Month: February 2019

Excerpt from previous naturopathy assignment (Herbs) HLT60512 Case Study 1 A 16-year-old female has come to see you to get help with acne.  It has been a problem for the past couple of years.  She does report that it worsens just prior to her menstrual cycle.  Her cycle is...

Here is an article by ‘Health for All Women‘ about the health benefits of Cacao Nibs. I like to make a frozen mixed berry, coconut or soy milk and cacao smoothie most days! Here the link: Health for All Women http://healthforallwomen.com/cacao-nibs/...

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Coeliac Disease Excerpts from previous naturopathy assignment HLT60512 Coeliac    Is a disease whereby the digestive system can’t metabolise gluten, adverse health effects occur from gluten consumption.   Signs and symptoms Atrophy and flattening of villi in the duodenum and jejunum of the SI Malabsorption nutrients T-cell antibody and...

Excerpts from previous naturopathy assignments HLT60512.   Case Study  Female 28 years old. Single career woman. No children. Smoker. Drinks (4 days per week) Medications OCP (12 years) Presenting symptoms: sore breasts. Sinusitis. Dysmenorrhea, sugar cravings. The client has mixed colour eyes, indicating that there are inherited traits from lymphatic...

Excerpts from previous naturopathy assignment HLT60512. Glandular Fever. A 26 year old male presents with glandular fever. It was diagnosed 4 weeks ago and he is still feeling quite unwell. He did have an enlarged liver for a couple of weeks, but the doctor has told him that his liver...

Excerpts from previous naturopathy assignments HLT60512 Craft Gordon and Tiziani states: Acute cystitis is an inflammation of the bladder and is the most common cause is urinary tract infections. Factors which can influence UTI’s  •               Escherichia coli •               Klebsiella, proteus •               Pseudomonas •               Staphylococcus •               Fungi •               Viruses •              ...

Excerpts from previous naturopathy assignments HLT60512.  Anaemia Anaemia is a reduction in the haemobglobin and erythrocytes in the blood. Inadequate numbers of erythrocytes may result from lack of red cell production or loss of blood in haemorrhage. Inherited defects can cause also cause Anaemia. Hechtman 2012, gives the following...

Excerpt of previous naturopathy assignments HLT60512.  Hypertension Hypertension Hypertension has multifactorial inputs including genetic predisposition, salt intake, adrenal responses, blood pressure, vascular reactivity, circulatory blood volume, viscosity, cardiac output, blood vessel elasticity and neural stimulation (R Alexander, MD, 2018). Signs of hypertension include •       Elevation of systemic arterial blood...

Excerpts from previous naturopathy assignments HLT60512. ‘Outline the key functions of the spleen’. Laparoscopic MD describes the key functions of the spleen as the following: Immune response, phagocytosis, haematopoiesis, and storage of red blood cells. There are two types of spleen tissue, Red pulp and White pulp; Red due...