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Sunday, July 22, 2018

Dark Circles: Causes, Treatments And Link With Kidney Diseases

How are dark circles formed?


The skin beneath your eyes is the thinnest skin in the human body. Under this skin, a network of capillaries is present. Red blood cells pass from these capillaries throughout your body. Sometimes the red blood cells queue up over the capillaries and little bit of leakage takes place. An enzyme can clear this out leaving the skin blackish-grey or blackish-blue. The same thing happens when an injury is in the healing process

What are the causes of dark circles?

1. Sleep and stress
Everything rests when you sleep, says Luke. The lesser your sleep, the lesser rest your body gets, including your eyes. This is why when you are having a disturbed night, you wake up with puffy eyes. Stress, however, is not a cause of dark circle. Rather, it is a contributing factor for the causes of dark circles.

2. Toxic accumulation
A lot of healing and detoxification takes place when you sleep. However, when you fail to sleep properly, the toxins in your body starts accumulating. These put load on your kidneys and liver. However, when you sleep properly, your body detoxifies naturally and your body becomes lighter. Stress, lack of sleep and toxic accumulation is a vicious cycle; one feeds into another

3. Sinusitis
A link can be established between sinusitis and dark circles. Sinus patients have to deal with a lot of blockage of blood flow around the eyes. Due to improper blood flow, dark circles can develop.

4. Staring at screens for too long
Staring at phone screens, computer screens and screens of other gadgets can put a lot of pressure on your eyes. If you have a job where you need to stare at the computer screen for too long, take a break every hour, close your eyes and massage them for a couple of minutes. Or you can shift your eyes from the screen and look around to give your eyes a break.

5. Low hemoglobin levels
 Low hemoglobin levels could be an important contributing factor for dark circles. This happens due to an iron deficiency which could expose you to a greater risk of anemia. So no matter how often you succeed in hiding these dark circles, keep in mind that what you are actually doing is masking an underlying problem which could actually become serious.

6. Liver problems
People with liver problems like fatty liver, hepatitis, cerotic and sluggish livers might also develop dark circles. Liver is the most important organ in the human body which gives you clues if it is not functioning the right way. So you need to watch out for the symptoms and see if your SGOT and SGPT levels are fine or not. Liver problems can give rise to stress, sleep problems, inability to lose weight, gastrointestinal problems and more.

7. Dehydration
When your body's water levels are lower than what your body requires, it can lead to a number of problems including dark circles. Even a 1% drop in your body's water levels can cause a number of health problems. It is important for you to focus on internal hydration by drinking lots of water. External hydration through cucumber slices work but only temporarily

8. Lack of vitamins
Dark circles may also take place due to lack of vitamin A, E, C and K. Luke explains that even a deficiency in one nutrient can cause many health problems. These problems can reflect in skin and hair quality, energy levels and for some, it is visible in all these problems.


Dark circles and kidney problems

Health coach Luke stresses on the link between dark circles and kidney problems. He says that if you have suddenly developed dark circles, or are not able to get rid of them or if they are getting darker day by day, then you need to check the health of your kidneys. Kidney problems stem from dehydration. Your kidneys need lots of water in order to function properly. Not drinking enough water can slow down kidney function and the speed at which toxins are eliminated. Over time, toxins start accumulating in the body. People with chronic kidney and renal diseases often have dark circles. So dark circles are an important symptom you need to watch out for the possibility of kidney disease. The only thing you need to do in order to keep your kidneys in a good state of health is detoxify them. Drinking lots of water is one of the best ways to detox the kidneys which are working all day long.

What are the best ways to reduce dark circles?



1. Tea bags
Take a chamomile tea bag or a black tea bag and soak it in warm water. Allow it to cool or keep it in the refrigerator. Keep it on your eyes where the dark circles are and leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes. Do this for 10-12 days; anything which is natural takes time to work.

2. Watermelon seeds
Get watermelon seeds from your grocer, they're brownish white in colour and boil 250 grams of these seeds in some water. Continue to boil it till the water turns dark brown. Cool this drink and have about 200 to 250 ml of it twice a day. Do this for three to four days but check with your doctor once if it is safe to proceed with it or not.

3. Parsley and coriander
Take equal portions of both parsley and coriander, add a little bit of lemon and have two or three shots of this drink for a couple of days. Have a 200 ml shot at a time. If you have kidney problems like deficiency of potassium levels, check with your doctor or nutritionist before proceeding with this remedy.

4. Turmeric
Turmeric is known as yellow gold for a very good reason. It is extremely beneficial for your kidney and liver.




 

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