If you are getting ready to have carpal tunnel release surgery and live by yourself, you may have some concerns about how you will deal with taking care of yourself during the first couple of weeks when your hand will be bandaged. If so, use one or more of the following four tips for taking care of yourself after the surgery when you live alone.
Wrap Your Bandage Before Bathing…
Many children suffer from disabilities and impairments that affect their hearing ability. While surprising to learn, 2 to 3 out of every 1,000 children are born with some level of hearing loss in one or both ears. Wearing a hearing aid is a necessity for many school-aged children, but younger students will most likely struggle wearing these aids while playing and interacting with classmates. In many instances, preschoolers will lose or remove their aids while away from home.…
When you have been diagnosed with cataracts and gone through all of the treatments for them, up to and including surgery, you may hope and expect that all of your vision problems are behind you. However, in the aftermath of your cataract surgery, whether soon after or many years down the road, you may experience trouble with your vision again. Get to know some of the reasons that you may have vision troubles after cataract surgery and what you can and should do about it.…