Showing posts with label self treatment. Show all posts
Showing posts with label self treatment. Show all posts

Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Toenail Fungus - Treating Yourself is Best

By John B. Hansson


Having a toenail fungus might not appear like a huge deal at initial, but should you let it go, it can turn into a long-term scenario. Seeing a white spot on your nail, or even yellow toenails is undoubtedly no trigger for alarm. When your toenail is pulling away from the nail bed, is oozing pus or bleeding, you may have a various opinion.

As with most infections, early detection and treatment will be the best way to go. Starting treatment at the first sign will not only make the treatment much faster, it can be also safer and less painful. Employing an over-the-counter high quality cream to cure toenail fungus is the easiest approach to get rid of an outbreak.

When you have had an episode you may discover yourself more susceptible. Keeping the antifungal on hand as a preventive measure will save a lot of hassle. At the very first white dot on your nail apply the cream and keep applying until the dot is totally gone. If left untended, the fungus grows and spreads. Getting rid of it really is that a lot harder, takes a whole lot a lot more time and you could end up having to go to the physician.

The oral prescription medication that your physician will give you can come with some pretty hefty side effects. Men and women with any kind of liver disease really should not take the pills as they may well cause far more liver harm. If the nail fungus infection is severe sufficient, your doctor might suggest surgery. Your nail will probably be removed, to allow direct access to the fungus. You are going to also want to make use of a cream or the oral medication to get rid of it entirely. The whole process will probably be much more costly, take a lot more time, and be far more painful than having treated proper way having a cream.

When you've had nail fungus you might be far more likely to contract it again. If you have poor circulation issues, or diabetes you should also be on the look-out for the symptoms. Be wary of public showers; wear some kind of foot covering. Buy and wear socks that absorb moisture, keeping your feet dry. Precautionary measures may possibly take some time to turn into routine, but they are not near the frustration of having to get rid of an infection. Keep your toenails short and clean, let your feet air out while in bed, and treat having a cream at the first sign and you should not have any difficulties.

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Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Naturally Treating a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection)

By Aneron Kepasil


Pain while urinating and blood in your urine are often a signs of a UTI (Urinary Tract Infection). UTIs are usually the result of bacteria in your urine. How the bacteria ends up in your urinary tract systems is not always clear but some people are more prone to frequent UTIs than others. Many UTIs can be treated naturally.

Some home remedies provide UTI relief, but that relief may be only temporary. First and foremost, you should drink plenty of fluids (especially water) to flush out the bladder. Cranberry juice is helpful as well in providing UTI relief, as it inhibits the growth of bacteria and makes it harder for the bacteria to cling to the urinary tract walls. Celery, watermelon and parsley can also contribute to UTI relief by acting as a diuretic and flushing out the bladder.

Cranberry juice is a well known and clinically proven method to treat UTI infections. However, not many people know that blueberry juice provides similar benefits and can also be used. These juices have antibacterial properties and, in their pure form, can disinfect the urinary tract very efficiently. Unfortunately, additional treatment may be needed to completely rid the body of the UTI infection.

Urinary tract infections are often treated by antibiotics (which can have side effects such as nausea, diarrhea or allergic reactions) or the home remedies listed above. Home remedies may help decrease the number of bacteria or provide UTI relief, but rarely can completely eliminate the infection itself.

There are many natural solutions you can use to try and resolve a UTI. The most popular one is cranberry juice. Cranberry juice flushes out your urinary tract without allowing the bacteria to cling to the walls of the urinary tract. You can either drink pure cranberry juice, or take cranberry tablets. If you do use the juice, make sure its it is pure cranberry juice and not cranberry juice "cocktail".

Urizol offers a safe, effective, natural path to UTI relief. Since Urizol does not require a prescription, there are no costly trips to the doctor, no waiting, and, best of all, Urizol provides fast relief of the pain, pressure and burning that accompanies urinary tract infections. Not only does Urizol provide UTI relief, but it helps prevent future infections, something antibiotics and standard home remedies can not do. Plus, Urizol is cost-effective, scientifically proven and 100% guaranteed to provide you with the UTI relief you're looking for.

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First Aid Training And Kits For Kids

By Owen Jones



Children often copy what they see. They are good learners and they are programmed to be just that. Once they can walk and talk they have roughly ten years to learn as much as they can before being given a lot of freedom to walk the world alone. This varies from country to country and from century to century, but the principle is the same.

Although most children are fairly heavily supervised during these ten years, a great deal of children do spend a bit of time alone or just in the company of just other children. This means that it is a great concept to teach children some emergency steps. In the early days, First Aid training for kids could be as easy as teaching them to phone the emergency number if they see or get into difficulty.

Thirty years ago when I was living in the Netherlands, I witnessed an attempted suicide by overdose. My friend was giving CPR and he asked me to go to the phone booth to call the ambulance. I went but when I got there, 999 (the UK emergency number did not work). I looked about in the phone booth but could not see an emergency number although my Dutch was very good. I had to go outside and stop a passer-by to ask. I wasted minutes and he passed away.

Before a child goes off to school at five or six, children should know the basics like: the emergency number, not to talk to strangers, not to get into anyone's car, that blood is dangerous and needs to be treated and that bones break, so to take care when running about. Anything else would be a bonus.

You could also make a First Aid kit with your child. You could sit down, talk about the contents of a useful, personal First Aid kit and then take your child to a pharmacy to buy the bits and pieces. When back home, you could talk about how to use the constituents, pack them into a box and place that in the child's school bag.

Get into the routine of going through the contents of the kit with your child to replenish used and out-of-date items. This is also helpful for reinforcing what the things are used for.

A First Aid kit for a school beginner might include soap, disposable gloves, plasters, iodine, calamine lotion, sunblock, a few small coins for the telephone and a card with your address and phone number on it..

Afterwards, as the years go by, you could add aspirin, bandages, scissors, tweezers, matches and anything else you think is necessary.

You could extend the list of telephone numbers to include a trusted neighbour or grandparent in case you are engaged and maybe the head teacher at school too. You could hold a short quiz from time to time in the guise of a game to make certain that your child understands what everything is for and who to phone.

Once your child gets to eight or nine, enroll him or her into the scouts, guides or a paramedical organization like the St. John's Ambulance Brigade to continue the First Aid training for kids.

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