As a man, your biological imperative is to reproduce and create offspring. Even though we are fully aware of this, there still isn’t anything we can do to stop the oftentimes annoying little voice in the back of our heads telling us to get it on 24/7. And who would want to? An erection is [...]
Most of the time pain is temporary and therefore tolerable. Scrapes, cuts, sprained ankles, bruises – most people can easily deal with these superficial, trivial injuries because we understand them and know that in time the pain will subside. Even broken bones and many surgeries can be easily treated with some pain medicine and time [...]
Not long ago, I decided that my DNA deserves an encore – another generation at least. My wife felt the same. We got pregnant, and we were soon awash in a deluge of love and support. That is what happens when you deliver parents their first grandchild. I got many books on babies, birth, all [...]
Though gout is one of the most treatable forms of arthritis, it is also extremely painful. Most sufferers would agree that the above artist knew what he was doing. An acute gout attack is not unlike having a small, moustachioed demon chewing on you. Sufferers complain that even the weight of clothes or a bed [...]
Muscle cramps are the worst. I’ve never actually had one, not that I can remember (and according to everything I’ve read, I’d remember), but because I have a fully functioning imagination, I can say this to those of you who get muscle cramps: I’m so, so sorry. In fact, I’m so sensitive to the plight [...]
I used to think I was immune to poison oak. Last summer, after playing a round of disk golf, I found out otherwise. I had unknowingly walked through a large patch of poison oak, and because I was wearing shorts, I got the plant’s noxious oil, urushiol, all over my legs. The itching that comes [...]
When I was in the third grade, our elementry school suffered a pink eye outbreak that was nearly an epidemic. All of my friends had the typical pink eye symptoms: red, swollen eyes with a streak of revolting discharge here and there. I was heartbroken with envy. They got to stay home for a day [...]
If you’ve come to this page, you probably already know that you can’t get rid of eczema. Not yet anyway. What you can do is keep the disease in remission by taking care of your skin and avoiding eczema triggers. Many people who do this hardly ever have to deal with the pain and frustration [...]
Thrush is what people are referring to when they say they have an oral yeast infection or a yeast infection of the nipples and milk ducts. It is also known as oropharyngeal candidiasis, Candida albicans, or just plain old oral thrush. Whatever you wanna call it, it’s nasty and uncomfortable as hell. It can affect [...]
It would be nice if only reality TV stars had to deal with piles. That would make television more interesting. Alas, over half the population will have to deal with piles symptoms and piles pain during the course of their lifetime. That all grocery store drug aisles have a section devoted to piles speaks to [...]
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