http://www.healthzine.org/feed/ http://www.healthzine.org/ Every day new articles and updated info on all your health, beauty and fitness concerns. Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:55:02 +0200 Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:55:02 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/painful-ovarian-cysts http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/painful-ovarian-cysts What are ovarian cysts? You’ve probably heard about it and have your own preconceptions. To some, it may sound something threatening, yet others may have the notion that it is a common condition. The fact is, ovarian cysts are common to women who have regular menstruation. This condition beset women who are in the age group of 14- 55 years old, the period between puberty and menopause. But what really are they? In it’s simplest sense, cysts in the ovary are nothing more than fluid-filled sacs. They are like blisters which can be found in a woman’s ovary. The ovaries are a woman’s reproductive organs which produce egg cells. Wed, 9 Jul 2008 05:47:40 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/growing-pains1 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/growing-pains1 During the ages of 3 to 12 years old, children go through a growth spurt period. Along with this transition may be discomforting symptoms, such as aches and pains. For instance, a child might complain of having achy legs. When the child experiences it but doesn’t have a fever, then he/she might be going through growing pains. And what are growing pains, you might ask? Growing pains are muscle aches experienced by children in their legs, typically late in the day and at night. Growing pains is not a disease nor is there evidence that bone growth could cause such a discomfort. Wed, 11 Jun 2008 05:29:18 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/abdominal-pain1 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/abdominal-pain1 There are many and different causes of abdominal pain. Such causes can range from being minor to threatening. Fortunately though, the minor causes are more apt to occur frequently rather than the serious ones. Abdominal pain generally originates from different parts and organs of the body. It could be from the esophagus, or from the stomach and the bowel. For women, it may come from the female organ. Other sources can be the gall bladder and the rectum. When abdominal pain occurs due to the appendix, it is usually felt on the right lower quarter. If the gall bladder is involved, then the right upper quarter would be affected. Wed, 21 May 2008 09:35:32 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/toothache-relief http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/toothache-relief One of the worst pains you can ever experience is that of a toothache. The pain of a toothache is in fact indescribable. It can be throbbing, sharp, shooting, or worse, constant. There are many causes of it, and if not properly treated, the tooth may have to be eventually extracted. Extraction may seem to be the best recourse for toothache relief. But did you know that toothache relief can come in the form of home remedies, too? In fact, these home remedies come in handy from your kitchen. You might want to try them for easy to apply and inexpensive toothache relief. Tue, 29 Apr 2008 15:15:40 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/breast-tenderness http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/breast-tenderness You may be all too familiar with breast tenderness before the onset of and during your menstruation. It can quite be uncomfortable with your breast swelling, and just a slight touch would cause pain. But breast tenderness is common among women during their menstrual cycle. Some women have it, while others don’t. If ever your breast becomes tender during your period and your friend’s does not, it doesn’t mean that you have a problem. It’s just a matter of individual and physiological make-up differences. This is something you have to be aware of. It helps as a woman for you to get to know your body and what transpires each menstrual cycle. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:18:10 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/pain-relief1 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/pain-relief1 Everybody is beset by pain at some points, and it certainly is an unpleasant experience. The initial tendency when this happens is to take pharmaceutical pain relievers, or otherwise go to a doctor. And the doctor, by all means, would prescribe the same or other pharmaceuticals. This is an all too common measure. But there are those who take the other way- without the use of pharmaceuticals. This is primarily through alternative therapies. Debate had been ongoing as to whether alternative therapies are effective. There are those who oppose, asserting that alternative treatments are not potent at all and may even be downright ineffective. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:14:29 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/neck-pain1 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/neck-pain1 More often, the cause of neck pain has to do with poor posture. It can be quite as simple as that. Sitting for long hours in front of the computer and being hunched can cause pain. Or so can a poor sleeping posture. And stress as well- this can instigate the discomfort. The neck muscles are likely to become tensed as a response to stress. Eventually, this can lead to the onset of pain in the area. More so, headaches may go with it. Poor posture and stress- these are among the most common causes of neck strain and even pinched nerves. Wed, 5 Mar 2008 07:07:40 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/natural-pain-relief http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/natural-pain-relief The word doesn’t sound good at all, but it’s a fact that has to be lived with- PAIN. All caps signify the significance and gravity of it. That piercing, gnawing sensation can certainly make one winch. Everybody is bothered by aches and pains at some points, or once in a while. There are different degrees of pain. It can range from something negligible or tolerable to discomforting and awfully excruciating. What’s more, it could be debilitating. When the condition arises, people would normally look for ways to relieve pain. And there have been basically countless of these means. There are of course pharmaceutical drugs – the easy way out. Mon, 11 Feb 2008 12:48:45 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/pain-killers1 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/pain-killers1 Aches and pains are bound to beset everybody now and then. And they can be discomforting to the point of being debilitating. Certainly not everybody likes the idea of pain nor experiencing it. So pain has to be done away with, and oftentimes at any cost. More often people take pain killers to alleviate or get rid of pain. Several pops of pain killers seem to be the redemption most people resort to. And more people do so regularly. Many people have become dependent on pain killers. And the notion of addiction to pain killers is certainly not new. Pain killers may give instant relief, as most pharmaceuticals do. Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:32:12 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/breast-pain http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/breast-pain Approximately half of all women experience breast pain at one point or another. In most cases, women would see a doctor pertaining to this. But it must be noted that fewer than five percent of women with breast pain are actually diagnosed with breast cancer. But nevertheless, when a woman has breast pain, she has to see the doctor anyway to rule our breast cancer. But even when a woman has an all clear about her breasts from her doctor, there is yet a garden variety of breast pain to contend with. Breast pain is after all a discomfort. When a woman has breast pain, there are several ways to alleviate it. Mon, 24 Dec 2007 15:37:54 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/cluster-headaches http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/cluster-headaches When one has a headache, it’s not just annoying. A headache can come to the point of being excruciating, and yes, infuriating. A headache in itself is painful. This can be further be aggravated by one thinking how inconvenient it is. And so one may think of relaxing in the hopes of alleviating the headache. Relaxation does usually relieve a headache, right? Perhaps with migraine headaches, but not in the case of cluster headaches. In fact, relaxing can cause the worsening of cluster headaches. That’s rather ironic. But such is one of the reasons why a cluster headache is called a suicide headache. Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:54:26 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/migraine-headaches http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/migraine-headaches Aches and pains are apt to beset the majority every now and then. As much as they can be excruciating, they are ailments and conditions everybody has to bear with. Countless factors of modern living contribute to aches and pains. They are in fact too many to mention. But many may have experienced them. Take the case of headaches. A headache may sound all too simple. But there are actually many forms of headaches. They are stress or tension headaches, migraine headaches or cluster headaches to name a few. From the mere mention of it, most people don’t like the word “headache”. Thu, 8 Nov 2007 11:26:10 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/rotator-cuff-surgery http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/rotator-cuff-surgery The thought of having a surgery may send one into a whirl of panic. It is largely dependent on the nature of the surgery, though. But often, the idea of being sliced open does not sound at all appealing. After all, a surgery is an invasive procedure, and some may be wary of its risks. But there are cases, countless in fact, when surgery is necessary. For instance, rotator cuff surgery. Apparently, a rotator cuff surgery is a procedure carried out to address rotator cuff injuries. But as rotator cuff injuries vary in nature and severity, there are several treatment options as well. Fri, 2 Nov 2007 16:27:49 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/pelvic-pain http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/pelvic-pain Many of today’s chronic conditions are kept by the sufferer to themselves. Some of these health issues are considered as “hush-hush” and would rather be kept under the rug. This happens in cases wherein the disease or condition creates a stigma to discuss. Or otherwise it is just plain embarrassing. The same can be said with pelvic pain. One may well ask what it is that is so embarrassing or taboo to reveal about pelvic pain. Well, for one thing pelvic pain may involve rectal, vaginal or penile pain. Sufferers of such conditions may not be so bold as to admit that it hurts “down there”. Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:41:01 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/shoulder-pain1 http://www.healthzine.org/Pain-treatment/shoulder-pain1 Shoulder pain is said to be one of the most common afflictions of the modern time. But there is hope for those often beset with it, ranging from an 8- hour- 5- times- a- week white collar worker or a weekend athlete or even a gardener who merely overdid it. There are actually many ways to make people feel better from shoulder pain. What it basically entails is information and awareness on the nature of shoulder pain as well as the options available for its remedy. The shoulder is regarded as the largest, the most complex and most mobile joint of the body.