Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

  • 3 Factors That Make Substance Abuse Treatment Effective

    According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), effective treatment for any type of substance abuse problem requires continual management. One of the reasons substance abuse treatment fails is not typically because the treatment plan was bad; it is actually because the addict failed to get continual treatment for the issue. If you have a loved one struggling with a drug addiction, you may want to encourage him or her to get treatment for the rest of his or her life.

  • Skin Cancer Surgery: What Are Your Options?

    As frightening as it may be to receive a diagnosis of skin cancer, you can take heart in the fact that today's patients have more options that ever for successfully tackling and overcoming this threat -- including surgery to return your skin to a pre-cancerous state of health. But depending on your particular needs, priorities, and type of cancer, some surgical procedures may work better than others. Here are some ways to determine which kind of skin cancer surgery makes the most sense for you.

  • Small Red Spots: Signs Your Child Has Broken Blood Vessels And When You Should Be Concerned

    If you look closely at your young child's face, you might notice pin-prick-sized red dots, especially around the eyes and nose. These tiny dots are known medically as petechiae, and they are caused by the bursting of tiny blood bessels. When they appear, it means that your child has been bleeding into the skin. This may sound serious, but sometimes it is nothing to be concerned about. Here is what you need to know about the spots and when you should begin to worry about them.

  • Understanding Anemia During Pregnancy

    If you are expecting for the first time, you might experience bouts of tiredness or difficulty concentrating. However, extreme fatigue can actually be a sign that you are struggling with low iron levels because of your pregnancy. If you are light headed, always tired, and have a hard time focusing on specific tasks, you should talk to your care provider about the possibility that your could have pregnancy-induced iron-deficiency anemia.

  • The Truth About Welding With Contact Lenses In

    Are you a welder? Do you have better vision with your contact lenses in but worry that wearing contacts while welding is a safety hazard? If so, read on to learn everything you need to know about welding with your contacts in. A Common Myth Debunked Every now and then a horror story about welding and contact lenses makes its way around the Internet. In it, a man is blinded for life when the high heat from his welding rod fuses his contacts to his corneas.

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Coping with Chronic Health Conditions: Tips

Ever since I was a young girl, I have had bad asthma and allergies. I had to stay in the hospital several times when I was in elementary school just to help get my asthma under control and it seemed like I was trying medication after medication with little success. I don't remember all of my childhood health details, since I was so young, but my mother has "filled in the blanks" for me. Thanks to modern medicine and a natural remedy, my health conditions are currently under control and have been for a few years now. I am very grateful for my good health, and I want to "pay it back" to others by creating a blog where I will post my health tips. I hope I can help you learn how to achieve good health!