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Toilet Seat Was Source Of Herpes Infection

Posting Date: 06/07/2004

New research suggests that pushing children to drink more fluids than usual when they have fevers could also be dangerous. It may upset their balance of minerals.

Q. I?d like to add to your library of success stories with Vicks VapoRub. My husband had a toenail he called "his eagle claw."

I told him what I had read about Vicks VapoRub. He used it religiously, once a day, for about three months. He was then able to clip this "eagle claw" toenail away.

That very hard nail softened with the use of Vicks and grew out normal. On his behalf, thank you!

A. Fungus-infected nails can be thick, yellow and hard to cut. Others have had success applying Vicks around the nails twice daily. The herbal extracts in Vicks VapoRub may discourage the growth of nail fungus.

For those who don?t get relief from Vicks, there are other techniques, including dissolving away the infected nail. This is done under medical supervision with prescription-strength 40 percent urea paste (Carmol 40, Gordon?s or Vanamide).

We discuss these approaches in our Guides to Nail Care and Unique Uses for Vicks so that people can learn more about such treatments. Anyone who would like copies, please send $3 in check or money order with a long (no. 10) stamped (60 cents), self-addressed envelope: Graedons' People's Pharmacy, No. HV-376, P. O. Box 52027, Durham, NC 27717-2027.

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In their column, Joe and Teresa Graedon answer letters from readers. Write to them in care of this newspaper or e-mail them via their Web site: www.peoplespharmacy.org. Their newest book is The People's Pharmacy Guide to Home and Herbal Remedies (St. Martin's Press).