1. Fast Relief for Everyday Health Problems

Introduction

Most of the tips in this online book tell you how to prevent and deal with major illness: how to sharpen your nutritional awareness to prevent heart disease, how to quit smoking to prevent cancer, how to manage stress to prevent high blood pressure and stroke, how to control alcohol intake to prevent cirrhosis, and other diseases. Yet many minor health problems can be prevented or treated, too. Heartburn, blemishes, sore throat, back strain, fatigue, nosebleeds, and hay fever are pesky problems that may not send you to an emergency room, but are bothersome just the same.

Here, then, are 49 of the most common health problems you’re likely to encounter on any given day, arranged from head to toe, with some quick tips on how to prevent or treat them.

1. 1.Ways to Prevent and/or Relieve a Throbbing Headache
   

2. 2.How to Fight a Fever
   

3. 3.Daily Defense against Dandruff
   

4. 4.Twelve Ways to Sleep through Insomnia
   

5. 5.Surefire Relief for Pink Eye
   

6. 6.What to Do for a Stye
   

7. 7.Help for “Computer Eyes”
   

8. 8.How to Quiet the Ringing in Your Ears
   

9. 9.How to Stop a Nosebleed
   

10. 10.Declare War on Cold Sores
    

11. 11.Secret Weapon against Bad Breath
    

12. 12.Soothing Remedies for Laryngitis
    

13. 13.A Cure for Hiccups
    

14. 14.How to Soothe a Sore Throat
    

15. 15.Twelve Ways to Banish a Blemish
    

16. 16.Effective Home Remedies for the Common Cold
    

17. 17.Relief for Sinus Misery
    

18. 18.Seven Ways to Fight Off the Flu
    

19. 19.What You Don’t Know About Asthma Can Hurt You
    

20. 20.Don’t Let Hay Fever Ruin Your Life
    

21. 21.Bounce Back from Bronchitis
    

22. 22.How to Take the Heat Out of Heartburn
    

23. 23.Freedom from Constipation
    

24. 24.Put a Stop to Diarrhea
    

25. 25.What to Do about Flatulence (Gas)

26. 26.Say Good-Bye to Urinary Tract Infections
    

27. 27.How to Muzzle Frostbite
    

28. 28.Ten Ways to Get Rid of Winter Itch
    

29. 29.A Simple Remedy for Prickly Heat
    

30. 30.Leaflets Three, Let Poison Ivy Be
    

31. 31.You Can Head Off Hives
    

32. 32.Treatments for Warts
    

33. 33.Nine Ways to Take the Itch out of Eczema
    

34. 34.What to Do If You Get Shingles
    

35. 35.Protect Yourself against Insect Stings
    

36. 36.What Your Fingernails Reveal about Your Health
    

37. 37.Free Yourself from Fatigue
    

38. 38.How to Correct Common Anemia
    

39. 39.What to Do for Fainting
    

40. 40.Help for Your Aching Back
    

41. 41.How to Describe Your Pain and Get Relief
    

42. 42.Twenty Questions to Diagnose Back Problems
    

43. 43.The Dos and Don’ts of Lifting
    

44. 44.Put Your Tennis Elbow on Ice
    

45. 45.Ten Ways to Relieve Varicose Veins
    

46. 46.Wipe Out Athlete’s Foot
    

47. 47.Winning Remedies for Corns and Calluses
    

48. 48.How to Deal with Ingrown Toenails
    

49. 49.Warming Up Cold Hands and Feet