AYN Advice

Froid ou Chaleur

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 9th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

Vous vous demandez qoui faire avec l’entorse ou la foulure que vous venez tout juste de subir?  Vous savez que l’application de froid ou de chaleur est souvent utilisée pour diminuer la douleur, mais vous ne savez comment faire, ni →Read full advice column

Heat or Ice

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 9th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

You just sprained or strained a muscle.  What should you do?  You know that some people use heat or ice to decrease the pain but you don’t know which one, or how or when to use it? ICE:  When an →Read full advice column

Les Poux

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 9th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

Voici une phrase fréquemment entendue en cette période de rentrée scolaire: “ J’ai si honte, mon enfant a des poux!”. Tout d’abord, un point important a clarifier: avoir des poux ne signifie pas un manque d’hygiene. En fait, les épidémies →Read full advice column

Headlice

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 9th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

Here is a phrase that I hear a lot around back to school time:  “I am so ashamed, my child has lice!”. First of all, let me clarify one important fact: head lice infestation is not a sign of poor →Read full advice column

Hémorrhoides: prévenir les récurrences

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 5th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

Voici quelques recommendations afin de prévenir les récurrences des hémorrhoides existentes: A)  Prendre un bain ou une douche à tous les jours.  Nettoyer la peau autour de l’anus avec de l’eau. Éviter le savon car il peut augmenter l’irritation.  Bien →Read full advice column

Haemorrhoids: prevention

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 5th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

Here are a few recommendations in order to prevent the recurrence of existing haemorrhoids: A)  Bathe or take a shower every day.  Cleanse the skin around the anus delicately with water.  Soap is not necessary and may actually increase irritation.  →Read full advice column

Les Hémorrhoides

Posted by Out of Control on October 5th 2010 | Permalink
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Premièrement, les hémorrhoides sont un un groupe de veines situées dans l’anus, juste sous la muqueuse qui recouvre la partie basse du rectum et de l’anus.  Elles agissent comme une rondelle de caoutchouc dans un robinet qui permet l’évacuation des →Read full advice column

haemorrhoids

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 5th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

First of all,  haemorrhoids are a group of veins located in the anus, directly under the mucosa that covers the lower portion of the rectum and anus. They act just like a rubber washer would in a water tap to →Read full advice column

Le virus de la grippe A(H1N1)

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 5th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

Le virus de la grippe A(H1N1) est-il le même que le virus A(H1N1) qui circule habituellement? Non. Le nouveau virus de la grippe A(H1N1), qui a fait son apparition à la fin d’avril, est très différent, sur le plan antigénique, →Read full advice column

Influenza A(H1N1)

Posted by Proxim: Simon Paquin on October 5th 2010 | Permalink
Categories: Health and Medicine

Is the influenza A(H1N1) virus the same as the A(H1N1) virus that normally circulates? No. The new influenza A(H1N1) virus, which appeared in late April, is antigenically very different from the A(H1N1) viruses that circulate every year during the flu →Read full advice column