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When we go to a vacation, we should also consider our health. Are we going to a place where there is less pollution? Are we going to a place where we can have fresh air to breathe? All of these things should also be considered in order to have a healthy vacation. In order for us to be healthy, we should also be exposed to a healthy environment. This is a concept that we should remember before considering vacation ideas. Make sure that it also benefits our health.
Q:The first time I felt the urge for sex, I used “fingering” and found it exciting. Now it has become a habit. However, I never experienced bleeding. Is this normal? Have I lost my virginity?
I want to stop this habit. “Nandidiri na ako sa aking sarili” (I feel so Dirty). Memorizing Bible passages doesn’t seem to help.
A:Virginity “is a state or quality of not having experienced any sexual intercourse. “However, virginity is a lot more than an intact hymen. Strenuous activities may stretch or rupture a girl’s hymen, but this does not necessarily mean that she has lost her virginity.
In fingering, it depends upon how deep the finger penetration had been. See a trusted doctor for check-up. For your peace of mind.
Normally, teenage girls go through this stage. However, it this has become a habit, it’s not normal anymore.
Habits are hard to break. But “you have no obligations whatsoever to your old nature to do what it begs you to do. For it through the power of the Holy Spirit you crush it and its evil deeds, you live” (Romans 8:12, 13, Living Bible).
God understands your guilty feelings. Talk to Him. The result of your determination to cut off the habit may not be immediate, but His help is sure.
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I am 23 years old and have been suffering from low back pain now and then for three years now. My problem has been diagnosed as sciatica or herniated disk. I used to be a construction worker. I have been prescribed medications but they don’t seem to work. I am planning to work abroad and I’m wondering whether this illness will affect my working abilities. What treatment would you suggest?
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Sciatica is characterized by low pain radiating down the buttocks and below the knee. This is due to a herniated or protruding intervertebral disk causing nerve root irritation. The most important elements in managing this problem consist of rest, pain relief and patient education. A two-day bed rest is very effective, but for some, it may take seven days to relieve the pain. Pain relief can be provided by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as aspirin or mefenamic acid. You learn how to protect your back from heavy objects, to use legs rather than the back when lifting, to use a chair with arm rests, and to get up from bed by first rolling to one side and then using the arms to push to an upright position (see box). Surgery will be needed for this condition if there is direct evidence from x-ray procedures, a consistent weakness or neurologic deficit.
Stress is one of those things that are often neglected by people. They say that it is just nothing and it can be just dealt with just a sound night rest. But this is a belief that all of us must refrain from believing so because stress, as experts say, is as deadly as any other things we think to be devastating for us and our health.
Many of us are mistaken for taking for granted salt as one of the main causes of hypertension. No doubt about it, because most of us consider salt as the primary flavoring agent that could be added to give it flavor that caters our taste buds. But most of us are also not aware that salt is dangerous to our health is the level of its intake among humans is very high than the normal level.
By Tyrone M. Reyes, M.D.
Doctors call it gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD. Millions of people call it heartburn, and many others have coughing, wheezing, or hoarseness without realizing that GERD is to blame. By any name, GERD is common, bothersome, and sometimes serious. But once you know you have GERD, and understand its mechanics, you can control it and prevent complications.
Normal Swallowing
A complex set of 29 muscles in your mouth and tongue gets the process started. They close off your windpipe (trachea) to protect your lungs, and then move the food into your esophagus, or food pipe. The esophagus is a narrow 10- to 13-inch-long tube leading from your throat to your stomach. But food doesn’t just slide down the esophagus. Instead, muscles that encircle the food pipe contract in an orderly wave-like fashion to propel food into the stomach.
Swallowing then is normally a one-way affair. To prevent the food from returning to the esophagus, the ring-like muscles of the lower esophagus pinch the tube closed. Doctors call these muscles the lower esophageal sphincter, or LES (see illustration).
Most of us are fond of eating foods which are salty and also most of us are taking for granted the need for them to monitor their blood pressure. Well then maybe, they should change this attitude before it’s too late.
Salt and High Blood Pressure are acclaimed today as two of the top causes of death globally. They are regarded as silent killers because you think there’s nothing wrong and when in fact with these two health hazards, life and death is just separated by a thin line. If you are one of those who are always taking for granted these two killers, then it is about time you change your lifestyle for you to lessen the tendency of being their victim. Perhaps you can start with your diet. You can lessen or reduce the use of salt in preparing for your foods and you can avoid eating foods which can trigger the rise in blood pressure. Try to eat freshly prepared foods instead of processed food since these are prepared with high content of salt as a preservative agent. It is never too late for anyone of us to take safety precautions against these two silent killers. We just have to take the initiatives to make a difference for our betterment.
Eggs are considered to be the perfect foods that are found in one single cell. Egg has the highest protein content compared to any other food. 12 grams of protein are already found in just two pieces of eggs. More proteins are found in the in the white part of an egg than in the yolk. Nutrients include vitamin A, D, E, B1, B2, B6, and B12, folic acid, minerals such as zinc, calcium, magnesium, potassium, iron, choline, and biotin. It contains essential fatty acids like linoleic and linolenic. The cholesterol content of an egg should not be feared. The yolk is rich in lechitin, which assists bile from the gallbladder in controlling cholesterol.
Moreover, aside from being nutritious, the concepts of using eggs are now being applied to the field of cosmetics. Dry skin mask is done by adding few drops of fresh milk to a scrambled raw egg yolk and applying it to the face until it dries. Facelift/oil control mask on the other hand is done by adding three drops of lemon on a beaten egg white acts like a natural facelift treatment.
I have read a bulletin stating that “An egg a day keeps the Doctor away.” At first I was hesitant in believing this statement not until I have learned these facts. Though they are simple and small, eggs are indeed mighty.
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