What is pain? Pain is an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience, associated with actual or potential tissue damage. Are there different types of pain? Pain can be differentiated according to duration and intensity. Acute pain has a short and limited duration of less than 1 week. Chronic pain lasts longer than 3 months. Since pain [...]
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Supplementation
The form in which you take your nutritional supplements matters. If you knew the facts about supplements, it would change the way you look at them. So let’s look at why many vitamins and minerals taken today are not as effective as they should be…. If you knew the facts, you would only take a [...]
Itchy skin conditions
This time of the year is synonymous with the appearance of dry, itchy skin, because itchy skin is usually caused by dry skin or xerosis. Dry skin usually results from environmental factors, such as hot or cold weather with low humidity levels, long-term exposure to air conditioning or central heating and washing or bathing too [...]
Oral health
There is a wide range of conditions that can affect the mouth and compromise oral health. Several of the more common conditions are discussed below, together with advice about management and medication. MOUTH ULCERS Mouth ulcers are very common, with most people having experienced a mouth ulcer at some stage of their life. More than [...]
Female health talk
Urogenital infections in women and probiotics. Urogenital infections are an extremely common reason for women to seek medical care. These infections, specifically yeast vaginitis, bacterial vaginosis and urinary tract infections (UTI’s) remain a major medical problem in terms of the number of women affected each year.1 And although treatment with antibiotics and anti-fungal medication is [...]
Health and nutrition
Nutrition or nourishment literally means the provision of necessary materials in the form of food to cells and organisms to support life. A healthy diet is one that helps to maintain or improve health and involves consuming appropriate amounts of all nutrients and water. Many common health problems can be prevented or alleviated through adopting [...]
Cough
A cough is defined as “a sudden explosive expiratory manoeuvre that tends to clear material (sputum) from the airways”. In other words, coughs have a purpose, and in order to treat them effectively the underlying cause needs to be identified and treated. Coughing protects the respiratory system by clearing it of irritants and secretions. Most [...]
Front Shop Training Academy
Rhinitis is inflammation of the nasal membranes. Allergens that cause rhinitis include cat / dog hair grass pollen mould dust feathers The symptoms include watery eyes, nasal congestion, sneezing, nasal itching and runny nose. Only half of all people with rhinitis have allergies. According to published medical literature, 65% of patients taking allergy medications for [...]
