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QUICK FIXES

Apr 05, 2009

GOOD REASONS TO STAY IN BED


MORNING DIZZINESS TREATMENT. A SIMPLE NEW THERAPY CAN HELP PEOPLE WHO HAVE "ORTHOSTATIC HYPTENSION"-A CONDITION IN WHICH BOOLD PRESSURE DROPS AFTER STANDING, RESULTING IN REDUCED BLOOD FLOW TO THE BRAIN. RECENT STUDY: ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION SUFFERES WHO DRANK TWO EIGHT-OUNCE GLASSES OF WATER BEFORE GETING OUT OF BED EXPERIENCED A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN THEIR BLOOD PRESSURE WITHIN 15 MINUTES AFTER DRINKING THE WATER. MORE THA 75% OF THE STUDY SUBJECTS REPORTED LESS DIZZINESS. "IMPORTANT" IF YOU SUSPECT YOU MIGHT HAVE ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION, SEE YOUR DOCTOR FOR A DIAGNOSIS AND TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE TREATMENTS INCLUDING DRINKING WATER.

(tim young, md, clinicl research fellow, neurovascular medicine unit, imperial college, london.)





HICCUP CURES


OUR A TALL GLASS OF WATER. WHILE HOLDING YOUR BREATH AND PINCHING YOUR NOSTRILS, TAKE SMALL SIPS UNTIL YOU FEEL YOU ARE DROWNING. STOP, INHALE DEEPLY AND BREATHE NORMALLY.

ALTERNATIVE: ICE THE NERVE FIBERS THAT ARE RESPONSIBILE FOR HICCUPS. FIND YOUR ADAMS APPLE-FOR WOMEN, THIS IS ABOUT 2 INCHES BELOW YOUR CHIN. MOVE YOUR FINGER AROUND YOUR NECK TO JUST ABOVE THE CLAVICLE, THE PROTRUDING BONE AT THE BASE OF THE NECK, WELL BELOW AND BEHIND THE CAROTID ARTERIES. APPLY ICE CUBES TO EACH SIDE OF THE NECK AT THOSE POINTS UNTIL THE HICCUPS STOPS. SEE YOUR DOCTOR IF HICCUPS LAST MORE THAN 48 HOURS.

(john t walbaum, chicago-based freelace writer and author of the know-it-all's guide to life)