HALITOSIS (BAD BREATH) Cause There are many possible causes for breath which has an unpleasant smell, including throat or mouth infections, blocked nose or sinusitis, gum disease (gingivitis), and tooth decay or abcesses. Treatment Treatment of the specific cause should help to alleviate bad breath. Use of an antibacterial mouthwash, and attention to dental hygiene [...]
Eyes The eye colour that a baby has at birth usually begins to change at around 6 months of age. Children who are going to have dark eyes tend to change a little earlier than this. Some babies are born with a blocked tear duct (see p. 205). The eyelids can look very puffy after [...]
DYSCOMMUNICATION: Breakdown in verbal and emotional communication can also block super marital sex. Dyscommunica-tion is inaccurate communication. Malcommunication is hurtful communication. Discommunication is communication without mutually shared purpose. Acommunication is no communication at all. Hypercommunication is overemphasis on intellectual and verbal communication in the absence of emotional sharing. Vulnerable sharing of feelings is effective Communication, [...]
Some may argue, that the diet proposed below is quite different from the traditional diet we learned from our parents, friends and neighbours. So many people have followed-”traditional” diet for generations ! Maybe that’s exactly why we live on average only 72 years, most of this time getting sick or expecting disease, and by the [...]
Iridology is an analysis of health based on an examination of the iris or colored portion of the eye. It has been in use for over 100 years, and is called iris analysis or iris diagnosis. Orthodox medicine is well aware that generalised disease can affect the eye and that proper medical examination of the [...]
There is really no such condition as chronic appendicitis where the inflammation continues on for months or years. Rapidly progressing acute appendicitis may go on to rupture of the organ where the infected contents are spilled into the general abdominal cavity and this causes peritonitis. Even in this modern age, the mortality for ruptured appendix [...]
Abortion is a delicate situation for even the most sophisticated of women. A universe of conscious and unconscious thoughts and feelings are connected with it. There often is an accompanying sense of fear (associated with the medical procedure itself) and a measure of sadness or guilt (United to one’s personal view of abortion). Although everyone [...]
The treatment of these fungal infections is basically similar. Initially local applications should be tried, as they are usually adequate for most cases except for infections of the scalp and nails. Traditional preparations such as Whitfield’s ointment or Castellanis paint still have their place, although they are somewhat messy. More recently, tolnaftate cream or lotion [...]
Non-physiological signals can have a profound influence on food choice, quite independent of the physiological signals e.g.: Social custom—This may over-ride physiological hunger. Celebrations held for recreational or spiritual reasons invariably centre around food and drink. In some societies the obligation to eat can go beyond feasting. In the South Pacific in earlier times, for [...]
Anna-Maree was 12 years old when she started to menstruate. Her first few periods were painful with heavy bleeding. Her GP told her that this was fairly common for young girls and that it would settle down in three or four months. Unfortunately her pain did not improve — in fact, it got worse. She [...]