plumbing system that makes tears, then washes them across your eye and down a duct into your nose. When the duct gets narrow or blocked, the tears back up and your eyes get watery and irritated or infected. Signs include mucus, crusty eyelashes, blurred vision, and pus or blood in your...
Stool is normally brown, but green poop is common at any age. Stool typically turns green because of something green that you ate or drank. It usually returns to brown within a day or two. Stool can also turn green if you are doing a colon cleanse, ate something with a laxative effect...
Premenstrual spotting for 1 to 2 days before your period begins is no big deal; this blood is often darker red or brown because it’s slow mov- ing or is leftover blood from the previous cycle, which is common with a flexed or tipped uterus. However, spotting for more than 3 days le...
Focusing on one thing for an extended period of time – adigital screen, the road in front of your car as you drive or the book you’re trying to read in dim lighting – forces our eyes to work overtime. They can become strained and start to burn, itch and hurt. Make sure you’r...
It finally dawned on me, my problem was thick gooey mucus that had grown to be as hard as rocks. Increased mucus production is the body’s way of flushing out irritants, and toxins out of the body. The mucus doesn’t necessary increase. Instead it becomes thicker, more annoying, and ...
Sunday morning is the visiting hour. I sit with the little beast on my knees, and the children of the whole neighbourhood stand around me. Then the strangest questions are asked, which no human being could answer: Why there is only one such animal, why I rather than anybody else should ...
Dry eye.Mucus, oils, water, and proteins help make up your tears. When you don’t have the right amount, you might get dry eye. This can irritate youreyes. Foreign substance.A bit of grit or sand caught under the eyelid is enough. If antibiotic eyedrops don’t help a suspected infec...