Hiccups are spasm of diaphragm muscle. During such muscle spasm the vocal cord instantly shuts producing hiccup sound.

When you want to sleep on the grass during the summer months to enjoy the weather, you may get sneezing, runny nose and itchy eyes. These are all hay fever symptoms which can be reduced and cured by home remedies easily. Hay fever is also called allergic rhinitis.

Gallstones generally do not produce any symptoms but some gallstones which grow larger may produce severe pain below the right side ribs. Visit your doctor, these gallstones require immediate attention.

Everyone wants their hands to look beautiful, but if you do not take care then they may not look as good as you want them to be. The first place that get noticed is your nails. Brittle nails are not a good sight.

Muscle spasms in the legs or leg cramps are usually affect calves and hamstrings. It is an involuntary contraction of muscles on its own. You will feel a hard painful lump.

Bedsores or pressure sores medically known as decubitus ulcers are a result of skin suffocation under the pressure of body weight in sleeping position. If you are bed ridden for a long time then you are likely to get bed sores.

Is one of your armpit sore? Do you feel a lump? Most likely the painful armpit lump is a swelling of lymph node caused by allergies, cyst or infection. It can also be just harmless fat or tissue growth. You may also get a shaving bump under armpit.

It is 3:30 at night and you are still awake, staring at the watch. You have no idea why you are unable to sleep at night. It is insomnia. Sometimes the trouble disappear within a short period of a few days and other times insomnia becomes chronic and you may not be able to sleep well at night for weeks and months.

Sinus headache is characterized by pain and pressure in the clogged sinuses in the forehead above your nose and between your eyes. You can feel tenderness when touching the area. Another typical symptom is pain intensity increases during bending and in the lying down position.

Your tummy hurts suddenly. The pain may appear to be unbearable but usually there is usually nothing really serious to worry about and simple home remedies for such stomach aches can easily get you relief from the cramps.

Sciatic nerve pain or sciatica is caused by a nerve pinched in the lower back. The condition, particularly when severe, can be excruciating and you will need immediate sciatic nerve pain relief.

When summer arrives​, heat rashes can't be completely ignored. Some people are more prone to these rashes than the others. If you normally get affected then this summer these home remedies will save you from the prickly heat rashes.

Our bones tissues break down and rebuild regularly. During the first 3 decades of our life the bone density increases, then it stabilizes and begins to reduce. Osteoporosis occurs when more bone tissue is lost and less rebuilt.

Everyone wants to maintain thick lustrous hair on their heads, but many of us have hair fall that bothers us. Some hair fall is natural as bunch of hair regularly complete their lifespan and fall to be replaced by new hair.

Itching or pruritus is a common condition. Your skin can sometimes get irritated, inflamed or develop rashes for some known and sometimes totally unknown reasons leading to an itching sensation. 

Goiter is a swelling in the neck caused by enlargement of the thyroid gland. When there is excessive secretion of thyroxine hormone due to iodine deficiency the thyroid gland swells.

A fungus called Tinea Pedis is responsible for athlete's foot condition. The skin of the foot becomes flaky and itchy. The fungus attacks skin, toe nails and hair.

Inflammation of your vocal cord (Larynx) due to strain or viral/bacterial infection causes Laryngitis. Your voice will become hoarse or weak. In most acute cases you may completely lose your voice. This usually leads to dry cough and sore throat.

Mouth ulcers are very common. They are painful open sores that appear on the inside of the cheeks, lips and floor of the mouth under the tongue.

Medical science has neither yet been able to find the exact cause of fibromyalgia, nor a suitable medicine. All kinds of prescription drugs are mostly pain killers and are considered experimental.

Heatstroke is usually caused in the hot summer months by over exposure to the sun or by excessive physical activity in hot weather conditions.

Thyroid is a butterfly shaped gland situated under Adam's apple in the neck. It produces two hormones known as T4 and T3 whose absorption by the cells play a key role in regulating body's metabolism.

If you are a middle-aged woman in your late 40s or early 50s and feel you are not being yourself. All sorts of confusion and anxieties are suddenly creeping up without warning. Then perhaps menopause is setting in.

Hot flashes during menopause are common. Almost 75% of menopausal women will experience varying intensity and frequency of hot flashes during their perimenopause and menopause periods.

Your bleeding gums plus bad breath may be early signs of pyorrhea. Swollen gums, loosened teeth roots and pus oozing out are additional confirmations. If the pus persist then it can cause serious liver disorders.

Sleep apnea is a common sleep disorder in which the quality of your sleep undergoes through pauses of breaths. Sleep apnea disrupts your sleep due to bouts of shallow breathing. You will move from deep sleep to light sleep.

Neck pain has become one of the most common causes of pain in the body as our life now revolves around computers, tablets and mobile phones. The usually bad sitting postures put a pressure on a nerve which causes the pain by making the neck stiff.

Everyone can occasionally suffer from acid reflux. It is not a very serious problem until it becomes chronic. Acid Reflux is an uncomfortable burning sensation between the stomach and the neck generally beneath the breastbone.

Sunburn is damage caused to your skin by overexposure of ultra violet rays of the sun. While sunburn is a temporary short lived mild condition, it should be avoided as it can lead to skin cancer.

Constipation, indigestion, diarrhea, headache, nausea and scores of other conditions can upset your stomach. In fact even stress can upset the tummy. So what do you do to get out of the pain, misery and embarrassment?