Home Remedies For Post Nasal Drip
Post nasal drip is a common health problem (because the causative factors such as rhinitis, allergy etc. are common health problems). Post nasal drip is common and troublesome health problem, but there are effective home remedies available for symptomatic relief of post nasal drip and associated problems. Home remedies for post nasal drip include salt water gargle, inhalation of hot water vapor, remaining well hydrated, improvement of environment of your surroundings and use of OTC (over the counter) medications.
Salt water gargle:
In absence of anatomical defect the symptom of post nasal drip generally do not last long, but it is an irritating symptom. Gargling with lukewarm salt water can be soothing and remove irritation. For gargling with salt water, take a cup of lukewarm water and add half tea spoon common salt and dissolve it in water and gargle several times a day.
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Treatment of Post Nasal Drip
There are many different causes of post nasal drip. The first and most important is to identify the underlying cause of post nasal drip and treat the cause and remove the cause of post nasal drip if possible. For example correction of anatomical defect (such as deviated nasal septum) by surgery.
Different treatment options are available, such as identification and avoidance of allergens, avoidance of nasal irritants, use of medications, treatment of associated infection, corrective surgery for correction of anatomical defect (if any), immunotherapy (commonly known as allergy shots) etc. Actual treatment involves combination of different treatment options.
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Urethritis Treatment, Complications and Prevention
Urethritis is a common health problem among females of reproductive age group. It is also not uncommon among men. The symptoms of urethritis may be troublesome and need appropriate treatment.
Treatment of urethritis:
The main aim of treatment is to eliminate infection and also the cause of infection, prevent spread of infection and to relief symptoms as early as possible. The most common cause of urethritis is gonococcal infection, which should be treated with appropriate antibiotics effective against gonococci, such as ceftriaxone, metronidazole, nitrofurantoin, co-tromoxazole etc. If the infection is due to virus appropriate antivirus antibiotics may be required, but antivirus antibiotics are not always useful. If the inflammation of urethra is due to some irritation of injury, the source of irritation/injury should be eliminated.
Categories: Disease Treatments, Diseases Tags: ceftriaxone, metronidazole, urethritis
Treatment And Prevention of Vitamin A Deficiency
Deficiency of vitamin A can lead to serious complications if not treated and prevented for long duration. Untreated prolonged vitamin A deficiency and serious vitamin A deficiency can lead to permanent blindness. For this the deficiency of vitamin A should be treated adequately and prevented, which is very cheap and affordable.
Treatment of Vitamin A Deficiency:
Vitamin A deficiency should be treated urgently as early as possible. Treatment should be very prompt and vigorous. Massive dose of vitamin A should be given, which usually reverses all the eye manifestations of vitamin A deficiency. The massive dose is about 200,000 international units (IU) or 110,000 micro grams (mcg) of retinol orally on two successive days. At this very high dose recovery occurs very fast and sequel of vitamin A deficiency can be avoided.
Categories: Diet & Nutrition Facts, Disease Treatments Tags: retinol, Vitamin A
Treatment of Infected Hair Follicle
Treatment of folliculitis or infected hair follicles depends on the severity of infection (symptoms) and location of the infection. If folliculitis is mild and symptoms are not severe, usually no treatment is required.
Home remedies for folliculitis:
Home remedies are also available for management of folliculitis. Home remedies can be used to alleviate symptoms at home. Home remedies for folliculitis include application of warm compression on the affected area (this facilitates healing and promote drainage of the pus inside blisters), use of tea tree oil over the affected area, act as antiseptic and do not allow the infection spread further. Warm compression can reduce itching (have soothing effect) and pain in the affected area.
Categories: Disease Treatments Tags: folliculitis, mupirocin
