Health Care

by Mr. Miyagi

It is not always easy to prevent foot pain and many times it is difficult to understand why and where the pain in your foot or heel is coming from. When you don't know the cause of this pain it can be difficult to prevent it from happening or to treat the pain. Did you know that heel and foot pain is a common problem that affects people of all ages and that there are a lot of different things that can cause this problem.

Sometimes it is as simple as wearing the wrong type of shoes or just standing for too long where other times, your foot pain could be caused by a more serious condition.

Below are some tips that can help you prevent foot pain:

1. Wear your shoes - Anytime that you are outside wear your shoes to protect your feet from unexpected dangers. Many of these will not be noticed until an accident occurs. This is especially important if you are a diabetic. Wearing shoes will help to prevent foot injuries and protect your feet.

2. Wear proper fitting shoes - Wearing shoes that fit properly is very important to help prevent foot pain. Shoes that are to small and wearing ones that are to big can do a lot more damage to your feet than you might realize. Make sure that you also wear shoes that give you the proper support for your daily routine.

3. Rest your feet - It is important that you take time to relax and prop your feet up once in a while. Spend some time barefoot and at the end of a long day, allow your feet to soak for a bit.

4. Remember your hygiene- You also need to protect your feet from germs, bacteria, fungus and other problems that can result from poor hygiene. Always keep your feet clean and dry and change your socks when needed.

5. When exercising stretch and protect - Did you know that your feet have many muscles and 26 bones in each foot? This is why it is important that you stretch and wear shoes to support your feet when running or exercising.

It is in your best interest to try and prevent foot pain so you do not have to deal with this problem later. It is always best to use preventive measures whenever possible. See your health care provider or a podiatrist if you do find yourself suffering with heel and foot pain. It can make your condition worse if you try and ignore the problem. Your feet deserve to be taken care of since you do stand on the most all day.

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by Katie Rowan

Yogurt contains a bacteria that is known as lactobacillus and this same bacteria stops or perhaps retards any growth of candida, the fungus behind the actual yeast infection. Now this is the reason why the daily intake of yogurt has been proven conclusively in the prevention and treatment of vaginal yeast infection. The human body is a very complex structure as it has many microorganisms, some of which are beneficial and some that are harmful. There exists some sort of balance among these organisms and this balance is so vital for the normal day to day functioning of the body. If is disturbed the body is more prone to be affected by a particular disease.

Yogurt and Yeast Infection: How They Relate

It is widely recognized all over that yogurt is beneficial in the prevention of yeast infection. Firstly though we should know more about the relationship between the yogurt and yeast infection.

Yogurt has been proved to be effective in the treatment of yeast infection because it contains the living cultures of lactobacillus. By the administration of yogurt, the depletion of lactobacillus can be controlled and its stores are replenished. The yogurts should not be expired. For this purpose you need to read the label on the yogurt pack carefully. If it is treated by heat then it would be useless because heat kills the bacteria. And hence there would be no use of administrating the yogurt.

The microorganism responsible for yeast infection is present normally in the skin, vagina and digestive tract. These organisms are kept in check by the bacteria known as lactobacillus. This bacteria is also known as probiotic bacteria. When any condition disturbs the bacteria, the candida gets the opportunity to establish them. Antibiotics kill all the bacteria and this is because they can not distinguish between good bacteria and bad bacteria, so good bacteria is also killed including lactobacillus.

There are some other conditions that promote yeast infection .These conditions are diabetes, HIV. Menopause, pregnancy, and the frequent sexual act or intercourse. It also remains to be said that if you are suffering with yeast infection that you ought to refrain from any sexual activities until that yeast infection has been treated as the condition can be passed on from one partner to another.

Daily ingestion of yogurt helps in preventing yeast infection. If the women suffering from yeast infection add yogurt in their daily diet the occurrence of yeast infection can be controlled. We can also use yogurt internally to cope with the yeast infection. If a tampon is soaked in yogurt and that tampon is inserted into the vaginal wall, it will clear the yeast infection. This can be done many times a day until the symptoms disappear. If the vagina is red and inflamed because of yeast infection, then this method is preferred over the other ones.

So we can say that there is a connection between yeast infection and yogurt. It is preferred over the other methods because it is very cheap and without the side effects induced by the other methods of treatment.

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by: Jonni Good

All my life I've been a little fearful of eating home-canned beans, because of the rare but potentially fatal illness caused by the Clostridium botulinum bacterium. The botulinum toxin produced by this bacterium is one of the most lethal natural toxins known to man. Now that my organic garden is overflowing with fresh beans, and I can't possibly eat them all fresh, my mind has turned again to this microscopic organism, which lives naturally in the soil.

Eating poorly prepared food isn't actually the only way you can be sickened by this type of bacteria. It is also possible for the bacterium to infect an open wound, (often caused when drug users share needles), and babies can sometimes be sickened by consuming the spores of the bacteria. Fortunately, the incidence of botulism poisoning is quite rare - only an average of 110 cases are reported in the United states each year. The majority of these cases, 72%, are infant botulism, and 25% are caused by eating contaminated food.

Infants can be infected by eating honey, corn syrup or other sweetener that contains dormant bacterial spores, so parents are warned to not give honey in any form to babies under one year old. Once the child begins to eat solid food, stomach acids will kill the bacterial spores and prevent them from growing.

As a gardener, it is the food-born illness that most concerns me, and the list of symptoms and side effects makes it reasonable to be concerned. Botulism is a paralytic illness, and the symptoms are very similar to those of people who are having a stroke. Symptoms can include difficulty swallowing, drooping eyelids, muscle weakness, and double or blurred vision. These symptoms can occur anywhere from 6 hours to 10 days after eating contaminated food. Patients treated for this illness can be on a ventilator for weeks, under intensive medical care. Paralysis will slowly improve over a number of weeks if the illness is diagnosed early enough. In the past, up to 1/2 of the people contracting the illness dies, but medical care has now reduced the fatality rate to 8%. Patients may continue to feel tired and have difficulty breathing for years after recovering from this illness.

Clostridium botulinum bacteria grow and multiply in oxygen-free environments that are high in moisture and low in acidity. This is an excellent description of the inside of a jar of low-acid vegetables. High levels of sugar can help reduce the production of the bacteria, and its toxins. The bacteria are killed when vegetables are canned under high heat and pressure, the way store-bought canned goods are processed.

My parents canned thousands of jars of beans over the years, but were always careful to follow the common practice of boiling the beans for at least 10 minutes before eating them. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) agrees that this is a good idea. It also makes sense to use the most recent home canning advice from the US Department of Agriculture, since new methods are being developed all the time. It just pays to be safe if you can low-acid foods, like beans, asparagus, beets, and corn.

People have also been known to be sickened by botulinum bacterium growing in chopped garlic stored in oil, which should always be kept refrigerated, and in potatoes baked in aluminum foil, if the potatoes are left in the foil and are not refrigerated.

Do frozen vegetables pose the same dangers as home-canned produce? According to the USDA Safe Food Handling Fact Sheet, "Food stored constantly at 0o F will always be safe. Freezing keeps food safe by slowing the movement of molecules, causing microbes to enter a dormant stage. Freezing preserves food for extended periods because it prevents the growth of microorganisms that cause both food spoilage and foodborne illness."

However, the same document goes on to say that freezing does not kill bacteria - it simply puts it into dormancy. As soon as the food is thawed, the bacteria can begin to grow and multiply, just as they can in any food. To be safe, use up any thawed (and even fresh) veggies as soon as possible, and keep any left-overs in the fridge.

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by R. Drysdale

Suffers of breath malodor often wonder if there is a connection between tonsils and bad breath. Usually, this is not the case, but in certain circumstances bacteria multiplying at the back of the throat in the tonsil area can cause a bad odor on the breath. This odor has one of two sources: the breakdown of healthy tissues caused by an active infection - pharyngitis - such as strept throat, or the breakdown of dead cells and food particles by anaerobic bacteria that are part of the normal ecosystem of the mouth. This article deals with the second scenario.


To understand the link between tonsils and halitosis, it's helpful to understand what the tonsils are and where they're located. We actually have three types of tonsils in the nasopharynx, the area at the back of the mouth and the top of the throat. The pharyngeal tonsil (also known as the adenoids) lies at the back of the nasal cavity high in the throat. The palatine tonsils are located at the back of the oral cavity and are visible when the mouth is opened widely. Lastly, the lingual tonsils are situated at the very base of the tongue. All of these tonsils are part of the lymphoid system - an important part of the body's defenses against invading and potentially disease causing organisms. The tonsils that most commonly give rise to an association between tonsils and bad breath are the palatine tonsils.


The palatine tonsils lie between folds of tissue called tonsillar pillars. The tonsils are composed of dense lymphoid tissue and each has between ten and twenty little hollows in its surface. The tiny hollows, called tonsillar crypts, collect shed epithelial (skin) cells from the lining of the mouth and throat, white blood cells (pus cells), both living and dead, and oral bacteria - a combination that can easily explain why tonsils and bad breath sometimes go together. Located as they are, in the back of the throat, these crypts have sinus drainage, saliva, chewed food, and cellular debris constantly passing by them. In some people, particularly those who have chronic sinus irritation with post nasal drip, material can build up in the tonsillar crypts, causing the aggregates that are the link between halitosis and bad breath. These aggregates are called tonsil stones or tonsiloliths.

Tonsiloliths are literally little balls of dead cells, debris, and bacteria. The bacteria, inhabitants of tonsils and bad breath producers, find a ready source of food in the dead and decaying cellular material. Consuming the protein there, they produce foul smelling compounds called volatile sulfur compounds as they multiply. As long as the tonsil stones remain lodged in the tonsillar crypts, the bad odor will be produced; eventually the tonsil stones become large enough to be dislodged and swallowed. Then new ones will begin to form. For people who tend to develop tonsiloliths, the problem of stones in the crypts of the tonsils and halitosis is likely to be continuous over time, and require a regular program to combat breath malodor.

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About the Author
R. Drysdale is a freelance writer with more than 25 years experience as a health care professional. She is a contributing editor to Tonsils and Bad Breath at Bad Breath Cure, a blog dedicated to the treatment of bad breath.