Med Tips and Health Tips

#1 Understanding Kidney Stones: The Painful Truth Revealed

There are 5 main types of kidney stones and calcium oxalate is the most common form Generally they are small and undetectable until they grow in size and begin to travel through the kidney and into the ureter and its sharp edges scratch the wall of the urinary tract causing tremendous pain which can lead to symptoms like vomiting nausea and can cause a burning sensation while urinating Not only that if the stone grows bigger it may block the flow of urine and can cause an infection causing one or more kidneys to swell the good news is not all kidney stones grow so big and irritating and generally pass out of the body on its own

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#2 Handwashing: The Ultimate Defense Against Diarrhea Germs

But as they say prevention is better than cure So washing your hands is still the best way to fight the germs that cause diarrhea as it can cut the transmission of infectious diarrhea by almost 40 percent So use soap and water and scrub as long as it takes you to sing the alphabet song

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