WHEN A TONSIL IS INFLAMED

A day of uncomfortable feeling. An inflamed tonsil is in the making in the  glands of the throat. It causes pain in the act of swallowing. There will be hardship in putting the food down to the digestive system as if there is an obstruction along the way in the esophagus. There will be headache and soreness of the throat that will last longer even for many days. There will be tenderness in the jaw and throat causing changes in the voice to become muffled or throaty.

This soreness will be felt deeply in the morning. This inflammation was caused by viral infection not easy to treat as it will not respond to any antibiotic application.

The soreness is visible in the surface near the tongue in red and a swollen tissue. There will be grayish white or yellow patches on the tonsil. If it worsen, there will be fever and chills making the lymph nodes to swell. The soreness of the tissues due to bacterial or viral infection will result to bad breath. Common cold viruses lead to this inflammation that started to a sore throat.

It was transmitted through social contact from one person to another as droplets containing germs either bacterial or viral to the air out from sneezing. Streptococcus pyogenes (viral) an organism that cause sore throat, the beginning of an inflammation.

Other symptoms are nausea and vomiting, runny nose, redness of the eyes, pain in the ear near the tonsil area. There will be abdominal pain.

Most of this viruses (bacterial and viral) enter through the nose an mouth and confined in the tonsil area. When the white blood cells started attacking the bacteria or viruses, the body responded then an inflammation  and the onset of fever occurred. The infection will spread further to the surrounding areas like the pharynx located at the back of the throat.

Mostly affected are preschooler to mid-teen years. Frequent exposure to germs may cause tonsillitis. The complication will result to hardship in breathing, infection that may cause pus production and disrupted breathing while sleeping.

If it become severe, it causes drooling, difficulty in breathing or painful to swallow foods. Going to the hospital is necessary. The swelling will blockage the breathing pathways and feeding tubes. This should be given immediate attention.

Reducing the discomfort may help by taking anti-inflammatory medicines but it will not immediately treat the inflammation. Any fever can be remedied by taking paracetamol. Water gargle mix with salt can help ease the pain of the sore throat and control further inflammation to the tissues. An inflamed throat block the airways causing hardship in breathing.

One way of preventing the germs to enter the body is by washing the hands frequently. Avoid prolong contact to a person who has sore throat.

CORRECTIVE LENSES: AN AID TO A TROUBLED EYES

Our eyes are one of the most important part of the human body. It guide us to the the path we lead. Without it, there will be darkness and gloomy days. The eyes made  us what we become. Having a complete eyes is a fortune more than the money can buy.  You can live with less money in your pocket but you cannot enjoy life without a complete set of eyes to shine your day. It is incredible to imagine knowing you will lose your eyes because of an unavoidable circumstances, the reasons of losing it. There were others who lost their eyes due to less concern of its protection from the hazard of outside environment that caused it.

There come a time in our lives that we have to use an eyeglasses, sunglasses or contact lenses for the purpose of protecting or correcting the already defective eyes we had. Eyeglasses can restore the vision and see more clearly our own surrounding and the beauty around us.

The clearness of our vision depend on what kind of eyeglasses we have to wear. An optometrist has specialty to determine what’s lacking to restore our eyesight. It is a procedure that the eyes of the patient be check first before giving the proper protection. The degree of the lenses must conform to the degree of the defect of the eyes, otherwise, it may result to complication and a possibility to injure the eyes severely if not attended correctly.  Our eyes is a very sensitive organ. Any mishandling in giving the correct eyeglasses affects the clearness of the vision and the patient still has poor eyesight.

Red eye is a common symptom of a troubled eyes. It is the result when the blood vessels on the surface of the sclera was dilated. It may also due to enlargement when the white of the eyes turned into redness. Although it is not a serious condition but it become painful and uncomfortable. There are also cases that a bloodshot eyes is due to allergic reaction and only temporary.

Once the redness prolonged for a longer period of time even with the simple treatment to remove the redness then something goes wrong inside that need immediate medical attention to determine the cause and proper treatment will be  given.

Due to the pressure of coughing or straining, it also cause the eyes to become red. Eye solution is the best simple treatment to relieve or soothe redness due to exposure to dust and other foreign particles.

Redness is also present in any injurious circumstances. The injury penetrated to the inner portion of the eye. An ordinary cold episode or fever makes the eyes red. What are  some of this causes? Bacterial and viral infections are the culprit. There are inflammation, tolerable pain and discharges if infected. The bacterial infection in the eyelid lead to irritation, itching and redness. The thin membrane covering the sclera and the eyelid were affected.

Considering such infection is contagious, control measures should be done to prevent the spread. Viral infections make the eyes to become red as it cause ulcers in the cornea.

A simple measure of wearing sunglasses during the day free us from exposure to sun’s rays. It helps to prevent damage in the delicate lining of the eye.  Any irritation can be remedied by applying eye solution to control redness.

How can you further protect your eyes in other instances?

The light overhead should be enough for your reading or writing during the night. Don’t put the light in front of you so that the light will not hit directly to your eyes. There should be some kind of shade to protect it directly.

Don’t work at night with a dim light. The eyes are prone to itch and pain of not having enough light to shine the object you are working.

Use sunglasses or any shade glasses if you are working or playing outdoor. This vital organ is very sensitive to too much light.

Avoid using a flickering lights in your house decoration. Your eyes may not tolerate the on-and-off sequence of lighting.

Use an eyeglass that gives you comfort instead of giving you headache because of blurred vision. Correct grading may help to restore your vision and see things clearly.

TO LIVE LONGER

No one like to aged faster but many of us are willing to stay young longer. If you want to be healthy at all times, then you should have a good set of teeth and firm gum lines. You should have a stronger and elastic blood vessels. You should have a good digestion and bright complexion. This is perfect.. if you are one.

Live a vigorous life. Enjoy it to the fullest. Don’t worry about everything, someone will take care of them.

But a man does aged. Some portion of our body are started wearing out. You feel your bones are aching and cracking. Wrinkles started to be visible in your face. Why you felt tired easily as if losing your energy? Why you have frequent bout of cold? Because your immune system cannot defend you fully from the onslaught of infection started creeping to your throat and reside in their place in the lungs.

No matter what kind of medicine you will take at the moment, the body will not recognize your effort. You are growing old faster than you thought. Only your mind feel younger all the times. It doesn’t aged because you don’t want to recognize that you are started  bleeding to death.

Even science and its modern medicine cannot help you completely. We have role in life to carry on to live and die. It may not be now but maybe later. You cannot hold the clock from ticking. You cannot hold your time to leave. All of us pass that road.

For those that are still approaching the prime in their life, start changing your lifestyle. It is your only chance to live longer temporarily. You can still enjoy seeing your favorite TV program. But don’t be in front of your TV with junk foods in your hand. It may increase your blood pressure that will end your life early.

What you will do is simple. Maintain the body healthy. Keep your life active. Supplement the body with foods tich in vitamins and minerals. You can have them around you. It is just a matter of changing your attitude and efforts.

If you want to live longer then act now. It is not yet too late to extend your life more years. Ride on with the wind of change. Don’t isolate yourself from others. Join them together for better health, better future and better life

DOES PILL SPLITTING NECESSARY?

A question that came into the mind of many of us is why some of us need to split the use of our medicines not in accordance with manufacturer’s correct dosage. But the trend is going that way.

People living in a remote places and thus very poor whose income is not enough to their daily needs are more prone to splitting of pills for their medical condition.

The only reason of such act is the desire to save extra money from the cost of medicines. The price of branded medicines is quite high. The total cost of medicines can make a man out of his budget and can no longer manage to support the mounting expenses during the period of recuperation. This is the time a man decided to do pill splitting of his hope to reduce his expenses on medicines.

Pill splitting is not a joke. There are medicines that cannot be split. The effectiveness of the treatment relies on the correct dosage. Once this tablet is split especially those medical condition that needed a higher dose to become effective, the intention no longer warranted.

Splitting a pill need a responsible decision of the patient. It should be given a serious thought. The patient will do the splitting only upon the recommendation of his physician. The decision to split should emanate from the doctor especially on other treatment regarding special cases related to infection.

Splitting of pills is allowed only if the value  of splitting does not affect the effectiveness of the treatment. This splitting method is only applicable to those medicines in tablet form.

In consideration of the higher cost of medicine today, the doctor understand patient intention. If the splitting of tablet is safe and can be justified, then making the effort to save money from the treatment is the best options.

If allowed, for easy convenience of splitting the tablet, a splitting device is available in some of the drugstore in your area. Make it a point to know this following information:

-Never split pills in capsule form. It is not a wise idea.

-Split only those tablets with different dosages. Higher dosages of 120 mg be split to 60 mg (as required) if 60 mg is not available. The cost of two 60 mg is much higher compared to one 120 mg. There will be a saving there.

-Don’t split the dosage in tablet form especially in the treatment of infection. The higher the dosage, there effectiveness can be attained. The lower the dosage (split) not recommended by the doctor can only worsen the infection by letting the bacteria and virus to be more resistant to under-treatment.

-Any tablets with enteric coatings should not be split. This coatings slowdown the breakdown of the medication in the body.

-The tablets with time-release action should not be split. Any division can hamper the medicine to do its job.

There are tablets in different shapes and sizes. Splitting maybe easy or much difficult especially those rounded form. There are tablets that has  line of division at the center. This can be easily split even without the use of splitting device because it was already design for the purpose of pill splitting. Using a metal cutter will do.

Take note that the decision of pill splitting is your own and doctor’s decision. It does not have endosrment from manufacturer’s point of view.

KEEPING A GOOD MENTAL HEALTH

There will be an emotional problem and psychological handicap when an individual is not able to function or use her cognitive and emotional capabilities or a complete state of good physical, mental and social well-being.

There are  other people taking for granted the use of their mental health. They only recognize their incapability to think when something gone wrong. They did not realize how good mental health put a sense of fulfillment.

When something gone wrong in the mind, treatment is needed. But this medical care need enough time and resources to have maximum effectiveness. It is easy to assess physical health but taking measurements to the level of thought and perception are difficult to quantify and very subjective.

Mental disorders are health condition that is presented by alteration in mood, thinking of normal behavior in relation to stress and other mental and emotional disturbance. There was an impaired functioning of the mind.

Good mental health is distracted by stressful environment. Pressured work activities put strain to the mind and result to low level of perception and attention.

Any physical symptom related to the body especially if one is in pain due to mental illness. The greater the stress the greater the chances that his physical condition is at risk.

When we are in the period of mental stress we are vulnerable to disease and illness. These may be a feeling of isolation and lack of social support that can be exacerbated or prolonged.

There was an inter-relationship of the 3 components of mental, social and physical aspects for the general well-being of a person. When treatment is to be done, its effectiveness will depend on the responses of the 3 components together.

A good mental health can be represented by the ability to enjoy the passing of time. They are not worrying much about the future. Although they are looking ahead, but the present time is all they need for now.

Extreme social isolation is running away with the reality. The reality is to live full of satisfaction, enjoyment and happiness. Isolating the mind from this factors will become a weakness that need to be improve to be able to have a healthy life and healthy mind.

Making our expectation more flexible can improve our mental health. We have so many emotions, expressing our own responses. Avoiding the expression of this feeling may result to a mental health problem, our ability to form healthy relationship with other people by communicating and reaching them may improve our own self-esteem and community standing. We can have many friends around.

It is important for us to learn the balances of our lives. We should focus ourselves how we can keep this balance of the different aspects: mental, social, physical, spiritual, economic). This will be our challenges to keep that balance to maintain a good and healthy mental health.

A DIET ON VEGETABLES

Our body need an adequate diet to be healthy. Our continued growth depend on whatever food we take that gives the necessary nutrients for all the systems to function an effective manner. The body needs energy for us to move and act in our day-to-day activities. A balance diet promotes a better health and longevity. If we are always healthy, we can reduce the risk of a diet-related health conditions where most of us have now at the moment.

The benefits of vegetables attested to those persons who lived longer because they were careful to whatever they eat. They became very selective in choosing the food beneficial to their total existence. They limit the use of meat. Any nutrient equivalent of meat can be taken from other vegetables that has the same nutritional properties.

Vegetables not only give vitamins and minerals and fiber but the presence of a substance called pyto-chemicals has greatly solve the problem against chronic disease. Anti-oxidants in plants protects us against cancer and heart disease.

Vegetables is a health-promoting alternative to keep us away from the danger of a life-threatening diseases that if taken lightly and not seriously can cause death. Regular consumption of vegetables is needed by the body like green plants, cabbage, tomatoes and other vegetables that has anti-oxidant properties.

Many of us don’t like vegetables because it does not taste good in our palate. It gives a taste different from what we are accustomed and what we always crave. If we allow our taste buds to control us then there will be hardship in taking vegetables as part of our diet. Taste is not too important to better health. What is important is how you can live longer. The secret of longevity lies in the consumption of vegetables. If you want to know and follow this secret formula to being healthy then vegetables is the answer.

ANTIBIOTICS FOR TREATING DISEASE

The use of antibiotics in the treatment of specific disease can cause harm than good especially if it is not used properly. Dispensing correctly can save lives.

Not all infection can be cured by antibiotics especially those that are viral in origin like cold, flu and sore throat. Although antibiotic kills bacteria but some of them became resistant when the medicine was used often even if  it is no longer necessary. Do not expect antibiotics to cure everything as there are limitation.

If the doctor prescribed an antibiotic in number of days, it should be taken without fail. The purpose is to give no chance for the bacteria to re-group and multiply again. If this happened, the bacteria becomes resistant to any medication. In selecting what kind of antibiotic to use, the doctor considered the seriousness of the infection.

How to control or minimize the infection? Observe good hygiene by washing hands before and after taking meals. Cleanliness is the assurance that you cannot easily affected with any infection.  In taking antibiotics follow the direction properly.

In treating a patient, a doctor make the best guess to what kind of bacteria is responsible for the infection. The doctor can now prescribed a kind of antibiotic that is more potent to that specific disease. The effectiveness of the treatment will depend on how well the drug is absorb in the bloodstream, how much the drug reaches the site of infection in the body and how quickly the body eliminate the drugs.

Taking antibiotics only when necessary. Discontinuing treatment too soon may relapse the infection and the succeeding treatment will now very difficult to attain. Resistant bacteria is more a challenge to kill.

Taking improper use of antibiotic may cause allergic reaction (itchy rash). Serious allergic reaction is dangerous and may include the swelling of the throat or the inability to breath. There may be some side effect that include nausea, diarrhea and stomach pain, etc. Any signs of allergy should be communicated to your doctor for immediate attention. The doctor know what to do.

The cure of infection or infectious disease depends primarily on the proper choice of the most effective drug. The doctor will prescribe a medicine he knew most effective to your disease. Taking antibiotics you do not need will not feel you better. Cure your illness and keep others from catching your infection. That is the sensible thing you can do to avoid worsening your condition.

DOES TAKING MEGADOSES NECESSARY?

Taking vitamins is important in our body’s maintenance of good health. Is it advisable to take vitamins in mega doses?

Many people were taking vitamins in mega dose believing for a quick cure from their minor ailment without thinking it lead to toxicity. Even if the vitamins were organic molecules it should not be taken in excess of what is required. It is more safe if taken under the direction of a prescription.

Taking vitamins has added benefits but in excess lead to vitamin poisoning. Some vitamins was used to reduce the risk of certain heart disease or any type of cancer. Even folic acid reduces the risk of birth defects.

The recorded symptoms in taking mega doses are the following:

Vitamin C  produces headache, tiredness, diarrhea or double vision. It interferes with the absorption of other fat-soluble vitamins. It causes kidney and gallbladder stones.

Although folic acid prevents anemia but it will damage the nerve of the body and kidney.

Vitamin K may result to anemia.

Vitamin A produces tiredness, vomiting, constipation, severe headache, dry skin or brittle nails.

Vitamin D may cause vomiting, pain in the joints, loss of appetite. There are others who experienced constipation or diarrhea and abdominal cramp.

Vitamin B-12 was used in the treatment of anemia but taking in excess will lead to tiredness or feeling weak.

Vitamin B6 causes difficulty in walking and tingling sensation of the legs. A difficulty in handling something in the hand due to numbness.

Niacin or nicotinic acid causes flushing of the skin, nausea, diarrhea and liver damage. It lowers blood cholesterol if taken in moderate dose.

The only prevention from side effect caused by taking vitamins in mega doses is self-control. Follow doctor’s prescription. Don’t attempt to self-medicate, only doctors can do.

DO YOU WANT TO BE OBESE?

Being obese increases your chances to have many diseases. It causes hypertension, arthritis, diabetes, heart disease and many others.

Why do men have obesity? It was due to different lifestyle. The shift in diet of food high in saturated fat and sugar but low in vitamins and minerals causes this deficiency. Obesity is an excessive amount of body weight to muscles, bones, fats and water. An abnormal accumulation of fats in the body.

A good nutrition reduces  weight. As we are beginning to age, our body metabolism will change. It increases the fats while muscle balance decreases. We are less physically active causing weight gain. Slow metabolism will result to obesity.

Any weight gain is controllable. Weight can be reduced if we choose a lifestyle good for our health. Apply good eating habit. Have physical activities to burn-out fat metabolism.

If you want to reduce your weight then choose a better healthy eating plan. Choose food that supplies nutrients and appropriate calories in order to maintain your weight.

Always remember that an active lifestyle will help you maintain a healthy body. It is the gateway to avoid the risk of many illnesses. Monitor your progress on regular basis. Check your weight. The doctor can determine what is allowable to you.

Our body need a balance diet to make it healthy. It handles the many stresses in life. Include some of  the important elements for the body to function effectively. We must provide our diet with enough carbohydrates, protein, unsaturated fats, vitamins, minerals and fibers. Balance diet are those diet that is responsive to our nutritional need by consuming variety of food from each group. Education is important to know what the body requires.

Carbohydrates is considered an energy source. Without this, we easily get tired and weak. Taking in excess to its proportion causes weight gain. It is important to balance it. Enough supply of elements supports body’s normal growth and development. With the incorporation of a moderate exercise the body will response effectively.

Any unbalanced diet causes problem in our brain and nervous system. It hampers our continuous growth. Learn how to eat smart. Whole grains are rich in phyto-chemicals and anti-oxidants. Fruits and vegetables can supply us with vitamins and minerals. It has a low calories enough to control weight gain. Be a part in your meals each day and see the result.

Commit yourself for a change to be healhier, stronger and better. This is the secret of maintaining longer and healthy life.

CAN EXERCISE FEELS US GOOD

Exercise contributes in maintaining a healthy weight, bone density, muscle strength, better joint movement and strengthening the immune system. It prevents life-threatening condition.

Overdoing exercise is harmful. It was recommended that 2 to 3 times a week is most beneficial. Not all of us can do the exercise. There are limitations especially those with illness. The doctor knew that individual has its own limit.  It is of your best interest to refer it to a doctor. Generally,  exercise is important to have a healthy body.

Inappropriate exercise has danger. It do more harm than good. Don’t force your body to do over its limit. Be extra careful in the intensity of your exercise. Take rest. Give your body time to recover.

With exercise, it improves the function of the heart and lungs. It increases the supply of blood to the muscles. It increases your good blood cholesterol. It improves a better weight control.

Exercise feels you more relax and happier. It boosts self-esteem and confidence. You can sleep well. It helps energize the body and handle stress.