Vitamin B12 is one of eight water-soluble B vitamins. Playing a significant role in the development and maintenance of your body's nervous system, vitamin B12 is also involved in red blood cell and nucleic acids production. Commons sources of...
Stress can take a toll on emotions, but it can also have terrible consequences throughout the body. Physical symptoms often arise because of disruption in people's lives caused by stress. The symptoms may be an indication of illness. If you feel...
Every thought elicits a physiological reaction. Stress and anxiety create internal tension, which is made evident by its effects on the body. Today, stress is a leading contributor to physical illness and emotional disorder. People respond to...
Anxiety can come in little waves or massive attacks. No matter how it strikes, it is often disrupting to your lifestyle and can manifest itself physically in the form of an accelerated heart rate, nervous sweating and ticks and headaches. It can...
Burning and tingling sensations in the feet are called paresthesias. You experience these sensations because your nerves aren't processing signals properly. A paresthesia is caused by something interfering with the proper functioning of a nerve,...
Lyme disease, an infectious disease caused by the Borrelia burgdorferi bacteria in tick bites, is categorized in three stages: early localized, early disseminated and late, or long-term, disease. Symptoms of long-term Lyme disease involve the...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention states that Lyme disease is caused by a bacterium that deer ticks carry called Borrelia burgdorferi. When the tick bites the skin, the bacterium enters the bloodstream causing an infection. It is a...
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As spring unfolds, people across the country emerge from their wintertime captivity to enjoy the great outdoors. Unfortunately, another creature makes an entrance in the spring, too--the deer tick, best known as the carrier of Lyme...