Enteric Fever, or bilious feveris also known as typhoid is characterized by infection from the bacteria called Salmonella typhi. Although this kind of illness is common worldwide, it is rare in developed or industrialized countries.

Symptoms of Enteric Fever

symptoms usually include:

• High fever
• Headache
• Abdominal pain
• Diarrhea
• Weakness

Causes of Enteric Fever

Samonella typhi Infection that can acquire from improperly prepared food, contaminated water, or by contact with a carrier person.

paratyphoid fever, causes similar problems, but in a milder form.

Natural Remedies / Treatment for Enteric Fever

Water:
Drink plenty of water to avoid dehydration.

ORS Solution (Oral Rehydration Salt):
an OTC Drug; Follow the instruction on label help to replenish the bodies’ ions

Lemon Grass:
Boil in water for 20 minutes; drink at least two to three cups a day

Prevention for Enteric Fever

Wash hands often
Avoid improperly prepared food and drinks.
Be vaccinated against typhoid fever.

• Outer
• Middle
• Inner ear

Two types of  Ear Pain

* Otitis media – inflammation of the middle ear that is common on children
* Otitis externa – infection of the outer ear and is common during winter season

Symptoms of Ear Pain

Symptoms for otitis media include catching fever or a minor illness, dizziness, fluid or pus discharge, hearing problems, itchiness, painful sensation and vomiting.

For otitis externa, there is itchiness in the infected ear, inflammation accompanied by fluid discharges, severe pain even by the slightest movement of the jaw or ear lobes, slight fever, and temporary decline in hearing.

Causes of Ear Pain

Otitis media is primarily caused by a blockage of the eustachian tubes, an air passageway that is found in the middle of your middle ear and throat. It can be due to cold, allergies or other respiratory problems. This blockage allows entry to bacteria to build up in the middle ear and cause infection. Ear drums may swell if infected by a virus. Although infant and children are the main targets, it can also affect adults.

Otitis externa is the inflammation of the outer ear and the ear canal. It can be caused by none, or both bacterial and fungal infections. It is often called the “swimmer’s ear” primarily because the condition is most prevalent to swimmers and those who have prolonged exposure to water. Swimming in contaminated water will trigger this condition as there are chances bacteria can infect the skin, especially if there are ear impairments.

Nutritional deficiency, allergy and other infections are also some factors that may cause ear infections.

Home Remedies / Treatment for Ear Pain

Garlic:
Put few drops of garlic juice into the infected ear.

Blow dry:
This is to remove excess water trapped in the Eustachian tube, use a blow dryer from about 12 to 15 inches from your head.

Olive oil:
Using a warm spoon, put 2 to 3 drops of olive oil in each ear.

Lobelia:
Put few drops of lobelia extract into the infected ear and rub it gently.

Colloidal Silver:
It is a natural antibiotic that the patient can use to wash and clean their ears.
Mango: Put few drops of mango juice in the infected ear using a warm teaspoon.

Diets Suggestions for Ear Pain

Eat lots of foods reach in calcium and vitamin C to boost your immune system and help fight infection. You can also take in tablet form.

Zinc will also help reduce ear infection.

Avoid processed foods and foods that are rich in hydrogenated oils.

Breast-feeding is the most effective way to combat any infection for infants.

Other Treatments for Ear Pain

Stay away from smoke fumes as it blocks the Eustachian tube passageway.
Stay away from people with colds.
Keep your hands clean when touching your ear by washing it regularly in antibacterial

Eyes are tagged as where beauty resides. It is also the tool where people can see the things around. But, eyes are also prone to various diseases and irregularities. One of those is eye bags.
Eye Bags can be easily noticed as a lumpy mass below the eyelids. This can be contacted due to lack of sleep, bad make-up removal style and aging which cannot be dealt with ease.

Causes of Eye Bags

• Normal aging
• Heredity (genetic
• Water retention
• Eating salty foods
• Staying up all night
• Allergic reaction
• Build up of toxins in the body
• Hormonal changes during menstruation

More serious causes:
Eye bags may be a sign of a thyroid problem known as Graves’ disease and/or an indication of a kidney problem.

Home Remedies / Treatment for Eye Bags

Hot Pack (advisable at nighttime before going to sleep)

Olive Oil – Heat a small amount of olive oil and apply some under the lower eyelid using cotton or cotton buds. Keep the sticks under the lower eyelid for a minute and pat the lower eyelid to help your face absorb the olive oil. Gently massage under the lower eyelid for this could also help.

Salt and water mixture – Have a glass of hot water and add some salt. Adjust salt that added into the hot water to suit the need but, be sure not too salty.  Cut cotton pads into the shape of eye masks and soak in the salty water.  Wear the masks five to ten minutes.

Cold Pack (advisable during daytime)

Spoon – Freeze two spoons in the freezer; take the spoons out of the freezer ten minutes later. Press the spoons onto the eye bags.

Tea Bags – Freeze two tea bags; while freezing apply some olive oil to the eye bags; take the tea bags out of the freezer after about 10 minutes later. Apply in the tea bags in the eye bags. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes

Face Towel – Fill basin with water; add a drop each of rosemary oil extract and rose extract. Soak a Face towel in the water and then wring the towel and lay it on the eyes. Let stand for 10 to 15 minutes.

Potato
Slice a medium sized potato or a slice that can fit over the eyes. Apply some water in the eye areas and in lying down position, place the sliced potato in the eyelids. Let stand for 10 minutes.

Papaya
Eating ripe papaya can minimize Eye bags

Other Suggestions for Eye Bags

Eat Balanced and healthy food
Avoid salty and fatty foods
Avoid alcoholic drinks
Have a good night sleep at least 8 hours a day
Drink water at least 8 glasses a day mostly during the day time

This thread-like, parasitic filarial worms Wuchereria bancrofti and Brugia malayi that cause lymphatic filariasis, they live almost only in humans. These worms stays in the lymphatic system, the network of nodes and vessels that maintain the delicate fluid balance between the tissues and blood and are an essential component for the body’s immune defence system. Filarial Worms live for 4-6 years, producing millions of immature minute larvae that circulate in the blood.

A primary cause of this increase is the rapid and unplanned growth of cities, which creates numerous breeding sites for the mosquitoes that transmit the disease.

Cause of Elephantiasis

This disease is transmitted by mosquitoes that feed on blood of infected person, the filarial larva develop inside the mosquito, migrates to the mosquitoes’ biting mouth ready to enter the skin following the mosquito bite to complete their life cycle.

Once transmitted, in due time it causes enlargement of the entire leg or arm, the genitals, vulva and breasts.

Symptoms of Elephantiasis

The development of this disease in humans is still something of a question to modern science, since the infection can be acquired in early childhood. Though the infection is generally acquired early in childhood, the disease may take years to manifest itself.

The worst symptoms of this chronic disease usually appear in adults, and in men more often than in women. In especially hydrosol and elephantiasis of the penis and scrotum.

And in both slowing and, even more remarkably, reversing much of the overt damage that has occurred already.

In endemic areas, chronic and acute manifestations of filariasis tend to develop more often and sooner in refugees or newcomers than in local populations continually exposed to infection. Lymphoedema may develop within six months and elephantiasis as quickly as a year after arrival.

Until very recently, diagnosing lymphatic filariasis had been extremely difficult, since parasites had to be detected microscopically in the blood, and in most parts of the world, the parasites have a “nocturnal periodicity” that restricts their appearance in the blood to only the hours around midnight. The new development of a very sensitive, very specific simple “card test” to detect circulating parasite antigens without the need for laboratory facilities and using only finger-prick blood droplets taken anytime of the day has completely transformed the approach to diagnosis. With this and other new diagnostic tools, it will now be possible both to improve our understanding of where the infection actually occurs and to monitor more easily the effectiveness of treatment and control program.

Treatment of Elephantiasis

Primary goal of treating the affected person is to eliminate microfilariae from the blood of infected individuals so that transmission of the infection by the mosquito can be halted

Treating the individual. Both albendazole and DEC have been shown to be effective in killing the adult-stage filarial parasites.

Black walnut oil:
One or two drops are sufficient enough in a glass of water, drink two times a day.

Cloves:
Use more cloves with every meal. Adding some to foods will help kill the eggs from parasites in the intestinal tract. Cloves added to coffee or an herbal tea adds better taste.

Apple cider:
Mix one or two teaspoons of apple cider vinegar in one glass of water. Alternatively, you can take one tablespoon daily of 1 part apple cider vinegar, 2 parts apple juice, 1 part apple brandy.

Pumpkin seeds and onions mixed with soymilk:
Good remedy for almost all type of worm eradication.

Prevention for Elephantiasis

Keep your environment clean.

Excessive sweating occurs more on the palms, feet, face, and underarm area of an affected person. Due to excessive sweating the affected person might develop body odor.

Type of excessive sweating:

• Facial hyperhidrosis – occurs in the face
• Plantar hyperhidrosis – occurs in feet
• Axillary hyperhidrosis – occurs either on palms or underarms

Causes of Excessive Sweating

• Gout
• Stress
• Tumors
• Infection
• Menopause.
• Diabetes mellitus
• Heightened emotion
• Malfunction of the thyroid or pituitary gland

Other causes of Excessive Sweating:

• Meeting someone for the first time
• Nervousness or emotional distress

Symptoms of Excessive Sweating

• Abnormal Sweating
• Skin maceration
• Fissuring
• Scaling

In severe Excessive Sweating cases, sweat drip literally down from the hands, face and feet. This is a condition, which can be detected, in early childhood.

Treatment / Home Remedies for Excessive Sweating

Sage tea:
Drinking sage tea is one of the known home remedies for excessive sweating. Infuse 1 teaspoon of dried sage in a cup of boiling water (8.oz) for 15 minutes, Strain and drink tea 2-4 times a day.

Tea bags:
Soaking hands and feet in warm water soaked with tea bags is one of the effective remedies for hyperhidrosis. Boiling 5 regular tea bags in a quart of water for 5 minutes, let cool and soak hands or feet for 20-30 minutes at night.

Vinegar and Honey:
Mixing a solution of vinegar and honey is another good home remedy for hyperhidrosis. Consume a mixture of two teaspoons of vinegar and two teaspoons of honey 3 times a day

Antibacterial Soap:
By using antibacterial soap can be a good remedy for hyperhidrosis, it can help to lessen perspiration

Prevention for Excessive Sweating

Use cotton made clothing
Avoid, sugar, alcohol, and spicy foods.
Drink plenty of water (6-8 glasses daily)
Use antibacterial soap rather than moisturizer soaps

Symptoms of Emesis

Vomiting can be experience along with dizziness, lightheadedness, difficulty in swallowing food or liquid, rapid pulse, salivating, and changes in skin temperature.

Causes of Emesis

Vomiting is caused by a variety of conditions such as acute gastritis or reflux, cholera, flu, food poisoning, excessive alcohol consumption, intestinal obstruction, kidney failure, migraine, pregnancy, overeating, stomach upsets, and peptic and stomach ulcers.

Home Remedies / Treatment for Emesis

Ginger:
Drink a cup of ginger tea.

Honey:
Roast 2 cardamoms and mix it with honey.

Limejuice:
Mix 1 teaspoon mint juice, 1 teaspoon lime juice, ½ teaspoon ginger juice, and 1 teaspoon honey.

Onion:
Take 1 teaspoon of onion juice regularly.

Limejuice or honey:
Drink a glass of limejuice or sip a glass of honey water.

Cola:
Slowly sip on a glass of chilled cola.

Diet Suggestions for Emesis

For the first 12 hours after vomiting, abstain from solid foods and drink only water, apple juice, carbonated water and many others. Avoid dairy products and citrus juices.

For the next 12 hours, you are allowed to eat boiled rice or potatoes, creamless soup, bananas and apples.

After 24 hours, you are then allowed to eat dairy products, meat, drink non-fat milk and others.

Further Suggestions for Emesis

Wait for the symptoms to stop before going back to normal diet.

Seek professional medical assistance is symptoms persists.

This condition causes great discomfort to the affected person, immediate action must undertake to avoid further complications.

Causes

• Reflux of stomach contents (GERD)
• Excessive vomiting
• Esophageal Obstruction
• Infections (Viral and Bacterial)
• Injury from chemicals
• Radiation injury

Symptoms

• Fever
• Hernias
• Difficulty when swallowing
• Pain when swallowing
• Feeling like something is stuck in the throat
• Burning sensation in the esophagus
• Acid reflux (heartburn)
• Shortness of breath due to obstructed throat
• Bleeding, either as blood in vomit or in stools

Home Remedies / Treatment

Garlic Pills:
Take 2 to 3 garlic pills daily, best remedy for candida esophagitis

Milk:
Drink a glass of cold milk for immediate relief

Yogurt:
Yogurt consumption everyday is one of the best natural remedies for throat infection

Ginger Tea:
Drink ginger tea in with honey after each meals. Tea should be allowed to cool before drinking

Raw Ginger
Its should be used as a lozenge, use a desirable size of ginger wash and peeled and use as lozenge, stay in the mouth at least 30 minutes twice daily

Diets

Eat 5 or 6 smaller meals during the day instead of 3 larger ones
Eat soft foods, such as puddings, applesauce, soups, custards
Eat small bites of food and chew thoroughly before swallowing

Prevention

Avoid Smoking
Avoid spicy foods
No alcohol consumption
Use straw in drinking beverages
Avoid acidic foods and beverages like citrus juices and tomato-based products.
Hard foods that can cause pain in the esophagus when swallowed
Elevate the head of the bed 8 to 10 inches or sleep on a wedge pillow

Symptoms

The nose is a part of the body that is vulnerable in trauma. It is rich in blood vessels and may bleed continuously if the nasal membranes is crusted, dried out, or cracked. Which is common in dry climatic condition, or during the winter months when the air is dry and warm from heaters. People are more susceptible if taking medications that prevent normal blood clotting (e.g Aspirin, Coumadin, warfarin, or any anti-inflammatory medication). Other factors includes alcohol abuse, infection, allergic and non-allergic rhinitis, trauma, hypertension, and other genetic related problems.

Causes

Nose bleeding happens due to numerous reasons, from simple injuries into hypertension.

Nose bleeding or Epistaxis in youngsters is somewhat complex but it mainly occurs due to injury in the nose area. For youngsters it is common during summer season, and for adults it might be due to high blood pressure especially if the diastolic pressure is above 110mm/hg. Exposure to extreme heat during summer or fire can also cause nose bleeding.

Treatment

Some of the following must be done in order to stop nose bleeding:

Cold Water:
The person experiencing nose bleeding must wash the head and face area.

Icepack:
For compress around the external nose and in the neck area

Pomegranate flowers:
Extract the juice and use as inhaler

Tissue paper:
Make a small cylindrical form of tissue paper, and put it between your upper lip and upper frontal gums (this should stop the bleeding)

Other treatments

Don’t sneeze
Don’t l lie down
Avoid pressure on the nose area
Avoid foods that may cause severe allergic reaction, like milk and wheat.
People who are prone to nosebleeds, should avoid high humidity environment
Consume citrus fruits daily, it helps in eliminating recurrence of nosebleeds
Eat raw peanuts its rich in vitamin K a known vitamin that combats nose bleeding

Put few drops of vitamin E or zinc oxide and castor oil, in nose area everyday can prevent recurring nosebleeds.
Maintain moisture in your nostrils, use petroleum jelly to keep the moisture or do frequent bathing (around 3 times a day). Saline solution spray can be helpful.

The epiglottis is a flap-like tissue that sits at the base area of the tongue; it is also responsible for food that keeps from going into the trachea or windpipe during swallowing. When the epiglottis gets infected and inflammation occurred it can obstruct, or close off the windpipe.

Causes

Epiglottitis inflammation involves bacterial infection most often caused by Haemophilus influenzae type B, although some cases are attributed to Streptococcus pneumoniae or Streptococcus pyogenes.

Symptoms

Epiglottitis commonly affects children, associated with fever, difficulty swallowing, drooling, and stridor. The early symptoms are insidious but rapidly progressive, and swelling of the throat may lead to cyanosis and asphyxiation. Cases in adults are most typically seen amongst abusers of crack cocaine and have a more sub acute presentation.

Treatment

Cloves and garlic:
In paste form combination of three cloves and cloves of garlic, add one cup of honey. Eat with spoonful two to three times a day

Betel leaves with Licorice:
Eat raw, two to three times a day.

Almonds:
Soak eight to ten almonds, and grind with eight to ten peppercorns. Mix in 1 cup of water. Sieve and drink adding either salt or sugar to taste.

Fenugreek:
In tea form, made with two tbsp of fenugreek seeds boiled in 6 cups of water.

Warm Milk:
Warm a cup of milk. Add a pinch of turmeric powder and drink before going to bed.

Onion:
Boil one whole onion, mash and eat with a little butter, salt and pepper OR Soak finely chopped onion in honey for a day. Strain out the onion and drink two tsp of the honey daily.

Patients with Epiglottitis should be administered with antibiotic drug s either alone or in association with penicillin or ampicillin for streptococcal coverage.

Epiglottitis, if in severe stage requires urgent endotracheal intubation to protect the airway. If intubation fails, tracheotomy is required.