A Wisdom Archive on Irritation

This may be defined as diarrhea that lasts less than 2 weeks, and is also called gastroenteritis. This can nearly always be presumed to be infective, although only in a minority of cases is this formally proven. It is often reasonable to reassure a patient, ensure adequate fluid intake, and wait and see. In more severe cases, or where it is important to find the cause of the illness, stool cultures are instituted. The most common organisms found are Campylobacter (an organism of animal origin), salmonella (also often of ...

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Annoy (like the French ennui, a word traced by etymologists to a Latin phrase, in odio esse, to be "in hatred" or hateful of someone), to vex or affect with irritation. In the sense of "nuisance," the noun "annoyance" is found in the English "Jury of Annoyance" appointed by an act of 1754 to report upon obstructions in the highways. Annoyance is an unpleasant mental state that is characterized by such effects as irritation and distraction from one's conscious thinking. It can lead to emotions suc ... Including:

• Annoyance - Psychology
• Annoyance - Marketing

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Advanced Strain and Counterstrain
is a myofascial release method for smooth (involuntary) muscle tissue using specific positioning and directional pressure from the therapist. Through ASCS it is possible to directly affect and improve bladder spasms, difficulty swallowing, irritable bowel syndrome, and other conditions caused by autonomic nervous system disorders.

 
(See also: Strain and Counterstrain, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul )

Trigger Point Therapy
(a.k.a. Myotherapy or Neuromuscular Therapy) applies concentrated finger pressure to "trigger points" - painful irritated areas in muscles- in order to break the cycle of spasm and pain. Used for specific treatment of pain.

 
(See also: Trigger Point Therapy, Alternative Health, Body Mind and Soul )

ESSENTIAL OILS - Fluid extracts from botanical sources & preserved in pure form Some are poisonous when taken internally & many report irritations when applied directly to skin. Used in Aromatherapy usually in blends diluted with basic carrier oils.

 
(See also: ESSENTIAL OILS, Wiccan Pagan, Paganism, Pagan Dictionary )

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Abdominal pain can be one of the symptoms associated with transient disorders or serious disease. Making a definitive diagnosis of the cause of a person's abdominal pain can be quite difficult, because so many diseases can result in this symptom. Abdominal pain - Introduction. Abdominal pain is traditionally described by its chronicity (acute or chronic), its progression over time, its nature (sharp, dull, colicky), its distribution (by various methods, such as abdominal quadrant (left upper quadrant, left ... Including:

• Abdominal pain - Introduction
• Abdominal pain - Approaches
• Abdominal pain - Types and mechanisms
• Abdominal pain - Selected causes

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Conjunctivitis - Symptoms. Redness, irritation and watering of the eyes are symptoms common to all forms of conjunctivitis. Itch is variable. Acute allergic conjunctivitis is typically itchy, sometimes distressingly so, and the patient often complains of some lid swelling. Chronic allergy often causes just itch or irritation, and often much frustration because the absence of redness or dis ...

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Diarrhea - Infective diarrhea. It is not uncommon for diarrhea to persist. Diarrhea due to some organisms may persist for years without significant long term illness. More commonly a diarrhea will slowly ameliorate but the patient becomes a carrier (harbors the infection without illness). This is often an indication for treatment, especially in food workers or institution workers. Parasites (worms and amoeba) should always be treated. Salmonella is the most common persistent bacterial organism in humans.

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The brain tissue, the dura mater and the skull bones are not sensitive to pain, because they lack pain-sensitive nerve fibers. Several areas of the head can hurt, including a network of nerves which extends over the scalp and certain nerves in the face, mouth, and throat. The basal part of the meninges and the great blood vessels, arteriae as well as sinuses, do have pain perception. Headache often results from traction to or irritation of the meninges and blood vessels. Also sen ...

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The primary symptom of fibromyalgia is widespread, diffuse pain, often including heightened sensitivity of the skin (that may make the touch of clothing painful), achiness around joints, and nerve pain. Other symptoms often attributed to fibromyalgia (possibly due to another comorbid disorder) are physical fatigue, irritable bowel syndrome, genitourinary symptoms such as those associated with the chronic bladder condition interstitial cystitis, dermatological disorders, headaches, and symptomatic hypoglycemia. Although it is common in people ...

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Some members of the BDSM community employ "figging" as part of their repertoire, which features the genital application (typically insertion) of peeled ginger root to create a warming sensation. Some equestrians have used the technique of "gingering" on their horses. Gingering is inserting ginger into the anus of the horse and produces what some consider a desirable lifting of the tail for horse shows. This action is produced by irritating the tissues of the anus which makes lowering the tail uncomfortable for the horse. This technique is almost universally prohibited in modern equestrian events as ...

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Skeptics of Cayce's claimed powers point out that the evidence for Cayce mostly comes in the form of anecdotes and testimonials, neither of which is considered scientifically rigorous. They are also irritated by Cayce's support for various forms of alternative medicine, which they tend to regard as quackery. Cayce's followers accept that he was sometimes inaccurate, and occasionally totally wrong. Cayce's sons, Hugh Lynn Cayce and Edgar Evans Cayce, even co-authored a book called The Outer Limits of Edgar Cayce's Power detailin ...

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