Vitamin K and Blood Clots

You’re bound to feel tired after an action-packed day or due to lack of sleep. But if you constantly feel tired and exhausted, your immune system may be giving you red flags.

If you get a wound such as a burn or cut, your immune cells quickly reach the wound site to protect it. Your immune system plays an important role in closing the wound and preventing infection. The immune cells also send signals to each other to heal the wound and repair your damaged skin.

Constant digestive problems like diarrhea, constipation, or gas can be a sign of immune system weakness.

If you have severe infections more often, you need to boost your immune system. Frequent infections with symptoms like high fever, chills, or weakness are a sign of a weak immune system. Also, if your symptoms persist and you need many antibiotic treatments in just one year, you could have immune system weakness.

According to the CDC, even with an intact immune system, you are likely to catch two to three colds per year. Symptoms include sneezing, coughing, runny or stuffy nose, sore throat, or fever. Usually, you’ll recover within 7 to 10 days.

Autoimmune diseases like lupus and rheumatoid arthritis make your body’s immune system fight against its own cells and weaken them.

Your immune system protects your body against diseases and infections. It is made up of organs including the spleen and thymus, immune cells such as white blood cells, and proteins called antibodies.

It is very common for patients to not take medications as directed. They may either take less than they need, skip doses, or take doses at random times. All of this is dangerous and makes it much more likely that medical conditions are not properly treated. Follow your health care professional's orders for taking prescription medications. Ask about potential interactions with other drugs and possible interactions with foods, herbs, and supplements. Meds need to be taken as directed to achieve the desired therapeutic effect.

Gingko biloba is an herb that promotes blood circulation and may help improve memory. Gingko may interfere with drugs prescribed to treat a variety of health conditions. High doses of the herb may make antiseizure medications like carbamazepine (Carbatrol, Equetro, Tegretol) and valproic acid (Depakote) less effective. Gingko may increase side effects of antidepressants, blood thinners, nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It may enhance BP medication, making blood pressure too low. It may make anti-anxiety medications less effective. Gingko may affect blood sugar, so take care and ask a health care professional before using it if you take diabetes drugs.

St. John's wort is an herb is used to treat depression. It ramps up liver enzymes, so it may increase the metabolism of certain meds and lower their concentration in your bloodstream. Cholesterol-lowering meds including lovastatin (Mevacor and Altocor), sildenafil (Vi**ra) for erectile dysfunction, and digoxin (Lanoxin) prescribed for heart conditions are some of the meds whose concentrations may be lowered if a patient takes St. John's Wort at the same time. Depression is a serious medical condition. Seek professional help if you are depressed.

Ginseng is an herb and dietary supplement that may promote bleeding and increase the effects of warfarin, heparin, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs). It is dangerous to consume ginseng when taking an MAO inhibitor because it may cause difficulty sleeping, nervousness, headaches, anxiety, and hyperactivity. Ginseng lowers blood sugar. Taking it along with diabetes medications that lower blood sugar or insulin may result in blood sugar that is too low.

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