Candida is a kind of yeast infection which makes a woman’s life miserable, especially if she is a new mother. These fungal infections mostly affect your vagina, but once you start breastfeeding, your nipples, areola and the other areas of the breast become susceptible to their attack. Usually, women start to notice it when it … Read more
Inflammation of sinuses cause sinusitis or rhinosinusitis, which are quite painful. It is of two types – acute rhinosinusitis (ARS) and chronic sinustitis. Doctors recommend many medicines like painkillers, e.g. naproxen or antibiotics like amoxilin for ARS while sometimes surgery is suggested for those who are afflicted with the chronic sinusitis. This condition is extremely … Read more
If you often find yourself feeling bloated or complaining of frequent swelling in your feet, you’re most likely suffering in silence from water retention. Medically known as a condition called edema, water retention is a result of excessive accumulation and bodily retention of fluids in the body’s tissues. Edema most commonly occurs as water retention … Read more
Have you often groaned in pain over an outbreak of cold sores? They do seem to crop up at the most inconvenient times – like when you have that party to go to! Also known as fever blisters, these pesky things can appear on your lips, cheeks or genitals even. A virus named Herpes simplex … Read more
Ingrown toenails are just as painful, if not more, as they sound. It is a condition that develops when a part of the nail grows inward and digs into the skin of the toe, causing painful inflammation at first and infection later if untreated. It is more common in men than in women and generally … Read more
Sore throat is the first signal of a cold detected from a side effect on the vocal cords, where one experiences a painful irritation. This makes it difficult for one to swallow almost anything edible. The health problem is not that serious. Even then, it is one of the most common health issues worth addressing. … Read more
Are there times when you feel your mouth has a different smell and the smell of your breath is new to you? You definitely have bad breath. The mouth is a very sensitive part of our body and one ought to take extra care to maintain it. Oral hygiene is crucial to every person not … Read more
You may have experienced a phenomenon where you had to pull out your skirt which repeatedly got stuck to your skin, haven’t you? Sometimes when you dry your clothes in a dryer and take them out, have you noticed that some of those tend to stick to each other? Well, this isn’t some kind of … Read more
Pregnancy, also known as Gestation, is the phenomenon in which an offspring (or a child) develops within the womb, or the fetus of a woman. Pregnancy lasts for about 9 lunar months or about 38-40 weeks on an average. Whether you visit a gynecologist or try a few homemade pregnancy detection tests, having a child … Read more
We have all developed red itchy rashes at some point in our lives; some experience this problem as frequently as after every few months, while others experience it more around a particular season. These little red spots are called heat rashes; they are formed when sweat glands get obstructed, causing the skin to swell up … Read more