Main > Health > Medicine > Natural Remedies
Make your own ear drops inexpensively at home. The recipe is equal parts of rubbing alcohol (or methylated spirits) and white vinegar. This should help to control mild ear infections. Anything more serious, or if you suspect the infection is of the inner-ear, and you should see your doctor.
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Main > Health > Medicine > Natural Remedies
Ginger is good for an upset stomach. Place some slivers of ginger in boiling water and drink the liquid as a tea.
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Main > Health > Medicine > Natural Remedies
Cure for Bali Belly - drink lots of bottled water and eat one Salak per day. Salak is a type of fruit found in SE Asia - called 'snake fruit' in English - available at supermarkets in the region. The Salak has a woody texture but does the trick.
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Main > Health > Medicine > Drugs > Paracetamol
Paracetamol can be taken on an empty stomach (take with a good amount of water or milk), but this is not the case with Ibuprofen and other anti-inflammatories, which must be taken with food, or they can damage the stomach lining.
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Main > Health > Medicine > Drugs
Pills can be broken in two, to make them easier to swallow, or to reduce the dosage, so long as they are scored (see image). If the pill is not scored then it is not meant to be broken, and breaking such pills can damage their surface coating, which can in turn do harm to your throat or stomach, and interfere with the controlled release of the drug.
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Main > Health > Medicine > Drugs > Ibuprofen
Only to be taken with or after food, as this anti-inflammatory can damage the lining of the stomach.
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Main > Health > Medicine > Surgery
Operations affecting muscle use: Prepare for your recovery in advance by improving fitness, strength, flexibility, and stamina, focussing especially on the specific muscle area.
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Main > Health > Medicine > Surgery
General tips for recovery:
- Plan ahead by visualising the effects of surgery on one's body and lifestyle, and practise coping methods.
- If unable to drive, familiarise yourself with public transport use.
- If unable to sleep as usual, obtain the sleeping aids and/or accustom yourself to the positions.
- If unable to lift items over a particular weight, have a couple of days' advance practice of not lifting to see what lifestyle changes will be needed during recovery.
- Stick some adhesive tape over the affected body parts, to see how restricted body movements will be from pain or wound healing.
- If specific senses will be impaired, e.g. unable to see, hear, etc., try getting about without relying on those senses.
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