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Cracking knuckles cause arthritis. MYTH – Cracking your knuckles does not cause arthritis. Your joints contain a lubricating liquid, known as the synovial fluid. This liquid helps to reduce friction when you move your joints.

What is hypoglycaemia? Hypoglycaemia, which is also called “low blood sugar,” occurs when the level of sugar in a person’s blood is too low. Low blood sugar can happen in people with diabetes who are on certain diabetes medicines, including insulin and some types of pills.

A migraine is a very painful type of headache. It usually begins slowly, worsens over minutes to hours and resolves slowly at the end of the attack. People who get migraines often describe the pain as dull, deep and steady which turns into a throbbing headache as it worsens. The headaches are usually worse on one side of the head.

High Altitude Sickness (HAS) may happen while travelling to areas 2500 - 3000 meters above sea level

Motion sickness is a condition that causes nausea, dizziness and other problems. It happens to people when they are on a boat, in a car, on a carnival ride or in other moving vehicles.

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Worm infestations happen when worms affect the intestines and other parts of the body. Examples of the different worms are roundworms, whipworms, hookworms, tapeworms and flukes.