Acid Reflux Sore Throat - 7 Simple Tips to Relieve Your Burning Throat
Are you having acid reflux sore throat? Do you feel sick and tired of the burning sensation in your throat? If you're having those kinds of condition (or perhaps even worse?), then you'll want to read this article. Specifically we'll go over on the cause of the sore throat itself and some useful tips to relief the acid reflux which causing sore throat in the first place. After reading this article, you'll know why are you constantly having sore throat when your reflux flares up and know exactly what to do to overcome it.
Acid reflux sore throat is caused by the constant flow of stomach acid in the esophagus. Normally stomach acid wouldn't flow upwards toward the throat. But because of the weak muscle condition of the lower esophageal sphincter, it will allow partially digested foods containing traces of stomach acid to flow to the mouth through the alimentary canal thus causing sore throat. But fear not. This simple condition can be treated with these simple steps.
1. Gargling with warm water mixed with a sufficient amount of table salt.
2. Drinking lots of water.
3. Proper sleep posture, head elevated (to prevent acid from flowing to the mouth) and try to keep your mouth closed to prevent dry throat.
4. Induce more saliva, as it contains natural bicarbonate which helps to neutralize acid. Try eating some candy.
5. Taking rest by sleeping some extra hours will also help in quicker healing.
6. Try using vaporizers or humidifiers to soothe the pain in the throat. Don't be tempted to eat ice cream and cold drinks for the sore throat.
7. For a long term solution, you should try a proper acid reflux diet that will not worsen the condition any further.
Overcoming acid reflux sore throat isn't very hard once you apply these 7 simple tips. Now go use these tips and you can rest easy without having to feel the burning sensation in your throat again!
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Sunday, November 23, 2008
Acid reflux sore throat is caused by the constant flow of stomach acid in the esophagus. Normally stomach acid wouldn't flow upwards toward the throat. But because of the weak muscle condition of the lower esophageal sphincter, it will allow partially digested foods containing traces of stomach acid to flow to the mouth through the alimentary canal thus causing sore throat. But fear not. This simple condition can be treated with these simple steps.
1. Gargling with warm water mixed with a sufficient amount of table salt.
2. Drinking lots of water.
3. Proper sleep posture, head elevated (to prevent acid from flowing to the mouth) and try to keep your mouth closed to prevent dry throat.
4. Induce more saliva, as it contains natural bicarbonate which helps to neutralize acid. Try eating some candy.
5. Taking rest by sleeping some extra hours will also help in quicker healing.
6. Try using vaporizers or humidifiers to soothe the pain in the throat. Don't be tempted to eat ice cream and cold drinks for the sore throat.
7. For a long term solution, you should try a proper acid reflux diet that will not worsen the condition any further.
Overcoming acid reflux sore throat isn't very hard once you apply these 7 simple tips. Now go use these tips and you can rest easy without having to feel the burning sensation in your throat again!
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
All Key Symptoms of Marijuana Abuse You Must Know About Before It's Too Late!
Marijuana is a special form of cannabis made from the flowers or leaves of the cannabis plant. Cannabis is the general name of the illicit hallucinogenic drug including the subtypes of marijuana, hashish and hashish oil.
Also known as "weed", "pot", "grass" and many other street names, marijuana is one of the most popular and abused substances in the world. The real danger comes from its social applicability- in most places throughout the world weed is considered to be a "social drug" which is harmless and even fun.
What most marijuana abusers don't realize is that they suffer from both long and short term side effects of smoking grass, and that the substance is as addictive as any other illegal drug.
Short term symptoms of marijuana abuse include (this list is partial):
*Distorted perception
*Clumsiness
*Poor coordination
*Unawareness of time
*Anxiety
*Panic attack
*Paranoia
*Confusion
*Short term memory loss
as you can see while this is only a partial list of symptoms, marijuana is potentially dangerous both to the user and his surrounding environment. You may think weed is 'harmless' but you should be aware of the possible consequences of using it.
Mentioned above are the short term symptoms of marijuana abuse, while the long term symptoms are even more harmful. The list include permanent confusion and disorientation, long term memory loss and severe damage to brain capacity. Apathy and concentration problems also occur obviously as one of the clearest signs of addiction is the loss of interest in any other activities.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Also known as "weed", "pot", "grass" and many other street names, marijuana is one of the most popular and abused substances in the world. The real danger comes from its social applicability- in most places throughout the world weed is considered to be a "social drug" which is harmless and even fun.
What most marijuana abusers don't realize is that they suffer from both long and short term side effects of smoking grass, and that the substance is as addictive as any other illegal drug.
Short term symptoms of marijuana abuse include (this list is partial):
*Distorted perception
*Clumsiness
*Poor coordination
*Unawareness of time
*Anxiety
*Panic attack
*Paranoia
*Confusion
*Short term memory loss
as you can see while this is only a partial list of symptoms, marijuana is potentially dangerous both to the user and his surrounding environment. You may think weed is 'harmless' but you should be aware of the possible consequences of using it.
Mentioned above are the short term symptoms of marijuana abuse, while the long term symptoms are even more harmful. The list include permanent confusion and disorientation, long term memory loss and severe damage to brain capacity. Apathy and concentration problems also occur obviously as one of the clearest signs of addiction is the loss of interest in any other activities.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Why Didn't Drug Rehab Work For My Kid?
It's an unfortunate fact that many people have been to drug rehab facilities and have later relapsed. The news is loaded with stories about young people who died from overdoses, and their parents, who had done everything they could, including getting them into a treatment facility, wondering what they did wrong. What many parents don't realize is that drug rehab isn't likely to work unless certain steps are taken. If you want to have any degree of confidence that someone will complete a program and actually stay off drugs, you need to know what a successful addiction treatment center should offer.
Withdrawal: The first step is to get the person off the drug - withdrawal. Depending on what drug(s) they've been taking, how long they've been taking it, how much they've been taking, and the addict's physical condition, this could take from about four to ten days. If the person is not in a facility that can get them through withdrawal in relative comfort (it can be pretty painful), they're likely to leave during the withdrawal. They can't take it, they leave to get drugs. But a good facility with a kind, caring, and experienced staff can get them through it.
Restoring health: Once the withdrawal period is over, there is still drug residue in the body. And both the body and mind are affected. Before getting into the next phase - figuring out what caused the addiction - the person has to be restored to good health to at least some degree. They need to be 'there' enough to think clearly.
Getting down to the bottom of why the person was taking drugs: This can take a while. But if it's not done, they're likely to go back on drugs.
A plan of action for returning home: The steps on this plan vary widely and depend on the individual's home environment. They need, and will want, to be in an environment that's drug-free. They might also need to find another job or career, live in a different place, drop their friendships and form new ones - it can be pretty involved. But without ensuring the environment is conducive to staying sober, their chances of relapse increase.
Once the person is home for a while and back on their feet, they'll probably be able to tolerate things in their environment that would have led them to take drugs in the past. But when they first leave, they're just finding their way in a new life and they need all the help they can get.
These steps usually take about three months - sometimes longer.
As most of the residential drug treatment programs available only last about a month, you can see why many fail to get lasting results.
If you're considering getting help for someone you care about, choose an addiction treatment center that offers all these steps. And beware of facilities that say they do all those steps, but only take 30 days. The fact is, it takes longer. Period.
It's tempting to choose something that's going to take less time (and probably cost less) in the hopes that it will work. But seeing someone you care about go back on drugs is not only a very painful experience, it's also very dangerous for the addict - they can build up a physical tolerance to many drugs, which means that the dose they take after using the drug for a while is much higher than the dose they started off with.
Addicts who relapse often start off with that higher dose, unaware that their body can't handle after having been off them for a while. Many overdose deaths occur right after someone has allegedly completed a treatment program. And the dosage problem is generally what's behind it.
The resolution is a drug rehab program that follows the steps above. If you're considering getting someone you care about into an addiction treatment center, make sure you choose one that offers all the above and doesn't take less than three months.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Withdrawal: The first step is to get the person off the drug - withdrawal. Depending on what drug(s) they've been taking, how long they've been taking it, how much they've been taking, and the addict's physical condition, this could take from about four to ten days. If the person is not in a facility that can get them through withdrawal in relative comfort (it can be pretty painful), they're likely to leave during the withdrawal. They can't take it, they leave to get drugs. But a good facility with a kind, caring, and experienced staff can get them through it.
Restoring health: Once the withdrawal period is over, there is still drug residue in the body. And both the body and mind are affected. Before getting into the next phase - figuring out what caused the addiction - the person has to be restored to good health to at least some degree. They need to be 'there' enough to think clearly.
Getting down to the bottom of why the person was taking drugs: This can take a while. But if it's not done, they're likely to go back on drugs.
A plan of action for returning home: The steps on this plan vary widely and depend on the individual's home environment. They need, and will want, to be in an environment that's drug-free. They might also need to find another job or career, live in a different place, drop their friendships and form new ones - it can be pretty involved. But without ensuring the environment is conducive to staying sober, their chances of relapse increase.
Once the person is home for a while and back on their feet, they'll probably be able to tolerate things in their environment that would have led them to take drugs in the past. But when they first leave, they're just finding their way in a new life and they need all the help they can get.
These steps usually take about three months - sometimes longer.
As most of the residential drug treatment programs available only last about a month, you can see why many fail to get lasting results.
If you're considering getting help for someone you care about, choose an addiction treatment center that offers all these steps. And beware of facilities that say they do all those steps, but only take 30 days. The fact is, it takes longer. Period.
It's tempting to choose something that's going to take less time (and probably cost less) in the hopes that it will work. But seeing someone you care about go back on drugs is not only a very painful experience, it's also very dangerous for the addict - they can build up a physical tolerance to many drugs, which means that the dose they take after using the drug for a while is much higher than the dose they started off with.
Addicts who relapse often start off with that higher dose, unaware that their body can't handle after having been off them for a while. Many overdose deaths occur right after someone has allegedly completed a treatment program. And the dosage problem is generally what's behind it.
The resolution is a drug rehab program that follows the steps above. If you're considering getting someone you care about into an addiction treatment center, make sure you choose one that offers all the above and doesn't take less than three months.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Social Networking and Eating Disorders
Social Networking and eating disorders have teamed up to produce a disturbing new trend for those struggling with this disease. Isolation is a recognized symptom of eating disorder sufferers and a symptom that alerts anyone close that there is a problem. With the advent of social networking anyone can appear to be interacting socially when in reality they are receiving negative support for those behaviors that are dangerous and life threatening. The pain of isolation is gone replaced with a network of afflicted eating disorder sufferers who encourage one another and trade diets that are recipes of malnourishment.
Social Networking and eating disorders combine to produce a worldwide audience. Some of which may not have previous knowledge of disordered eating and are receiving information that glorifies it rather than introducing the devastating effects of this disease. Those viewing a social networking will learn new was to vomit or ways to hide their disease from family or friends that could provide help that might save a life.
Organizations have joined together to remove "Ana Sits" from the internet only to see the use of "Facebook" and "MySpace" replace those banned sites. Some organizations join social networking sites portraying themselves as a positive support system only to be revealed trading pictures of anorexic members and their weight loss diets.
Children are the most susceptible to this new form of peer pressure. It becomes much easier to locate someone with the same negative behavior pattern to identify with receive negative feedback. Eating disorder treatment centers report new clients are talking about their experience with social networking and their eating disorder. All addictive diseases dealing with obsessive behavior are insidious; adding the internet seems to increase vulnerability and speed up the negative progression. Suffering people are looking for acceptance and will continue to use social networking if they can't find that acceptance anywhere else.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Social Networking and eating disorders combine to produce a worldwide audience. Some of which may not have previous knowledge of disordered eating and are receiving information that glorifies it rather than introducing the devastating effects of this disease. Those viewing a social networking will learn new was to vomit or ways to hide their disease from family or friends that could provide help that might save a life.
Organizations have joined together to remove "Ana Sits" from the internet only to see the use of "Facebook" and "MySpace" replace those banned sites. Some organizations join social networking sites portraying themselves as a positive support system only to be revealed trading pictures of anorexic members and their weight loss diets.
Children are the most susceptible to this new form of peer pressure. It becomes much easier to locate someone with the same negative behavior pattern to identify with receive negative feedback. Eating disorder treatment centers report new clients are talking about their experience with social networking and their eating disorder. All addictive diseases dealing with obsessive behavior are insidious; adding the internet seems to increase vulnerability and speed up the negative progression. Suffering people are looking for acceptance and will continue to use social networking if they can't find that acceptance anywhere else.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
Five Ways to Feel Skinny
I am reading a book about helping children recover from eating disorders and as I read I notice they have almost a whole chapter on "feeling fat". Isn't it interesting that fat isn't a feeling. I mean technically it is NOT an emotion. So why would you feel fat?
*note this is clearly not an article for my anorexic audience
It is hard to explain, but I know exactly what the author is talking about. And I also know that it doesn't matter what your body is accurately like at that time. So what do you do to feel Fat or feel Skinny? Well, feelings are emotions and those are received and interpreted in your brain.
I usually feel fat if I think I am fat, unworthy, the underdog, losing or a series of negative things. So to feel skinny perhaps I just need to think of positive things? Yes, I believe this is true.
Try these five things to feel skinny:
- Wear a piece of clothing that is too big, look in the mirror and say darn I am skinny!
- Write down five things you love about yourself. Once you feel good say darn I am skinny!
- Plan a meal you really want to eat. After savoring every bite. Say that was good and darn I am skinny!
- While brushing your teeth (hopefully twice a day) look yourself in the eye (in the mirror) and say, darn I am skinny.
- Just choose to feel good, feel good and do good, darn I am skinny
My secret number six just in case all of the above fail, and your internal unhappy meter is still arguing. Get a spray tan. I recommend a Mystic Tan. It takes under a minute and you will look like a different person a few hours later. I always feel like a new girl in a spray tan. You just can't stay grumpy when you have that glow.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
*note this is clearly not an article for my anorexic audience
It is hard to explain, but I know exactly what the author is talking about. And I also know that it doesn't matter what your body is accurately like at that time. So what do you do to feel Fat or feel Skinny? Well, feelings are emotions and those are received and interpreted in your brain.
I usually feel fat if I think I am fat, unworthy, the underdog, losing or a series of negative things. So to feel skinny perhaps I just need to think of positive things? Yes, I believe this is true.
Try these five things to feel skinny:
- Wear a piece of clothing that is too big, look in the mirror and say darn I am skinny!
- Write down five things you love about yourself. Once you feel good say darn I am skinny!
- Plan a meal you really want to eat. After savoring every bite. Say that was good and darn I am skinny!
- While brushing your teeth (hopefully twice a day) look yourself in the eye (in the mirror) and say, darn I am skinny.
- Just choose to feel good, feel good and do good, darn I am skinny
My secret number six just in case all of the above fail, and your internal unhappy meter is still arguing. Get a spray tan. I recommend a Mystic Tan. It takes under a minute and you will look like a different person a few hours later. I always feel like a new girl in a spray tan. You just can't stay grumpy when you have that glow.
posted by Healthy Life at 11:55 PM
