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While some basic fitness training is an excellent start for the novice hiker, there are one or two additional things that you really need to do before you set out on your first hike. Even with the right pair of hiking boots, and a good pair of hiking socks to go with them, it's a wise idea to 'toughen up' your feet a little bit and, in particular, to concentrate on conditioning your soles. This isn't essential, but it's a sensible precaution to avoid problems. Walking around the house barefoot…

So, you went on a picnic and decided to go for a nice long walk in the woods. You have great fun. The kids had great fun. But, none of you are having fun any more. You are too busy scratching. You were all allergic to poison ivy, just like seven out of every ten people in the United States. What is poison ivy and what do you do about it? Poison ivy is a vine that grows through the United States and is known for its distinctive three leaves, each having its own stem. It normally grows along the…

Varicella, which is also known as chickenpox is a contagious disease caused by the varicella-zoster virus. The virus spreads mainly from touching or breathing in the virus particles that come from varicella blisters and possibly through tiny droplets from infected people that get into the air after they breathe or talk. People who are at risk of developing varicella are infants, children, adolescents and adults. However, varicella is usually contracted in children. Even if someone has received…

Poison ivy is a condition in which the skin has an allergic reactions caused by a substance called "urushiol" resin on leaves, stems, and roots of Ivy. Ivy is a type of shrub that can cause severe skin irritations (contact dermatitis). The Poison Ivy affected skin may become dry, red, or burnt. When trees are burned, the smoke from the burning results can affect your lungs. The best way to avoid Poison Ivy is by way of avoiding such plants. Learn to identify trees of ivy and avoid contact as…

It’s terrifying that there are many diseases in the world that makes its patient suffer too much. As an average Joe, I am only aware of those common illnesses like flus, cancers, tumors, and others. However, there are more illnesses out there that could make anyone feel weak. There are sicknesses that could make even the hardest and the strongest person kneel down with pain. Such disease is the Epidermolysis Bullosa. I bet that this you never heard of disease yet. Only 9 per 1 million people…

place where we were supposed to have camped the night before. I was so happy that Will was injured because I would of been freezing my ass off at night. Once we had left Laudi started to fall behind because of her toe. It was a huge swollen infected blister, that was getting worse by the day. She was crying all day and had to…

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radiation, which is also known as UVR. Vulnerability to UVR waves may come from the sun, tanning beds, phototherapy lamps, and arc lamps. Symptoms of sunburn may include: Pink/red skin Warm/hot skin Pain,tenderness, or itching Swelling Fluid-filled blisters Headache,fever,chills,or fatigue. UVR waves can be so mean to DNA!The main injury of sunburn is UVR waves harming DNA, resulting in swelling and apoptosis (cell death) of skin cells! By contrary, if you spend a short time under the sun or are…

Herpes is a common sexual transmitted diesease. Genital herpes is caused by two types of viruses. In the United States one out of every six people get genital herpes. You get genital herpes by having vaginal, anal, or oral sex with someone who has the disease. Fluids found in a herpes sore carry the virus and contact with those fluids can cause infection. You can also get herpes from an infected partner who does not have a visible sore or who may not know he or she is infected because the virus…

Varicella-zoster virus, also known as chickenpox is in the same family as the herpes virus and is highly contagious. Chickenpox is transmitted when an individual meets fluid-filled blisters or respiratory droplets (Walsh, & Smith, 2017). The clinical manifestations seen with chickenpox are fever, itchy blister rash that forms a crust once opened (Walsh, & Smith, 2017). Chickenpox has an incubation period from 10-21 day before signs of visible rash (Walsh, & Smith, 2017). As stated by Walsh…