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Water prevents and helps to cure heartburn.
Heartburn is a signal of water shortage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. It is a major thirst signal of the human body. The use of antacids or tablet medications in the treatment of this pain does not correct dehydration, and the body continues to suffer as a result of its water shortage.

Not recognizing heartburn as a sign of dehydration and treating it with antacids and pill medications will, in time, produce inflammation of the stomach and duodenum, hiatal hernia, ulceration, and eventually cancers in the gastrointestinal tract, including the liver and pancreas.

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Water prevents and helps to cure arthritis.
Rheumatoid joint pain – arthritis – is a signal of water shortage in the painful joint. It can affect the young as well as the old. The use of pain-killers does not cure the problem, but exposes the person to further damage from pain medications. Intake of water and small amounts of salt will cure this problem.

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Water prevents and helps to cure back pain.
Low back pain and ankylosing arthritis of the spine are signs of water shortage in the spinal column and discs – the water cushions that support the weight of the body. These conditions should be treated with increased water intake – not a commercial treatment, but a very effective one.

Not recognizing arthritis and low back pain as signs of dehydration in the joint cavities and treating them with pain-killers, manipulation, acupuncture, and eventually surgery will, in time, produce osteoarthritis when the cartilage cells in the joints have eventually all died. It will produce deformity of the spine. It will produce crippling deformities of the limbs. Pain medications have their own life-threatening complications.

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Water prevents and helps to cure angina.
Heart pain – angina – is a sign of water shortage in the heart/lung axis. It should be treated with increased water intake until the patient is free of pain and independent of medications. Medical supervision is prudent. However, increased water intake is angina’s cure.

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Water prevents and helps to cure migraines.
Migraine headache is a sign of water need by the brain and the eyes. It will totally clear up if dehydration is prevented from establishing in the body. The type of dehydration that causes migraine might eventually cause inflammation of the back of the eye and possibly loss of eye sight.

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Water prevents and helps to cure colitis.
Colitis pain is a signal of water shortage in the large gut. It is associated with constipation because the large intestine constricts to squeeze the last drop of water from the excrements – thus the lack of water lubrication.

Not recognizing colitis pain as a sign of dehydration will cause persistent constipation. Later in life, it will cause fecal impacting: it can cause diverticulitis, hemorrhoids and polyps, and appreciably increases the possibility of developing cancer of the colon and rectum.

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Water and salt prevent and helps to cure asthma.
Asthma, which also affects 14 million children and kills several thousand of them every year, is a complication of dehydration in the body. It is caused by the drought management programs of the body. In asthma free passage of air is obstructed so that water does not leave the body in the form of vapor – the winter steam. Increased water intake will prevent asthma attacks. Asthmatics need also to take more salt to break the mucus plugs in the lungs that obstruct the free flow of air in and out of the air sacs.

Not recognizing asthma as the indicator of dehydration in the body of a growing child not only will sentence many thousands of children to die every year, but will permit irreversible genetic damage to establish in the remaining 14 million asthmatic children.

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Water prevents and helps to cure high blood pressure.
Hypertension is a state of adaptation of the body to a generalized drought, when there is not enough water to fill all the blood vessels that diffuse water into vital cells. As part of the mechanism of reverse osmosis, when water from the blood serum is filtered and injected into important cells through minute holes in their membranes, extra pressure is needed for the “injection process.” Just as we inject I.V. “water” in hospitals, so the body injects water into tens of trillions of cells all at the same time. Water and some salt intake will bring blood pressure back to normal!

Not recognizing hypertension as one of the major indicators of dehydration in the human body, and treating it with diuretics that further dehydrate the body will, in time, cause blockage by cholesterol of the heart arteries and the arteries that go to the brain. It will cause heart attacks and small or massive strokes that paralyze. It will eventually cause kidney disease. It will cause brain damage and neurological disorders, such as Alzheimer’s disease.

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Water prevents and helps to cure early adult-onset diabetes.
Adult-onset diabetes is another adaptive state to severe dehydration of the human body. To have adequate water in circulation and for the brain’s priority water needs, the release of insulin is inhibited to prevent insulin from pushing water into all body cells. In diabetes, only some cells get survival rations of water. Water and some salt will reverse adult-onset diabetes in its early stages.

Not recognizing adult-onset diabetes as a complication of dehydration will, in time, cause massive damage to the blood vessels all over the body. It will cause eventual loss of the toes, feet and legs from gangrene. It will cause eye damage, even blindness.

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Water lowers blood cholesterol.
High cholesterol levels are an indicator of early drought management by the body. Cholesterol is a clay-like material that is poured in the gaps of some cell membranes to safeguard them against losing their vital water content to the osmotically more powerful blood circulating in their vicinity. Cholesterol, apart from being used to manufacture nerve cell membranes and hormones, is also used as a “shield” against water taxation of other vital cells that would normally exchange water through their cell membranes.

Barcodes contain information about their products. But what if they contained info on the unknown effects of the product. This was a project that resulted in designing a campaign to raise awareness  of our own bodies. So that we might realize what we come in contact with and how it effects us.  the ads were to be provocative and eye-catching. So we used powerful/controversial images to convey the extremes of our theory. For example above anf below are images of people using products, but within those products are chemicals that if used in large quantities or not properly could cause impotence or sterility.

Our culture chooses to be oblivious to the effects of the lifestyles we lead. As a member of one of the largest consumer cultures on the planet, it’s time for us to be responsible. We eat, wear, and use products that if used excessively and or wrong could cause permanent damage to us and others. This problem is a two-sided coin. As designers it is part of our responsibility to consider the product’s lifetime from creation until disposal. From the manufacturing to the dump and all the stops in between. We must also be aware of the new cultures created around the objects we create. Specifically ‘designed’ objects foster a ‘designed’ lifestyle. Whether we know it or not our lives are directly being shaped by the objects we interact with. Which ties into the other side of the coin. It’s time for the user and or consumer to take up his mate and walk! He or she must be accountable to themselves, to their own bodies. Read labels before we eat. Know the what goes into manufacturing your next personal electronic device. Take into account how has it been produced, cheap labor or free trade? Too long have we disregarded the task to take care of ourselves and fellow-man. And if we continue down this path the world we leave to future generations will be a horrible place to live.

Mechanism of Penile Erection, Achieving an Erection

In males, an erection is achieved by two mechanisms that play together: increased inflow of blood into the vessels of erectile tissue, and decreased outflow. The vessel system involved is known as the corpora cavernosa and the corpus spongiosum. Muscles in the region relax, allowing more blood to enter these sponge-like tissues. Contraction of other muscles reduce the outflow of blood from the penis. The enlarged structure then exerts pressures on the exit veins, further reducing the outflow.

As blood flows in, the penis stiffens, its girth and length increase and it rises to an angle that can vary between individuals from below horizontal to almost vertical.

Certain conditions (e.g. diabetes mellitus) result in erectile dysfunction, a problem where penile erection is insufficient to achieve normal sexual intercourse. In recent years, several drugs have been developed for treatment of this condition.

If present, the foreskin normally retracts and exposes the glans. The skin of the scrotum tightens, pulling the testicles in towards the base of the penis.

Erection is caused by signals from the parasympathetic nervous system; it is countered by the sympathetic nervous system which is mainly responsible for the “fight-or-flight” response. This explains why under stressful conditions, an erection is often difficult or impossible to achieve, and sudden onset of stress can deprive one of erection. The sympathetic nervous system is also responsible for causing ejaculation, which explains why most males lose their erection after ejaculation.

Erection may occur spontaneously in the absence of any specific sexual stimulation, particularly in adolescent males. All men who are physically able to achieve an erection do so during sleep, typically several times in a night. This is called nocturnal penile tumescence, and typically happens during REM sleep. The average male has an erection for a total of 100 minutes a night, and it is not uncommon for the erection to be present when he wakes up. This is utilized by sexual health practitioners to ascertain whether cases of erectile dysfunction are psychological or physiological in nature. Patients presenting with impotence are fitted with an elastic device worn around the penis which detects changes in girth and relays the information to a computer for later analysis. Men who obtain spontaneous erections in their sleep but not during waking hours are therefore considered to suffer from some form of psychosomatic condition, i.e. sexual anxiety disorder, which prevents them performing sexually.

Masturbation has no negative impact of erectile function besides a temporary reduction in sex drive following orgasm and ejaculation in the same way as sexual intercourse.

In some cases penile erection may occur even after death, if pressure within the penis increases for some reason, for example due to sinking fluids or the formation of gases of putrefaction. See death erection.

In females, the clitoris contains erectile tissue and becomes erect during sexual arousal. The outer lips of the vulva also become engorged with blood filling the vestibular bulbs, making them distinctly erect and redder in color. Erection of the clitoris is exactly analogous to the erection of the glans only less visible due to the relatively discreet anatomical positioning of the clitoris; erection of the vestibular bulbs is analogous to the erection of the penile shaft.

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Let us break down the physiological causes of Erectile Dysfunction or Impotence.

A block in the Blood Vessels The main cause of the lack of life sustaining oxygen to the tissues is ischemia, simply put, it is the blockage in a blood vessel. This same condition which expains heart problems can also be the casue of erectiel dysfunction. As cholesterol and other factors are imbalanced, a fatty substance called plaque deposits on artery walls. As the plaque pile up, the arterial walls slowly narrow down, decreasing blood flow to the tissues. This is known as arteriosclerosis, ans is the major contributor to the development of coronary heart disease.

High Blood Pressure Having high blood pressure can be a big contributing factor to impotence. Why? Many of the treatment regimens for hypertension have impotence as a side effect; in these cases, it is reversible when the drugs are stopped. But of course, you wouldn’t want to sacrifice your life by giving up your meds just for the sake of getting good erections. Consult your doctor aout this as he may change your medication.

Diabetes can lead to a whopping 40% of the total cases of impotence . Between 30 – 50 percent of all diabetic men report some form of sexual insufficiency.

Parkinson’s Disease Called PD, this condition may cause the under-appreciated problem. It is estimated that about 35 percent of men with PD experience impotence.

Prostate Cancer and its Treatments both the growing cancer cells as well as the treatment can damage nerves needed for erectile function.

Radiation the side effects of radiation therapy include most of those of surgery, but the risks for impotence and incontinence are considerably lower.

Multiple Sclerosis this affects the CNS or the central nervous system, also leads to sexual dysfunction in as many as 78% of males suffering for MS.

Medications about one-fourth of all cases of erectile dysfunction can be attributed to medications. Many drugs pose a risk for erectile dysfunction. Below are the drugs that are common causes of impotence:

* Drugs used for chemotherapy.
* Many drugs taken for high blood pressure, most especially diuretics and beta blockers.
* Most drugs used for psychological disorders, including anti-anxiety drugs, antidepressants and anti-psychotic drugs,.

Stress, Injury or Physical Trauma,

Injury : spinal cord injury and pelvic trauma, such as a pelvic fracture, can cause nerve damage that results in erectile dysfunction.

Bicycling : more research have indicated that regular bicycling may pose a risk for erectile dysfunction. Same principle as atherosclerosis, the presure brought by bycycling can reduce blood flow to the penis.

Vasectomy : take nothe that this does not cause impotence. When erectile dysfunction occurs after this procedure, it is often in men whose female partners were unable to accept the operation and has lost interest.

Hormonal Abnormalities : a less than normal amount of circulating sex hormones (testosterones) in men can be the problem, usually due to an abnormality in the testicles, which secrete these hormones. It affects 4 to 5 million men in the United States. However, lower testosterone levels appear to reduce sexual interest, not cause erectile dysfunction.

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Part II: Male

The problems:

1. Medications. Drugs for high blood pressure, high cholesterol lowering, and enlarged prostate can all interfere with sexual performance. In addition, these conditions being treated themselves can adversely affect the sex life. Damned if you do and damned if you don’t.

2. Seventy pounds overweight, out of shape, very little lung capacity. No more need be said! Add to this arthritic hips, knees and shoulders, and one wouldn’t expect the man to be an athlete in bed.

3. Age. Sexual performance generally declines with age, for multiple reasons, including vascular problems, loss of nitric oxide in the apparatus, decrease in testosterone, and loss of compliance of tissues in the corpus cavernosa. I sound like I know what I’m talking about, don’t I? Well, I just copied most of this stuff off some website. All the same, it’s “common knowledge” that ED (erectile dysfunction) increases with age.

4. No sex partner for 20 years. Celibacy is not recommended for those who want to remain in tip-top shape sexually.

The solutions:

1. Viagra. The first line treatment by primary care providers for any man complaining of ED. Related treatments included Levitra and Cialis … and Rock Hard Weekend.

We took a bottle of Rock Hard Weekend to my husband’s internist for evaluation. White-haired himself, he had a hard time reading the fine print on the bottle, but finally made out “yohimbe” – he said, “I can tell you one thing, it doesn’t work.” I replied, “Oh, it works – but I just wondered how safe it was, especially if you take a Viagra, too.” Old Doc said not to do that.

2. Penis pump. When Viagra didn’t do the trick, the Mister asked his doc about this modality. He was told don’t just buy anything … you have to go through this special contact (at least to have insurance pay for part of it) … and follow the instructions.

One of the interesting things about the instructions were that it may take some practice and conditioning to get the erectile tissues working again. Even before attempting intercourse, the user was told to do daily exercises with the pump. I used to have to nag him to keep up with his practice sessions.

3. Sex therapy. This one deserves a blog post of its own. I still think sex therapy may have merit, but unfortunately we ended up with a nut who diagnosed my guy (who had been faithful for 40+ years during his marriage, and celibate for 20 of those) as having a sex addiction.

4. A willing partner. I do believe this is the best treatment for sexual dysfunction of all.

Men are sexually aroused by all or some of the following – sight, thought, or touch. During the process, the brain sends signals that relax the smooth muscles around the arteries that supply blood to the spongy and cavernous bodies, these are spongy tissues in a man’s penis that fill with blood during erections. As the blood continue to flow in, the veins draining the bodies can’t sustain it, resulting in swelling. When the swelling reaches the limit of the penile skin, the penis becomes hard. The push done by the spongy and cavernous bodies against the skin partially closes the veins, helping to maintain the erection. Erection continues until there are no any signals sent by the brain to continue it, but erections are not consistent; waking and waning are normal, even during intercourse.

Do you know that male erections occur at almost all throughout life? It happens even before birth and until a healthy man reaches the age of 90. Nocturnal erections happen during a dream, and it occurs regardless of what the dream is about, unless fo course if the man has physical problems. Being said, nocturnal erections is the easiest way to determine if impotence is physical or emotional in nature. If you have problems with erections and you are consulting your doctor about it, he may asssess you by asking if you have nocturnal erections or not. The so called “morning erection” is the result of being wakened during, or just after a dream, and this erection can take a very long time.

Men do not have absolute control on the length and degree of their erections. In adolesence, the young man is often embarrassed by erection if it occurs in public settings, but he gradually becomes able to suppress erections when the stimulation is not great. In the same manner, a man cannot “command” an erection, but of course, having sexual thoughts can cause erection. During prolonged foreplay a man’s erection does subside; this is normal, and is not a sign of lessening interest.

One thing for sure, erections is can be determined by the genreal state of health as well as exhaustion. When a man is very tired, he may be able to have only an insufficient erection, but still be able to climax. Erection is lost in two stages: the initial stage occurs in a very short time, but usually leaves the penis firm enough to go on with the intercourse. The second stage is somewhat slower and can be affected by a lot of things which includes age, and arousal level before climax, with higher (or longer) pre-climax arousal generally results to a prolonged erection.

For more information about erectile dysfunction, visit www.erectiledysfunctionfree.com.

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