| Hemorrhoids – The Backside Of Pain by Jeff Foster |
It is thought that almost 90% of Americans suffer from hemorrhoids at some time in their life. It is also known that hemorrhoids tend to worsen as the years go by and are not known to spontaneously resolve or improved with time. For this reason, early and aggressive treatment and even prevention is the best course of action.
Hemorrhoids, often called piles, are swollen and inflamed veins in the anus and rectum.
Hemorrhoids may occur as a result of straining to move... |
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| All About Repetitive Strain Injury by Jeff Foster |
Repetitive strain injury is an all too common problem that many people are actually quite unfamiliar with.
Also referred to as repetitive stress injury, this type of affliction is a result of the overuse of certain body parts while undergoing some type of constant much activity. As an example, someone who plays a musical instrument may begin to develop RSI.
With repetitive strain injuries, the muscles and the tendons that are located in the arms and the back are aggrava... |
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| Getting Rid Of Head Lice! by Jeff Foster |
When you treat head lice the goal is to treat the person infested while protecting the family and the rest of the house hold from these annoying critters.
If you purchase over-the-counter shampoos and hair conditioners that treat head lice, it is important to remember that you will only want to treat infested person. Lice killing shampoos and treatments contain pesticides so don’t treat the rest of the family unless they are infested as well.
For using a medicine or che... |
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| Foot Corns - Bothersome - Painful - Preventable by Jeff Foster |
Foot corns develop as a result of increased pressure on a particular area of skin causing it to become thickened and hard. Corns often appear on the tops of the toes, the sole of the feet or even in between the toes. Because of the constant increased and localized pressure on a specific area of the foot generally from poorly fitting shoes, the skin begins to react in a protective fashion and forms a corn. These corns can be either hard or soft in nature.
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| Do You Know The Symptoms Of Rheumatoid Arthritis by Jeff Foster |
Did you know there are common symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis?
A friend of mine was complaining of how her morning stiffness had gotten worse over the last couple of months. I began to ask her if she was having any other problems. She started giving details of other ailments she was experiencing.
I asked her “Do you think you could possibly have rheumatoid arthritis?” Looking at me like I was from outer space!
She immediately responded with a look of shock.
We h... |
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| At Your Desk Exercises For Repetitive Stress Injury by Jeff Foster |
If you are suffering from a RSI or repetitive stress injury, then there are some exercises that you can do at your desk during rest periods that will help your condition.
These same exercises can also help prevent repetitive stress if you don’t have it yet. It’s not necessary to perform all of them, and it doesn’t matter what order you do them. Each of the exercises will result in some stretching and you should attempt to hold each stretch for about 15 to 30 seconds.
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| What If I Find Head Lice On My Child by Jeff Foster |
Finding lice on your child’s head won’t probably be the most traumatic event you’ll experience as a parent, however initially (until you’ve done some research) you may go into a bit of a panic mode.
First of all, head lice are a type of parasite which means they have to have a host in order to survive. In the case of head lice, their host is us humans… and more often than not your children. Children far and away are the most probable to be infested because of the close con... |
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| Diarrhea The Loose And Watery Story by Jeff Foster |
Diarrhea is defined as frequent, loose, watery stools or an abnormal increase in the frequency and water content of the stool. All stools or bowel movements contain water. However, when the water content increases or becomes excessive and the frequency of the stools increase this is known as diarrhea.
It is important to know what a normal bowel frequency is for you. For some people three soft formed stools per day is not abnormal. But for others, three stools per day would... |
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| Bunions A Boney Toe Problem by Jeff Foster |
Bunions or Hallux Valgus as this condition is commonly called in the medical community are a source of foot pain and deformity in many Americans today…particularly women.
One of the most common causes of problems of the forefoot, bunions appear as a bump at the base joint (metatarsophalangeal joint) of the big toe and often are swollen and sore. The big toe can drift over towards the remaining toes as the bunion enlarges, particularly placing pressure on the second toe. A ... |
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| Everything You Need To Know About Head Lice by Jeff Foster |
The common head louse is an actual insect. They look a bit like an ant but, of course, they are a lot smaller. The head louse only lives in the hair on the scalp of humans. Their life is not a long one… only a span of roughly six weeks.
Head lice rely on their human hosts for nesting and food. The eggs of the louse are laid very close to the scalp for needed natural warmth and are ingeniously glued on with a natural substance so the newly laid eggs will not fall away from ... |
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| Monitoring Your Arthritis And Your Diet by Jeff Foster |
Osteoarthritis and Rheumatoid arthritis are the two major types of arthritis. At its base, arthritis means or is an inflammation of the joints.
Osteoarthritis is more thought of as a condition that afflicts elderly people. As time has gone on, the cartilage becomes worn around the structure of the weight bearing joints such as the knees, hips, and spine; but certainly can affect the minor joints such as the fingers and elbows as well.
Rheumatoid arthritis on the other h... |
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| Head Lice Treatments by Jeff Foster |
Head lice are tiny annoying insects that live off of their human host’s head and neck. Living amongst the human hair head lice have about a thirty day life span. A short life span to be sure, but they make the most of it as the female louse can lay upwards of 200 eggs.
Because of the amount of eggs a female can lay in such a short period of time, it’s easy to see that the head louse can infest a persons head in a very short period order.
How are infestations treated?
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| Computer Use And Repetitive Stress Injuries by Jeff Foster |
Repetitive stress injuries have been around for some time but have really come into there own with the dawn of the technology age or computer age. It's been the computer age for awhile now, and that's why words like "repetitive stress injury" and "carpal tunnel syndrome" are a part of our everyday lexicon now.
Many families use a computer at least for some reason every day. This could be for work, for school homework, checking e-mail, surfing the Internet, instant messagin... |
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| Repetitive Stress Injury - Protecting Yourself & Staying Pain Free by Jeff Foster |
Carpal tunnel syndrome, tennis elbow, golfer's elbow are all common conditions and from the standpoint of this article fall into a general grouping of injury that has become to be known as RSI (repetitive stress injury or repetitive strain injury).
You've probably heard of all of these types of repetitive stress injuries and likely others as well. They're become quite common in today’s vernacular we tend to do the same things repeatedly. It’s not that we didn’t do tasks th... |
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| The Itchy Truth About Head Lice by Jeff Foster |
| Head lice are tiny wingless parasitic insect creatures that live quite happily on the scalp of humans. As disgusting as it sounds, they need human blood to survive. These insects are either grey or brown and have six legs. Head lice lay eggs called nits. The nits develop into nymphs which are simply immature adult head lice. The nits stick directly to the hair close to scalp and can be mistaken for dandruff. The nymphs develop into full blown head lice in approximately one we... |
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| Rheumatoid Arthritis Symptoms That Can Challenge Your Lifestyle by Jeff Foster |
Identifying the common symptoms for rheumatoid arthritis is the first step in learning more about this disease.
Rheumatoid Arthritis is an auto immune disease, which is characterized by inflammation in the lining of the joints and only affects 1 to 2 percent of the population. This disease often begins with middle aged individuals and is more common in women than men; however, don’t be fooled... rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can also develop in children and young adults.
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| Arthritis Treatments For Man’s Best Friend by Jeff Foster |
As an owner of a dog with arthritis, I was happy to find out there are many options for arthritis treatments for dogs. Arthritis affects one in every five adult dogs and is one of the most common sources of chronic pain that veterinarians treat.
There are several signs that your dog may display if they are suffering from arthritis. Your dog may favor a limb, sleep more, have difficulty sitting or standing and seem to have stiff or sore joints. Other signs of arthritis in y... |
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| Arthritis Signs And Symptoms Tell The Story by Jeff Foster |
There are many arthritis signs and symptoms.
Arthritis is a disease that is characterized by inflammation of the joints. It is the most common disease in the United States and is classified as a rheumatic disease. This condition means that different individual illnesses with differing factors, treatments, complications and prognosis occurs. They are similar in that they have a tendency to affect the joints, muscles, ligaments, cartilage and may affect internal body areas.
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| Gastric Ulcers Signs And Symptoms by Jeff Foster |
Gastric ulcers occur when there is a break in the protective lining of the stomach leading to the erosion of the delicate lining of the stomach and intestines. The erosion results in a raw, open and painful sore in the stomach lining.
Gastric ulcers occur when there is an imbalance between the amount of stomach acid secreted and an enzyme called pepsin and the natural defenses of the stomach mucosal lining. The Helicobacter Pylori bacterium, a spiral shaped bacterium that ... |
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| Heel Spurs – A Boney Problem by Jeff Foster |
A heel spur is a condition that affects the largest bone in your foot… your heel.
As you might imagine, the heel absorbs a large amount of shock during the course of its workday.
A heel spur is a calcium deposit that builds when the plantar fascia pulls away from the heel area of the foot. This calcium deposit is where the ‘spur’ part of the heel spur gets its name.
The aforementioned plantar fascia is the band of tissue that runs all along the bottom of the foot. You ... |
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| Achilles Tendonitis Affects Your Every Step by Jeff Foster |
Your Achilles tendon is the large tendon that connects the gastrocnemius and soleus muscle and ties them to your heel bone.
Achilles tendonitis is an inflammation of the tendon. Like other maladies with the foot, when the Achilles tendon becomes inflamed with tendonitis it can be quite painful and even debilitating.
Many times the pain that develops in your Achilles tendon does so over a period of time without any definitive time frame of trauma.
With tendonitis your... |
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| Stomach Ulcer Basics by Jeff Foster |
| Affecting millions of Americans each year, a stomach ulcer is a raw, open area in the normal lining of the stomach. Stomach ulcers get their particular name depending on the exact location of the ulcer. For example, a duodenal or peptic ulcer is a stomach ulcer found in the first foot of small intestines past the stomach. A gastric ulcer in located inside the stomach itself. Although duodenal or peptic ulcers are almost always benign, it is important to remember that gastric ... |
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| Athlete’s Foot Is A Misnomer. by Jeff Foster |
Athletes Foot is not, as its name suggest, a condition which solely affects the physically active. Rather, it is a very common condition affecting a whole range of people.
Athlete’s foot is a bothersome fungal infection, caused by a variety of surface-skin inhabiting Trichophyton or Epidermophyton fungi that grows and spreads because (and where) the skin on your foot remains warm and moist.
Specifically speaking, Athletes foot is a form of ringworm that lives on your sk... |
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| Hiatal Hernia – The Hole In The Diaphragm by Jeff Foster |
A Hiatal Hernia, also known as a diaphragmatic hernia, occurs at the opening of the diaphragm where the esophagus connects to the stomach. The esophagus is also referred to as the food pipe since it is responsible for carrying the food from the mouth directly into the stomach.
A hernia occurs anytime when one body part pushes its way into another body area where anatomically that body part does not belong. The diaphragm is a large dome-shaped muscular wall which separates... |
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| Athlete’s Foot – Athlete Or Not by Jeff Foster |
Athlete’s foot is a fungal infection that anyone can contract. Athlete’s foot typically appears around and in between the toes of the host foot but certainly is limited to just this area of the foot.
In fact, being a fungus, athlete’s foot can spread to other parts of the body such as the hands, the underarms, and the groin. This type of spreading is typically the case if a child touches an infected area then touches another part of the body.
The cause of athlete’s stem... |
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