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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At 7-12 weeks of pregnancy in the cervix is usually has to be expanded, because a large suction tube with a tip is used. To reduce the risk of damaging the cervix, the doctor instead of using mechanical dilators (extenders) may use kelp (dried seaweed stems) or similar items that absorb water. Laminaria are inserted into the cervical canal and left in it, at least for 4-5 hours, usually at night. Because kelp absorb large amounts of water, they expand and stretch the cervical canal.

For pregnancies over 12 weeks, usually used method of dilation (expansion) and evacuation. To remove fetus or a part of it, aspirate and special tools (aborttsang, curette) are used, then gently scrape the uterus to make sure that all tissue removed. Expansion and evacuation instead of drugs are increasingly used in the later stages of pregnancy for its termination, because the chance of dangerous complications is lower.

To cause an abortion, sometimes drugs such as mifepristone (RU 486) and prostaglandins are used, especially after 16 weeks of pregnancy, since the expansion of the cervix and removing the ovum at this stage often leads to dangerous complications – such as damage to the uterus or bowel. Mifepristone may also be used soon after conception. Prostaglandins (drugs that stimulate contractions of the uterus) designate in the form of vaginal suppositories or injections. Side effects include nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, flushing of the face and fainting. For some women, prostaglandins may provoke asthma attacks.

Mifepristone in combination with a prostaglandin is a very effective meansof abortions for less than 7 weeks of pregnancy. This drug blocks the action of progesterone in the uterus, resulting in prostaglandin operates more efficiently. This drug is currently available (by prescription) only in Europe.

To prevent pregnancy after unprotected sexual act is sometimes the oral contraceptives can be used with a high dose of hormones, but they are not always effective. Take the medication should be within 72 hours. Side effects include nausea and vomiting.