For most of us our main medical carer is the general practitioner. If the medical problem is serious then the GP should see the person at home, especially if the patient is old and somewhat frail. Obtaining this visit should not be difficult and if the person concerned or the carer feels that they cannot [...]
Lupus is a disease where the body’s immune system switches on an offensive which attacks nearly every major organ in the body. Manifestations arise out of damage to the skin, kidneys, lungs, joints and the central nervous system. Lupus is almost gender specific. The disease affects women more than men in the ratio of nine [...]
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 [...]
Hepatitis B, the type of viral hepatitis that is conveyed from person to person in “biological fluids,” is a potential risk of transfusions when the blood obtained from an unknown donor who might be a hepatitis carrier. Normally, we would not expect to become infected with this virus merely by touching surfaces that have been [...]
Signs and symptoms The key sign of a hernia is a bulge in one of the typical locations: just above the crease of the groin; in the scrotum of a boy; in the labia majora of a girl; below the crease of the groin; just above or below the navel; or at the navel. A [...]