Asthma treatment and control

Asthma is long term disease that cannot be cured but we the main aim are to control it.To control it the following must happen

• ·         Reduced your need for quick relief medicines
• ·         Help to maintain good lung function
• ·         Prevent asthma attacks that could result in an emergency room visit or hospital stay.
• ·         Prevent chronic and troubles symptoms such as coughing and shortness of breath.

Asthma can be control by partnering with your doctor to manage your asthma or your child’s asthma. It is advisable for children age 10 and older who are able should take an active role in their asthma care. The asthma active role control should involve the following

• ·         Working with your doctor to treat other conditions that can interfere with asthma management
• ·         Avoiding things that worsen your asthma and get prescription from your doctor about medicines that can keep you active.
• ·         Work closely with your doctor and other health care providers to create and follow asthma action plan.

The asthma medications can save life and to allow you to live active in spite of your asthma and we have to treat asthma. The anti-inflammatory drugs inhaled steroids are the most important treatment for people with asthma. It prevents asthma attacks and work by reducing swelling and mucus production in the airways. Short bronchodilator inhalers are often called inhalers and can be used to quickly to relieve the cough, wheeze, chest tightness and shortness breath caused by asthma. It can be used before exercise for people with induced asthma and it should not be used on daily in treatment of asthma. Check with your doctor to see whether a spacer or holding chamber should be used with the inhaler you have.

You should know things that can set off or worsen your asthma symptoms and you can take steps to control them. If animals are worsening your asthma keep them away out of your home or bedroom.Don't try to avoid physical activities rather talk to your doctor because is important part of a healthy lifestyle.

Cromolyn is taken using a device called nebulizer as your breath the nebulizer sends a fine mist of medication to your lungs.

Omalizumab is given as shot injection one or two times a months and it will help in prevention of your body from reacting to asthma attacks such as pollen and dust mites. 

Be effects and way to reduce warned that long term medicines can have side effects is better to talk to your doctor about these side effects and ways to reduced them. All people with asthma need quick relief medicines to help relieve asthma symptoms that may flare up. You can record your asthma and keep records of your symptoms check your peak flow number using peak flow meter and get regular asthma checkups.

Pregnant women who have asthma need to control the disease to ensure a good supply of oxygen to their babies. Check it often and adjust treatment as needed.

What is asthma?

Asthma is defined as chronic disease of the airways that makes breathing very difficult. There is inflammation of the air passages that result in temporary narrowing of the airways that carry oxygen to the lungs. It causes recurring periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing. In normal situation the coughing occurs at night or early in the morning. It attack and affects people of all ages but it starts during the childhood stages. The example in United States more than 25million people are known as having asthma and 7 million of these are children.

The Symptoms of Asthma

• ·         Coughing especially at night
• ·         Shortness of breath
• ·         Chest tightness, pain or pressure
• ·         Wheezing
• ·         Feeling tired. Easily upset or moody
• ·         Decreases or changes in lung function as measured on a peak flow meter
• ·         Trouble in sleeping

• ·         Feeling very tired or weak when exercising

Not every person with asthma has the same symptoms in the same way. It means you may not have all these symptoms or you may have different symptoms at different times. Some people with asthma may go for extended periods without having any symptoms interrupted by periodic worsened of their symptoms called asthma attacks. People will differ and others might have asthma symptoms every day and others may only have asthma during exercise or with viral infections like colds.

Causes of Asthma

Substances that cause allergies-mites, pollens, molds pet dander and cockroach droppings.

Irritants in the air-this include smoke from cigarettes,wood fires, or charcoal grills, and strong fumes like households sprays,paint,gasoline,perfumes and scented soaps and people are not allergic to these particles but they can aggravated inflame sensitive airways.

Respiratory infections- here we talked about colds, flu, sores throats and sinus infections

Exercise-these activities they will make you to breathe very hard especially in colds air and in continuation.

Weather- dry wind, cold air or sudden changes in weather can sometimes bring asthma episode.

Expressing strong emotions-like anger ear or excitement and this will caused by experiencing strong emotions your breathing will changes.

Medications-some medications like aspirin can be related to episodes in adults hi are sensitive to aspirin. Irritants in the environment can also bring on asthma episode the example is paint perfumes, smog aerosol sprays and perfumes.

It is not a disease - dyslexia

Dyslexia is term that describes term of disorder that involves difficulty in learning to read or interpret words, letters and other symbols and is not affecting general intelligence. It may cause by specific reading disability due to defect in the brain processing of graphic symbols. It affect the way brain process written material. It can be characterize by difficulties in word recognition and spelling including decoding. It is different from reading retardation which may reflect mental retardation or cultural deprivation. It is common in learning disability and 8% of students with learning disabilities have dyslexia.

Symptoms of dyslexia

• ·         The child might talk later than most children
• ·         The child may have difficulty in pronouncing words
• ·         He/she can be slow to add vocabulary words and difficult in recalling the words.
• ·         He/she can be slow to learn the connection between letters and sounds
• ·         Sometimes he/she might read at lower level than expected
• ·         Have problem with words problems in math
• ·         He/she can avoid reading loud
• ·         Avoid writing and
• ·         Slow or poor recall of facts.
• ·         Spelling that is unpredictable and inconsistent
• ·         The child confuses the order of letters in words
• ·         The visual disturbances when reading
• ·         The child struggle to learn sequences such as days of the week or alphabet

What causes dyslexia?

Dyslexia it can be linked to genes that control how the brain develops and appear be inherited conditions and is within the family. It can appear to affects parts of the brain concerned with language, interfering with ability to convert written letters and words into speech.

The small minority of people with dyslexia acquired the condition after were born and most common causes of acquired dyslexia is brain injuries, stroke and other type of trauma. Humans have the ability to understand spoken language it is something the brain acquires easily and naturally from a very early age. This can be justifying during early childhood like 3years we can utter and understand relatively complicated sentences.

Treatment of dyslexia

The people who have such child must know that dyslexia is not a disease and we live in a society where reading and writing are integral parts of everyday life and interventions that help people with dyslexia are aimed at improving their coping skills. There is no cure for dyslexia but a wide range of specialist and well-targeted interventions can help children and adults improve their reading and writing skills.

The majority of children diagnosed with dyslexia will only miss few hours of their schooling each week to receive specialist education support which consist of one on one teaching group classes. The sooner a child is diagnosed and receives support the more likely he or she will achieve long term improvements. The psychologist testing helps the teacher develop a better targeted teaching program for the child. The trained teacher who is trained in helping children with dyslexia will use a range of techniques to improve the child reading skills. Here are famous people Steve Jobs, Keanu Reeves, Tom Cruise.

Tips to avoid sibling rivalry

The rivalry happens in every house with more than one kid at every stage and its common challenge and it won’t be easy on your sanity. Normally it happens when the first child is demoted and the second born is tired being bossy by big brother or sister. It is impossible to stop sibling rivalry but you can reduce it frequency. 

Strategies for sibling rivalry

1.       Loose the labels-here the parents create completion amongst kids and every child is given a role like it or not. The labels are given to everyone so that you gave everyone a chance to shine even if she is not that much talented and the student who are not top achievers are given the time to shine too and do the right thing. Here the main aim is to cheer positive things and team work is build, persistence and kindness. The kids will learn to be there for one another instead of competing for their parent’s approval.

2.       Playing together- the parents need to remove the privilege of playing together because of fighting and competing. This will let them have a bored day and they will see the needs for having another children playing with them and appreciating for one siblings.

3.       Cooperative behavior-the parents plan the party for another children with others it will teach them to be cooperative planning and they will feel closer. The friendship between them will grow and unity too. It will be supported by giving free gifts, surprises and parties will unite them as brothers and sisters and argument will diminish. 

4.       Don’t take side-when your children fights ignore them by keeping yourself busy and give them a chance to solve their problem. This will help your to remove payoff they get from your attention. If they failed to reach a solution you can intervene and you can do this without taking a side. You can even ask them to come up with solutions fort their problems.

5.       Spend a day with them-The parents spend time with the children separately one on one. This will help them to have quality time and sibling rivalry will drain out of their bodies.

How to remain young forever-Aging

The National Institute on Aging investigate ways to support healthy aging and prevent delay or the or onset age related diseases. The healthy eating including exercise and physical activity help to promote healthy aging. Antioxidants supported the body from harmful effects of products is known as radicals and is normal when the body changes oxygen and food into energy. The discovery of antioxidants help to rise hopes that people can slow aging simply because of adding them to the diet. The vegetables and fruits will help the benefits of healthy body.

The other way of stop aging or damage is as follows:

• ·         Stop intentionally sunbathing
• ·         Always wear sunscreen and choose a product with sun protection factor (SPF) or greater, and the hands and face are the most frequently exposed and you need to cover them.
• ·         Wear a hat with a brim.
• ·         Avoid the sun between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. when its rays are the strongest
• ·         You can slow the aging process by eliminating  skin wrinkles

Some magazine articles or television programs suggest that treatment with hormones can make people feel young again or slow or prevent aging. Some drugs have real benefits for people with clinical deficiencies due to a disease or disorder and can cause harmful side effects.The consumers should be aware that some off label sue at any drug may not have been tested and verified to the same degree as the original use of the drug.

The people who take hormone supplements without medical supervision and can affect your controlled and regulated system. The replacement or supplement hormones cannot replicate your body’s natural variation. Some people take hormone products that are sold over the counter without prescription and it can be dangerous. The human growth hormone (HGH) it prevent aging or halt related physical decline and some market for that purpose and people spend great deal of money on such supplements.

People with genuine deficiencies in specific hormones can consult their doctors about appropriate treatments.You should talk to your doctor if you are interest in any form of hormone therapy or anti-aging approaches beyond a healthy diet and physical activity.