Swelling Tips

Stress fractures are small cracks that may appear in a bone. It occurs due to repetitive application of force in the same area. It is very common among various sports such as running, tennis and football. It may also occur due to osteoporosis as this disorder weakens the bones and allows stress fractures to occur easily.

The majority of stress fractures occur due to overuse of a specific muscle. The bones and the muscles used in a specific movement do not get time to recover, thus leadi...more

Gout is a type of arthritis, which can affect your joints, though usually, it causes maximum harm to your big toe. Symptoms that you are having a bout of gout include having a stiffness and swelling of the joint in question. The pain is very sudden and also causes a burning sensation. Gout is basically a recurrent type of inflammatory arthritis. However, the pain associated with gout can be remedied by Ayurveda.

Here are some of the best Ayurvedic remedies which can be used:

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Swelling can be lessened by placing a cold compress. Take all medication prescribed by doctors.

Dislocation refers to an injury, which causes the bones to abnormally separate from each other in the joint, which is the meeting place of the bones. Dislocation causes intense pain and is most common in the fingers, shoulders and the elbows. Although a timely diagnosis can make your pain go away, any future injury in the tendons or the ligaments might bring back the injury.

What can cause a dislocation?
The causes of dislocation are as follows:

A body joint can get disloc...more

There is a strong connection between the ears, nose and throat, as any ENT or Ear Nose Throat specialist will be able to tell you. When there is any kind of congestion or obstruction in the nasal passages, one can also feel some effect in the ears with the symptoms going from mild to severe.

So how can nasal obstruction cause clogged ears? Here is our explanation!

- The Connection: To begin with, let us understand the connection between the ears and the nose. There is a...more

Pulmonary Edema
The term Edema refers to swelling. This swelling is generally caused by the fluids inside the blood vessels permeating to the outside of the blood vessels and into the tissues in the surrounding areas. The main causes of this happening are lack of proteins in the blood which hold the fluid in the plasma cells or because of excessive pressure in the blood vessels.

Pulmonary edema is the term used when the lungs are affected by edema. In this condition fluid accumulate...more

What is Bronchitis?
A cold or the flu runs its course in a couple weeks if you re lucky. After that, you re back to normal. But sometimes you may get bronchitis, too.
That s when your bronchial tubes, which carry air to your lungs, get infected and swollen. You end up with a nagging cough and a lot more mucus.
Types:
-Acute bronchitis: This is the more common one. Symptoms last for a few weeks, but it doesn t usually cause any problems past that.
-Chronic bronchitis: This one...more

Wounds and bruises are both injuries. However, they differ widely in terms of the causing factors, the nature of the injury, the pain they cause and the kind of treatment they require.

The following are a few of the myriad ways in which the two injuries differ from each other:

1. A wound causes quick damage - the skin tissue is cut or punctured while a bruise (also called a closed wound) is where the skin is not torn.
2. A wound is usually caused by a sharp object but bruis...more

Pregnancy is a normal life function that many women go through. Yet, this is a function or a part of life where one has to take special care of one s health and condition as there are many biological changes that happen in one s body. Swollen legs and ankles are a common part of one s pregnancy. This condition is most commonly known as edema and it usually occurs when fluid collects in the tissue. This in turn happens when the blood chemistry changes and the fluid gets routed to the tissue. This...more

ध्यान को अंग्रेजी में मैडिटेशन कहते है. यह एक विश्राम की स्थिति होती है जिसमे व्यक्ति अपने आप को विश्राम की मुद्रा में लेकर जाता है और अपने दिमाग और मन को एकाग्रित करने की कोशिश करता है. ध्यान करने का अभ्यास सदियों से किया जा रहा है. प्राचीन काल में ऋषि मुनि कई सालों तक ध्यान में लगे होते थे. ध्यान आपको मानसिक रूप से शांति करने के अलावा शारीरिक रूप से भी स्वस्थ बनाता है. ध्यान एक क्रिया है जिसमें आप किसी भी वस्तु पर ध्यान केंद्रित करते है. ऐसा करते समय अपनी आँखों को बंद करके दिमाग के बीचों बिच ...more