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How to remove splinters from underneath the skin

de MedLady, August 16th, 2008

Whether you work in your garden or are redecorating, or just cleaning up, you can always get splinters underneath your skin. Even if they are deeply burrowed in the skin, or not, they must be removed as soon as possible in order to avoid any complication (mostly infections).

First of all, if you are scared or you do not think you can do this you should ask someone who is near you to aid you with getting the splinter out. The easiest way to get a splinter out is to use a sterilized tweezers. This is the procedure: you grab with the tweezers the exterior ending of the splinter and you carefully extract it in the exact direction is has entered. In case the exterior ending of the splinter is not reachable, a sterilized needle has to be used for creating a little incision in the skin, right above the splinter’s ending. Then introduce the needle under the splinter so that the tweezers can grab it and pull it out.

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Hypocalcaemia, signs, symptoms and remedies

de MedLady, July 18th, 2008

Hypocalcaemia is a group of symptoms that appear when the level of calcium from the blood decreases abnormally. We often hear about women who complain of dizziness, fainting-like sensations and accelerating breathing. After prescribing some calcium all these symptoms disappear.

Calcium is a vital element for both women and men, but it seems that women are most affected by a loss of calcium. In women the risk of hypocalcaemia increases mostly after menopause has installed.

A great quantity of calcium is stocked in the teeth and the bones. The lack of calcium can lead to spasmophilia, which is an acute manifestation, but as well to chronic manifestations like osteoporosis or rachitism. It does not matter how old you are, as hypocalcaemia can occur even if you are young or old.

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6 helpful tips on how to stop snoring

de MedLady, May 8th, 2008

Snoring might be a funny subject for some people, but for those who are affected in a direct or indirect way by it can be a serious problem. Snoring can be a marriage breaker as it can affect the partner’s sleep. Besides this, snoring can cause sleep apnea, a serious affection that needs medical attendances.

Snoring is mainly triggered by smoking, overweight, alcohol intake, allergies and a particularity in the anatomic structure of the respiratory tract.

Here are a few useful and easy things you can try in order to keep snoring away from your bedroom:

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10 advices on how to calm down peptic ulcer pain

de MedLady, April 5th, 2008

Every time we eat our stomach produces a certain quantity of acid for digesting the food.

This acid is powerful enough to harm the inner layer of the stomach, but thanks to the mucus that surrounds the stomach and duodenum this thing does not normally happen.

Peptic ulcers also occur when a bacteria called helicobacter pylori starts to develop inside the stomach and allows the acid to harm the inner layer of the stomach or duodenum.

1. Take an antacid.

During ulcerous crises, taking an antacid can ease pain fast and efficiently. It is best to ask your doctor fist what type of antacid would suit your case best as some of these drugs can cause constipation (if they have in composition aluminum) and others might cause diarrhea (if they contain magnesium).

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