Itch

of the semester, my thoughts were whirling and there was little peace. It was the sneezes that reminded me that I was within my mind, and untouchable. Even if my external life was chaotic, my internal life was still intact, dark, and peacecful. An itch was bothering me, but I did not scratch it. Unbeknowest to me at the time, I had experienced a “victory over [my]self…” (Dhammapada 56) The word victory is used a myriad of times in this ancient Buddhist text, and it implies that there is a sort…

Shingles is a painful, rash that appears on ones skin. The scientific name for shingles is herpes zoster. Shingles is inside every person who had chickenpox at an earlier age. It can flair up at any moment, usually the more likely the older one gets. Shingles can flair up for a number of reasons such as stress and a weak immune system. Shingles and smallpox were thought to be the same thing until William Heberden discovered a way to distinguish the two. In 1942, shingles was…

There are many different types of roundworms around the world. The most common is pinworms. In this paper you will learn what a pinworm is, what are affected by them, what are some symptoms and signs, what are some of the risk factors, what a pinworms lifecycle is, what some of the economic losses are, what medical treatment you can do, and how you can prevent them. Pinworms are caused by infections by worm-like parasites in the intestines and anal areas of the body. Pinworms are usually white…

In Home Supportive Services – Relieving Chigger Bites Summer is a time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors. Hiking through the fields, picking berries, or even gardening. Summer is also the height of bug season. One nasty rascal that makes itself known to those who enter into many forests, grassy fields, or parklands near water is the chigger. The chigger is actually a mite larva. Each chigger is only 1/150th of an inch long and can barely be seen. The results of their bites don't require a…

The most common type of cancer in the United States is skin cancer. In most individual cases of cancer, exact cause is unknown, although most causes are linked to increased genetic susceptibility, lifestyle factors including diet, damage caused by infectious diseases and many more. Skin cancer is the most common type of cancer for both men and women. Many characteristics can influence the development of cancer. Overexposure to the sun and trips to the tanning bed put someone at the risk of…

Shingles Imagine a bug bite itch. Now imagine an itch that can never be scratched, and if scratched, bursts of pain flare up on that particular body part. Shingles, or Herpes Zoster, can be defined from an online dictionary as an acute, painful inflammation of the nerve ganglia, with a skin eruption often forming a girdle around the middle of the body. Shingles is caused by the same virus as chickenpox. Shingles (herpes zoster) is triggered by the Varicella-Zoster Virus (VZV), also called…

But that’s not anxiety. Now, I want you all to imagine a spot on your body that’s really itchy. Imagine it slowly getting worse. Now what if I told you that you can’t scratch it? That would be so annoying, right? All the struggle caused by a single itch. And then you scratch it, and well it’s gone for now. Now think about that scratch as a thought, a thought that is so powerful that it can control your…

Marinette Dupain-Cheng was a teenage girl who had a knack for video games. Her hands would tingly itch when she had a controller in the palm of her hands. Marinette had the perfect characteristics as a gamer: coy, confident, and very cunning for her young age. Marinette kept those qualities to herself when she played against her friends. Marinette wanted to just play for fun, so she never found herself at being competitive with her friends. Marinette wasn’t conceited in the slightest, but she…

died she was devastated and extremely overwhelmed with grief, and instead of being there for her, they wanted to rush into marriage with Paris. Capulet says, “ I tell thee what: get thee church o’ Thursday, or never look me in the face … My fingers itch.…

form. Here the pastor brings them deeply into issues, problems, to the point it causes emotion and rises up with the good news that addresses and solves the issues that the pastor presented (Allen Jr., 55). The introduction starts with creating an itch such as ethical issues, sociopolitical situations, personal struggles, or biblical misinterpretations (55). The introduction moves into a deepening descent that uses imagery to deepen the concerns of the hearer, and create an emotional tie in…