The cooler months are approaching, ahh. Cozy season is here! While soup and flannel are the ultimate Fall day, we also know that cold and flu are brewing. No one likes to get sick, so let’s talk about how to not get sick! Of course, we can’t 100% prevent any sickness or infection, but we…
Stomach aches can show up as dull achey pain, burning-like pain, or a more nausea type of feeling. Minor stomach aches can happen when you eat something upsetting, possibly ate too much, or the lining of the stomach can be irritated for a number of reasons. Stress is a big contributor to stomach pain and…
If you know, you know! Diarrhea is something that has affected probably all of us at some point or another! Whether you ate food or drink that upset your stomach, traveled somewhere new, got a stomach virus, or took medication that gave it to you, you’ve felt that urge and had to run to the…
Several years ago, I was experiencing severe neck muscle pain and no amount of medicine or remedies would make it go away. It was absolutely awful. My mornings were filled with tea or coffee drinking, and my days were busy working as a Nurse. I didn’t always hydrate, but that’s life. Well, there was a…
Aches and pains are something we are all probably familiar with! “Oops I slept wrong, ouch my knee aches, oh I shouldn’t have done that,” and many more are commonly associated with some kind of body pain. What can we do when a minor ache or pain sneaks up on us? Aside from serious injuries,…
Got a cut or scrape? These minor skin injuries including burns, sunburns, or severely dry/cracked skin can be painful and also a hassle as you wait for it to heal. Generally speaking, a wound needs to be clean but wet to heal completely and properly. For new skin cells to grow, they like to have…
1. Water Very commonly, the average headache is a result of dehydration! We often walk around dehydrated from lack of fluid intake and from drinking dehydrating beverages. Try drinking about 1 liter (2 plastic water bottles size) of water at the early signs of your headache and see if that melts away your pain. On…
1. Allergy Medicine – Allegra, Zyrtec, Claritin, Benadryl Allergy medicine (Anti-histamine) works on colds by drying up mucus in the nose and throat areas, reducing congestion and build-up. This makes it easier to breathe! Some people find that certain allergy medicine brands work better for them than others, for example Allegra vs. Claritin, etc. Antihistamines are…
