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How to Find an Amazing Thyroid Surgeon
An experienced thyroid surgeon can reduce your risk of complications, and ensure a better outcome for your health. This article looks at how to find a top thyroid surgeon to perform your thyroidectomy or other thyroid surgery.
Sinus Pressure Relief by Tapping
Sinus pressure is the result of an irritated or inflamed sinus cavity. The sinuses are a sensitive cavities located behind the eyes and nose and are easily irritated from allergies, environmental pollution and the common cold. Sinus pressure can be very annoying, causing fatigue, pain and discomfort
Drugs Used to Treat Thyroid Problems
Thyroid disease affects one in four women and an increasing number of men. Symptoms can be bothersome, such as weight gain, mood changes, hair loss, sensitivity to cold and sexual dysfunction, but they are easily remedied with medication. Your doctor or endocrinologist can help you choose from the c
Blurry Vision & Thyroid Disease
Your thyroid gland produces hormones that regulate various body functions. Changes in your thyroid cause a disruption in thyroid hormone production, which interferes with body functions, including your vision.
Homeopathic Sinus Infection Remedies
Sinus infections can cause difficulty with breathing and sleeping, and the swelling pressure from sinus infections may cause headaches and facial pain. Sinus infections may be caused by the common cold, bacterial infections or allergic reactions. Sinus infections may be acute and last for a week or
What is Prilosec (omeprazole)
Prilosec is a medication used to help treat gastric ulcers, duodenal ulcers, GERD and erosive esophagitis.
What Is Flushed Out of Your Nose Using a Neti Pot?
Neti pots have been used for thousands of years to cleanse the nasal passages. The practice originated in India with practitioners of Ayurveda and yoga. Today, many people enjoy the benefits of Neti.
Unilateral Sinus Pain
Sinus infections affect more than 35,000,000 Americans every year. One of the primary symptoms of a sinus infection is sinus pain around the forehead, in the ears or around the cheeks. For some, sinus pain is on both sides of the face but for many it is only present on one side of the face. When pai
Natural Thyroid Replacement Therapy
Thyroid disease affects one in four women today. (Although the ratio of women to men affected used to be quite disparate, that gap is closing and men, too, are finding themselves experiencing problems with their thyroids.) Two forms of thyroid disease exist: hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism. Vario
How to Use Naturopathy to Treat Hypothyroidism
Hypothyroidism occurs when the thyroid gland does not produce a sufficient amount of thyroid hormone to sustain the body. While traditional medical treatments are available to regulate the hormone in your body, naturopathy provides some alternative treatments in keeping with the theory that your bod
Sluggish Thyroid Symptoms
Sluggish thyroid, or hypothyroidism, is a condition where the thyroid does not produce enough hormones. This condition can result in a number of symptoms, from exhaustion to dry skin. Since the purpose of the thyroid is to control metabolism, the condition often goes unrecognized for a long time bec
Tests for Thyroid Problems
Thyroid disease affects millions of American each year, particularly women. There are two basic forms of the disease that either cause you to secrete too much thyroid hormone or too little. This causes your body to use energy either more quickly or more slowly than it does normally.
Outpatient Laser Surgery Is Newest Treatment for Benign Thyroid Nodules
Outpatient laser surgery may soon become a common treatment for benign thyroid nodules, which affect millions of women around the world. At the April 2006
Which Foods Are Mucus Producing?
The feeling of thick mucus sliding down the throat is an unsavory one. Too much mucus is a sign that you have had a cold, allergies or maybe sinusitis (inflammation of the sinuses due to a virus, bacteria or fungus). Producing too much mucus is a sign that your body is reacting to "events" taking pl
How to Use Video Otoscopes
Otoscopy is the medical examination of the ear canal and tympanic membrane, otherwise known as the ear drum. Traditionally, the clinician inspects the ear then makes a written note of his findings. Video otoscopy creates a permanent visual record of the outer ear's condition that enables the clinici
Tonsillitis in Kids
Tonsillitis refers to an often painful inflammation of the tonsils, which are tissues found at the back of the throat on either side. Though their function is to prevent infections, tonsils can become infected themselves, by either a virus or bacteria, which leads to inflammation. Tonsillitis is mos
How to Be an Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist
Ear, nose and throat specialists are doctors who know lots of information about the body -- and even more about the area above the chest. When you want to be an ear, nose and throat specialist, you have many years of training ahead of you. Becoming a doctor isn't an easy task. It requires dedication
How to Moisten Your Nose
The nose performs an important role in good health, primarily by filtering the air that we breathe. When your nose dries out, it not only makes you more susceptible to germs but can also lead to nosebleeds and sinus problems. It's important to keep moisture in your nose, especially when the air is d