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Blood in semen: should this be a worrying sign for men?
The medical term for the presence of blood in semen is hematospermia. When men notice there is blood in their ejaculate they usually start worrying. Their first thought is about prostate or testicle cancer. The truth is that hematospermia is not such a serious life threatening condition and solutions to this problem exist.
Hematospermia can occur in men of all ages, sometimes it gets noticed with a bare eye and sometimes it passes unnoticed if the presence of blood is minimal (a small blood quantity can be detected only by a microscope).
In young men (aged under 40) the presence of blood in semen is not usually associated with the presence of a malign process and is considered to be a benign affection. In elder men the possibility of a malignancy is taken in consideration when looking for diagnose.
Tips for keeping acne under control
Acne is not an easy condition to deal with. Once it has got to affect your skin and if not treated in time or properly, with the right substances, it seems that it conquers day by day more and more of the healthy skin.
In order to prevent acne from extending it is best to know the right solutions for preventing acne breakouts, this leading to a better control of this condition. A lot of people, especially teenagers find it difficult to keep acne under control especially when they see that acne is marching faster than they do in this fight. Many acne sufferers find their one great solution for keeping acne under control, and if they stick to it they manage to win this long battle for a healthy looking skin. But this solution might work only in their case and not in the case of other people. So, finding the right, perfect solution for managing acne takes some time and a lot of patience.
The benefits of green tea when talking about beauty
Green tea has antioxidant properties and is used internally by a lot of people for maintaining the body young and full of energy. What some people don’t know is the fact that green tea can be used externally too, being a beauty allied.
Green tea is an excellent natural solution for treating acne and oily skin. Due to its antioxidant, antibacterial and astringent properties, green tea has a tremendous influence upon dilated pores, black heads and acne. In order to treat the skin that is affected by these previously mentioned problems you should apply regularly on a clean skin warm bandages with green tea.
Another way of applying green tea on the skin is by pulverization. Do this thing after removing your make up and cleaning the skin of the daily atmosphere impurities. In order to have a maximum effect, this external treatment should be associated with the internal therapy. This means that 2 or 3 cups of tea consumed daily will contribute a lot to the detoxification of your body, and will also improve the aspect of your skin.
Tips on how to avoid frostbite during the cold season
Frostbite is a serious acute condition that occurs during the cold season and can lead to loss of life and limb if precaution measures are not implemented quickly.
Frostbite has certain symptoms that should be looked for in order to set a blitz diagnose and a saving treatment: the loss of feeling in the affected area (most often the fingers or the toes) and a pale numb looking skin during the first stages of this affection. All these symptoms are a consequence of the body’s defensive reaction towards extreme cold temperatures. The body tries to conserve the heath and well functioning of the most important internal organs (the brain, the heart and the lungs) by restraining the speed and density of the blood flow towards the microcirculation situated in the body extremities.
Learn how to protect yourself and your family against flu
We all know that flu is not just a simple cold that affects us during the winter. Flu is a condition caused by the influenza virus (type A, B or C), is quite easy transmittable from one person to another and unfortunately it does not have a miraculous treatment to make it disappear fast.
It is good to know that the influenza virus is not very long lasting in the nature, especially if exposed to the sunlight, and it can be easily removed from our homes if we ventilate the rooms every day. The virus can survive outside the human body in dark, unventilated places and at low temperatures.
You might wonder how come the virus is so contagious, how it can pass from one person to another. Here is the explanation: when an infected person sneezes or coughs or even breaths close enough to another healthy person then the virus will be transported through minuscule saliva particles towards the other person and then inhaled by it.