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Treat common flu with saline water

There is no cure for cold or the flu, at least now, treatments presently available can relieve or shorten the duration of symptoms. You can undergo treatment with various medications. Apart from medical treatments you can take the natural approach. By adopting a simple three steps approach can provide a lot of relief to make the severe flu a minor illness. First step to relieve flu: Cover your forehead and ears completely with woolen cap. Wear some warm dress and warm socks. Second step to relieve flu: Gargle every two hours with lukewarm 9% saline water.And third step to relieve flu: Take 9% saline solution and spray every one or two hours deep into your nostrils. Although there is a detailed article has been published recently by WebMD to tackle the flu symptoms. In a recent search for home remedies and natural treatments WebMD approached Charles B. Inlander, president of The People's Medical Society, to get some effective home remedies that may relieve your symptoms so you fe...

Home Treatment for Influenza (Seasonal Flu)

English: Main symptoms of influenza. (See Wikipedia:#Influenza#Symptoms_and_diagnosis). Model: Mikael Häggström. To discuss image, please see Template talk:Häggström diagrams References Centers for Disease Control and Prevention > Influenza Symptoms Page last updated November 16, 2007. Retrieved April 28, 2009 (Diarrhea is not mentioned, since it is mainly a symptom in children) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Various websites propose different remedies for influenza. Webmed suggests suggests that influenza patient should get extra rest, drink plenty of fluids, take hot tea with lemon, water, fruit juice, and if fever is uncomfortable, sponge your body with lukewarm water to reduce fever. Take acetaminophen or ibuprofen to lower fever avoid aspirin to anyone younger than 20. Breathe moist air from a hot shower to avoid stuffy nose. Do not use antihistamines to make nasal drainage thicker. Other remedies include Drink a cup of warm water, to which a few drops of honey or l...

Eye-Opener: Why Do Pupils Dilate in Response to Emotional States

English: A human eye after the pupil was dilated using drops during an eye exam. Self-portrait by Ben Schumin. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) The dilation and constriction of the pupils reveals how hard we're thinking. It has been said that the eyes are windows to the soul. Research has at least shown that the apertures of our eyes offer a glimpse into the mind. Furthermore, the pupil will dilate if a person sees an object of interest. Dilated eyes may be a sign of a head injury or another serious health condition. This condition is called mydriasis. How Long Do Pupils Stay Dilated After an Eye Exam? Dilated eyes may be a sign of a head injury or another serious health condition. Eye dilation is part of a comprehensive eye exam. Is it necessary to have my eyes dilated during every eye exam? Related articles Eye-Opener: Why Do Pupils Dilate in Response to Emotional States? Pupil Dilation Co-Varies with Memory Strength of Individual Traces in a Delayed Response Paired-Associate...

Bowel Transit Time Test and Results

Giardia LifeCycle(French version) (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) According to the WebMD a bowel transit time test measures how long it takes for food to travel through the digestive tract. People generally don't consult a doctor immediately for changed bowel movements. The fruits and vegetables in the diet decrease bowel transit time, increase fecal weight, number of defecations, fecal excretions and apparent digestibilities of energy, nitrogen, and fat. The low fiber diet increases higher diastolic blood pressure of 80 or even more. On the contrary, the high fiber diet lowers the diastolic blood pressures. Funny Keep Bathroom Clean Sign (Photo credits: www.justbathroomsigns.com ) Constipation is caused by a lifestyle factor rather than an underlying health problem when the body's normal rhythm is disrupted and the movement of stool through the colon slows down. More water is absorbed from the stool than would normally occur, and as a result, stools become drier and hard...

hjem afhjælpe influenza

Standard TEM version (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Avainflu (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) 3D model of an influenza virus. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) English: Modified version of File:CDC-11214-swine-flu.jpg for landscape aspect. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Der er ingen kur mod forkølelse eller influenza, i det mindste nu, kan behandlinger i øjeblikket tilgængelige lindre eller forkorte varigheden af ​​symptomerne. Du kan gennemgå behandling med forskellige medikamenter. Bortset fra medicinske behandlinger, du kan tage den naturlige tilgang. Ved at vedtage en enkel tre trin tilgang kan give en masse lettelse at gøre alvorlig influenza en mindre sygdom. Første skridt til at lindre influenza: Dæk dit pande og ører helt med uldent hætte. Bær nogle varm kjole og varme sokker. Andet trin til at lindre influenza: gurgle hver anden time med lunken 9% saltvand. Og for det tredje skridt til at lindre influenza: Tag 9% saltvandsopløsning og spray hver en eller to timer d...

How to be Cool during Summer

Hot and dry summer is nothing new for us. When you feels melting skin, you need to follow these special tips. DIET As a rule of thumb, drink as much water as you can in any form like coconut water, butter milk and lemon juice minus the sugar. Also eat foods with high water content which include cereals, rice, wheat and vegetables such as watermelons, cucumber, oranges, carrots and spinach. Eat moderate amount of food and avoid excessive eating as stomach disorders are high when full during hot months. AVOID: Food with unrequired fat and sodium content. Sodium causes water retention, further dehydrating the body. Salty peanuts, chips and oily stuff are bad too.    KIDDIES: If your kids complain of loss of appetite, give them compact meals, stuffed parathas, vegetables wrapped in chappatis, curd rice or raita khichri. Give them lots of coconut water, lemon juice or mixed fruit juice.   SKIN CARE: A line of actions for infections and diseases that you need f...

Cold Feet Causes and Remedies for Elderly Peoples

Goalfinder Blood-circulatory-system (Photo credit: gfinder ) Constant cold feet may be symptoms of anemia, a circulatory disorder or a hormonal problem. If the cause of cold feet is poor circulation, a prescribed course of treatment might include water applications, foot exercises, aerobic exercise, massage and diet to improve blood flow and warm up the extremities. During cold weather, the body maintains its temperature by shutting off the blood flow to the hands and feet to ensure blood supply to heart and brain to help them to function properly. This causes cold to distant organs like hands and feet. People complain cold feet, even when in a warm places, can also happen due to poor nutrition or nicotine abuse. If there is no underlying organic disorder, the problem may be alleviated by eating a balanced diet rich in vitamins and minerals and exercising regularly. But once you start naturopathic applications like mentioned along with foot baths, foot exercises and massages,...

Raisins and soy for high blood pressure

Raisins. Français : Raisins secs. Русский: Изюм. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) taking blood pressure in PE (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Raisins: Eating raisins and soy appears to help reduce high blood pressure, thus warding off heart disease. Munching on a handful of raisins three times a day helped people with slightly elevated blood pressure lower their numbers after several weeks, said one of the studies presented at the American College of Cardiology conference. Blood pressure ranged from 120 over 80 millimeters of mercury (mm Hg) to 139 millimeters of mercury over 89 mm Hg, or just higher than normal. The raisin-eating group saw significant drops in blood pressure, in some cases lowering the top number, or systolic pressure, by 10.2, or seven percent over the 12-week study. Researchers think that high level of potassium in the shriveled, dried grapes. "Raisins are packed with potassium, which is known to lower blood pressure," said lead investigator Harold B...

Daily aspirin for cancer

Ball-and-stick model of the aspirin molecule, as found in the solid state. Single-crystal X-ray diffraction data from Kim, Y.; Machida, K.; Taga, T.; Osaki, K. (). "Structure Redetermination and Packing Analysis of Aspirin Crystal". Chem. Pharm. Bull. 33 (7) : 2641-2647. ISSN 1347-5223. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) BRUSSELS - There is additional evidence that aspirin can prevent cancer, and can help treat. A regular small dose of aspirin is today prescribed to heart problems. Soon cancer? Previous research has found evidence that prolonged aspirin intake, about ten years every day reduces the risk of cancer. New studies reinforce that suspicion now. And the beneficial effect appears to act quickly: after three to five years. Moreover, aspirin appears to the emergence of metastases of cancers already present to slow down. This is contained in a series of three articles published yesterday in the medical journal The Lancet . The three studies are meta-analyzes "in which...

RIVM: number of elderly with heart failure is rising sharply until 2025

The number of people with heart failure will increase significantly in the coming years. Currently, approximately 130,000 people suffer from heart failure, in 2025 this number had risen to an estimated 195,000. This is evident from the report "Heart failure: epidemiology, risk factors and future" of the RIVM. Heart failure is a condition that the end of life of many people overshadows. Heart failure occurs when the pumping function of the heart fails and leads mainly to shortness of breath and fluid in the lungs and legs. This can lead people rather tired, less physical effort to cope, poor sleep by breathlessness and often also mental problems. All in all heart failure in people with fines on their quality of life. The literature review of the RIVM, supplemented with simulated future studies, shows that most people with heart failure experience symptoms such as those over seventy years. It is expected that the number of people with heart failure in the coming years will ...

3 Easy Steps to treat Flu by Saline Water

There is no cure for cold or the flu, at least now, treatments presently available can relieve or shorten the duration of symptoms. You can undergo treatment with various medications. Apart from medical treatments you can take the natural approach. By adopting a simple three steps approach can provide a lot of relief to make the severe flu a minor illness. First step to relieve flu: Cover your forehead and ears completely with woolen cap. Wear some warm dress and warm socks. Second step to relieve flu: Gargle every two hours with lukewarm 9% saline water. And third step to relieve flu: Take 9% saline solution and spray every one or two hours deep into your nostrils.

Bowel Movement - Usual and Unusual

2. Colon Cancer Affects Men and Women Equally (Photo credit: TipsTimes ) 18. colon-cancer-in-women (Photo credit: TipsTimes ) Digestion organism eliminates solid, semisolid or liquid waste material (feces) from the digestive tract via the anus. It is normal for a humans to expel feces with a varying frequency from a coups of times a day to a couple of times weekly. There is no rule for frequency of bowel movements, but the general range is from 3 times a day to 3 times a week. Less than 3 movements a week may indicate constipation, and more than 3 watery stools a day could indicate diarrhea. Improved Bowel Movement If you've ever had a out of routine bowel movement, you only need to worry after some diagnosis. A bowel movement should be soft and easy to pass, though some people may have harder or softer stools than others. Stool should be brown or golden brown, be formed, have a texture similar to peanut butter, and have a size and shape similar to a sausage. Normal...