Cold Flu sinus

Cold Flu sinus The following link says that there is running nose and sweating during cold and flu, so that means body is getting dehydrated. And hence we should drink more of fluids to stay hydrated. I personally used to get cold, flu and sinus problems 3-4 times in a year. As I aged the cold, flu conditions became worse to handle. I would generally have a fever of 105, severe body ache and...

Insomnia & Depression

Insomnia & Depression Atkin Diet was introduced about 60 years back. People often use low carb diets to reduce weight. There has been no systematic study on the side effects of atkin diet. One of the serious side effects is Insomnia and depression. All over the world table sugar is decried over as being the worst for health, obesity and what not. This is very far away from truth. The most...

Insomnia Cure-Alcohol

Insomnia Cure-Alcohol According to article on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insomnia#Alcohol  alcohol may help in inducing sleep in a person in short term. But in long run it may stop working and may cause insomnia as well as other medical conditions. Alcohol has high level of sugar. My experience with Insomnia is as under - Those with insomnia have low sugar tolerance. If they consume sugar in...

Itching Causes

Itching Causes Itching is cause due to the following causes - Use of soaps on the skin and head. Bruising on the skin due to cotton towels Other chemicals like use of dettol etc in bathing water Wearing V Shape under weara. That has the effect of bruising on the skin. At least wear boxers on weakend days while at home or while in bed. That should provide enough of relief from itching on sustained...

Tofranil bed wetting killer medicine

Is Tofranil promoting bed wetting Tofranil bed wetting killer medicine Tofranil is a medicine prescribed for treating bed wetting for last 30 years or more. http://www.webmd.com/sleep-disorders/medications-to-treat-bedwetting  link mentions that deaths have been reported due to overdose of this medicine. But it still remains FDA approved drug. I would appreciate if some one could provide more...

DDAVP Bed Wetting killer Medicine

DDAVP Bed Wetting Medicine DDAVP Bed Wetting killer Medicine - DDAVP has been approved by FDA to treat bed wetting long back. Some deaths of children have been reported from the use of this medicine. FDA made statements in the media that it will monitor the situation and issued advisories to the parents. That is the funniest FDA can get to. I would be thankful if some one could tell me the sales...

Medications to Treat Bed Wetting

Medications to Treat Bed Wetting The above link advises that the parents should not use medications to treat the bed wetting of their children. I could not agree more to the above statement. But for a responsible web site on medicines, it is a gross statement. Bed wetting does not happen without a cause. If bed wetting goes untreated and well in time it leads to poor eye vision, poor respiratory...

Sinus-Decongestants-Antihistamine

Sinus-Decongestants-Antihistamine You can find find lot of information about why you should not take decongestants and Antihistamine Tablets. As the science makes further progress all these medicines are being banned by government sponsored agencies. Decongestants cause dehydration by stimulating specific systems of the body. Same is done by Antihistamine tablets. But people who developed these...

Sinus Cure

Sinus Cure The visible symptoms of sinus are swelling, pain, inflammation and infection. In case of cold, sore throat, strep throat also swelling is there but to some extent less visible then it is in sinus. Sinus, cold and sore throat usually happen in the following situations - Change of season Drinking lot of water after exercises When you get up in the morning After swimming After having...

Bed Wetting

Bed Wetting  During Summers - Give your child 6-10 servings (30 to 100 ml water as per age) of water spread evenly through out the day till going to bed. During Winters - Give your child 5-7 servings of water. The increased water is to be given for 3 to 7 days. If the above does not cure bed wetting (This may happen due to excessive use of chocolates, cold drinks and lot of other products) or if...