Alien asked:

Description

Hives are a sudden eruption of red and white bumps on the skin. While hives are usually itchy, and therefore bothersome, they are generally not dangerous-except in cases of bee or insect stings, when hives indicate a true medical emergency. A case of hives may last for less than 30 minutes or as long as a week.

When the body comes into contact with a substance it considers dangerous, it floods the skin with histamine to combat the problematic substance. Hives result when there is excess buildup of histamine on a particular area of skin. Substances that cause this histamine release differ from person to person, though common irritants include animal dander, pollen, aspirin, penicillin, insect bites, and foods to which the person is allergic.

Signs and Symptoms

A batch of raised, red or white bumps on a localized area of skin

Bumps may appear and disappear suddenly

The affected area may be mildly or severely itchy

Certain people can develop recurrent hives from sunlight, cold, pressure, vibration or exercise. These are called the physical urticarias. If hives develop from scratching or firmly rubbing the skin it is called dermatographism. It is the most common of the physical urticarias and it affects about 5 percent of the population. It doesn’t always itch. This condition sometimes also occurs along with other forms of hives.

Conventional Medical Treatment

Hives often do not usually require medical treatment, but if the hives remain for an extended period of time, see your doctor. After taking your medical history, your physician may ask about your exposure within the last two weeks to any possible irritants. Unfortunately, hives can be caused by such a wide range of irritants that your physician may not be able to identify the exact cause. If the cause is identified, you will be urged to avoid the substance that caused the outbreak. In severe cases, your doctor may prescribe a medication, usually an antihistamine, to treat the condition.

If the hives are accompanied by shortness of breath, fever, nausea, or abdominal cramps, immediately seek medical help. You could be suffering from anaphylactic shock. Many antihistamines are available without prescription, such as diphenhydramine (Benadryl), taken in doses of 25 milligrams and chlorpheniramine (Chlor-Trimeton), taken in a dose of 4 milligrams. These can be taken up to three times a day, but because these medications can cause drowsiness, they are often taken at bedtime.

Aromatherapy

German chamomile oil can help bring relief from itching. Simply place a drop directly on the itchy skin and massage in.

Ayurvedic Medicine

Hives come from excessive heat in the body, say Ayurvedic practitioners. To cool the heat and soothe the maddening itch, they favor eating watermelon as well as drinking coriander milk or cilantro.

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Jon Cielo asked:


Medical treatment for tinnitus probably will not make your tinnitus go away, but, it may reduce it for a short while. Medical treatment for tinnitus will usually consist of drugs, audio maskers, complimentary treatments, biofeedback, and, occasionally surgery. (I discuss these in more detail below).

However, nearly 93% of tinnitus sufferers never see an end to their tinnitus symptoms. If this is you then you could explore remedies other than everyday medical treatment for tinnitus. Firstly though, let us look at tinnitus causes and symptoms.

There are many reasons for tinnitus but the following are probably the main underlying conditions that can produce the symptoms of tinnitus: Infection / problems with inner ear, auditory nerve damage, trauma to the head, whiplash, blocked eustachian tube, Meniere’s disease, otosclerosis, and, drugs overuse, e.g. aspirin. But, many times, you can have tinnitus without any signs of these other problems.

The symptoms of tinnitus are just symptoms of one or more of these other underlying conditions. As a tinnitus victim you will be hearing one or other of the following sounds; roaring, buzzing, ringing, hissing, whooshing, knocking, ticking, etc.

Every person is different and it is understood that the tinnitus sounds you hear may have something to do with the underlying problem causing your tinnitus. Sometimes the noise level is aggravating, but sometimes it can be absolutely excruciating. Sometimes it’s there intermittently, and, sometimes all the time.

So what is the mainstream medical treatment for tinnitus? Typical drug treatments are anticonvulsants, anti-anxiety, antihistmine and antibiotics. Complimentary treatments like yoga, hypnosis, acupuncture and medication are pretty common too.

Biofeedback utilises a series of exercises to relax your neck and head muscles to try to reduce the ringing in your head.

In addition there are audio treatments using things like hearing aids and audio maskers, etc., which try to reduce the sounds you actually hear relative to external sounds. Surgery is an option that is rarely ever used.

The important thing to bear in mind is that medical treatment for tinnitus will not cure it permanently. Some of the medical treatments for tinnitus outlined above could well lower the symptoms for a time, but, they will not cure it permanently.

Remember some 93% of tinnitus sufferers like yourself never get complete relief from their symptoms using medical treatment for tinnitus. That’s why many more people like you are trying out home-based remedies and other non-medical treatment programs.

One very popular program today is a 11 point treatment program devised by a tinnitus researcher and former tinnitus victim, who spent more that two years researching a cure for his own tinnitus.

As a result of this research and live testing on 40 other tinnitus sufferers he developed a treatment program that you carry out at home or office, in just a few minutes a day.

He now shares these 11 techniques with sufferers worldwide and has been getting excellent results. It is super simple to get your hands on this exciting program because you just download it over the internet.

His 11 brilliant techniques to cure tinnitus could be just what you’ve been searching for. Go here cure-for-tinnitus.blogspot.com to find out what all the fuss is about. It’ll only take a few minutes of your time, and you could be well on your way to a cure at last.



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