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Do you apply heat or cold to a tired sore eye?
Heat for tired cold for swollen heat or cold for sore, let your gut tell you on that one.
How To Correct Varicose Veins?
Varicose veins are often painful and look unpleasant. Many people choose to correct these veins to alleviate health problems and improve physical looks. There are a couple different types of treatment options for those with varicose veins.What are varicose veins?Varicose veins are essentially swollen and twisted veins, usually in the legs and arms. These veins collect an abnormal amount of blood. In some cases, they are severely painful and can lead to health complications. In a normal vein, blood moves efficiently back to the heart. Varicose veins have trouble moving this blood because of malfunctioning valves. Due to the reduced flow, blood pools and enlarges veins. There are two basic types of treatments: those to ease symptoms and those to destroy or cut off flow to the veins.Consider using compression socks at night in order to aid in blood flow and ease the pain of varicose veins. Easing symptomsThere are simple ways to ease the symptoms of varicose veins and prevent them from getting worse. One way is to wear compression socks. Most people wear them at night to promote increased blood flow in the legs. Elevating the legs can also increase blood flow. In addition, adding more exercise to your daily routine alleviates symptoms due to better overall physical conditioning.Surgery to alter or destroy veinsFor more extreme cases of varicose veins, surgery is often required. This is typically for health reasons, but also is done for cosmetic concerns as well. Sclerotherapy closes off the veins, eventually allowing them to die off. This is achieved by injecting a chemical called scleroscant into each individual vein. Laser treatment completely destroys a varicose vein by subjecting it to powerful laser beams that heat up the vein and ultimately kill the cells. A less common treatment, only used in severe cases, is to surgically tie off target veins.If you or a loved one is experiencing problems due to varicose veins, consult your doctor to learn more about treatment options. Surgery is only recommended in cases where symptoms are severe and creating additional health problems. In mild cases, easy exercise and the use of compression socks can alleviate symptoms.
What causes a shooting sensation of heat in one's thigh?
Bone cancer, fracture, vascular disease, sciatica, strain or sprain, thrombophlebitis, varicose veins. Check circumference of your legs for swelling, if elevating the leg relieves the pain than it could be varicose veins (usually visible and include cramping) or sciatica.
CAN you apply heat after wisdom tooth removal?
Your gums will be sensitive, so be carefull with hot and cold liquids.
How do you treat varicose vein?
There are a variety of ways varicose veins can be treated depending on the severity. If varicose veins are not causing serious problems, such as pain, blood clots, or skin disorders, then your doctor will tell you to make some lifestyle changes. Some of the changes that can help varicose veins are to avoid standing or sitting for long periods of time, do not cross your legs at the knee, try to keep legs elevated when sitting or sleeping, exercise to keep the blood moving, and avoid tight clothing and high heels. You can also try compression stockings. Compression stockings help keep the blood from pooling in the legs and also decreases swelling in the legs. There are a few medical procedures that are done to remove or close varicose veins. One procedure is Sclerotherapy. It uses a liquid chemical to close off the vein, and needs to be done every 4-6 weeks for several treatments. Laser Surgery can be used to treat smaller varicose veins, making the vein fade away. Endoscopic Vein Surgery is usually used in very severe cases, and is done by making a small cut in the skin near the varicose vein. A surgical device at the end of a camera is inserted then used to close off the vein.
Do you apply heat or ice to a pulled muscle?
You always ice muscle, tendon, and ligament damage to prevent swelling and further potential damage. It used to be that after the first day or two after an injury, you would apply heat to bring healing blood circulation to the area. It has been found in the past couple of years that ice is somewhat better at bringing healing blood to the damaged area. Either heat or cold will be OK to apply after the first day or two after the injury.
Is heat or coolness better for a swollen eyeball?
Cold reduces inflammation and thus reduces swelling and redness. Heat increases inflammation and brings blood. I would apply cold. However, do not apply cold compress to eyeball longer than 5 minutes at a time because the eye has many blood vessels which will constrict upon contact with cold pressure. Let the eye breath. If the eyeball is infected, do not apply cold. This is because the eye wont receive enough blood to properly heal. The eye needs blood in order to prompt inflammation. Inflammation is needed to get rid of bacteria. If the eye is itchy, apply cold in order to narrow blood vessels.
Why apply insulation foam?
To improve insulation against heat or cold. Insulating foam is more efficient than fibreglass batts.
Is the best way to straighten steel metal with heat or cold?
The best way to straighten steel depends on the specific type of steel and how it has been bent or deformed. In general, the most common method is to use heat (annealing) to soften the steel and then apply pressure or tension to straighten it. Cold working techniques, such as cold bending or cold rolling, can also be used for certain steel alloys.
Why when you apply heat to ammonia crystals do they create a cold gas?
When heat is applied to ammonia crystals, they absorb energy and undergo endothermic decomposition to form gaseous ammonia and hydrogen gas. This reaction consumes heat from the surroundings, causing a cooling effect. Therefore, the resulting ammonia gas feels cold.
What is best for swelling heat or cold?
If the swelling is due to trauma such as a punch to the jaw, ice is best. If swelling is inside the mouth, an abscess is the most likely cause and heat is best as it draws the pus to the surface where it will burst and the relief will be instant.
Why large veins and arteries located next to each other?
Veins and arteries are located next to each other due to an evolutionary phenomena known as counter-current heat exchange. Your body tries to maintain an optimum temperature of 37oC, and since the body's core (chest area) delivers the blood to the extremeties, that blood may risk coming back cold. And if the blood happens to come back to the heart colder, that would not be achieving homeostasis. Your body is made to fight entropy. So what evolution decided is to put veins and arteries together so that heat exchange can happen through arteries and veins going to opposite directions. Arteries pump blood away from the heart and veins bring blood back to the heart, since they are going in opposite directions, they can exchange heat making the veins carry back some heat back to the heart, thus the naming "counter current heat exchange".
