Tag: Concerning Symptoms
Recognizing Dehydration Symptoms in Athletes
Athletes of every age, ability and activity are at risk of experiencing dehydration symptoms. Maintaining proper hydration before, during and after exercise is key to performing your best and getting the greatest benefit out of your workouts.
Preventing Pickleball Injuries
Pickleball-related injuries range from mild sprains to severe muscular strains and joint complications. Thankfully, many players can effectively prevent and treat these injuries by knowing what causes them, how to prevent injury and what recovery looks like.
FLU SOS: When to Treat at Home, Seek Urgent Care or Head to the ER
You wake up one morning with a sore throat and cough. Do you know what to do if you think you have the flu? Most of the time it can be treated at home, but if you start feeling very ill, know where to go – primary care, urgent care or ER.
What Symptoms Should You Discuss With Your Gynecologist?
How do you know when you need to see your gynecologist? Learn which symptoms you should never ignore.
Video Game Injuries: Virtual Fun with Real-Life Consequences
Whether you prefer a computer, game console, phone or virtual reality headset, gaming can cause real-life injuries. Understanding overuse injuries and why they happen can help you stay healthy, and pain-free while you play.
How Do You Know If You Have Low Testosterone, and What Can You Do?
When a man has low testosterone, it can cause many unwanted symptoms. But treatments are available that can help you get back to feeling like yourself again.
Making Sense of Teens and Their Mood Swings
Teens and their moods can change like the weather: Sometimes they’re stormy and hot, other times they’re pleasant and calm, or they can be cold and icy. While parents can use apps to help prepare for volatile weather, they’re often caught completely unprepared when they find themselves in the path of a teen mood swing tornado.
How to Reduce Your Risk of Skin Cancer
There’s nothing like spending time outdoors on a sunny day. But exposure to harmful UV rays remains the leading cause of skin cancer. While some other risk factors for skin cancer are out of your control, certain lifestyle changes can make a big difference.
Hip Bursitis Stretches that Help and Exercises to Avoid
Bursae are little fluid-filled structures that help cushion your bones, tendons and soft tissue. They may be small, but when they become inflamed—a condition called bursitis—they can really hurt. Stretching can help provide pain relief …
Take a Deep Breath: How to Use an Inhaler
Inhalers are generally prescribed to people who have a pulmonary disease, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) or asthma. Using an inhaler correctly helps your medicine work better. An inhaler is not to be …