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having a ball
Many find it fun and healthful to sit on an inflated Swiss ball. It forces you to keep the back straight and erect. It may be tiring for a while, but you soon become accustomed to it. More should give it a go.
child care
Some parents are antagonistic toward the various educational systems and choose to educate their kids at home, claiming they do a better job. But children also need socialising, and can be thus deprived of normal interaction with their peer group. Social skills are essential in our world, and learning to live with others at school is a starting point. Children home-schooled need to have other opportunities for interaction.
tummy pain
Pain in the navel region or lower right side of the abdomen is still fairly common among teenagers. The youngest recorded age of appendicitus on record is that of a baby aged six weeks. However, it is fairly uncommon these days, largely due to the increase in consumption of high-fibre foods, like fruit, vegetables and cereals. Symptoms of appendicitus include fever, vomiting and constipation, with tenderness of the navel area, which moves to the right-hand, lower side.
gas attack
When drinking a glass of water, a person may feel nauseated. This is due to air entering the stomach as you swallow. Added to the gas already there, temporary swelling results, which may cause nausea. A few unceremonious burps will ease the feeling. Slowly sip warm water containing ginger or peppermint, or fizzy dry ginger ale.
don’t get stoned
Gallstones in young people are not uncommon. The liver produces cholesterol, which is stored in the gall bladder. Often this accumulates around dead germs, increasing in size. Many are small—big ones seldom cause trouble—and become trapped in the canal leading to the duodenum, which causes intense pain just under the right rib cage. To avoid gallstones, eat less high-fat and more high-fibre foods, including All-bran and Weet-Bix, fruit, vegetables, legumes, nuts and wholegrains—and drink plenty of water.
red eye
Don’t leave a bloodshot eye unchecked. Consult a doctor, as it may be a burst superficial blood vessel in the conjunctiva lining the eye. They occur as a result of a blow, but also for no apparent reason, moreso among those taking aspirin. Bathe it with warm salty water; avoid glare and direct heat.
filling advice
Are amalgam fillings harmful? Amalgam contains mercury, a deadly poison. As we eat, small fragments may be scraped from the filling surfaces. However, to be dangerous, they must be absorbed into the bloodstream, which, dentists say, is almost impossible. While amalgam-related syndromes are reported, they most likely have nothing to do with fillings.
now hear this!
Deafness in one ear may be due to a condition known as acoustic neuroma. In these cases the covering of the hearing nerve grows abnormally, often into the bony hearing canal. With nowhere to go, it crushes the nerve and destroys it—along with hearing. Prompt surgical correction is essential.
static pains
Some people suffer aching knees if forced to stand in the same position for any period, or if dawdling around a shopping mall (the latter a condition usually confined to male partners). Joints are designed to be active. Brisk walking is best, so the cartilages that line joints move as they’re meant to. Cycling is also an excellent activity.
A: No, it is not OK. Indeed, it is dangerous. When linked, there is a huge increased risk in things going wrong, like blood clots and a chance of sudden death, even in younger women. It all sounds bad, but is regularly reported in medical journals. Talk to your GP about quitting soon. Skin patches can help,
Extract from Signs of the Times, June 2004.
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