Take your usual daily bath. A shower or sponge bath are equally good. In later pregnancy a shower may be more practical. Be careful not to slip. Do not use any vaginal douche unless your doctor tells you to. Don’t pamper yourself. Pregnancy is .. Read More
Home Remedies & Treatments | 11.16.08 | No Comments
Spiders use a kind of venom to paralyze their prey. Most spiders are relatively harmless to man, but some types are dangerous, particularly to young children. Spider venom affects nerve endings, causing weakness and dizziness and nausea. Breathing .. Read More
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Use whatever you have at hand –a coat pillow, folded blanket, magazine, or perhaps several newspaper folded together. These are all useful as temporary splint. Sticks, branches from trees, umbrellas, walking sticks, metal tools, broom handles, wi.. Read More
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All stinging insects, such as bees, wasp, hornets, and ants, have a similar type of venom treatment is more or less the same. Always be sure the stinger of the bee or wasp is removed from the wound. Then apply a weak solution of ordinary household .. Read More
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Send for a doctor, if at all possible. Prevent further damage by applying a splint before attempting to move the victim. Keep the injured person warm and comfortable to combat shock. Control bleeding. Apply heavy pressure aver the bleeding.. Read More
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Carrying an injured patient in an emergency requires skill and good judgment. Many a victim with a fractured spine or pelvis has been mare severely injured by well-meaning on-lookers, who have picked him up and jackknifed him into the backseat of a.. Read More
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Electric shock may injure the nervous system and burn the skin and deeper tissues. If powerful enough, the electric current may stop the heart or bring on ventricular fibrillation, a very serious type of irregular rhythm. Even low-voltage househol.. Read More
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Sunstroke and heatstroke are similar in their effects on the body. Sunstroke results from direct heat rays of the sun. Heatstroke may arise from indoor heat plus low humidity. Lack of normal sweating, which is the body’s way of releasing excess h.. Read More
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Fainting is common, especially at certain times of life. It may arise from a number of different causes, such as hunger, fatigue, anxiety, or even emotional shock, which may occur upon hearing bad news. Any slight injury, even the sight of blood, m.. Read More
Home Remedies & Treatments | 10.25.08 | No Comments
Rabies or hydrophobia, is one of the worst disease known to man. The virus is carried in the saliva of an infected animal. After being introduced into the area of the wound, the virus passes along the nerves, and finally reaches the brain where it.. Read More
Home Remedies & Treatments | 10.23.08 | No Comments
If the victim is still in the water, try to draw him ashore with a rope or stick. Use a boat, if one is handy. Once on shore, follow these directions. Roll the victim on his stomach. Remove water and debris from his mouth as quickly as possib.. Read More
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Young children will swallow almost anything small enough for them to get into their mouths! Small toys, seeds, pieces of wood, pins, nails, coins, fruit stones- any of these may cause trouble. Sometimes the object becomes lodged in the throat, at o.. Read More
Home Remedies & Treatments | 10.19.08 | No Comments
Whenever the skin is broken there is always the possibility of infection. Be careful not touch the wound with the tips of the fingers, or with anything else that may be carrying germs. If the wound looks fairly clean and bleeding has stopped, cover.. Read More
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