DEFINITIONS OF SOME EXPRESSIONS YOUR DOCTOR MAY USE – POSSIBLE SIDE EFFECTS OF PAINKILLERS (DOSE)
If the dose you start with does not relieve your pain completely, you should gradually increase it either until it does or until you feel that the cost of the better pain relief outweighs the benefit. Possible side effects of painkillers include nausea, constipation, heavy sweating, drowsiness, lightheadedness, difficulty in concentrating, hallucinations, confusion and dizziness. Except for constipation, all of these are worst just after starting a new painkiller or increasing your dose. They tend to clear up by themselves, so it is usually worth persevering for a few days before deciding that a particular painkiller doesn’t suit you.
If, even then, you cannot find a dose that relieves your pain without unpleasant side effects, you should stop taking it altogether and change to a different painkiller. The alternative would be to add a second painkiller while continuing to take unsatisfactory doses of the first. If you do this, you are likely to finish up With much more troublesome side effects for the same degree of pain relief. It is better to find the single painkiller that suits you best and take effective doses of that.
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WARTS – DESCRIPTION
Warts are one of those common conditions we all know about but few understand.
Over the centuries many fancy stories were believed about the cause and also the treatment of this common and obvious blemish.
Some people even believe warts are caused by handling frogs and toads.
There are many variations of warts but it is now believed they all are caused by the same thing but vary because of different environmental factors surrounding their growth.
Warts are caused by a virus and are infectious.
The common wart (verruca vulgaris) is a dry, rough, raised and usually irregular lump on the skin.
It may be single, or more commonly multiple.
These warts are particularly common on the hands and around the knees of children but no age is exempt.
The warts may last for years or only for months. They come and they may go.
All forms of different treatments have been used and success claimed for them all.
Some people apply urine, saliva or thistle juice to warts and claim these and many other means are effective ways of dealing with them.
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