While it would be a convenient excuse, housework generally is safe for pregnancy. Since the actions could be considered low-impact exercise, sweeping and mopping actually could be a beneficial way to stay active while pregnant.
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When your gums feel painful, throb, are reddened or produce sores, you may have unhealthy gums. Healthy gums are pink in color, and shouldn't cause you pain. When you're dealing with sore gums, it may be difficult to eat or talk, so it's important that you address the problem immediately.
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When you step off of the elliptical or you've finished a round of weight lifting, you may notice that you experience a ringing or high pitched sound in your ear.
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Skin bleaching is popular with darker-skinned people to obtain a more even skin tone, but skin bleaching cream is also often used to lighten sun damage and age spots on the skin in people of all skin colors.
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The baseline core temperature for most humans is 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Your body temperature fluctuates throughout the day depending on physical activity, body heat loss and environmental factors.
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While your friend may have lost a loved one years ago, the pain of that death haunts her every year on the anniversary of the death date. The anniversary conjures up the feelings of grief, anger, sadness, depression and even fear in your friend even years later.
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Whether the result of poor diet, inactivity or a chronic intestinal condition, gas can build up in your belly and make you feel bloated and uncomfortable. Gas pains can be sharp and stabbing or simply make you feel full, but either way they mean you may experience an embarrassing need to pass gas.
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While the number varies from person to person, the human body temperature usually rests around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit. Due to your various bodily processes, your core temperature increases when you have a fever, when exposed to heat and during exercise.
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The type of abortion your doctor chooses for you will depend on the stage of pregnancy to which you have progressed. Generally, abortions that occur earlier in pregnancy have a shorter recovery period since they are less extensive. If you undergo a later-stage abortion, you can expect a longer recovery time.
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Balance boards, also known as wobble boards, are instruments that use a flat, hard top that you stand on, and an unstable rounded bottom so that to use it, you must exercise balance and swift movements. Balance boards are used in a variety of ways, from sports training, to fitness and exercise and even rehabilitation.
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Whether you're male or female, fine, thinning hair can be a source of embarrassment. When your scalp beings to peek through the strands of your hair, you may need to investigate the source of your thinning hair, especially if it's a sudden occurrence.
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When you agree to work the night shift, you expect to change your lifestyle only slightly to match the need to sleep during the day in order to sleep at night. But that change of schedule can be easier said than done, warns the National Sleep Foundation.
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While most experts will agree that wearing a hat daily will not cause you to lose your hair, it can cause problems for those who are already losing their hair due to male pattern baldness and genes.
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Millions of women and men use hair dye to enhance, update or change up their look. Most people tolerate hair dye without a problem, but it can cause a reaction in some users. These reactions, known as contact dermatitis, are due to various chemicals in different types of hair dye.
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Injuring your Achilles tendon can be extremely painful. You use the Achilles tendon grouping a lot, for example, while standing and walking. So, an injury can be especially inconvenient because it affects nearly all of your movements.
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Even if you don't choose to breastfeed your baby, postpartum sweating is a common and normal reaction your body has in the weeks following childbirth. The close proximity of your baby and increased body temperature of breastfeeding may exacerbate the problem.
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When pregnant during the summer, it's tempting to take some time to lay out in the sun for the ideal sun-kissed glow. But before you head out with your swimsuit and towel, consider the way that UV rays affect both you and your baby.
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Poor circulation in your calves, ankles and feet is typically heralded by a prickly feeling or even complete numbness in the lower extremities.
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A burning sensation in your feet during exercise can be so uncomfortable that your workout is cut short. The tingling, burning and sweaty feeling makes exercise less enjoyable.
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Stretch marks from rapid weight gain or pregnancy can be embarrassing and unsightly. The red marks that occur when your skin stretches too fast may be dark or light, long or short, deep or shallow.
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