Cancer Pain Approximately 60% of people undergoing cancer treatment are bound to feel the unfortunate experience of pain -- the numbers are significantly higher for those in the advanced stage. Cancer pain varies for everyone (even for those who have the same type of cancer) and it may be dull, sharp or achy; it may be intermittent or continual, and may feel moderate or severe in intensity when it comes. Pain is also influenced by environmental, physical and emotional factors. What Are the Types and Causes Cancer Pain? There are four primary types of pain someone with cancer may feel....

Asthma If you have asthma, you are all too familiar with the uncomfortable feeling you may get from time to time; as if there’s a pile of bricks in your chest. You’re at the pool, the gym or the park living life trying to get some exercise; you’re having a deep belly laugh over a funny joke; or maybe you happened to encounter an irritant, like cigarette smoke in the air. Next thing you know, you feel it -- a tight pinch that begins in your chest and may travel up to your shoulders and back. In almost an instant, you...

Arthritis Pain Many people may experience arthritis during any time in their life. The effects can be detrimental to daily living, and frankly. it is down right annoying. They can hinder you from doing even little tasks, and make you feel or think less of yourself. What if you felt this kind of pain every day? Millions of people around the world do. Arthritis is a condition described as stiffness and swelling of the joints. Joints are something in the body that align two bone together. When a person has arthritis, these joints start to lose lubrication it once had. They start to...

The Birth of Your Baby Absolutely nothing in world compares to the bliss of seeing your baby for the very first time. After nine months of feeling your little bundle of joy kick and move, getting the chance to experience that beautiful pregnancy glow, and spending hours creating the perfect nursery for your little one it as all come up to awaiting that first meeting. All of the hopes and dreams of the future finally explode into life the instant you gaze on your baby’s precious little face for the first time. Every worry and pain is erased as you bask...