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Monday, 11 September 2017

This is what I tried when I have leg sprain and the results were outstanding

Ali Yiğit September 11, 2017 Diseases & Conditions , 0 Comments

Let me just state for the record that I am not a person who believes in natural remedies. Nor am I someone who will recommend natural remedies to anyone. But when you do not have access to medicines at home late at night or when it is Sunday and going to a doctor is ruled out, there’s nothing you can do except try these quick fixes at home. And time and again, I have come across few simple tips and home remedies that work (sometimes better than medicines) like a charm. And one such quick, simple and effective natural remedy that works wonders for muscle sprain is hot water and salt. Here are few more home remedies for sprain and muscle crampsyou can try!

It was around a month or two back that I was coming to office and accidentally slipped on the road spraining my leg. Although it was painful initially, I ignored it as I could walk. However, the pain was aggravating and by evening it started to worsen. So when I reached home, I knew that if I ignored the sprain, I would have had a painful night with no sleep. Also, I didn’t want to go to a doctor for something this mild. I was left with no other option but try this simple tip to treat muscle sprain. So I promptly soaked my feet in hot water and salt. Also read about RICE: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation for injuries.

How to do it?

All you need is a litre of hot water and a tablespoon of salt. It is better to use rock salt instead of table salt if you have it. Soak your feet in a shallow bucket filled with this salt water for 10 – 20 minutes. If it is still painful, then do it before going to bed as it improves the blood circulation. You can see an improvement in your condition after doing it for the first time. However, if the pain still persists, it is wise to consult a doctor than take a painkiller. Read to know for how long should you treat a sprain at home, and when should you consult a doctor?

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Monday, 28 August 2017

Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears makes brain restless

Ali Yiğit August 28, 2017 Beauty , Diseases & Conditions 1 Comments

If you have bothersome tinnitus, you may have concentration issues as your attention may be engaged more with tinnitus.

Tinnitus, a chronic ringing or buzzing in the ears, is associated with changes in certain networks in the brain, and those changes cause the brain to stay more at attention and less at rest, a research has found. While the buzzing in the ears condition has eluded medical treatment and scientific understanding, the finding provides patients with validation of their experiences and hope for future treatment options. The results published in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical also suggest that if you have bothersome tinnitus, you may have concentration issues as their attention may be engaged more with their tinnitus than necessary, and that may lessen their attention to other things.

“Tinnitus is invisible. It cannot be measured by any device we have, the way we can measure diabetes or hypertension,” said study leader Fatima Husain, Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US. “So you can have this constant sound in your head, but nobody else can hear it and they may not believe you. They may think it’s all in your imagination. Medically, we can only manage some symptoms, not cure it, because we don’t understand what’s causing it,” Husain said. One factor that has complicated tinnitus research is the variability in the patient population. Lot of variables such as duration, cause, severity, concurrent hearing loss, age, type of sound, which ear and more led to inconsistent study results.

“We have been so swamped by variability that finding anything that is consistent, that gives us one objective metric for tinnitus, is very exciting,” said Husain. Using functional MRI to look for patterns across brain function and structure, the study found that tinnitus was in the hearers’ heads — in a region of the brain called the precuneus. The precuneus is connected to two inversely related networks in the brain — the dorsal attention network, which is active when something holds a person’s attention, and the default mode network, the “background” functions of the brain when the person is at rest and not thinking of anything in particular. The researchers found that in patients with chronic tinnitus the precuneus was more connected to the dorsal attention network and less connected to the default mode network.

Additionally, as severity of the tinnitus increased, so did the observed effects on the neural networks. “For patients, this is validating. Here is something related to tinnitus which is objective and invariant,” Husain said.

“It also implies that tinnitus patients are not truly at rest even when resting. This could explain why many report being tired more often,” Husain added.

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