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You have to read this article if you snore loudly.
A fairly common disease left undiagnosed. A study in the USA implied that one in twenty had this disease.
This disease can cause psychological issues due to a lack of good sleep and is responsible for most heart attacks that occur in sleep.
An emergency physician in the pediatric ward always carries an otoscope to examine the crying baby's ears. That's how common the occurrence of this disease is in babies.
Middle ear infections are super common in babies and can occur due to simple feeding habits. Caretakers or parents can rectify feeding habits with simple tricks, and we can avoid this infection altogether.
Otitis media, or middle ear infection, is one of the most common infections in our body. A middle ear infection is a secondary infection that can occur due to the common cold(rhinitis), sinusitis, or outer ear infection.
90% of middle ear infections are due to the common cold and can result in deafness and propagate to the inner and outer ear. It can even damage nerves in its vicinity.
There are primarily two ways of managing Sinusitis. One way is to control the disease or try to drain the infected fluids in the sinuses. Another is increasing our immunity and strengthening our body to fight infections.
So, here we have two steps to help you decrease the infection and three steps to boost immunity. Although if the infection is high, these remedies cannot replace the medicines but contribute to controlling the disease. When the infection is lower, they can give you relief without additional medication.
COVID-19 is a disease that can be treated with care at home by following small tips and under the guidance of a doctor. We can avoid hospitalization altogether if we get tested as early as possible and start the medication immediately.
Although Dr. K. R. Meghanadh wrote this article during the peak of the second COVID-19 wave caused by the Delta variant, this article can apply to any variant.
We are well aware that the intensity of COVID-19 has gone down by then, but the virus keeps mutating, and we need to be careful till the entire world is vaccinated. So, knowing these tips will help you fight this virus effectively.
Otomycosis is an outer ear fungal infection that is mainly caused due to use of cotton buds after a shower to clean the ear canal.
An outer fungal ear infection is mainly characterized by itchiness in the ears followed by pain and deafness. The home remedies used for ear infection that are generally known to public tend to worsen the condition.