Round eczema is really quite common. It’s more common in men than women and affects approximately 2 out of 1,000 individuals. It’s also most common in people in their 50′s and 60′s. This eczema can also be referred to as dermatitis which means a general term for inflammation of the skin. Also called discoid eczema [...] Read more »
Fibromyalgia Flare Up and Prayer
Fibromyalgia flare up. As those of you who have been following this site know, I usually try to stay to a medical or health topic. Once in a while, however, I think it’s a good thing to let you into my mind and heart. I think this is especially true when you might wonder if [...] Read more »
Fibromyalgia and Foot Pain
Fibromyalgia and foot pain; well I’ll be. I woke up about a week ago and could hardly step on my left foot. It felt like all the tendons had been pulled and beat on clear from my arch to under the toe next to my little one. My first thought was, holy cow! Now what [...] Read more »
Nutri Bullet Review
Nutri Bullet ads have been on TV for some time now. Our son and his family have one and they kept giving rave reviews about it. Finally, about a month ago. Our son made us one of their super smoothies. All he did is put in frozen berries and a little bit of milk. It [...] Read more »
Low Red Blood Cells
What causes low red blood cells? From what I’ve been told several things can cause this condition. My husband has recently been diagnosed with this. Here are some conditions that pertain to low red blood cells. Myelosuppression - a decrease in the production of blood cells. Pancytopenia – a lowering of all three types [...] Read more »
Crohn’s Disease Management
Crohn’s disease management is a topic that is near and dear to the individuals that have this particular disease. When I was diagnosed in 1978 management options weren’t that many. We relied on sulfa drugs, steroids, and whatever diet management worked at the time. As a result I lost over 40 pounds in three months. [...] Read more »
Preventing Dry Eyes
Preventing dry eyes is a full time job for some of us. There are many things that can cause dry eyes so it might take some trial and error to figure out the cause. Just because you have dry eyes doesn’t mean you have something serious going on but it’s important that you have your [...] Read more »
Traveling With an Ostomy
Traveling with an ostomy isn’t much different than traveling without one. You just need to make sure you go prepared. First, and maybe most important, make sure you have twice the amount of appliances you usually use packed. No matter how you travel keep at least one emergency appliance with you at all times. Keep [...] Read more »
Thin and Brittle Nails
Thin and brittle nails have been becoming a problem for me the past two to three months. They rip and break very easily and I can’t figure out why. Let’s see if we can come up with a reason for this to be happening. I work in a restaurant and am constantly washing and drying [...] Read more »
Helpful Hints for Fibromyalgia Pain
Helpful hints for fibromyalgia pain come from all sources. It seems that the more I read, the more I learn about different approaches to dealing with fibro pain on your own. I know I’ll be preaching to the choir with some of this but for those new to our elite club of Fibromytes there might [...] Read more »