Saturday, January 23, 2010

Writing Sample-4 Yeast infection in a nut shell

Yeast is a fungus and is the root cause of several infections in human body. They are found in human skin and other body parts exposed to moisture. Hence, mouth and vagina are the common victims of yeast infection. Studies have found that, 20%-50% global female population suffers from vaginal infection due to yeast at least once in their life time. Most common type of yeast responsible for infections is Candida. In this brief article we will discuss about symptoms, treatment and prevention of infection.
Common symptoms
Redness and itching at affected area are common signs of yeast infection. Yeast can create infection in both male and female genitals. Once infected, the victim might experience irritation in the genital. In case of women, these symptoms are more complicated. They can experience soreness and burning in the genital part. Whitish-gray discharge from female genital is also commonly marked.
Treatment
You can get rid of pain and other adverse effects caused by yeast infection if you go through proper medication. Doctors recommend antibiotics to treat it. There are several anti-fungal antibiotics are available in market which can effectively check Candida infection. Some popular antibiotics in this regard are topical clotrimazole, nystatin, fluconazole, and ketoconazole. These antibiotics can check Candida infection up to 90% success rate. However, continuous use of these antibiotics can develop resistance to them in your body.
Prevention
Yeast infection is highly painful and irritating. Some basic tips can help you in preventing these infections up to a greater extent. After using toilet, you need to clean it properly. Sharing towels and clothes with others might cause such infection. Hence, avoid the habit of sharing them. You need to clean under garments regularly to check the growth of yeast on them. Green vegetables have live acidophilus bacteria which check the growth of yeast. Along with, you need to avoid processed food products and alcohol to prevent growth of yeast in your body parts.

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Content coordinator is human too

Let’s start it from a story. There was a king who wanted to create history by constructing a “Milk Pond”. Means, he wanted a pond where milk is available instead of water. Royal order was passed to all the people of the state to bring a glass of milk in the evening before the date of opening of the pond and to pour it there. Everyone thought other guys are bringing milk and my one glass of water does not make any difference. And, the result----there was no milk pond…

I realized the morale of the story when I was entrusted with handling a team of freelancers in the last company. There were times when we had to deliver the client in next one hour and all communication with the assigned writer happened to cease. Mobiles switched off and not available online. That situation prompted me to write a blog that will make life of both freelancers and freelance writing coordinators somehow easier. We as writers know it is our bread and butter. So can not we streamline the whole process for a better end?

Say A Flat No

As with every human being, freelance writers have personal life too. One of the writers with whom I was dealing told me one day---“I like flexible time schedule, that’s why I am freelancing and not in a regular job”. No doubt…she was right… but is not it our moral and professional responsibility that our flexibility does not hamper any organization’s growth? Only you know your personal conditions better. Hence, please say a flat NO if you feel that you can not complete the assignment within time. The work can be assigned to others.

Double checking costs few minutes

For writers, there write up is like own kid. If I am not sounding so traditional, it is really hard to find mistakes in own write up. But this creates whole lot of mess for the coordinator. To avoid it, please spare some minutes for revising the write up before sending it to the coordinator.

Divide your time and task

If available, take work from different niches. Believe me; it helps a lot in faster writing and adding variety to your write up. I have heard many people complaining writing on the same keywords again and again makes the whole process less interesting and invites unwarranted copyscape issues. If this is the case, you can devote 20 minutes daily to search and read different write ups on the same topic. After 10 days you will find, you have enough fresh ideas for at least next three months.

Read assignment mails properly

Before starting the work, writers should read the mail properly and immediately contact the coordinator. This helps a lot to avoid any sort of rewriting and reduces the chances of a fumbling client.

These are my personal observations…. Pardon me if you do not agree
Wishing you all the creativity and Skills
Parambrahma Tripathy

First published in http://blog.orangy.in/2009/11/content-coordinator-is-human-too.html