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Worth knowing about sore throat and circulatory problems

Questions to family doctor Dr. med. Petra Bracht

The general practitioner and Naturopath has a private practice in Bad Homburg. Here she will advise you.

HALSWEH: SOILY DISINFECTING THE VICTIMS WITH OIL TREATS AND SAGE

I suffer from sore throat almost all winter time. What can I do against it? Ingrid D. (51), Meschede

    Reply from Dr. Bracht: Mostly, sore throat are just harmless harbingers of a cold. There is a good way to expel bacteria that can be responsible for the sore throat. The method is called "oil pulling": Rinse your mouth with sunflower oil every morning for five minutes. Slowly stir a tablespoon of the cold pressed oil in the mouth and squeeze between the teeth. Then spit it out and brush your teeth thoroughly. This reduces the difficulty swallowing and soothes hoarseness and sore throat .

    Another additional side effect of oil pulling is that hardly any tartar forms on your teeth and gum inflammation (periodontitis) improves. You can also gargle with sage tea daily: Add two teaspoons of the dried herbs (pharmacy) with a beaker of water, cool and gargle with two sips for twenty seconds. Good are mouthwashes with salt water. If a sore throat becomes chronic and does not disappear, you should always go to the doctor and have a look. Then, for example, a chronic gastritis or even a chronic inflammation of the esophagus behind it. Such inflammations weaken your entire immune system. That makes you more susceptible to diseases.

    CIRCULATION: IS REALLY INSPIRING?

      I often feel dizzy in the morning. My doctor says I have low blood pressure. My girlfriend advises me to drink champagne. Is that a solution? Caro B. (45), Hennef

        Reply from Dr. Bracht : Although sparkling wine initially, but usually follows after half an hour, a new sense of weakness. Alcohol expands the blood vessels, making blood pressure even lower. Much more sensible is to carry out every morning consistently dry brush massages on the entire body and make showers.

        YOUR RIGHT AS A PATIENT

        What does the cashier pay? When am I entitled to compensation? Good, if you know his right

        SELF-COST SHARE OF DENTISTRY

          I recently got a crown. Now my dentist demands 80 percent of the total cost from me. Do I have to pay this? Beate T., Willich

            No, you do not have to, because your dentist is wrong. The Social Court of Munich has decided that dental expenses will continue to be charged via the health insurance. Directly to your dentist, patients only have to pay 40 percent of the cost. (Az .: S 33 Ka 646/89)

            LIGHT THERAPY: COST IS DEBTIBLE

              I suffer from a winter depression that is treated with light therapy. Now I wanted to deduct the cost of the lamp from the tax. But the tax office says that is not possible. What do you think? Geri M., Mülheim / Ruhr

                That's not right. In any case, you can claim such costs for tax purposes. This also applies to therapy devices that the cashier does not pay. State extraordinary tax burdens. (Az .: 2 K 186/87)

                STEERING AFTER BRAKE OP

                  After an operation of the intervertebral disc, my girlfriend is paraplegic. The hospital rejects all guilt. What can she do? Marianne S., Cologne

                    A paraplegic caused by the intervertebral disc surgery must compensate the hospital operator with 75, 000 euros, decided a court in Hamm. For example, the clinic also bears the cost of an elevator. (Az .: 3 U 199/87)

                    CLINIC IS LIABLE FOR VALUABLES

                      With dizziness my mother came to the clinic and became unconscious. Her purse with money and everything was stolen. Does she have the prospect of damages? Sybille A., Stadelhofen

                        Yes, hospitals are liable for damages when valuables of unconscious patients disappear. This was decided by the Hanover Regional Court in a comparable case. (Az .: 20 O 2/98 199/87)

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