Monthly Archives: December 2015

It’s difficult to keep kids away from food. But for those kids who have food allergies, you have to be cautious. Usually holidays, party time and family get together create chances for allergens to escape the safety net. And it might not be a pleasant time if the kid accidently catches the allergen. So, the first basic thing that you should do is make sure that you identify food stuff that the kid should stay away from.

Highlighting Danger

You would want to make sure that your kid identifies food stuff that is not good for him. If you are cooking in house then you can obviously avoid using allergens. But if you are going out, then make sure that food stuff that might or does contain allergen is identified.  But still, it might be a good idea to make sure that anti-allergens are close by.

Wipe Hands

Just using hand sanitizer is not enough. You need to make sure that hands are wiped with wipes, clean towels before and after handling food. Sanitizers do kill germs, but they don’t essential remove food proteins. So you would need to make sure that your child washes hands before and after handling food. Make this their usual habit. Washing is just not enough, wiping hands with wipes or clean towels is equally essential.

Clean before preparing

If you are preparing food, then make sure that all the food preparation area are cleaned and wiped properly. Don’t use an old cloth or wipe or sponge to clean counters, try to use paper towels and commercial cleaners. Also, take into account that the utensils are wiped properly after washing.

Food Preparation

If your menu includes safe food and unsafe food, then make sure that while preparing to cook and cooking, you distinguish first safe from unsafe. Keep safe ingredients separate from unsafe ingredients. Cook the safe dishes first and keep them away properly wrapped and covered. Then start preparing unsafe food.

Serving Food

If you or any other adult is serving food to your child, then make sure that the kids plate is prepared first. Even if it is for adult, if the menu contains both safe and unsafe food, then care should be taken while serving and using cutlery to serve.

Consult a food allergy clinic to get advice on safety measures that you can take or medicines that you should keep handy in case of allergy incident.

People suffering from asthma often fall into that vicious circle of avoiding more and more use of their muscles. The fear of falling short of breath, and asthma attacks makes people under utilize the muscles, which causes them to stress even under slight exertion. In this article we are going to discuss some exercises that you can follow to maintain healthy muscle movement. If the muscles have adequate strength, then these exercises could aid in your asthma treatment.

Nose Breathing

Our nostrils have various other functions then just help us take in air. The hair inside the nose act as natural filter, they block small particles that might be present in the air. At the same time, the air that we breathe is warmed and humidified by the nostrils. The most common situation is to breathe through the mouth during an attack because you’re gasping for air. Try to make it a point to breathe as much as you can through your nose. If you have any illness of the nose, then try to get that rectified too.

Lip Breathing

All you need to do is breath through the nose and breathe out through your mouth. But before you blow out, you need to shape your lips in a way that you are blowing candles. The second thing to keep in mind is that if you are taking 3 seconds to breathe in, then you should take about 6 minutes to breathe out. So you are not releasing air all together, you release it slowly. This will clear the nasal passage. Once you do it regularly, you will notice then whenever your muscles are exerting, you will start breathing this way.

Belly Breathing

Notice, when you breathe, two parts of your body show distinctive movement. But that is only noticed when you are lying relaxed. These two parts are your abdomen and your chest. When you are lying down, you will notice that the abdomen and chest move out while breathing in and move in while breathing out. In asthma cases, the diaphragm in the abdomen doesn’t work much. Diaphragm is the main muscle that helps lungs push out air. When it doesn’t work, other parts of the body kick in, but then they are not as effective. So through belly breathing, we train our diaphragm to work optimally. All you need to do is keep one hand on chest and one on abdomen, and while breathing out, apply gentle pressure on the abdomen.

It is advised though that you consult an asthma doctor before attempting to do any of these exercises.

If you the doctor believes that you are suffering from sinus disease, then he can follow any of the following procedure to confirm and treat.

Endoscopy

Endoscopy is basically a thin tube with lights and cameras used to insert inside the body to detect problems that are not easily visible. To diagnose and confirm sinusitis, doctors may perform nasal endoscopy. Through an endoscopy, doctors try to see the drainage passage. They would evaluate the passage for areas of blockage, polyps and structure.

To perform the nasal endoscopy, the doctor may numb the nasal cavity. Then a rigid or flexible endoscope will be inserted to examine then nasal passage. Depending on the report, the doctor would administer treatment.

Treatments for Sinus Disease

Acute Sinusitis

This is considered as the starting stage, so the doctor may just give some nasal drops and give medicines that could be taken through steam. If the condition is not that serious, then they might just ask you to take some steam. Some nasal drops are even available over the counter, but you have to be careful with them, never take them more than the prescribed or suggested times.

Chronic Sinusitis

Depending on the condition and severity, the doctor may prescribe antibiotic, nasal drops and recommend steam. Warm air soothes nasal passages and gives relief from nose pain. So the doctor would give you medicines that could be taken through steam. Other than that, doctors also prescribe nasal drops which could help with pain and help in opening nasal passages.

Other Treatments

Precaution is definitely the best cure, so if you are suffering from sinus disease for the first time, then the doctor would determine the reason for the disease. They would then advise to take precautions so that it doesn’t occur frequently. If you are suffering from recurring sinusitis, then the doctor would also use endoscopy to determine the reason for it. Precautionary measures might be taken be suggested or treatment done by the doctor to cure recurring sinus disease.

In cases where the problem is severe and antibiotics are not working, then the doctor could also prescribe steroid sprays that would reduce inflammation. If the sinus is supposed to be caused by bacteria, or during inflammation if the doctor finds traces of bacteria, then antibiotics will also be prescribed. Based on the reason of sinusitis, doctors may prescribe antihistamines or anti fungal drugs. So it is necessary that you consult a sinus disease doctor for proper treatment.