Leaving out foods of which you are intolerant often leads to withdrawal symptoms, so you feel worse initially, and then better after a few days. Reintroduction of an offending food can sometimes provoke intense, severe reactions – often different from the kind of general masked symptoms of which the person had been complaining. The severity [...]
Whatever the cause of multiple sensitivity, the advice that doctors give on the need to avoid allergens and other substances is based upon the value of avoidance measures in preventing and controlling multiple sensitivity. Avoidance can help prevent you developing new sensitivities, and can control and help you live with multiple sensitivity if you know [...]
Brass Polishes Most brass polishes are solvent-based and can cause reactions. Two alternative polishes are: • either dip a piece of lemon in salt and rub it over the brass, • or make a paste of equal parts of vinegar, flour and salt and rub it over the brass Do not leave either of these [...]
Vomiting, diarrhoea, sneezing, runny nose, eczema, asthma, colic or unexplained crying are clear signs of a reaction. If your baby has any difficulty in breathing, always contact a doctor immediately. Some parents can identify a baby’s reaction from less clearcut signs (such as bright red face, snuffled nose, big black rings under the eyes, red [...]
Moulds are highly adaptable and versatile organisms. For every ecological niche, there is probably a mould which will survive or even flourish. Some survive, and produce spores under very specific conditions of temperature, moisture or light. Others, by contrast, are fairly tolerant creatures and, although they have preferences, will function happily across a wide range [...]
John, a 45-year-old married man, visited his doctor complaining that his erections were no longer satisfactory He couldn’t get a “good” erection, he said—one that was sufficiently firm to allow him to have intercourse. Trying to find out what was causing John’s poor erections, his doctor gave him a penile shot. The injection produced an [...]
Think of the arteries which carry blood into the penis as expressways. Two of these arteries are the most crucial to erection—they supply the corpora cavernosa, which must fill up with blood in order for a man to become erect. A traffic jam in this finely tuned system—even a minor one—can prevent a man from [...]
Some men aren’t aware that they suffer from stress and performance anxiety. Jimmy, a 24-year-old graduate student at a large university, visited a urologist, complaining that he was unable to get an erection. Like many students, Jimmy was juggling a lot of demands. He had a part-time job, a heavy class load and still made [...]
Priapism is when a man gets an erection that won’t go away. While this may sound like everyone’s fantasy, priapism is actually dangerous and serious. Not only is it usually extremely painful, but priapism, left untreated, can cause permanent impotence. What causes an erection that won’t disappear? There are many known causes of priapism and [...]
Performance anxiety can take many different forms. For some men, it is linked to the degree of intimacy in a relationship. One man, 33 years old, could only get an erection in an impersonal setting. He would visit topless bars where, for a fee, a dancer would rub up against him. He could have a [...]