Archive for April, 2010

Gout Prevention

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Arthritis

Gout is a joint pain or acute arthritis that is caused by excessive uric acid crystal in the body. These uric acid crystals trigger the immune system to cause a spiral effect. As a result it will cause massive inflammation and pain – and sometimes paralysis.

The spiral of gout depicts how the attack starts and cause huge pain to the individual. In order to stop a severe gout attack, we must break the spiral or cycle as soon as possible.

If you are able to disrupt this spiral or cycle, you are successful in preventing a severe gout. Personally, I have found my “antidote” to gout. It hasn’t fail me yet. When I was researching about gout, I was finding for a medical treatment -a natural one.

After understanding the fact to reduce uric acid levels in the body, I have to take in more anti-oxidants, and this immediately gave me the solution to this disease. The next thing I was looking at were berries such as acai berries, mulberries, blueberries or any berries that have high anti-oxidants in them. Finally, I chanced upon Peel Fresh Power Berries.

How Do You Really Prevent a Gout Attack?

1. You need keep a well balance lifestyle. Exercise regularly and keep fit in order to keep your immune system strong. You need to also eat healthily. Having an inherited gout disease, there are a lot of food that you need to avoid. Particularly, those that are high in purine (source of uric acid).

Examples: Legumes, curry, red meat, cabbage, etc.

2. Since gout is inherited, there’s nothing much you can do. All you need to do is to keep a good eating habit.

3. In case, it gets very severe go to the doctor and get a jab.

4. Whatever you do, please do not prescribe to pills that can remedy the pain because highly likely it has other side effects like causing kidney failure. I choose to go natural like eating berries or berry-related products instead. However, do take in moderation too.

5. The key is to lower down the uric acid levels in your body.

Disclaimer: This is not a medical report. body, i have to take in more anti-oxidants, and this immediately gave me the solution to this disease. The next thing i was looking at were berries such as acai berries, mulberries, blueberries or any berries that have high anti-oxidants in them. Finally, i chanced upon Peel Fresh Power Berries.

How Do You Really Prevent a Gout Attack?

1. You need keep a well balance lifestyle. Exercise regularly and keep fit in order to keep your immune system strong. You need to also eat healthily. Having an inherited gout disease, there are a lot of food that you need to avoid. Particularly, those that are high in purine (source of uric acid).

Examples: Legumes, curry, red meat, cabbage, etc.

2. Since gout is inherited, there’s nothing much you can do. All you need to do is to keep a good eating habit.

3. In case, it gets very severe go to the doctor and get a jab.

4. Whatever you do, please do not prescribe to pills that can remedy the pain because highly likely it has other side effects like causing kidney failure. I choose to go natural like eating berries or berry-related products instead. However, do take in moderation too.

5. The key is to lower down the uric acid levels in your body.

Disclaimer: This is not a medical report.

High Blood Pressure – What is It?

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Hypertension

We all have heard about it, but do many of us really know what HBP really is. Quite simply, blood pressure is the force of blood against the walls of our arteries. The actual pressure is measured in millimeters of mercury and is recorded as two numbers which are systolic pressure-one’s actual heart beats-over diastolic pressure-or when the heart relaxes between beats.

Actually, BP rises and falls over the day, and it becomes a concern if it stays elevated over time, which becomes high blood pressure. This can become very dangerous in that it causes the heart to work too hard and the force of the blood flow against the arteries not only may harm the arteries but also the heart, kidneys, the brain, and even one’s sight.
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Unfortunately, once high blood pressure occurs, it most likely will last a lifetime, and if not controlled can lead to heart and kidney disease, stroke, and possibly blindness. What one needs to follow up on is that normal BP is less than 120/80 mmHg (millimeters of mercury).The more one’s BP rises above this normal measurement, the greater is the health risk.

One can control their BP with the following steps:

1) Watch your weight.
2) Practice to be fairly active physically 4-5 days of the week.
3) Eat healthy and watch your salt intake.
4) If you use alcohol, drink in moderation.

If you are under a doctor’s care for lowering blood pressure make sure you do not stop taking your medication. Living with high blood pressure means adjusting your daily lifestyle choices in order to reduce the probability of heart disease or stroke.

Snacks and Snacking

Friday, April 16th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Nutrition

Size matters

Most popular snacks today are more than a quick bite – they’re a mini-meal with too many kilojoules and too much fat and sugar (like doughnuts, muffins, chocolate bars and biscuits) or fat and salt (potato crisps, pizza, fries or savoury crackers).
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Take doughnuts. At 20 grams of fat and over 2000 kilojoules (500 calories), 2 cinnamon doughnuts pile on one-third of the day’s recommended intake of fat and kilojoules for the average sedentary woman.

And most of that fat is the ‘bad’ saturated fat, the type that clogs arteries and thickens your waistline. A large Danish pastry or a bucket of hot chips does the same.

Snacking’s not bad

Snacking itself is not all bad.

Snacks can be helpful to spread the total intake over a day, particularly for 3 groups:

1. Children, with their small stomach capacity, eat better with snacks and research bears this out – some 80 to 90 per cent of children snack between meals. If your child can’t sit still for long enough to eat a full dinner, small snacks keep them topped up – as long as they’re nutritious. So a tub of yoghurt tops up their calcium, a mandarin tops up their vitamin C and so on.
2. People with diabetes can keep their blood sugar steady if they spread their ‘food load’ into five or six smallish meals. They may start with cereal and fruit, then at 10.30am snack on a slice of toast with cheese, then have a sandwich at 1pm, a nut bar in the afternoon and so on.
3. Dieters can burn more fat and shrink their stomach size by switching to five or six mini-meals with snacks. The theory is that your stomach gets used to feeling full after a modest portion – not a huge one.

Choice magazine on snacks:

When Choice magazine surveyed around 100 lunch snacks for kids in 2005, they found that only one in four could be called “nutritious”. They set four criteria for snacks to be classified as “healthy” which you can use as a guide to judge a muesli bar, muffin or cracker biscuit snack that claims to be “good for you”.

They had to have less than:

• 600 kilojoules (150 calories)
• 5 g saturated fat
• 15 g of sugar
• 200mg of sodium.

Healthy snack guide
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Here are some suggestions for healthy snacks. Print it out and post it on the fridge to remind yourself of your choice without losing out on nutrition.

Fruit

• Fresh fruit (pack grapes, rockmelon cubes or cherries into small plastic containers)
• Canned fruit
• Fruit snack packs such as those packed in clear plastic
• Sultana boxes
• Dried fruit and nut packs (not for kids under three due to the risk of choking)
• Frozen orange quarters or frozen grapes.

Dairy foods

• Yoghurt – fruit, plain or frozen
• Cheese wedge or slice, plain or with vita-weet, water crackers or crispbread
• Cheese on toast
• Banana or berry smoothie.

Nuts

• Handful (30-50g) of mixed nuts, preferably unsalted
• Nut and dried fruit trail mix
• Nut bars (like a muesli bar but look for one made up mainly of nuts, rather than cereal).

Bread

• Fresh bread spread with peanut butter, honey or jam
• Toasted muffin with cheese
• Crumpet
• Raisin loaf
• Crackers spread with peanut butter or cream cheese.

Cereals

• Bowl of cereal with milk and banana (great for hungry teens)
• Mini-wheats eaten dry as a snack
• Cereal bar or cereal-nut bar.

Colors and Emotions

Friday, April 16th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Depression

Spring is a very beautiful season. Days become longer and longer and I do not think about depression. And today I want to tell you how to create positive attitude to life using different colors.

I worry that somebody can say that everything that I write in my blog is nonsense. However, I think that if even one person can get over his/her depression and find the way to happiness, my efforts are not vain. Nevertheless, I should continue. Let’s talk about colors and their influence on our emotions.
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Firstly, all colors can be divided into two categories: warm and cold.

Warm colors such as yellow, orange, green, red and others create a good mood, positive attitude to live. Cold colors, for example, blue, violet and other colors in this range relax people.

Moreover, I would like to add that, according to several sources, huge amount of blue color around you can provoke depression. Yellow shades, in opposite, help people to get over this depression and form positive attitude to life. If you add this color in your clothes, it can help you to be more energetic and sociable. Orange is also one of the colors that can help you forget about fatigue and anxiety. Please, add this color in your interior and in near future you can feel enthusiasm.

Green color is the perfect one in order to create feelings of stability and peacefulness. Moreover, this color can help you to relax.

Violet is a very dangerous color. Bright colors of violet can be very fatiguing.

One of the best colors, from my point of view, is white. Many people perceive this color as a symbol of happiness, wealth and joy. I like this color and can say honestly that when I wear white clothes, my thoughts about depression go away. I recommend people who lose their life meaning to buy something white.

What is Asthma?

Thursday, April 15th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Asthma

Asthma is a clinical condition in which there occurs reversible airway obstruction due to airway hyper-sensitivity and is characterized by cough, difficulty in breathing, chest tightness and presence of a whistle like sound while breathing. Airway hyper-sensitivity is triggered by various factors which lead to acute obstruction of the airway.

What causes Asthma?

The causes of asthma is poorly defined and mainly due to combination of environmental and genetic factors.

Some theories suggest that asthma in early childhood is caused by decreased infections in early life which prevent the formation of proper immunity and lead to development of airway hyper-sensitivity.

Warm, humid, centrally heated homes favor multiplication of house dust mites and this may contribute to childhood asthma. Having a pet at home may also lead to development of asthma.

Deficiency of dietary components like Vitamin A, C, E, milk fat, and selenium may lead to development of asthma. Obesity may also act as a factor in it’s development.

What happens in Asthma?

When an allergen is inhaled two responses occur in airway track. First one occur immediately leading to obstruction of the track. This allergen rapidly interacts with mucosal mast cells by an IgE-dependent mechanism, resulting in the release of mediators such as histamine and the cysteinyl leukotrienes with resulting constriction of the track. This is followed by a late response in which inflammation occurs in the track. This late response occurs about 5-6 hours later to the initial attack.

With the progression of the disease, remodelling of the airway occurs, leading to fibrosis of the airway wall, fixed narrowing of the airway and a reduced response to airway dilator medication.

Symptoms of Asthma?

  • Difficulty in breathing
  • Chest tightness
  • Whistling sound on breathing
  • Cough

These symptoms are worst in the early morning but sometimes in poorly controlled asthma, the symptoms tend to wake the person up from sleep at night making it all worse. Sometimes cough is the only symptom of asthma.

Occupational asthma is now the most common form of occupational respiratory disorder.

What Kind of Hair Loss Do I Have?

Thursday, April 15th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Hair Loss

Hair loss and male pattern baldness can be a rather intimate issue for men of all ages. The fact that there are several different types of baldness complicates the issue when treatments are being considered. This is especially true with over the counter treatments for baldness, including Minoxidil and Finasteride.

The Norwood Classification System:

In 1975, Dr. O’tar Norwood established the Norwood classification system for identifying the different types and phases of balding in men. The Norwood system is the most widely used classification for hair loss in men, and is used by most hair restoration surgeons in determining the proper action to address balding. It defines two major patterns of baldness and several less common types. In the regular Norwood pattern, two areas of hair thinning — a bitemporal recession and thinning crown — gradually enlarge and coalesce until the entire front, top and crown (vertex) of the scalp are bald. There are seven classes of hair loss in the Norwood classification system.

Class I :

The first Norwood class for male hair loss represents an adolescent or juvenile hairline and is not actually considered “balding.” The adolescent hairline generally rests on the upper brow crease.

Class II:

The second class indicates a progression to the adult or mature hairline that sits a finger’s breath (1.5cm) above the upper brow crease, with some temporal recession. This also does not represent balding.

Class III:

Norwood class III is the earliest stage of male hair loss. It is characterized by a deepening temporal recession, commonly referred to as a receding hairline.

Class III:

The third class, also known as the “Vertex” class, represents early hair loss in the crown of the head (vertex).

Class IV :

The fourth class in the Norwood system is characterized by further frontal hair loss and enlargement of vertex. However, there is still a solid band of hair across top separating front and vertex.

Class V:

In the fifth class, the bald areas in the front and crown continue to enlarge and the bridge of hair separating the two areas begins to break down.

Class VI :

Class VI occurs when the connecting bridge of hair disappears, leaving a single large bald area on the front and top of the scalp. The hair on the sides of the scalp remains relatively high.

Class VII:

Patients in the final Norwood class have extensive hair loss with only a wreath of hair remaining in the back and sides of the scalp.

Norwood Class A:

Separate from the 7 classes mentioned above, the Norwood Class A patterns are characterized by a front to back progression of hair loss. Norwood Class A’s lack the connecting bridge across the top of the scalp and generally have more limited hair loss in the crown, even in advanced stages.

Norwood Class A patterns are far less common in most men than the regular pattern (less than 10% of adult men). These patterns are still deemed significant because of the fact that, since the hair loss is most dramatic in the front, the patients look very bald even when the hair loss is minimal.

Because the frontal bald area is not generally responsive to medication, men with Class A hair loss often seek surgical hair restoration early. Additionally, the dense donor area contrasts and accentuates the baldness on top. Fortunately, Class A patients are excellent candidates for hair transplantation.

Male Pattern Baldness:

Diffuse Patterned and Unpatterned Alopecia -

Two other types of genetic hair loss in men not often considered by doctors, “Diffuse Patterned Alopecia” and “Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia”, pose a significant challenge both in diagnosis and in patient management. Understanding these conditions is crucial to the evaluation of balding in both men and women, particularly those that are young when the diagnoses may be easily missed, as they may indicate that a patient is not a candidate for surgery.

Diffuse Patterned Alopecia (DPA) is an androgenetic alopecia — commonly known as male pattern baldness — manifested as diffuse thinning in the front, top and crown, with a stable permanent zone. In DPA, the entire top of the scalp gradually miniaturizes (thins) without passing through the typical Norwood stages. Diffuse Unpatterned Alopecia (DUPA) is also androgenetic, but lacks a stable permanent zone and affects men much less often than DPA. DUPA tends to advance faster than DPA and end up in a horseshoe pattern resembling the Norwood class VII. However, unlike the Norwood VII, the DUPA horseshoe can look almost transparent due to the low density of the back and sides. Differentiating between DPA and DUPA is very important because DPA patients often make good transplant candidates, whereas DUPA patients almost never do, as they eventually have extensive balding without a stable zone for harvesting.

Treating Cervical Cancer

Wednesday, April 14th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Cancer

First whitish, then cervical cancer 2 years later. That’s Suheni’s experience. That Woman, 40-year-old as teacher was unsteady. ‘I’m confused and desperate. How can I attacked by cancer, ’said Suheni.

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Cervical cancer stage II B. That’s verdict of physician from Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta. Diagnosis of doctors in mid-August 2006 was like a big hammer hitting Suheni’s head. That Cancer cells came with whites and pain cues on the lower abdomen as the symptoms. Two years since 2004, she suffered albus fluor or whites. To tame the malignant cells that attacked the uterus, Suheni had to undergo chemotherapy 6 times and radiation 25 times. Beside for killing cancer cells, therapeutic effects caused Suheni tired, lethargic, decreased appetite, and often sleepy. No wonder, if she was not eager to teach in school.

After getting therapy, the cancer cells were dormant for a while. However, 10 months ago the cancer cells returned more vicious. Suheni had to undergo more therapy. Although 6 times having chemotherapy, cancerous cells still entrenched in the cervix. Where, she must pay 7 million per chemotherapy.
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Patients are usually unaware that cancer attacking the cervix. Because cancer cells need long time to develop, 10-20 years old. The whites that Suffered had reddish brown color and smell. Cervical cancer patients, usually have vaginal bleeding. Patients also feel pain in lower abdomen or pelvic cramps, and pain during pissing, with watery white liquid.

According to Globocan research, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), in Indonesian in 2002 found 41 cases and 20 deaths per day because of cervical cancer. That Malignant cancer is caused by infection of human papillomavirus (HPV) through sexual contact. Also the smoking habit in women is also a trigger of cervical cancer. With chemotherapy, cervical cancer appears again like that occurred in Suheni. Therefore she followed her relative’s advice to consume rodent tuber extract.

In November 2008, Suheni had been consuming rodent tuber and pearls grass extracts each 2 capsules 3 times daily. ‘My body feels fit,’ she said. Suheni’s Persistence was not in vain because 4 months after consuming rodent tuber and pearls grass regularly, she recovered. Final laboratory examination on February 2009 showed that cancer cells lost its grip in her cervix. Now she still taking the herbs 1 capsule a day. ‘To keep cervical cancer not recur again,’ she said.

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Anticancer

Suheni recovery from cancer is not a coincidence. Rodent tuber is known as anticancer. Rubiyantoro, herbalist from Kampoeng Herbal, Bekasi, West Java, said that rodent tuber help fight cancer. The Plant also helps patients avoiding cancer after surgery. Other function is eliminating the adverse effects of chemotherapy like hair loss. Those who undergo chemotherapy and regularly consume rodent tuber proved their appetite back, uneasy hair falling, and decreasing pain in the body.

According to Wahyu Suprapto, a lecturer in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Airlangga, anticancer properties of rodent tuber is because of its ability to block the development of cancer cells and tumors. That’s in line with research-Sheen Choon Lai, a researcher from the Center for Drug Research, University Sains Malaysia. The result proved rodent tuber Typhonium flagelliforme could inhibit cancer cell growth and induce apoptosis.

According to Choon IC50-concentration values of rodent tuber that causes death 50% of the population tested cell-hexane and dichloromethane (DCM) are respectively 53.89 µg / ml and 15.43 µg / ml. That means only with a dose of 53.89 mg / ml and 15.43 mg / ml of hexane and DCM 50% of rodent tuber could inhibit cancer cell growth.

In addition, Peni Indrayudha’s research, from the Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Muhammadiyah Surakarta, Central Java, proved the efficacy of rodent tuber inhibited the progression of cancer cells because rodent tuber contains Ribosome Inactivating Proteins (rips). Rips is a toxic protein that can inhibit protein synthesis. That’s because the rips can cut RNA and supercoiled double-stranded DNA to nick-loop quasi-circular and linear. When protein synthesis inhibited, cancer cells growth also inhibited. Peni incubate the plasmid DNA with 3 μl leaf extract Typhonium flagelliforme. The concentration of protein contained in the extract, varied 10 mg / ml, 20 mg / ml, 30 mg / ml, 40 mg / ml, and 50 mg / ml. The result in protein concentration 10 mg / ml plasmid DNA truncated became nick circular. Meanwhile, at a concentration of 20-50 mg / ml DNA was cut into a linear form. With anticancer properties of rodent tuber that can conquer cancer, Suheni suffered.

What Problems can Varicose Veins Cause?

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Medicine

For the great majority of people varicose veins cause no symptoms and never cause harm. Dislike of their appearance is a common complaint, particularly for women. Cosmetic concern may increase the emphasis that patients place on other symptoms. A questionnaire study found that many people are worried about the possible harm their varicose veins might cause. But these fears are usually inappropriate, particularly in relation to bleeding, ulcers, and deep vein thrombosis.

Varicose veins can cause a variety of symptoms of discomfort in the legs, but it is important to differentiate these from the many other reasons for leg pains. A study found that the symptoms significantly associated with varicose vein were itching, heaviness, and aching. But the relation of these with varicose veins was inconsistent, particularly in men. Traditional pointers to symptoms being caused by varicose veins include worsening of symptoms after prolonged standing or walking and towards the end of the day, relieving symptoms by elevating the legs or wearing support hosiery, and tenderness over the veins. Leg swelling is an uncommon symptom of varicose veins — other causes are much commoner.

Unilateral swelling of a leg with big varicose veins is the most typical presentation. Superficial thrombophlebitis can complicate varicose veins. The risk of deep vein thrombosis is remote, but in a case series it occurred very occasionally if phlebitis extended above the knee. Veins may sometimes remain permanently occluded. Treatment of the varicose veins may be appropriate if phlebitis is recurrent or severe, or if the veins also cause other symptoms. Note that thrombophlebitis is not caused by infection, and treatment with antibiotics is unnecessary: drug treatment should be limited to anti-inflammatory analgesics. These are the complications of varicose veins that mandate consideration of treatment. They are all associated with high venous pressure in the upright position, as a result of incompetent venous valves. Bleeding is uncommon and usually occurs from a prominent vein on the leg or foot with thin, dark, unhealthy skin overlying it.

Skin changes range from eczema, through brown discoloration, to florid lipodermatosclerosis with induration of the subcutaneous tissues. Sometimes this can become painfully inflamed, which is often misdiagnosed as phlebitis or infection. If neglected, lipodermatosclerosis can lead to ulceration, which can be chronic and troublesome. Over the years, medical professionals and the general public have been showing greater interest in the development of plant medicines. VenousBalm-Rx and VenousDrops are new topical and oral remedies to treat varicose and spider veins. They are characterized by very strong and real pharmacological activities which unequivocally qualify them as ethical drugs. These treatments are concentrated with a wide spectrum of medicinal plant extracts exhibiting curative effects against varicose veins, as published by the International Journal of Clinical Pharmacology. For those seeking an end to varicose veins and related conditions, these products deliver the goods. Recent clinical trials demonstrate VenousDrops extracts produce significantly better results to reverse the condition verse prescription medication and the most popular herbal remedies. VenousBalm-Rx and VenousDrops are established to not only reverse conditions stemming from venous insufficiency, but also improve the overall tone of the veins. Treating venous insufficiency can be accomplished via topical application of VenousBalm-Rx and VenousDrops. These extracts from pure natural sources tend to enhance circulatory functionality utilizing the body’s bioforce. Synthetic drugs do not have the ability to impact the bioforce of the body which makes our treatment so important in today’s pharmacopeias.

The use of medicinal plants is taking an increasingly greater role in the treatment of venous insufficiency. Results achieved with these products are more than convincing especially in view of the poor efficacy of allopathic treatments using surgery or classic synthetic medications.

Important Information About Mesothelioma

Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Cancer

Mesothelioma is a type of cancer caused by exposure to asbestos on a regularly, particularly in the workplace between the 1930’s and 1970’s as well as now again, after 9-11. Mesothelioma can take several decades to form, generally several decades. Consequently, people that worked with asbestos, unknowingly, conceivably 30-40 years ago are only currently being diagnosed with this fatal disease. Mesothelioma cancers can have an effect on a number of critical organs: the most common form being Pleural Mesothelioma; which affects the lungs.

What most people don’t know are, the latest treatments, support groups available and their legal rights.

Currently there are various forms of treatments available for mesothelioma patients, some of these treatments are opted as a more successful method, or one that targets the abnormal cells, individually or reduces pain for the patent better than other treatments will. A few of the most well-known and common treatments are surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy.

Support groups are developed to allow others in the same situation or those who have come through the same situation to assist families who are currently facing the same challenges. It presents not only a way for the family to learn more about mesothelioma but also allows them to share their experiences and emotions

It is that critical to find a lawyer, for representation, as soon as possible after the initial diagnosis of mesothelioma, due to state by state statutes of limitations (time limits) that you have to file your claim. Missing the statue of limitation could cause you to be considered to be ineligible for action

There are also many questions you should know such as Do I have the right to file a claim if I think that my health has been affected by asbestos? Who will you file my claim against? Finding an experienced mesothelioma / asbestos related attorney is extremely important.

Simple Home Asthma Remedies

Saturday, April 10th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Asthma

Asthma is a respiratory ailment where the sufferer has a predisposition to inflammation of the lungs in which the airways are narrowed causing difficulty in breathing. Affecting three hundred million people worldwide and causing over 4000 deaths a year in the US asthma is a very common condition that can also be deadly if not treated. This condition varies in severity where some people only have mild asthma whose symptoms can be relieved by various medications. Untreated asthma could lead to bronchitis or emphysema which causes irreversible obstruction of the airways.

Anyone thought to be suffering from asthma should seek medical advice to get professional advice and the right medication for their specific case. The following are simple remedies to relieve asthma attacks and should only be utilized after consultation with a doctor. One of the most effective ways to reduce asthma attacks is to avoid contact with allergens that cause asthma attacks. Many people are allergic to pollen and dander and as a result are more likely to get attacks during the seasons when there is more pollen in the air. Dust is also another trigger to asthma and this can be simply avoided through regular cleaning and allowing good air circulation within the home or workplace.

One simple remedy to reduce the severity of an asthma attack is using water salt and baking soda. One cup of warm water a pinch of baking soda and half a teaspoon of salt are mixed together. With your head over a sink running the solution through your nose will open your airways and flush out your nose allowing for easier breathing.

Another asthma remedy is inhaling eucalyptus oil. Eucalyptus oil can be placed on a hand towel and put near the head of the patient to inhale as they sleep. Eucalyptus does not only relieve asthma but colds and other respiratory ailments.
Hot water is yet another asthma remedy that can be utilized on the onset of an attack. Drinking hot water as you feel an attack coming on will open up the airways and reduce the progression of an attack. It is important to make sure the water is very hot but not hot enough to scald.

There are numerous home remedies to relive asthma attacks as well as other respiratory conditions; these home remedies however should be taken after consultation with a doctor. For other remedies check out the links.

Understanding Aspergers Syndrome

Saturday, April 10th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Autism

Until the recent TV show “Boston Legal”, most folks had never heard the term Asperger’s Syndrome. On that program one amongst the main characters, an attorney, is diagnosed with it. That person was a character in that famous TV show, he was an adult and as said earlier he was an advocate. Usually, Asperger’s Syndrome is found in the kids and most of the doctors will not diagnose it properly.

Asperger’s Syndrome falls into a class that the medical system calls autistic spectrum disorders, and/or the class referred to as pervasive developmental disorders which each mean primarily the same thing. The affected folks can have severe downside when communicating with others and also while social interaction. The symptom of Asperger’s Syndrome is very much similar to those for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). They include such things as fast speak, monotone speech, odd walk or gait, obsessive focus on one subject such as dates or statistics, moving awkwardly, and appearing to not notice or care regarding other folk’s feelings. This list isn’t all inclusive.

Physicians are quick to point out that each youngster’s have their own individual eccentricities and just because a child is displaying a number of the above symptoms will not necessarily mean they have ADHD or Asperger’s Syndrome. It’s when these behaviors interfere with social development like making friends, or interfere with learning that steps should be taken. These steps begin by first talking together with your pediatrician. He or she will be able to determine if a comprehensive analysis is needed.

Medicine has not yet determined the cause of Asperger’s Syndrome. They understand that it’s linked to abnormalities in several areas of the brain, and they know that genetics are a factor. The precise explanation for the condition continues to be somewhat of a mystery. It’s necessary to perceive the cause of any condition because that helps in finding a treatment. These days we do not know what causes Asperger’s Syndrome, and nowadays there is no absolute cure for it.

Even nowadays, the sad reality is that no medication or surgical procedure can cure Asperger’s Syndrome, there are steps that can be taken to assist those diagnosed to be in a position to manage the symptoms. There are few medicines which will reduce the effects of specific symptom. This can be simply a management procedure however not a complete cure. If the drug is stopped, the symptom will return.

It is very similar to medication for high blood pressure. If the person stops taking the medicine, the blood pressure can definitely increase. In addition to medicine to minimize the consequences of the symptoms, behavior management training, communication coaching and exercises, and stress coping awareness will help the person with Asperger’s Syndrome learn to live a better, more productive life.

Acne and Its Causes

Wednesday, April 7th, 2010 No Commented
Under: Acne

Everyone has had a pimple now and then. Remember how it felt to have a huge zit right smack in the middle of your face? Most get by with a few pimples here and there, but there are those who have to battle the war with the dreaded “A” word – acne.
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Acne is a condition that plagues not just teenagers during puberty; it affects adults as well as every now and then small children. It is one skin problem whose specific causes are not known. There is not one primary cause or reason for acne. However, there are a few causes that see to be indirectly linked to acne. Some of those causes are:

Hormones:
Hormonal changes seem to cause a flare up of acne. That is why most of the people affected by acne are undergoing puberty. Hormonal changes during a menstrual cycle or during pregnancy can cause women to have acne flare ups as well.

Bacteria:
The main cause of the formation of pimples is due to acne causing bacteria. Plugged follicles can serve as a breeding ground for acne, causing it to spread.

Stress:
Stress can cause the body to undergo hormonal changes which can cause acne to flare up.

Food:
Although there is no exact evidence, it is believed that certain types of food will cause acne. Chocolate, greasy foods and caffeine are among those thought to cause acne.

Poor Hygiene:
Failure to keep the skin clean from dirt and oil can lead to clogged pores. The clogged pores or follicles can then result in the acne causing bacteria which can spread underneath the skin.

Overly Cleansing:
Believe it or not, another cause of acne flare ups could be because of over cleansing your skin. Over exfoliation can cause your skin to react in breaking out. There is a delicate balance between cleansing and over cleansing. Some skin care products could cause flare ups as well.

If you are suffering from acne, find a dermatologist to help you find out the cause and what would be the recommended treatment for you.

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