What is your biggest health issue?

Just before going to my work at 8 am I have my meal and the next meal I have after being back from work at 4.30 pm. And after that at night I dont feel to have any meal and I always skip it. Aside from this, I have planned not to have any meal but just a peice of biscuit and raw tea at night. People in my location are getting infected with diabetes, pressure, nephritis etc. I dont want to get them. I dont want to bulky too though within past two years I got bulky a bit too. I am afraid of the lethal diseases are happening all around me.

Hi Gemma Good that you are now taking care of your health. For me it was a case of mis-diagnosis for long 5 years and eventually when they got the diagnosis right, it was too late by then. I have Ulcerative Colitis(since 2000) and even Rheumatoid Arthritis(since 2008) and medically they say that the RA happened due to the UC. And today, I also have that Gall Bladder stones (and they say the removal of GB is the only way out but as I have UC it would worsen and complicate the matters. So I have the three right now). I have tried almost all the available medications here - Chemists, Homeopathy and even Ayurveda but I dont feel they have anything for me within my budgets. I do have a prescribed diet which I am forced to have but then it has been long time and today I go beyond that diet many a times. Still... I am hopeful that someday sooner they would be able to heal me and I would get back to life

My biggest problem is high blood pressure, which resulted in my having a brain haemorrhage last year. I spent almost a week in hospital and did not go to work for a month, which proved to be rather expensive but well worth not taking a risk. Naturally I now have regular medication to control the level of pressure, and I have had to change some of my eating habits. I no longer add salt to food and do avoid a few other items as well. I have even bought a blood pressure monitor to keep track of it because I have no desire to experience anything like that again.

For me the issue would also be my weight. I am not doing all I can to improve it, and I realize that. I should go outside right now and walk at least a little ways. being overweight contributes to many diseases, like heart disease and diabetes, for example.

My biggest health issue is my joints deformity and non-functionality. The doctors advised me for joint replacement around 8 years back, but I wasn't ready for it. Now I have made up my mind. I just hope that may everything fall in place and my parents may see me walking again. I have seen tears of pain in their eyes. Now I want to see a bright smile on their face. There is so much I want to do for them.

I have the same problem as you. I am overweight. i need to lose. I have bought shoes for jogging early morning but then I can't get up. from last two days I have got up early but i sit on mylot and then it become 7 am and I feel it is very late. I will try to start tomorrow to get up early and run. Thanks for sharing and have a wonderful day ahead.

That's awesome! Good for you. So many of us, including myself, would be better off if we would lose weight. I am on disability, so I have several health problems. My doctor would tell you my worst problem is the damage done to my neck and back from a car accident. I would tell you the worst problem I have is my migraines. Technically, the back and neck problems are more serious. However, I have migraine pain more than 18 days a month. I go through prescription migraine pills like candy. I cannot get rid of them. And that is my worst health problem. Congrats once again on your accomplishment!

Id say stress is my bigest problem and I counter this with yoga and meditation. Allother health problems I have can be traced back to stress.

What I am dealing with right now is a ton of stress brought on by a series of events from last year. That stress has caused me to lose 50 pounds, and not in a good way. I lost muscle mass, energy, feeling weaker, and now getting sick. I admit, I was a heavy guy, my biggest being 5'9" and weighing 355. I played football, and was a weightlifter, that's why I was so big, heavy, and brutally strong. But, even though being the size of a small horse does not sound practical, safe, healthy, or reasonable to most people, this is where I was feeling my best because I still had agility, and ran quite a bit. Now because of the stress, I am still pretty strong, but I am not the gorilla I once was. Ironically, I know people that are bigger than me, but I weighed more than them, which baffled their minds, until they found out what I did. The biggest problem I as mentioned was the stress issue. Last year, I was hit losing my job, being thrown out of school, and losing my apartment, having no money, nor could I find any work because the employment situation was so bad. I did managed to get past some of the problems but I still have a long way to go. Some of the problems took care of themselves, but for the rest, I had to learn what was going on with my health and body, and learn how to overcome that, since I was not able to go to a doctor. I learned that mental problems like stress and depression can easily turn into physical health problems, as it alters the body's signals, and chemicals, and everything in between. I lost interest in everything I loved doing, and everything was just so negative. I was working hard to find even the smallest things that made me happy to cherish those things to build from that. On of my big setbacks right now is my environment. It is hard to make a recovery when your environment is in shambles, so my goal is to move someplace else, where I can improve my progress. In fact, I just received health insurance not to long ago, and I had to take a health assessment and the results of that showed that I need to address the depression as a top priority. At least a test agrees with me. Once I can get past everything that has caused me to fall down, then I can concentrate on smaller things to address, return to the things I loved doing, and finding ways of making myself happy again. Sorry for the long post, but this is the first time anyone has asked me about what is wrong with me, and actually cared.

The biggest health issue that I am dealing with right now is my back problems. I recently found out that I have a herniated disc in my back and my intention is to lose some weight to help with that for the long term. In the short term, the thing that I am doing to help with these issues is that I am having physical therapy, regular chiropractic manipulations and massage therapy. This is helping in the short term, but I know that the weight loss is the most important in the long term.

Actually, i don't have a big health issue. Except that, the last time we have an annual physical; check-up, my cholesterol was some notches over the normal. I was given simvastatin for that and after a month it's now okay again. Hence, i am now having meals composed mainly of fish and veggies. I do eat meat, but only once in a while and they are of the lean type. I eat chicken without the skin. Most of all, i exercise by dancing vigorously and doing crunches, so the fat on my stomach would melt. I feel good that i am lighter now, by 4 pounds.

My biggest complaint: tinnitus (ringing in my ears ... kinda like you hear right after a loud 'bang' or 'crash' or 'slam', but all the time (it seems)). The only way I might control it: keep my blood-pressure down, which I don't know any way to do except lots-&-lots of garlic Any other suggestions (for the tinnitus OR the blood-pressure).

I have a lot of health issues. But one of them is my asthma. I have asthma since when I was grade 1. And I even regret how I got it. Because I eat a lot of junk foods way back them and that's the time when they discovered that I have an asthma when I came through a sickness and I couldn't really breath so hard. :)

Hi GemmaR, The biggest health issue so far was my heart i think something is going on and i do not know what it is. Recently i have had some shortness of breath and difficulty in breathing, i think i need to do some exercise since i am always sitting here in front the computer. Now every morning and night i try to walk around and do some simple work outs to help my heart to pump properly. But to be sure i will visit my doctor after i receive my health card which going to be release within this week.

i am gaining weight without changing my eating habit. consulted doctor who gave me cleanchit about health. i am confused what should i do

Now, I have a job that demands a lot of overtime. I can get less amount of sleep. I get migraines. I am trying to control my body to sleep six hours a day. I guess this is not enough for me. In between breaks in the office, I can get a nap so that my mind can rest for a while and it might lessen the migraine. I am still continuing to search for vitamins and medication that can help me overcome this issue.