What factors can aggravate atopic dermatitis? Many factors or conditions can intensify the symptoms of atopic dermatitis, including dry skin, winter or cold weather, wool cloths, and other irritating skin conditions. These factors may further trigger the itch-scratch cycle, further stimulating the many times already overactive immune system in the skin. Repeated aggravation and activation… Continue reading
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Infections associated with eczema
The National Institute of Allergy and Infections Disease has awarded a five-year $31 million contract to National Jewish Health, which is leading a consortium of academic medical centers seeking to better understand skin infections associated with atopic dermatitis. The researchers will focus on antibiotic-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections and widespread viral infections of the skin,… Continue reading
What is urinary incontinensce in women
Incontinence: What Is It? Urinary incontinence, or loss of bladder control, is a frustrating problem for more than 13 million Americans. Never knowing when and where you might have an accident can impact everything from work to exercise to your social calendar. Urinary incontinence affects people of either gender but is twice as common in… Continue reading
What is atopic dermatitis and why my child have it?
What is atopic dermatitis? Atopic dermatitis is a very common, often chronic (long-lasting) skin disease that affects a large percentage of the world’s population. It is also called eczema, dermatitis, or atopy. Most commonly, it may be thought of as a type of skin allergy or sensitivity. The atopic dermatitis triad includes asthma, allergies (hay… Continue reading
Yoga poses: Bharadvaja’s Twist
(bah-ROD-va-JAHS-anna),Bharadvaja = one of seven legendary seers, credited with composing the hymns collected in the Vedas Step by Step 1. Sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you. Shift over onto your right buttock, bend your knees, and swing your legs to the left. Lay your feet on the floor… Continue reading
American woman expecting two babies who are not twins
An American woman with a double uterus, a rare condition that affects around 1 per thousand women in the US, is expecting two babies, due one week apart, but they are not twins because one baby is growing in one womb and the other baby, conceived at a separate time, is growing in the other… Continue reading
What should I do, if my hair fallen?
A healthy lifestyle supplemented with proper diet is the magic key for healthy and beautiful hair. But our fast paced life generally doesnt allow us to follow it. But these hair care tips along with some hair care products might just do the trick for you. Hair Care Tips and Products Hair Spray: Chop one… Continue reading
Only for kids: Eek, it is an Eczema!
Your skin is red and sore. It may even look scaly. You itch like crazy. You know you haven’t been near poison ivy and you don’t have chickenpox, but you’re starting to worry that you’re slowly turning into some kind of scaly creature from a monster movie. No need to worry. It’s just eczema. What… Continue reading