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Treatments could include:
  • Purine Restricted Diet
  • Elevation of Leg

Treatments Overview Articles

Gout
Treatments for a sudden attack or flare-up of gout:.Your doctor will recommend that you take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen, naproxen, or indomethacin as soon as your symptoms begin. You will need to take prescripti...
Source:ADAM
Date:June 17, 2009

Specific Treatments Articles

Reviewing Recommendations for Weight Loss
The latest studies conclude that a successful weight-loss plan is a mind/body undertaking that not only involves monitoring calorie intake and expenditure, but dealing with the psychological side of weight loss and habit change.
Source:StayWell
Snacking Can Help You Maintain a Healthy Weight
Many nutrition experts say that having a healthy snack midmorning or midafternoon can help you maintain your energy and prevent you from eating too much at lunch or dinner.
Source:StayWell
How Diets Work
If you've tried everything, yet weight loss continues to elude you, don't give up. There are ways to up the odds and increase your chance of success.
Source:StayWell
Cooling Treatments
Cooling treatments lower body temperature in order to relieve pain, swelling, constriction of blood vessels, and to decrease the liklihood of cellular damage by slowing the metabolism. Sponge baths, cold compresses, and cold packs are all wet cool...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Cooling Treatments
Cooling or cold treatments are used to decrease pain, minimize swelling, and slow the inflammatory response secondary to injury(usually acute). Cold treatments slow the local physiological activity of the tissues, decrease nerve transmission, and ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Ice Packs vs. Warm Compresses For Pain
Detailed information on whether to use heat or cold when treating sore muscles or an injury
Source:StayWell
Oral Rehydration Therapy
Oral rehydration therapy(ORT) involves the replacement of fluids and electrolytes lost during an episode of diarrheal illness. Diarrheal illnesses are pervasive worldwide, and they have a particularly large impact in the developing world.
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
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