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 [...]
Category Archives: Physical Health
Get Rid of Pink Eye
November 5, 2009 – 4:42 pm
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 [...]
Get Rid of Eczema
October 21, 2009 – 3:27 pm
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 [...]
Get Rid of Thrush
October 15, 2009 – 12:22 pm
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 [...]
Get Rid of Piles
October 9, 2009 – 4:05 am
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 [...]
Get Rid of Man Breasts
August 25, 2009 – 6:12 pm
Recovering social rank and self- esteem after your man breasts earn you the nickname “bitch tits” is no easy task. Indeed, many sufferers of male breast development (gynecomastia) feel that they are freaks. Well, they may be freaks, but not because of their male breasts. Over a third of all adolescent boys will experience some [...]
Get Rid of HPV
July 31, 2009 – 7:32 pm
One out of every two sexually active people will contract HPV - the human papillomavirus - in their lifetime. Of course, there are around 100 strains of the virus, and each behaves differently. Yes, there are the obvious cases where genital warts of all flavors emerge (no such thing as penis acne), but most infections [...]
Get Rid of Cradle Cap
July 9, 2009 – 5:43 pm
Cradle cap - or infantile seborrheic dermatitis - usually never bothers the baby who exhibits its scales and flakes. It does bother the parents. Moms and dads promptly seek to learn how to get rid of cradle cap because it turns a cute, crowd-pleasing baby into the subject of snarky asides. People will look at [...]
Get Rid of Kidney Stones
July 9, 2009 – 2:17 pm
As on the battlefield, even the toughest, most fearless individuals call out for their mother’s embrace when passing kidney stones. It is said that passing a rough stone is the closest men will come to understanding childbirth. Because of the legendary pain involved, most people who have experienced kidney stones are supremely motivated to prevent [...]
Get Rid of Water Weight
June 29, 2009 – 8:16 am
For the last few weeks, I’ve been on a mission to lose weight and reveal the Greek God that lies dormant underneath my flab. I’ve been eating less and exercising vigorously for at least an hour each day, and to my chagrin, the scale says I’ve gained five pounds. At first I was a bit [...]
