Treatment for Tinnitus
Tinnitus Cure
Tinnitus Treatment
Tinnitus is a nightmare condition for those who suffer from it. It disturbs daily life and - worse than that even - can interfere with sleep in a major way.
Tinnitus is the medical name given to the symptom of “ringing in the ears”. It sometimes accompanies the development of hearing loss or deafness but sometimes tinnitus appears on its own.
Tinnitus can develop at any age but is more common in older people.
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January 20th, 2006
Natural Remedy for High Blood Pressure
Natural Treatment of High Blood Pressure
Natural treatments and natural cures for high blood pressure treatment generate a lot of interest and attention nowadays. But if you suffer from blood pressure, should you be experimenting with this type of treatment?
There’s no right or wrong answer to that question but here are some thoughts to ponder if you are considering using a natural remedy for high blood pressure:
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January 20th, 2006
The 3 Hour Diet
What is the 3 hour diet?
Will the 3 hour diet work for you?
The newest diet craze to hit town is the remarkable 3 hour diet. The book by Jorge Cruise is sweeping the world with it’s unique new look at diet and the issue of what makes weight loss succesful.
The 3 hour diet plan provides the book as a guide and all the back up you could need in terms of 3 hour diet products and foodstuffs.
The theory behind the 3 hour diet emphasises recent research that suggests that the timing of food intake is crucially important if you want to lose weight and stay slim. Eating the right food at the right time will help you lose weight quickly - with the initial weight loss coming from your tummy. The 3 hour diet plan gives you the tools to achieve this effect.
Cortisol levels in the body and the rate of insulin production are extremely important in weight gain or weight loss metabolism. Research shows that the right kind of food on a 3 hour cycle will balance the metabolism of these chemicals and nearly always results in rapid and sustainable weight loss.
Read more about the 3 hour diet below:
Get details of the 3 Hour Diet from the official site
Read more about the 3 Hour Diet on WebMD
Visit the Jorge Cruise site - creator of the 3 hour diet
January 20th, 2006
Treatment for Shingles
Shingles Treatment
Shingles causes a painful rash on a localised area of the skin. Shingles rash only ever appears on one side of your body - it never crosses the midline. If you have a rash that’s present on both sides of your body then it almost certainly is not due to shingles.
Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chickenpox - and it follows from this that only people who have previously had chickenpox can develop shingles in later life.
Shingles can affect children but it is much more common in adults.
Shingles is more common in the winter and seems more common when there is a lot of childhood chickenpox around in the community.
Shingles is no more than a nuiscance for most people - a blistering rash appears - stays for a week or so, crusts over and then fades. But some people develop ongoing burning nerve pain in the region that was affected by the shingles. This is called post shingles nerve pain - or postherpetic neuralgia to give its full medical name.
Shingles sometimes occurs around the eye. This can be a serious problem. See your doctor immediately if you think this applies to you.
The chickenpox virus can also be dangerous if you catch it when you are pregnant. If you think you have shingles then warn pregnant women to stay away for a few days until the spots crust over.
Shingles can also lead to other complications, including inflammation of the brain (encephalitis) and other neurological problems. If shingles occurs on your face, it can cause hearing problems and temporary or permanent blindness. Loss of facial movement (paralysis) is possible as well. If blisters aren’t properly treated, bacterial skin infections are another potential problem.
Shingles Signs
An attack of shingles usually starts with a burning pain in an area of skin. The blister spots appear a few days later. The sufferer may feel shivery or unwell for a few days. Once the spots appear the pain often becomes less severe.
You can’t catch shingles from another person - but, since the blisters contain the chickenpox virus, you might catch chickenpox if you haven’t had it before.
Shingles Treatment
Most shingles episodes heal by themselves without treatment.
Doctors often prescribe a course of anti-viral or anti-shingles virus tablets. There are several of these but the commonest is Acyclovir (often called Zovirax), Famicyclovir or Valcyclovir. The earlier shingles treatment is started, the more effective it is. Early shingles treatment can reduce pain severity and lessens the risk of post herpetic pain.
For more shingles treatment information you can follow these links:
Shingles from the CNN health Library
The Mayo Clinic Shingles Treatment page
Understanding Shingles Treatment from WebMD
January 20th, 2006
Skin Care
Skin Care Treatment
The web is awash with skin care and skin care treatment sites. Skin care routines can vary from those that are incredibly simple to some that are amazingly complex. Skin care treatments vary from natural products to high tech genetically engineered extracts.
So how do you choose the skin care routine or skin care treatment that’s best for you?
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January 20th, 2006
Oily Skin
Treatment for Oily Skin
Whether your skin is oily or not is - to some degree - only a matter of opinion. There is no single test that objectively measures how much oil your skin produces. Certainly some people have a more oily skin than others but this is all part of the range of normality that is also seen with a host of other individual or personal factors.
Oily skin at its most severe is produced by an overproduction of sebum - the normal skin secretion fluid.
True oily skin tends to look shiny - or at times can appear thick and dull colored. Some people with very oily skin get coarse pores and pimples or are prone to blackheads.
Generally oily skin arises simply through genetics and many family members share a common skin type.
Other causes of an oily skin are:
- pregnancy
- a diet high in fat or sugar
- high hormone levels (during puberty for example)
- a diet lacking in fluid intake
- cosmetics
- birth control pills
Some people have a mixed skin type - in other words oily skin on one part of their face but normal on other areas.
The good news about oily skin is that it tends to age more slowly than other skin types - but that’s small comfort if you are having problems as you read this.
Treatment for Oily Skin
- Cleanse with simple unperfumed soap and lots of warm or hot water
- To cleanse oily skin, use oil-based products as they dissolve sebum effectively.
- Choose oil-free moisturizers to maintain a shine-free complexion
- Keep your skin clean but don’t wash more than twice a day or you’ll end up stimulating the production of even more oil
- Try using a clay mask or a mud mask occasionally
Read more about oily skin and oily skin treatment
January 20th, 2006
Elbow Pain
Cell Phone
Mobile Phone and Elbow Pain
A report from CBS 3 in New York discusses the effect that prolonged use of a cell phone can have on the onset of elbow pain.
The condition has been dubbed “cell phone elbow“.
Those who experience it get a variety of elbow and forearm symptoms including pain, numbness and tingling in the forearm and hand. It may be the result of a nerve being nipped at the elbow - if severe the nerve damage and symptoms can be persistent.
Experts said it is important to pay attention to any signs of cell phone elbow. Symptoms include pain running down the arm or tingling and numbness in the ring finger and pinky.
The problem arises in the large ulnar nerve which runs just below the skin behind the elbow. It’s the nerve that gets tweaked when we hit our “funny bone”
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January 19th, 2006
Tennis Elbow Brace
Tennis Elbow Support
Tennis Elbow Strap
If you have tennis elbow then there are several options open to you for treatment.
A tennis elbow brace might improve your quality of life. You should remember that the natural history of the condition is for it to improve spontaneously over time. In other words, there’s no need to rush to a treatment decision unless things are simply intolerable for you.
You might eventually need to consider hands on physiotherapy treatment or even an injection but many tennis elbow patients find that they can get through their day to day life and take part in their sport with the help of a tennis elbow brace or an elbow support strap.
Tennis elbow arises because the muscles of the back of the forearm attach themselves to a small area of bone at the outer side of the elbow. If this bone area becomes inflamed through overuse then these muscles cause a tugging effect on the inflamed bone area. This is why tennis elbow is so painful when you are lifting or gripping.
The idea of the tennis elbow brace or elbow support strap is to press down into these muscles just a little bit away from the inflamed bone area. This diffuses some of the force and lessens the tugging effect.
If you have tennis elbow then do try an elbow brace - it may well give you significant relief
More on tennis elbow treatment
January 19th, 2006
Golfers Elbow
Golfers Elbow Pain
Treatment for Golfers Elbow
Golfers elbow is the name given to pain at the knobbly bump of bone on the inner aspect of your elbow.
This bone is called the medial epicondyle. Itis means inflammation. The medical name for golfers elbow is medial epicondylitis.
The problem arises as a result of overuse.
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January 18th, 2006
Chlamydia Infection
Chlamydia Treatment
There are several different subgroups of the bacteria known as chlamydia.
The commonest cause for problems in humans is one called Chlamydia Trachomatis.
Chlamydia trachomatis is responsible for the sexually transmitted version of chlamydia. Other chlaymydia bugs are responsible for pneumonia or other chest infections.
Chlamydia is not like other bacteria. It can be present in your body for a long time without you knowing about it or feeling ill. It grows inside your body cells but does not kill or damage these cells - so when it multiplies it can move on elsewhere and repeat the process
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January 17th, 2006
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