Treat Severe Constipation Yourself With These Two Simple Tips

Severe constipation is caused by a hard stool which will not pass through the rectum, or you have an impacted stool. You will want to quickly relieve this terrible condition. When you have severe constipation, you are either suffering from fecal impaction, or you cannot pass stools or gas (which is termed "obstipation"). You will want to quickly relieve this terrible condition.

Fecal Impaction Causing Severe Constipation

A solid mass of feces which is immobile, generally in the rectum, is referred to as "fecal impaction.You may suffer from chronic constipation, overflow diarrhea, or other problems in this area. Bloating in the abdomen, or pain in that area may also occur.

Don't let the cause of the problem go unresolved. Once you have had one fecal impaction, you are at higher risk for having another. More movement and perhaps healthier eating habits are simple preventative steps you can take.

The immediate treatment to remove the impaction may be one or more of the following:

A) Taking Oral Laxatives;

B) Enemas or suppositories. These work quickly, which does not allow much time for the mass to soften. Mineral oil enemas help by lubricating the stool.

C) Removing it manually.

D) Surgery. Worst Case Scenario!

What Is The Cause of Severe Constipation

A) Lack of physical activity

B) Not enough fiber in your diet;

C) Being dehydrated;

D) Prescription medications, especially pain relievers.

Severe Constipation Help

The following two enemas can be done by yourself to assist in passing stool to relieve constipation. Always review these with your health care provider prior to doing them.

Gather your basic supplies: enema bag, lubricant, waterproof pad.

Mineral Oil Enema

You can easily find Fleet oil at the pharmacy. The oil softens and lubricates, making it easier to pass the impacted material. This type of enema works well when the fluid goes high up in the intestine, and you can hold it there for a while. To do this, squeeze the enema bag quickly with lots of pressure to force the liquid higher up.

When doing this enema, lie on your side on the floor (with the pad or bag under you) and hold the liquid as long as you can, to allow it to soften and lubricate. The general instructions below should help you with this process.

Old-fashioned Powdered Milk and Molasses Concoction You Can Use At Home

Use this enema up to four times a day. Review this with your health provider first. You can do this in conjunction with a mineral oil enema, just wait at least one hour before doing the Milk and Molasses enema.

Recipe for Powdered Milk and Molasses Enema

6 ounces hot water

3 ounces powdered milk (do not use cow milk)

4.5 ounces molasses

Mix together in a container the hot water, molasses and powdered milk.

Put the mixture into your enema bottle and perform the enema. For best effect hold this for 20 minutes before removing the tube and sitting on the toilet.

Enemas pull water from your body. Drink twice as much water as usual for the next 24 hours to ensure that you are staying hydrated. To prevent this from happening again, add at least 25 grams of fiber to your diet each day, and stay hydrated. Add in exercise (even walking helps).

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5 Simple Ways to Choose a Home Care Worker for Your Elderly Family Member

These days it is sometimes easier to do things on your own. Outsourcing is not always the best way to solve a problem. Certain things need to be done by other people while major issues are best handled directly. Home care is a rapidly changing issue in America. The elderly population are living longer and social security is cutting back. People have to work and support their immediate family, let alone their extended family which includes their parents. Hopefully, these five steps will help in choosing an appropriate home care worker for your elderly family member.

First, put an ad in the paper or free classified. Hopefully you choose a paper that reflects what you are looking for. In other words, if you are seeking a Yiddish speaking person. You would have to post a help wanted advertisement in a Yiddish newspaper to attract that type of person. Usually, an older family member might feel more comfortable with a person from their own culture. The foods, demeanor, and culture would be similar to the patient and therefore accommodate the patient. A simple phone interview with a candidate of their past experience and their current status could give you feel of the person to see if you want to meet with them. Tell them what you are willing to pay and if they are willing to accept the salary, you can move onto the next step.

Secondly, you need to interview candidates. If you do not feel comfortable meeting them in your home. you can meet them in a public place. I would say a public library. Some libraries have rooms that you can reserve for free. A meeting time can be arranged after your telephone interview with the person. Give the person a sample reading test or just basic comprehension test you photo copy out of an entrance exam booklet(you can also get at the library, FREE). Twenty to Fifty questions should be enough.

Third, Talk to them after they have successfully passed the written test then ask for references and let them know that they will have to take a drug test and you will be doing a background check as well. Give them scenarios of emergency situations that could occur and see how they would handle it. Also have a plan of what you want from the aide. In other words, a schedule should be laid out for the aide to keep your family member active and stimulated. For example the aide could take them to museums, movies, or a theatrical show

Fourth, make sure you actually get information from their previous work or school and you verify all the information. If the person does not have any references from this country then ask them to get a reference letter from their pastor or church on letter head vouching for them.

Lastly, have them meet your family member and gauge the interaction from the body language. Let your family member ask them questions and hopefully they will work great together.

This business is sometimes hit or miss. When dealing with people things may change. So, always keep that in mind. Even if you pick one person after the initial interviews. Have two or three people as backup just in case your first candidate does not work out. Good luck

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Simple Home Remedies To Cure Feminine Itch

Most of the time, it is men who are most affected by itchiness because of the types of activities that they do. Most male athletes suffer from fungal infections like jock itch and athlete's foot. But women are at risk of having feminine itch too. There are a lot of possible causes that you can point out like yeast infections, sexually transmitted infections and even jock itch. Hormonal changes can also cause some itchiness. Therefore, you need to do some things in order for you to find the best home remedy to cure this itchiness. There are plenty of ways that you can cure it. The tips will surely help you do the best methods to find the best cure for feminine itch.

APPLY COLD COMPRESS

The itchiness can be intense sometimes especially during the night. You have to relieve it as much as possible. One of the best ways that you can do is to apply cold compress on the affected parts. The cold feeling will surely numb the nerve endings. It will surely relieve the discomfort that you feel with feminine itch. Try to do it before bed time so that you will be able to sleep well.

SALINE BATH

Saline bath is one of the most effective methods that you can relieve the itchiness that you feel with this infection. Dissolve at least one cup of salt in water inside the bathtub. It is better if the water is cold to get more relief. The salt in the water will ensure that the affected areas are dry all the time. It can remove the moisture from the rashes and start the healing process as soon as possible.

WASH YOUR GROIN AREA REGULARLY

As a woman, you need to wash your groin area regularly. There are some discharges that can cause some irritations too. Make sure that you wash the groin area with warm water and antibacterial soap. It will hamper the growth of the fungi and other bacteria. Try to use apple cider vinegar to wash the groin area too. It has a very strong anti fungal property that can cure feminine itch as soon as possible.

KEEP DRY ALL THE TIME

Always make sure that you are dry all the time. As much as possible, you need to avoid doing heavy activities that will trigger excessive sweating. Fungi grow well in damp and warm environment. Try to apply some powder on your groin area too. It will help in absorbing the moisture in those areas. Try to wear appropriate clothes too. Do not wear those clothes that are too tight. Choose loose-fitting ones that are made of cotton. This will ensure that your skin will be able to breathe well.

A woman who is suffering from feminine itch must do her best in curing it. It can be very embarrassing for others to know that you have this infection. As much as possible, you have to find the best remedies that can help you. Keep the tips in mind all the time.

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Simple Tips To Get A Better Night Sleep

Are you having trouble sleeping almost every night? Do you find that in order to get a nice rest you have to take some type of sleep medication all the time? Are you tired of it and want to have a nice sleep finally? Do you want to really know why your body is reacting like this every single night?

If you want to get away from sleep medication and all those types of things than check out what I have to share with you, because there is a natural way to get it done.

What I can first suggest is please do not sleep a lot during the day. This can be a main factor why you can't sleep at night. Because plain and simply your body is not tired enough! Ever though about that? Just take a short nap, but not to long. Probably around twenty minutes or so. That should be enough to give you a little burst of energy until night.

You must create a night routine that is going to get you sleepy. Do something that will take away your energy but also will get you into a relaxed state. It is all about relaxation when it comes to sleep. Don't try to get all your work done to put you too sleep because it will only cause more stress to you and your body and will ultimately hinder your sleep progress. I am sure you don't want that.

Some people make the mistake of eating too much or too late at night. You should eat a healthy diet and your last meal should be at least two hours before your sleep time. Eating too much or too late can cause indigestion problem, and this will not delay in your falling asleep. It will keep you up for a little more time.

If you want to fall asleep naturally you will have to allow your body to relax. In order to do so you should wear cloths that actually feel comfortable on your body. Try to avoid tight clothes that can restrict blood flow through your body. Wear something loose and comfortable that will allow your body to relax and let it fall into sleep fast and naturally.

If you continue to have issues with sleeping though you should always consult a doctor because there may be a possibility that there is a problem or issue within your own body.

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A Simple 4 Step Process for Manifesting What You Want With EFT

How would you like to have a system that you could do for just 15 minutes a day that would guarantee rapid results in your life? If that sounds like something you would like, read on... My work as a change expert is based around this simple concept:

Thoughts-->Feelings-->Actions-->Results

Your thoughts create feelings. Your feelings dictate your actions. Your actions determine your results. In order to achieve the results you want you must be able to put your thoughts on the results that you want to attain. If you were to just do this step alone you would achieve your goals much faster than most. But what we are going to discuss is the habits of super successful people. We are interested in super fast results, right? Sometimes people may try to focus on their desire and visualize but they are unaware of the importance of one critical factor. Can you guess what that factor is? It's your FEELINGS. If you think about your desire and your thoughts immediately turn to all of the excuses why you can't achieve your desire, how do you think that will make you feel? What kind of feeling would that produce in your body? That feeling is your signal and it means...

You are not focused on your desire!!

That's right, those negative feelings are your signal that your thoughts have strayed from what you want and you are instead focusing on what you do not want or why you can not attain your goal. Usually these are related to negative self-esteem issues such as "I'm not good enough", or some other variation.

The key here is that when you put your thoughts on your desires those thoughts must produce a positive feeling. This is how we achieve anything in life. We are emotional creatures. All of our actions are guided by our feelings. The good news is you are now learning how to steer your own ship!

Remember, you can attract anything you want in life, as long as you can imagine it and feel good about it. Once you do this your subconscious will take over and your actions will automatically guide you. It will seem at times "effortless" or you will feel "in the flow". This is what high class athletes or super achievers all talk about.

A lot of people like to talk about this as being supernatural, mystical, magical, or "New Age". Call it what you want but don't fall into the hype. Although I prefer to see life as a blessing and a miracle...this is real and it's how you were designed to work.

So now that we understand this concept, here is a simple 4 step process for manifesting faster:

Step 1. Focus on your desire.

Step 2. Pay very close attention to what you are feeling. The goal here is to feel good about your desire. If you feel any negative feelings go to step 2a.

Step 2a. Using the FasterEFT technique, focus on the images, sensations, feelings of the thought that is producing the negative feelings and tap repeatedly on all five meridian points while affirming that you are "releasing and letting go". In between rounds pause to take a deep breath and say "peace". Repeat this process until you can focus on your desire without the negative thought interfering.

Step 3. Once you are able to focus on your desire for a few minutes while feeling good write down any inspirational thoughts, ideas, or action steps that you can take. If you are truly focusing on your desire and feeling good you will automatically begin picking up ideas from the ether. Write down everything!

Step 4. Choose 3 action steps you can do that day based on what you wrote down while focused on your desire.

That's it!

Now this sounds like a simple process and it is but it's not always easy (take it from me). In my experience I get the most benefits from this technique when I perform it consistently. Do this exercise for 30 days and see what happens. You may want to set up some accountability such as calling a friend every day after you complete it and if you don't call them you owe that person $50...get the idea?

By far the most important part of this process is tapping out your negative beliefs and subconscious blocks (Step 2a.). This is where a coach can come in very handy. Having someone walking you through the tapping process can be extremely beneficial because they can see things from a neutral point of view. An experienced FasterEFT Practitioner will know how to help you "aim" at the problem and tap it away.

If you are at a point in your life where you just want to make some changes, this process will help you do it FAST.

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