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.

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.

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.

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.

Whether we like it or not, our body needs calcium. There are many beneficial effects in taking calcium as mineral. It builds and maintains good bones and teeth and in blood clotting. It was needed in the transmission of nerve impulses. It is helpful in the regulation of the heart rhythm. Calcium is a living tissue constantly broken down and in build up process. If you are healthy and have enough calcium and exercise, your bone production will increase.

A disease that we should be aware of is osteoporosis. If the bones weakens, it causes an imbalance. He losses bones as he aged. Taking an adequate intake of calcium provides an important source of avoiding bone loss in later life.

How can we slow it down? Get enough exercise. Take vitamin D an important source you can get from the sun aside from calcium supplement. A green-leafy vegetables is also rich in vitamin K. In order to lower the risk of osteoporosis, avoid taking caffeine as it increases the risk of fracture. Instead of going in, calcium was excreted in urine out of the body. Avoid too much protein as it cause calcium to go out from the bones especially animal protein.

A lifelong intake of dietary calcium is necessary. It helps slow bone loss. At moderate level, taking calcium has benefits in lowering the risk of hypertension. Sources of calcium can be found in dairy products, spinach, baked beans, oranges, green peas, and many others. Calcium is an element that has many benefits. It helps the bones to function effectively.

If our memory started to fade, everything changes. It put us in an embarrassing situation as we cannot even remember the name of our loved ones. Research showed that our neurotransmitter were in short supply. Our brain is an area in the body that causes most of our problem especially if we aged due to some disease. Our brain can no longer function effectively.

We knew that our brain is the most complex  organ of the body. It controls all our body function vital to us. The brain easily affected by any nutritional deficiencies and imbalances.

The deterioration of our  memory is visible when we get something from the kitchen and then suddenly we don’t remember what we need. Even how we tried to recall something. It continues maybe a few seconds or more. There are instances that we cannot remember it anymore. This memory lapses was bothersome as it tends to interfere with our daily activities.

What are some of this causes known to many? Constant use of alcohol, stress-related condition, use of some medication that interfered the function of the brain, infection in the lining of the brain due to major illness, due to nutritional deficiency, head injury from a fall or a blow, or even lack of sleep. But the main cause was due to normal aging. During our younger years, we started losing small portion of our brain cells as the body started making less chemicals. The more we age, the mechanism of our body especially our memory was affected. It slowed down the capacity and ability to normally recall the facts and events of our lives.

Is there a way to prevent it? Yes, partially by keeping our brain active with activities. One way is by reading a book, writing or play games in order to stimulate the brain cells and its connection. Don’t worry and despair.. all of us aged. If  the time comes that  our memory will fade partially or completely,  we have to prepare ourselves with openness because it is already part of our lives. No one lives forever.

We all get tired and depressed at times. It affected us. An early signs of an illness maybe the reason. Tiredness most often come and go or may continue some time. This indication need your attention.

There were times we felt too tired even in performing our normal activities. We apparently tired without knowing the reason. Our mind was confused about the reason of not feeling well. Our body aches and our concentration was disrupted.

Tiredness were both physical, emotional and mental in nature. We feel a burning sensation in our muscles and weakness in the inner part of the body. It decreases our wakefulness in the day, less attention to the thing we wanted to accomplish. Tiredness were common after working hours, stress, depression, disease and even lack of sleep.

Minor illness like common cold can tired us and restless. It maybe brief or feeling longer. If tiredness prolong for several weeks then there’s something wrong in the body. Seek medical attention to determine the cause.

If we are tired, we don’t  have the mood to undergo any physical activity. If we are overweight or too thin can cause tiredness, feel anxious, with sleepless episode. Changes in the work assignment at night may change the regular sleep pattern. Drinking alcohol or caffeine results the same.

The disadvantages of tiredness is that we have lack of energy, poor concentration toward carrying out our daily activities, hardship in decision making, poor motivation to do something.

We can correct this problem by eating early in the evening so that we can rest early. We have to relax before bedtime by hearing favorate music to feel sleepy. A dark, quite room without interruption may help to have a sound sleep during the night.

Is it harmful, beneficial? Does it dull the senses? Injure the mind? or a mild stimulants?

What happen to the physical body under the influence of marijuana? In smoking the drug, usually, there is an increase in pulse rate, a slight increase in blood pressure and vascular congestion, elevation of blood sugar, urinary frequency without diuresis, dryness of the mouth and throat as well as nausea, vomiting and occasional diarrhea. There was a sluggish response of the pupil to light, slight tremors and a partial deterioration of the body coordination.

What happen to the mind? The most common reaction was the development of a dreamy state of altered consciousness in which idea seem disconnected,  uncontrollable and free flowing. Ideas came in disrupted sequences, things long forgotten were remembered and some very important cannot be recalled. Perception was disturbed. minutes seem to be an hour. If taken in higher dose, causes hallucination. There was a marked alteration of mood, feeling of extreme well-being, exaltation, excitement and inner joyousness or high in mood. Uncontrollable laughter and hilarity at minimal stimuli was common. With larger dose, panic states and fear of death had been observed, the body image may seem distorted.

It causes an individual to lose control of his mind. The adverse effect of marijuana depend to a large degree of the individual users. It causes psychotic reaction in person with unstable or poorly organized personalities. Why they take drugs? Because it appeals to them. They lack something in their lives and they hope drugs will supply it. But it was a wrong move.

Reasons why they turn to pot? Because of pressures from society, peer pressure, hypocrisy of the older generation, examples of pill-popping parents, curiosity, enjoyment, thrills and easy availability of the drug.

Is it worth to vent frustration and dislike for the establishment by blowing your mind on pot? Dulling your mind – your most priceless possession isn’t going to solve anything. You may get high and escape reality for a shorter time but after you calm down, the same old problem were staring at you, no matter who speaks out against the dangers of marijuana, no matter what facts are brought to light probably will continue to argue in favor of smoking pot simply to justify your actions. That’s the way the human mind works – unless you are willing to approach the problem objectively.

You can kick the drug if you’re willing.Without it, you will be happy – radiate vitality and purpose to have  healthy mind as well as the body. Eradicate the cause that produces problem and undesirable effects. Do you really want a full, happy life, abundant well-being?  Then stop completely. Your success will depend on your willingness to change. Expand your understanding.

It demands a big chance in your outlook, your values and your life. It will mean replacing old habit with the right one. It takes effort and hard work. But it can be done, and the reward is worth its price. Change your peer group and make new good friends. Don’t let peer pressure or social pressure become an invitation and an excuse for taking drugs. You can’t cope with the problems and issues of life if you are a slave to pot.

If we accidentally cut our arm, several small blood vessels are cut apart.  In order to control the flow of blood from this vessels,   the physician has to control the bleeding by repairing the damaged nerve tissue by suturing it. Further, the doctor will apply disinfectant to avoid infection. Any infection to the damaged skin affects the ability to heal naturally. Redness and swelling are dangerous it leads to a more serious one, gangrene. That was the reason why any cut in the skin even how small it is should  be taken care of immediately.

It is a threat to anyone having diabetes that ends up with lost arms and legs. Taking antibiotics is one way of protecting infection. Constant dressing is necessary every day.  With the application of disinfectant it ensures the skin is clean and will starts healing.

The question is, how does it heal? It is a miracle in nature. The nerve fibers above the cut will begin to grow in its own time. Under some mysterious circumstances, each of the severed fibers started connecting again.

The body cells will continue and busy repairing the damaged skin and the tiny fibers will carefully thread their way to reach the spot of injury.

Our body has the ability to response to emergency. The cells will react to any disturbances to the skin and do whatever necessary to repair itself.

Heart is important to function all our organs in the body. The heart continue beating all his life day and night. If at rest, it beats slowly and quietly. To response to an emergency, the heart will beats fast transporting blood to whatever portion of the body that needed most.

It is  an efficient muscular pump dependent on the condition of the fibers in its muscular walls. Once the fibers is damage, it will produce a striking changes in its circulation throughout the whole body.

A healthy person need 5 liters of blood, keeping its circulation by the motion of the heart. He is not strain by overwork. It can only be damage due to disease. Too much activity is not recommended to a damaged heart to avoid straining it beyond its limit.

Everyone should avoid being overweight and no sufficient exercise to protect the heart. It weakens the body and hamper the normal circulation of the blood. The arteries will harden and the elastic tissue in the walls no longer flexible. This may raise the blood pressure and increase the work of the heart.

As long as we are alive, the heart never stop working. It has reserve power to meet any crisis that may arise. If damaged by disease, it  has the ability to repair itself.

After a vigorous contraction, the heart relaxes and momentarily rest. The elastic walls of the arteries expand and the volume of blood passes through it on its way to the smallest vessel.

To keep the blood in circulation, it pump under certain amount of pressure to reach the brain.

That’s the wonder of being a HEART.