Home Remedies

Common house flies are only one of the 1.2 million species of flies in the world. If you’ve got fed up with these irritating buzzing flies all over your house, its time to get rid of them. And not only because they irritate you but also because they are the ...

Dark circles under eyes are not liked by anyone. They not only give you a tiresome appearance but also make you look ages older than you are. The skin around our eyes is the thinnest skin of the body. The blood traveling through the veins nearer to the skin surface ...

Runny nose (rhinorrhea), as the name suggests, refers to a condition when your nostrils keep on discharging a fluid. It happens due to congestion and inflammation of the linings in your nasal passages and sinuses, mostly caused by a viral infection which we know as common cold. The other causes ...

Sweating is the natural mechanism to control our body temperature. However, some people sweat more than all others. They might be suffering from a condition called hyperhidrosis due to their hyperactive sweat glands. While heredity can be one of the causes for this condition, there are many others that include ...

Once upon a time, backache was an issue only with elder people or sometimes with the middle aged but now 8 out of 10 people report to have backache. It is the young and the working people who are suffering from chronic back pain. What is astonishing is the fact ...

Pus cells in urine means that your urine contains such amount of pus cells that is greater than what it should be. Normally, a male has up to 5 pus cells/hpf (high power field of microscope) and a female may have 10 pus cells/hpf. Thus, pus cells in urine greater ...

Candida is one of the genus of yeasts which causes fungal infections through its many specie including Candida albicans present in human intestine. It is, generally in check until the good bacteria of intestinal flora are out numbered by this yeast. When the Candida yeast becomes uncontrolled, it can enter ...

Athlete’s foot, the common fungal infection of the skin of the foot, is caused by the tinea fungus just like ringworm. It is a contagious infection and you can get it just by touching someone already suffering from athlete’s foot. Other chances of infecting are when you walk barefoot on ...

When you happen to twist or turn your ankle in an awkward and undesirable manner, you may get what is called a sprained ankle. Now what is the undesirable manner of moving your ankle? For this, you need to know what are ligaments and how they protect your ankles. Ligaments ...

Cradle cap, medically known as infantile seborrheic dermatitis, causes flaky, dry skin resembling dandruff but a more thick, oily, yellowish or brown scaling or crusting patches on your baby’s scalp. It is very common in the first few months of a baby’s life. Cradle cap generally clears up without any ...