Exercise might protect against skin cancer, a US study suggests. The researchers found female mice exposed to a form of ultraviolet light took longer to develop skin tumours if they had access to a running wheel.
Voluntary exercise and a restricted diet reduced the number and size of pre-cancerous polyps in the intestines of male mice and improved survival, according to a study by a University of Wisconsin-Madison research.
Children who are exposed to cats soon after birth face an increased risk of developing eczema, an inflammatory condition that causes the skin to become red, scaly and itchy, says a study.
Urticaria or hives is a relatively common form of allergic reaction that causes raised red skin welts.
Histamine and other pro-inflammatory substances are released from mast cells in the skin and tissues in response to the binding of allergen-bound IgE antibodies to high affinity cell surface receptors.
Angioedema is a related condition where similar types of swelling occur in a lower layer of the skin, mouth or throat. It is not identical to urticaria. They may, however, occur together.
Various types of urticaria, hives, urticarea, or nettle rash :
Oatmeal baths and anti-pruritic lotions can also be used to relieve the itching.
The methods applied for cure in Naturopathy are the following: –
Indicated in a wide range of diseases affecting the respiratory and intestinal mucous membrane, glandular system and skin, characterized by great sensitiveness to draught, easy perspiration and ready suppuration of the affected parts. In scrofulous affections, including those of the eye and ear; sore throat; tonsillitis on the point of suppuration; cough, including the late stages of bronchitis and pneumonia; suppurative affections of the skin, as felons; hip-joint disease with suppuration; bad-smelling eruptions, etc.