Marathon Running Safety: How to Train Safely
After deciding to take up long-distance running, everyone asks: where to start and what are the best running safety tips? Basically, a healthy person without special training can overcome such a distance, albeit at a low speed, if he has iron willpower. Such cases are known, but these heroes could not walk for a couple […]
What is Croup?
What is croup? It is a syndrome characterized by swelling of the larynx, which occurs against the background of various infectious and inflammatory diseases of the respiratory tract. Croup is also called stenotic laryngitis. As a rule, it occurs in childhood and is the main cause of obstructive lesions of the respiratory tract. The most […]
Introduction to Stress and Its Impact on Health
The list of stress-related illnesses is only getting longer as the years go by. In moments of special experiences, the hypothalamus, which is the “control point” of the brain, is “turned on”. In stressful situations, its function is to release stress hormones. At such times, we feel our heart pounding, our breathing speeding up, and […]
Dizziness: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment
Very often patients come to a neurologist with dizziness. Indeed, no one has ever experienced it. This term describes a wide variety of sensations, from dizziness and impending loss of consciousness to spinning one’s own body or surrounding objects. Almost 35% of the population faces dizziness symptoms during a lifetime. Most often, it is people […]
Common Viruses in Children: 7 Infections Kids Pick Up at School
Children are naturally curious and social, making schools a hotspot for the spread of infections. While classrooms provide an ideal setting for learning and development, they also create a perfect environment for the transmission of infection in children. Young immune systems, still building defenses, are particularly susceptible to infections, especially in communal spaces like schools. Understanding […]
What is RSV (Respiratory Syncytial Virus)
What is RSV? It is the most common cause of lower respiratory tract disease in infants and causes >50,000 hospitalizations of children under 5 years of age in the United States each year. RSV is found everywhere; almost all children are infected by age 4. The incidence rate usually increases in winter or early spring. Because […]
Sore Throat vs Strep Symptoms
Soreness and throat infection are two entirely different maladies with different pathogens and remedies. It is important to tell the difference between sore and strep throat symptoms to treat them well and avoid complications. On the one hand, pharyngitis can be seen in many conditions like allergies or viral infections as common symptoms. However, it […]
10 Home Remedies for Strep Throat Symptoms
Pharyngitis or strep throat is one of the most frequent reasons for visiting general physicians and otolaryngologists (statistically about 15%). It is an inflammation of the upper respiratory tract, which is accompanied by pain and redness, dry cough, fever. Strep throat home remedies could be very helpful because they can relieve symptoms but don’t ignore […]
STD Awareness: Popular Questions, Advice, Treatments
Sexually transmitted diseases, STIs and STDs (sexually transmitted infections and sexually transmitted diseases) are a widespread problem. World Health Organization experts conducted a study and found that 1 out of 6 people worldwide has this disease. So, STD awareness is very important. WHO emphasizes that the number of patients with one of the four STIs […]
10 Critical Dehydration Signs & Prevention Tips
Dehydration is a pathological condition of the body with an acute lack of fluid in the body. The adult human body contains approximately 60% of the fluid. If the water in the body is reduced to 40-50 ml/kg, we are already talking about symptoms of dehydration. And the greater the lack of fluid is observed, […]