With every bite prevention is always the best answer. With insects there are many products on the market and lately we’ve found that keeping a dryer sheet in your pocket is a deterrent, or skin so soft from Avon or some sun screens or even vicks vaporub, who knew? So after prevention comes infection prevention and itch and pain relief, here are some helps:

Flies and mosquitoes – wash thoroughly with soap and water then apply an antiseptic. To help control inflammation moisten your skin and rub

Almost every kid out grows bed wetting. Bed wetting can be caused by a kid who is a heavy sleeper, has a weak bladder or an undersized bladder. No kid wants to wet the bed, so be patient and kind and let time take it’s course.

Be realistic – dont praise and don’t punish. Just change the bed and move on. Understand that kids don’t wet the bed to punish you!

If the child is older it may help to arrange the room so he can change the sheets himself when needed. Also set out clean sheets, pajamas

Not the end of the world but still bad breath can be an issue, so lets deal with it. Here are some ideas and things to try.

Dont dine with the garlic family – highly spiced foods and the garlic and onion family tend to stay and recirculate through the essential oils they leave in your mouth long after you’ve eaten and brushed.

Avoid the deli – spicy deli meats like pastrami, salami and pepperoni also leave oils behind long after you’ve swallowed them, you breathe, they breathe. If you need

Obviously clinical depression should be handled by a doctor or therapist, but mild depression can be helped by a little home made HEALTHY pick me up!

Catnip – its a dried herb that makes cats bizarrely hyperactive, but has the opposite effect on humans, it acts like a mild sedative. Seal 1 tsp in cheesecloth or add to a tea ball, and steep in hot water for 1-2 minutes. Enjoy a cup as often as you like

Omega 3 fatty acids – these help stabilize moods and increase the production of feel good

First – Is it really athlete’s foot?

If it’s on a childs foot below the age of puberty that would be very rare. If it’s on top of the toes, unlikely. If the foot is red, swollen, sore, blistered, and oozing, go to a doctor!

With that in mind, here are 18 ways to get rid of athlete’s foot, even if you’re not an athlete! Let’s start with the most severe symptoms and move down from there.

Athletes foot can come on suddenly, you can have cracked skin, oozing blisters, and an intermittent

An allergy is what happens when your body detects a foreign substance it doesn’t like. Asthma is often triggered by allergies. Allergies come in 3 categories, contact, food or inhalant, inhalant being the most common. The 4 biggest airborne troublemakers are house dust, pollen, pet dander, and mold. We could go into what is in house dust that will cause the allergic reaction but I find it too gross! Lets just call it house dust and try not to think about it.

Some basic things to try:

Air