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Notes for Parents of Children with Food Allergies

Posted on July 12, 2013 | Leave a comment

Does your child have food allergies? If yes, here are some helpful tips to cope with your child’s medical condition. Since most allergic reactions happen when a parent is not around, be sure to keep all adults that have contact with your child well informed.

Start by talking with your child about their food allergy. This is most important to do with pre-schoolers and young elementary school aged children. It is common for this age group to switch snacks or share snacks with their friends or classmates, but it isn’t always safe to do so. The sooner you have this conversation with your child, the better it will be. For small children, be sure to discus your child’s food allergy with them more than once. For older children and teenagers, teach them how they can read food labels themselves.

In additalk to everyone that comes into contact with your child. This includes teachers, school nurses, daycare providers, relatives, and parents of friends. A large number of food reactions happen outside of the home when a parent is not present. If you are sending your child to visit family or a friend, it may be a wise idea to send your own bag of safe, approved snacks. Continue reading →

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101 Health Tips For Your Family

Posted on April 15, 2012 | Leave a comment

101 Health Tips — Read Them All — Implement At Least 50 of Them!

1. Breakfast is the most vital meal. It should not be missed in order to
refuel your body from functional metabolic changes during long hours
of sleep. It is best to include carbohydrates, fats and proteins for an
ideal nutrition such as combinations of fresh fruits, bread toast and
breakfast cereals with milk.

2. Maintain a well balanced diet for a healthy living. A well balanced diet
is eating different kinds of nutritious foods in proportion. It will boost
your energy and will improve your welfare. Either excess or deficiency
of specific vitamins and minerals can harm your health. Continue reading →

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Bronchitis and Pneumonia Symptom and Treatment

Posted on September 25, 2008 | 1 Comment

Bronchitis and pneumonia has some of the same symptoms so therefore, many people believe that treating bronchitis and pneumonia will also share some of the same remedies. This theory is true up to a point, but you have to understand first the type of bronchitis and pneumonia that you might have. Those illnesses caused by a virus will be treated differently than those that are caused by bacteria.

The basic difference between bronchitis and pneumonia is that bronchitis is primarily an inflammation of the air passageways called bronchi that lead from the trachea to the lungs. With pneumonia, there is an actual infection of the lungs with the alveoli (air sacs) filling up with fluid or pus, causing breathing problems.

Understanding the Differences in Bronchitis and Pnemonia

  • Both bronchitis and pnemonia can start out innocuous enough from a cold or even an allergy.
  • With bronchitis, you may develop a dry cough in the beginning but within a day or two you could have a moister cough which may bring up clear, yellowish or green phlegm.
  • With pneumonia, the cough comes up from the lungs and may be green or spotted with blood.
  • In terms of fever, you may get a mild one with bronchitis but pneumonia will usually cause you to have a higher fever of about 101?F or higher.
  • In addition, the best way to determine pneumonia is to have a doctor x-ray your chest area. Bronchitis will present clear lungs while pneumonia will show signs of infection.

In treating bronchitis and pneumonia, it is also important to know whether they were caused by a virus or bacteria.

  • Often, the doctor will test the mucus for signs of bacteria as well as conduct a blood test to verify things. When it comes to a bacterial infection, treating bronchitis and pneumonia will usually be through various forms of antibiotics.
  • The blood and phlegm test will help doctors pinpoint what type of bacteria is present so that the proper antibiotic treatment can be chosen.

Treating Bronchitis and Pnemonia when Caused by a Virus

When a virus is the cause of these respiratory illnesses, there is no drug that can help so the infection has to run its course.

With bronchitis, it may take a week or two to clear up the infection and start feeling more normal. However, with pneumonia, the time frame could be several months because lungs take longer to heal.

  • Treating bronchitis and pneumonia caused by viruses usually boils down to the symptoms. You can treat the symptoms and provide yourself some relief while the illness runs its course.
  • Some remedies that can be used when treating bronchitis and pneumonia include breathing in steam several times a day either through a shower or vaporizer and drinking plenty of fluids like water, juice and soup which work to thin the mucus so that it can be expelled easier.
  • Oxygen treatments may be necessary for viral pneumonia sufferers when breathing becomes labored or difficult.

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Symptoms andTreatment of Bronchitis and Pneumonia

Posted on January 14, 2008 | 4 Comments

Bronchitis and pneumonia has some of the same symptoms so therefore, many people believe that treating bronchitis and pneumonia will also share some of the same remedies. This theory is true up to a point, but you have to understand first the type of bronchitis and pneumonia that you might have. Those illnesses caused by a virus will be treated differently than those that are caused by some type of bacteria.

The basic difference between bronchitis and pneumonia is that bronchitis is primarily an inflammation of the air passageways called bronchi that lead from the trachea to the lungs. With pneumonia, there is an actual infection of the lungs with the alveoli (air sacs) filling up with fluid or pus, causing breathing problems.

Understanding the Differences in Bronchitis and Pneumonia

Both bronchitis and pneumonia can start out innocuous enough from a cold or even an allergy. With bronchitis, you may develop a dry cough in the beginning but within a day or two you could have a moister cough which may bring up clear, yellowish or green phlegm. With pneumonia, the cough comes up from the lungs and may be green or spotted with blood.

In terms of fever, you may get a mild one with bronchitis but pneumonia will usually cause you to have a higher fever of about 101?F or higher. In addition, the best way to determine pneumonia is to have a doctor x-ray your chest area. Bronchitis will present clear lungs while pneumonia will show signs of infection.

In treating bronchitis and pneumonia, it is also important to know whether they were caused by a virus or bacteria. Often , the doctor will test the mucus for signs of bacteria as well as conduct a blood test to verify things. When it comes to a bacterial infection, treating bronchitis and pneumonia will usually be through various forms of antibiotics. The blood and phlegm test will help doctors pinpoint what type of bacteria is present so that the proper antibiotic treatment can be chosen.

Treating Bronchitis and Pneumonia when Caused by a Virus

When a virus is the cause of these respiratory illnesses, there is no drug that can help so the infection has to run its course. With bronchitis, it may take a week or two to clear up the infection and start feeling more normal. However, with pneumonia, the time frame could be several months because lungs take longer to heal.

Treating bronchitis and pneumonia caused by viruses usually boils down to the symptoms. You can treat the symptoms and provide yourself some relief while the illness runs its course. Some remedies that can be used when treating bronchitis and pneumonia include breathing in steam several times a day either through a shower or vaporizer and drinking plenty of fluids like water, juice and soup which work to thin the mucus so that it can be expelled easier. Oxygen treatments may be necessary for viral pneumonia sufferers when breathing becomes labored or difficult.

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Combined Asthma Medication and Potential Side Effects

Posted on January 14, 2008 | Leave a comment

Has your life been affected  by difficulty in breathing since childhood that it hinders you to not enjoy so many activities like normal kids would?  Or have you ever felt like you are in a situation that is very much stressful that it not only triggers your anxiety but also gives you asthma attacks?

Well, if you are one of those people whose lives have been greatly affected by asthma, you should know that having the best treatment and asthma medicine is the key to managing it.  But on the other hand, there also are the side effects that asthma medicine could give to the patients so be careful of what you take and discuss it with your doctor if you are experiencing such.

Probably, the best asthma medicine that an asthma patient could have is the combination medication which contains a reliever and a controller in just one inhaler.  This type of asthma medicine opens up the airways while preventing the feeling of chest tightening and the worsening of the attack.  At the same time, it also acts up and greatly reduces the underlying inflammation that triggers asthma.

As a result, using combination inhalers is the best asthma solution that you could have because it initially lessens the medicine or inhalers that you take to control or manage your disease.  Not only has that, combination medications also reduce the time that you have to take different kinds of medicine to help you cope.  And just recently, there have been a breakthrough when it comes to combination medications because now, you could safely adjust the dosage that you would take to have the right level of medication that you need which only means that you reduce your intake of medication overall.

Potential Side Effects
Though these asthma medicines could greatly relieve us of all the signs and symptoms and help us cope with the disease through management and control, there are side effects that we could have when we take them.  At worse, these side effects could also hinder us to enjoy the usual activities that we participate in because as much as they are strong in bettering our condition,  they could trigger the feeling of drowsiness, dry mouth, dizziness, stomach ache, stuffiness, nausea, weakness, urinary problems, among the side effects. If you have experienced all these after taking your asthma medicine, pleased immediately inform your doctor and discuss it.

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