How To Stop a Cold Before it Starts

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Antony Zimmer

Wash your hands! Colds and flu viruses are transmitted the same way: by airborne droplets. When someone sneezes or coughs, droplets sprayed on everything, including you! If people cough or sneeze, cover of palm, not a handkerchief, they can infect any surface to which they touch. If you accidentally touch the same surface, you will catch the virus. And if you then another and rub their eyes or nose, consider that you have just been infected.

What to do?

  • Wash your hands often with soap and water. If you have no chance to wash their hands with water, wipe them with Alcohol Hand Gel.
  • Cough and sneeze into a handkerchief or a hand. Then wash your hands with soap and water. Use Alcohol Hand Gel if you have no chance to wash their hands.
  • You do not have with a handkerchief? Then when you cough turn away from the others.
  • If you feel that you are about to sneeze, substitute your palm and chihnite it.
  • Do not touch eyes, nose, or mouth.
  • As often as possible wipe the public objects, such as cell phones and keys. Viruses can live on surfaces for several hours.
  • Avoid crowds during flu season and the common cold.
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Natural Ways To Treat Cold: Echinacea and vitamin C

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Antony Zimmer

Some studies show that nasal spray zinc-based help ease and shorten the period of the cold disease. They can block the cold virus and prevent it attached to the sinuses, and then introduced into the body. But other studies show that zinc is not more effective than placebo. Recent studies of echinacea have shown that its use to prevent colds is not effective. However, in one study, 120 people with cold symptoms took 20 drops of echinacea every two hours for ten days, and it helped reduce the duration of colds.

With regard to the effectiveness of vitamin C, a recent review of research conducted within 65 years, discovered that he has a definite advantage. The researchers found no evidence that vitamin C prevents colds. However, they did find that vitamin C may shorten the period of the disease cold. One major study has proved that people who took megadoses of vitamin C – 8d on the first day of the disease – shortened its duration.

The best natural way to prevent colds – it strengthens the immune system. Products of dark greens such as spinach, enriched with vitamins A and C. Salmon – a good source of fatty acids Omega-3 needed to combat inflammation. Low-fat yogurt can also help stimulate the immune system.

Regular exercise – aerobics and walking – and boost the immune system. People who play sports, of course, can catch the virus, but they have symptoms of illness appear in a weaker form, and they recover faster than people who do not strengthen your body.

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Best way to treat a cold

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Antony Zimmer

Drugs against the common cold does not exist. Most importantly – drink plenty of fluids to prevent dehydration. This will protect you from the introduction of a host of other infections. Avoid beverages such as coffee, tea and colas with caffeine. They dehydrate the body. As for food, rely entirely on your appetite. If you have no appetite, still try to force myself to eat simple foods such as white rice or broth.

A good option – chicken soup, to the same main dish will help alleviate nasal congestion. Hot toddy may help you fall asleep, but you should not drink alcohol together with drugs against the common cold.

OTC cold medicines can relieve pain and reduce the temperature. However, doctors no longer believe in the need to shoot down a low temperature, with the exception of small children and the elderly and people with chronic heart or lung disease. Low temperature helps the body fight off infection by suppressing the growth of viruses or bacteria, and activating the immune system.

Children should not take aspirin because of the risk of Reye’s syndrome, a dangerous liver disease.

Remedy against a stuffy nose may help relieve breathing, reducing inflammation of the mucous membranes in the nose. But they can not use more than two or three days. A saline nasal sprays and solutions which may also help alleviate breathing, can be used for a long time.

Expectorants are not too effective. For weakly expressed cough is more appropriate water and fruit juices. Doctors and drug manufacturer argued that OTC cough and cold can not be given to children under four years. Relieve a sore throat can gargling with salt water.

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The most frequently asked questions about colds.

Posted on February 17, 2011 by Antony Zimmer

The common cold is easily spread through viruses. Here are answers to commonquestions about the common cold.

1. What is the difference between colds and flu?

Although both the flu and common cold are respiratory diseases, they are caused by different viruses. Because they have similar symptoms, it is difficult to distinguish them from each other. But generally cold symptoms are manifested much milder than flu symptoms.

Cold symptoms include:
sore throat

snuffle

running nose

cough

low-grade temperature (37 ° -38 ° C)

Influenza, on the other hand, often causes higher fever, chills, muscle aches, and fatigue.

2. Why there is no vaccine for colds?

Colds can be caused by nearly 250 different viruses. It is too difficult for scientists – to develop a vaccine that protects against all viruses that cause colds. In addition, there is no urgent need for a vaccine against the common cold, since this is a minor throat infection, the nose and sinuses. Colds proceeds without serious complications. You experience discomfort for several days and then it all goes away.

3. Could my cold symptoms actually be allergies?

If you have a runny nose, but you do not feel pain and have no temperature, it may well be that you are allergic. In addition, if your symptoms persist for two weeks, your eyes are red and itch, it is obvious that you are allergic. However, it is often difficult to determine because people with allergies and asthma often suffer from colds. Perhaps, their lungs are already inflamed and irritated, so it is harder to fight the cold virus.

4. Can I get sick from cold hypothermia?

This is one of the most persistent myths about colds. The only way to get sick a cold – it’s catching colds virus. Cold air can only affect the poor conditions of the organism, such as asthma, which in any case would have weakened your immune system. This would make your body more susceptible to cold viruses, but only if you enter into contact with him. If you have a cold, after exposure to cold, it’s just a coincidence.

5. Why does my child always has a cold?

Pupils incredibly quickly spread the virus and infect one another by airborne droplets. Plus, kids are very active, constantly in contact with each other. And they generally suffer from lack of care – because they do not like to wash their hands. They do not cover their noses and mouths when sneezing or coughing. But most importantly, their active body does not immediately displays symptoms of the disease, and they continue to spread the virus, while should already be insulated, as carriers of infection.

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About Abortion Procedures

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Antony Zimmer

Attitudes towards abortion in the world is differently – in some countries it is banned, in others it can be done by the women’s request. For about 65% of women in the world  abortion is legally available, about 8% of women live in countries where abortion is strictly prohibited.

Contraception (the use of various contraceptive methods), and sterilization leads to complications on average substantially less than an abortion, especially among young women. Therefore, contraception and sterilization (for women who do not desire to be pregnant in the future) is more preferable for the prevention of unintended pregnancies, while abortion should be conducted only in situations where more secure methods of contraception have failed.

Abortion is performed as a method which includes removal of the contents of the uterus through the vagina (surgical evacuation) and the use of drugs that stimulate contractions of the uterus, as the result the embryo (fertilized egg) is banished. The choice of procedure depends on the duration of pregnancy.

Surgical evacuation via the vagina is used for abortion in approximately 97% of cases and almost always in cases when the duration of pregnancy is less than 12 weeks . This  method is called vacuum-abortion, vacuum aspiration (vacuum excochleation). If it is done in the first 4-6 weeks of pregnancy, the cervix should be expanded only slightly, sometimes for women that is pregnant not the first time and laboring women extension is not required. The most frequently used tools – a small flexible tube with a plastic or metal cannula at the end attached to a vacuum generator (usually a mechanical pump), but sometimes manual, rarely – Vacuum Fillers. The tip is inserted through the cervical canal into the uterine cavity, then gently and carefully remove its contents. Sometimes this procedure does not allow to stop pregnancy, especially on the early stages. Continue reading →

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