We have all experienced it at one time or another: an obnoxious, sometimes high-pitched ringing sensation deep within our ears, also known as tinnitus. While this is a very common short-term issue when exposed to high noise volumes, it can also be a chronic problem, which actually may be caused by a few surprising sources. ...
Do you hunt with a rifle? Why don’t you, a hunter with a loud gun, wear protection for your ears? Rifle blasts are extremely loud, around 160 decibels. A target shooter, says the Oregon Occupational Health and Safety Administration, can suffer a whole years’ worth of noise exposure in a matter of minutes. I consulted ...
Devil’s claw, a potent medicinal herb used to treat back pain, headache, osteoarthritis and muscle pain, is generally safe when it is used by healthy adults for short periods of time. However, devil’s claw can cause side effects ranging from mild to severe, especially in susceptible individuals. The following side effects of devil’s claw may ...
Vertigo is often called dizziness, and it’s just a symptom rather than an actual disease in and of itself. Vertigo refers to the feeling of movement, whirling, spinning, or other dizziness caused most often by a disturbance in balance (equilibrium). Simply put, it’s the sensation that the immediate environment is moving when it is not, ...
Amitriptyline drugs (sold under the popular brand names Elavil, Tryptanol, Endep, Elatrol, Tryptizol, Trepiline, Laroxyl, Saroten, Triptyl, and Redomex) are categorized as tricyclic anti-depressants, which work by producing both serotonin and noradrenaline (nearly) equally. Used most commonly for the short-term (three months or less) treatment of depression, insomnia, various sleep disorders, and for migraine prevention, ...
Okay this is going to sound weird if you have never heard of this before. But if you go to the health section at some major health food stores you might run into a product called an “ear candle”. And as weird as that may seem they are real. Now you might be looking at ...
