) With the treatment of the underlying problem.
3. "Slagging"
Only a lazy person did not speak out about toxins, slags and such a necessary cleansing of the body. "Cleanse" offer herbs, medicines, enemas, tjubazhami ...
In real. Nutritional supplements, hydrocolonotherapy, blood purification are a profitable business for those who, by and large, care little for our health. Many dietary supplements have a choleretic effect and in the presence of stones (which you may not even suspect) can cause blockage of the bile duct, necrosis of the pancreas and simply ruin a completely healthy, seemingly human. And most importantly, not a single serious medical source knows the term "slag". Well, there is no such phenomenon in our body!
"Slag" - a kind of password, by which you can confidently identify the charlatan - and run away from him where the eyes look.
What to do? Is there a vague feeling that you are not all right? Bad digestion, dull complexion? Make a complete ultrasound of the abdominal organs. And then the doctor will decide whether you need hepatoprotectors, choleretic, laxative and other drugs. Correctly selected course together with diet will help to cleanse the body of unpleasant sensations and head from delusions.
4. Increased cholesterol
It does not matter that you feel good, you still have cholesterol, TV screen, newspapers and the Internet convince us. So, you are confidently walking along the path leading to a heart attack!
In real. Cholesterol is not to blame. This is only one of the predisposing factors of the development of heart and vascular diseases, and not the main one. In addition, it is not so important the amount of "enemy" as its behavior in the metabolism. But the characteristics of lipid (fat) metabolism in all different, due to genetic. And no dietary supplement, coupled with a modernized yogurt change it will not help.
What to do? Do not give in to anti-cholesterol hysteria, but calmly weigh your risk factors, pass a genetic analysis, after 40 years, check the blood cholesterol level and follow the recommendations of doctors. Well, yogurts and low-fat diet have not harmed anyone - as one of the elements of a healthy diet.
5. Helminthiasis
At first glance, such diseases are more than enough. Only in the International Classifier more than a hundred different ascariasis, schistomatosis, and other parasitic diseases. We read on the Internet: "Up to 80% of all existing human diseases are either directly caused by parasites, or are a consequence of their vital activity in our body ...", "parasites can only be determined by methods of frequency resonance diagnostics ..."
In real. There is no separate group of parasitic diseases. There are "infectious and parasitic diseases". It is for them that the WHO statistics are maintained. And the report of the WHO European Bureau for 2005 says in black and white: "Parasitic diseases, together with infectious diseases account for 9% of the total morbidity." So the assertions about almost all-out infection of helminths - pure water lies.
We are deceived and frightened to sell regular dietary supplements, unverified and unconfirmed.
What to do? It's really easy to catch helminths. He stroked the dog, ate the undercooked river fish ... Check if there are certain complaints (diarrhea, fever, abdominal pain) can and should be. But only the doctor infektsionista-parasitologist, who will prescribe the tests, and select the medicine.
6. Avitaminosis
Until recently, only good things were said about vitamins: they are our defenders against cancer, heart attacks and colds. Almost no panacea for all diseases and the elixir of youth. And if you often get sick - it's obvious from the lack of vitamins, from what else!
In real. There is no doubt that we all have vitamin deficiency in one way or another. But to find out exactly how many and what, you can only after the examination: blood tests, assessment of the objective state, accounting for concomitant diseases. There is an opinion that the body begins to suffer from avitaminosis only in case of an excess of one or several vitamins against the background of a lack of others.
What to do? Do you need to constantly take vitamins (especially in high doses), you need to decide strictly individually, with your doctor, carefully weighing all the pros and cons. First of all, it concerns fat-soluble vitamins (A, E, D): they accumulate in the body, and the overabundance is fraught with serious consequences. But from the seasonal courses of multivitamin preparations, there will not be any harm.