Athlete’s foot typically starts between the toes. From there, especially without care and treatment, it can move on to the soles and sides of the feet. Scratching the fungal infection can cause more issues. The fungi can move on to infect hands, nails, and the groin area. Wherever or whomever is touched can get infected.
Imagine getting a pedicure and then a few weeks later when you remove the polish, you notice a little yellow spot under your nail. You don’t think much of it, but it grows and soon your nail starts cracking. Or perhaps you have been hiking or backpacking a lot. Your feet have been sweaty, and
The most common type of rash is contact dermatitis. This happens when the skin becomes inflamed, perhaps due to contact with cosmetics, chemicals, detergents, dyes, poison ivy, and others. They can appear on several parts of the body, including around the eyelids, eyebrows, scalp, face, hands, legs etc. Some rashes are more serious than others.
For most folks, back pain is a compulsory experience in life. It’s not an encounter they choose, but might be brought on for numerous reasons. Some backaches are encountered due to poor quality of life, while others stem from injuries and serious health complications. Regardless of the cause, back pain symptoms remain synonymous. It’s not
It’s natural to break out in pimples. An outbreak hinges on your age, diet, lineage, hormonal changes, environment, stress level, and even the cosmetics you use. It’s almost impossible to avoid acne, but you can prevent them from becoming infected. If an outbreak becomes infected and digs deep into the dermis, cystic acnes will emerge.
Scars are like natural tattoos except that we didn’t choose them and often we wish that we could get rid of them for good. After all, who really wants to keep having to explain that the big scar on their knee was from a time when they tripped over a crack in a sidewalk? What
A principal function of the kidneys is to remove waste and fluid from the blood. If too much waste accumulates in the kidneys, hard deposits are formed. These hard deposits consist of salt and minerals that clump together to form kidney stones. If your fluid intake is poor, you’ll likely have higher levels of minerals,
Have you heard the saying it’s important to put your best foot forward? It’s hard to do so when you have plantar fasciitis. The web of tissues connecting your heel and toes is the plantar fascia. It supports your arch, acting like a shock absorber. Inflammation of this ligament tissue is plantar fasciitis, the result
Ease Nervousness with Essential Oils You’ve got a something big coming up, and your nerves are on overdrive. You start feeling stressed and agitated; those butterflies in your tummy are flipping and flopping; the tension is building in your body; you are feeling really uneasy – almost nauseous. You always get nervous before these type
Longing. Desire. Intimacy. Love. Attraction. These words are associated with sexual arousal, immediacy and fulfillment. But what happens when libido wanes, leaving you and your partner feeling discouraged and perhaps embarrassed? Libido is the Latin word for desire that Freud apparently expanded to have mental meaning. Use of the term has broadened in the current
