Molluscum contagiosum is a skin infection that causes small pearly or flesh-colored bumps. The bumps may be clear, and the center often is indented. The infection is caused by a virus. The virus is easily spread but is not harmful. Symptoms of molluscum contagiosum include bumps that are most often found on the trunk, face, eyelids, or genital area in temperate climates and on extremities in the tropics. In children, bumps usually appear on the trunk, face, and arms. In sexually active teens and young adults, the bumps are usually located in the genital area.
Bumps usually go away on their own in two to four months, although they may last longer. Bumps may develop along with eczema, and you may not notice them as much as the eczema. Molluscum contagiosum in people who have an impaired immune system, such as HIV infection, can be more serious. The bumps are widespread and can mimic other serious diseases of people with HIV infection. Conditions that may appear similar to molluscum contagiosum include warts, chickenpox, genital warts, basal cell skin cancer, and lichen planus.
Molluscum contagiosum is usually diagnosed during a physical exam. If you have bumps in your genital area, your doctor may check for other sexually transmitted diseases, such as genital herpes. Some doctors may consider testing for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) if you are at risk for the condition and you have bumps on your face or other symptoms of a severe case of molluscum contagiosum. A biopsy may be done if the diagnosis is unclear and other conditions are suspected.
Treatment for molluscum contagiosum is not always needed because most bumps will go away within two to four months, although they may last longer. But if bumps are visible or embarrassing, or in order to prevent their spread, you may want them removed. Removal or other treatment is recommended for bumps in the genital area. Treatment varies depending on your age and health and the location of the bumps. There has been little research on how well any of the treatments work or how they compare to each other.
You apply the nonprescription medicine, such as salicylic acid, directly to the bumps. It is usually not painful and is often regarded as the first treatment to try. Immunotherapy triggers your immune system to fight the virus causing the skin growth. Imiquimod is applied three times a week, left on the skin for six to ten hours, and washed off. A course may last from four to sixteen weeks. Small studies have shown that it is successful about eighty percent of the time.
Manual extrusion means that the viral material is removed by squeezing the bumps with fingers or a forceps. This is done carefully by a doctor to avoid scarring and keep the infection from spreading. Curettage means that the viral material in the center of the bump is scraped out. A local or topical anesthetic can be used to numb the area. A small scraping instrument called a curette is used to quickly remove the bumps. This procedure may cause scarring.
Your doctor may apply a chemical to the bumps. This destroys the top layers of the skin, allowing a new layer to form. When the chemical is applied, you may feel a burning sensation. Side effects may include mild scarring. Home treatment for molluscum contagiosum involves taking care of the bumps if they have been treated and preventing them from spreading to other parts of your body or to others. If the bumps have been treated, it is important to keep the area clean and protected.
For recent years, plant medicine is considered to be very important because of the unique advantage in the treatment of molluscum. It is natural and does not have significant toxicity and side effects. Plant medicines, just as the name imply, are bulk drugs and preparations that take plant primary metabolites such as protein and amylose and secondary metabolites such as alkaloid, phenols and terpene as active ingredient. It plays a dominant role in natural drugs.
It is clear that chemical drugs can cause serious harm to the body at the time of dealing with animal diseases. The toxicity issue of chemical drugs is an increasing concern. While, natural drugs are not for destroying enemy but for mobilizing autologous tissue or self-recovery capability. Additionally, natural drugs have an effect to improve effect and decrease toxicity by compatibility of medicines and reduce side effect further. To learn more, please go to http://www.naturespharma.org.
Month: July 2019
Assumable Mortgages In Lethbridge, Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, And Medicine Hat Alberta-00-3190
Robert May, Lethbridge Realtor & Mortgage broker
MYTH – Assumable Mortgages Are No Longer Available in Alberta
False But qualification may be required.
A mortgage in Alberta is a covenant that attaches itself to the land and stays there, even if the ownership
of the land changes. In this sense, mortgages are assumable. Albertas Law of Property Act makes the province unique from the rest of Canada in that the lenders recourse against the defaulting individual is limited to high ratio mortgages. However, most mortgages in Alberta, whether conventional or highratio, contain a due on sale clause stating that if the mortgagor transfers the property to a new owner, the lender has the right to require the new owner to qualify or the right to declare the mortgage due in full. There is nothing in Alberta legislation that prohibits lending institutions from enforcing this clause, although a sound reason for rejecting a buyer (i.e. poor credit, adverse terms of sale, mortgage in default, indications of mortgage fraud, etc.) is required.
Whether or not the buyer has adequate financing or is willing to engage
in legal proceedings to force the bank to allow the assumption to proceed
is another story. Robert May has significant first hand experience both assuming mortgages and allowing mortgages to be assumed. “As long as you know what you are doing and have expert advice, assumable mortgages can be a great opportunity.” according to Lethbridge real estate expert Robert May of LethbridgeLoans.com
Risks
There are several risks involved with mortgage assumption for both the
buyer and the seller. The borrower (seller) and anyone who assumes the
mortgage, are personally liable for any deficiency suffered by the bank,
should default occur on a high ratio mortgage. Another problem is that
the principal balance of the assumed mortgage displayed in the Finance Schedule and the Purchase Contract is only an approximate figure and may be understated. Buyers should also be wary of assuming cash-back mortgages which typically have higher interest rates and penalties for pay outs prior to maturity. Cash-back mortgages offer a compelling reason for the lender to enforce a due on sale clause, due to the large profits that can result. “Do not allow your mortgage to be assumed without proper expert advice”, says Lethbridge Real Estate expert Robert May.
If you are seeking new mortgage financing, Lethbridge mortgage and real estate expert Robert May of Verico Canada First Mortgage is available to help. Contact him directly at www.LethbridgeRealEstateBlog.com for personalized and confidential service.
Using Traditional Chinese Medicine For Panic Attacks
Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) is also very effective against panic attacks. The Chinese has combined the TCM with modern treatments, and many reported to have positive results. However, finding a qualified and professional TCM therapist is not easy, it might take some time before you find the one who will treat you right.
The information provided below is for reference only, please consult the profession before using.
Kava Kava
This is a very common herb, which is an excellent relaxant. The advantage of using this herb to fight anxiety is that it is extremely effective for reducing anxiety, especially those who suffer from mild to average anxiety levels. This is the reason Kava Kava is usually recommended for those who have stopped their anxiety medication, yet need a little handholding before they would be able to completely shake the problem off. Kava Kava would not help too much if your anxiety levels are very high, or are experiencing a panic attack.
It is also important that your medical practitioner knows if you are contemplating to use this herb side-by-side with anxiety medication. It is possible that you risk the danger of drug interaction if you do not do so. Kava Kava is nicknamed as Natural Valium because it possesses almost all the qualities of this drug.
You will find if you care to look for information on the Net about Kava Kava, that some people claim that this herb is harmful to the liver. This is true, provided it is taken in excess or over very prolonged periods. The same is true with allopathic medicines, too. Therefore, though there are not many studies to approve of disapprove of this fact, Kava Kava is still considered the number one choice for the treatment and cure of mild anxiety.
St Johns Wort
Immediately next on the list of popularity as an anxiety herb is the St Johns Wort. According to history chronicles, in ancient times most civilizations (Aztecs, Indians, Chinese, Japanese, Greeks, Romans, and so on) have used this wonderful herb to fight depression and chronic anxiety. The action of this herb is very similar to that of the SSRIs about which we discussed a little earlier. This increases the production and flow of serotonin to the brain, which in turn short-circuits the acute anxiety and/ or depression symptoms.
There are a few side effects when using St Johns Wort herb. Fortunately, all these are positive. This herb also cures muscle pain, digestive problems and hypertension all afflictions that are direct by-products of acute depression or anxiety attacks.
The studies conducted so far indicate that the negative side of the St Johns Wort is few. Among these dizziness and sudden dryness of mouth are worth mentioning. This herb is contraindicated for use by women who are on the birth control pill, as this reduces the pills efficacy. Other than this offshoot, everything else points to the fact that this herb is a good choice when anxiety and depression plague you.
Valerian
Valerian is another herb preferred by many because of its fast action. This herb too treats both anxiety and depression in a similar manner as the SSRIs, only with better results. Though not as popular as the Kava Kava and St Johns Wort, Valerian is still well known and extensively used for the treatment of this particular affliction.
SAM-e
This herb is different from all other herbs used for the treatment of anxiety and depression for the fact that it not only increases the production and flow to the brain of two vital compounds: serotonin and dopamine (an action similar to the SSRIs), but also improves liver function and treats osteoarthritis. Some people reported slight nausea in the initial stages of use, which is the only side effect this wonder herb causes. Most people who have used SAM-e stated that they felt better within days from starting treatment.
Passionflower
Passionflower is an exceptional herb often publicized as one of the best-known natural sedatives. It is particularly useful for the treatment of anxiety and depression because it relaxes muscle tension, which is so common with these conditions while at the same time, leaves the mind and respiratory system unaffected. This herb is also used with great success for pain, nerve disorders, high blood pressure and heart palpitations most of which are symptoms of anxiety. The best thing about Passionflower is that it not habit formative, which means there would be no withdrawal symptoms when its use is stopped.
There is only one downside to the use of Passionflower, especially if it is used in combination with other anxiety medication: it induces sleep. Used in excess you would experience confusion and mental fatigue.
Hops
Hope is a very effective herb used mostly to counter anxiety symptoms such as excitability, sleep disorders, restlessness, irritability, nervousness and the like. As a member of the hemp family, this herb is an excellent sedative. Before its property of being such an excellent tranquilizer was discovered, this herb was used to assist the brewing of beer and ale and for giving it a specific flavor.
Gingko Biloba
Gingko biloba is a very effective herb with applications for many disorders. It is used in the treatment of anxiety and depression because it enhances the blood circulation to the brain, clarity of thought, and power of concentration and improves short-term memory. For best results in the treatment of anxiety and depression, Gingko biloba is taken along with ginger, which is one other herb with tremendous anti-stress properties.
Vitamins and Minerals
It has been observed that the deficiency of certain vitamins and minerals such as the Vitamin B complex group and calcium, zinc and magnesium aggravates the symptoms of anxiety and depression. It is not yet very clear whether depression causes their depletion, or their depletion causes depression. However, it is very encouraging to note that when these are taken as supplements and maintained at optimum levels, depression and anxiety symptoms reduce considerably.
Selenium
Selenium is yet another compound the deficiency of which affects depression negatively. This compound can be assimilated from foods such as fennel seeds, liver, alfalfa, ginseng, garlic and so on. The advantage offered by this compound is that it is exceptionally effective in preventing heart problems as it counters bad cholesterol. The depletion of this compound from the body affects the mood; it keeps the person into a perpetual low feeling.
Chamomile
You would not find a more versatile herb in Nature. While in context with depression, this is an excellent sedative and sleep inducer, chamomile is also helpful in treating digestive disorders and circulatory problems. The coumarin, which is a natural anti-coagulant and blood thinner, is able to help people who have high blood pressure and plaque thickened arteries. Due to this property, its use is contra-indicated for about two weeks before and immediately after any surgery. This herb is commonly consumed as tea. Just a cup twice day can reduce anxiety symptoms and induce sleep almost instantly.
Folk Medicine – The Natural Solution
Long before orthodox medicine took center stage in the health care practices around the world people who were sick used to visit different kind of doctors. These doctors were not the steth-wielding, tech-savvy, white-coated medical geniuses of today. Mostly, they were bearded, wizened and gnarled humans looking less like physicians and more like witches or wizards. But they were revered, loved and even feared because of one particular skill they possessed the healing touch.
In the early days of civilization, a vast majority of people were cut off from formal’ medical care. Competent physicians were a luxury, to be enjoyed only by the super-rich and royalty. For everyone else, there was the local witch-doctor who was respected for his or her in-depth knowledge of folk medicine. This was the man or woman who treated everything from boils to gangrene, from cesarean to malaria and even small pox.
What is astonishing is that many of these so-called doctors’ effectively cured their patients. What is even more interesting is that these medicines have lost none of their charms with the passage of time and more and more of them are finding their rightful place in mainstream medicines.
Remember how your grandma used to give you wild cherry bark for cough, or boil the twigs and leaves of red cedar to cure your cold? Well, that’s folk medicine! If you were to ask your grandma how she learnt those techniques, she’d draw a blank! These unofficial health-related practices were passed on informally by word of mouth and were developed through observation and experimentation.
Illnesses ranging from the common cold and sore throat to warts, cancer, malaria, impotence and arthritis are said to be treated through folk medicine.
Folk medicine largely depended on the use of natural materials such as herbs, plant roots, trees, barks, fruits, insects and food items. Therefore, these practitioners paid a lot of attention to botany.
But the advent of modern medicine saw a decline in folk medicine as these rustic’ practices were put under the microscope, dissected and then discarded as worthless. One more reason contributed to the decline of folk medicine.
Folk medicine started its downward slide with the advent of magical healing powers. Seedy people on the lookout for a few fast bucks were successful in capitalizing on the trust and faith of large sections of the society. Once their ruse came to light, people began to lose faith in folk medicine. Soon folk medicine was relegated to a gray area between orthodox medicine and quackery.
However, as more and more people have started to realize, there is a wealth of knowledge in traditional folk medicine. As people have started adopting the holistic way of life, there is a struggle to re-invent the precious folk medicine of yore. In recent years, the folk medicine of indigenous people is becoming more popular.
Some examples of folk medicines that we use in our daily life are:
Garlic – to reduce blood cholesterol levels
Chinese acupuncture – to treat blood clotting and migraine
The juice of neem leaves – to treat malaria
Poultice – to treat infected wounds
Turmeric – to treat bee or wasp stings
Today, amazingly more than two-thirds of the world’s population rely on the healing powers of folk medicine at some point of their lives. For many nothing else is available or affordable. For some, nothing else is acceptable. And for a very few, nothing else works.
Multiple Sclerosis Alternative Medicine That Works
Holistic alternative medicine offers so much more than conventional therapies for MS. It’s not hard to see why our traditional medical authorities are unable to heal a person with MS, since they can’t even figure out what causes it. Their only answer to this painful and debilitating disease is totally symptomatic in nature, which in many cases doesn’t even qualify for humane relief.
It is a very sad state of affairs that conventional physicians receive no alternative medicine education. In fact they’re purposely taught to scoff and ridicule natural remedies, while innocent persons such as those with MS are left to suffer with no cure or even effective symptomatic relief. They’re are at least honest enough to admit that we shouldn’t expect a cure for MS anytime soon, from their pompous, modern medical monopolies.
Fortunately holistic alternative medicine offers some very reliable remedies for MS that subdue the symptoms by eliminating the cause. Of course they may not have been tested to the satisfaction of the expensive all but unobtainable standards required from a government seduced by greedy pharmaceutical companies, but non the less they do get results. Besides they’re harmless at worst, and at best have been seen to produce amazing results for many victims of MS.
The following is a list and summary for five of the most effective holistic solutions to treat MS. Some of them may sound a little strange for a newcomer to alternative medicine but they have worked for many persons who are today, totally free of this disease.
1.The Elemental Miracle as with all malfunctions of the immune system, works wonders for those suffering from MS. Many holistic practitioners believe that MS is a pathogen based disease, which is a presence the elemental miracle specializes in annihilating. Also infection is one of the suspected causes of MS, which the elemental miracle is also unrivaled in eradicating.
2.Bovine Colostrum has been shown to be a very effective MS treatment, and there are many testimonials by MS sufferers who credit it with completely curing their MS inside of a month.
3.Honey Bee Venom consumed in the form of bee venom honey, has been declared to heal even long time victims of MS in as little as a week!
4.Taking Calcium, Magnesium, Vitamin D, Potassium and Chromium daily, is credited with completely eliminating all of the symptoms of MS very quickly.
5.Turmeric is very helpful in reducing the symptoms of MS by taking just a tsp. three times a day.
These are just a sample of the options available to those seeking relief from this horrible disease through the medium of holistic alternative medicine. If you want to pursue a more in depth study of your options with MS I suggest you give yourself an alternative medicine education. There is so much information available to you in this regard, especially on-line.
The remedies suggested in this article might possibly be all you need, but there is so much more in the way of multiple sclerosis alternative medicine. You can take these remedies simultaneously and there is no reason to believe that you won’t get relief for yourself or your loved one from this disease in short order.
To enact a total cure you’ll just have to remain persistent, but the good news is the symptoms should become reduced proportionately, in no time. It’s a shame more people aren’t aware of the simple remedies available for this devastating disease. I sincerely hope what you’ve learned here inspires you to continue. Best of luck. Stay at it and you will succeed.