Showing posts with label health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

EllemenTips For Dengue Prevention


 Every mother wants their children to be safe from any illnesses especially now that Dengue cases are arising. Its okay to worry but definitely not alright if you don't do anything to prevent it.

Aedes Aegypti are Dengue carrying mosquitoes that usually breeds inside our house and the peak hour that they bite is between 4pm to 6pm.

Aedes Albopictus are the mosquitoes that usually breeds outside the house. And they usually bite during daytime.

The best way to prevent dengue mosquito from breeding is to destroy their habitat. Anything that can stock water small or large amount should be disposed properly or should be sealed.

Avoid hanging clothes or anything that a mosquito can hide from. Especially in the dark spots of the house.

Always have insect repellant lotion handy. Check on the label about the # of hours that it can protect you from mosquito bites and re-apply when needed.

Wear clothes that can cover your skin from mosquito bites. Better to wear light colored clothes as dark colored clothes attracts mosquitoes according to recent studies.

Mosquitoes are sensitive in strong human odor or scent. Doesn't matter if you're smelling good or bad, they know that you're around if they can smell you and will make you their next target.



No other medicine that you should take for fever but Paracetamol as it is the safest medicine for dengue fever (to control the body's temperature but not to treat dengue infection directly) If you have allergy better call your doctor but never ever take Ibuprofen. Consult your doctor if its the 2nd day of fever.
Remember that there's no medicine yet to cure dengue virus, and according to the latest studies there are already four strains of dengue (actually five but the study about the fifth is not yet finalized).
For those who had the infection (dengue) before be extra careful not to acquire the virus again as it will be more risky especially to the adults.

For patients that were diagnosed to have the virus, make sure that no more mosquito can bite from your skin as this is the most common way that the mosquito can transmit the virus to their victims. It cannot be spread by direct contact to a person.

And the most important is to make sure that our surroundings are clean and mosquito free. Nobody has discovered the cure yet but we all know the ways to prevent it.



Saturday, September 12, 2015

ElleMentips To Break Free From Stress

Deadline pressures, traffic, alcoholic hubby, piles of dirty laundry are some of the reasons why most mothers whine about being tired and stressed. But not all are aware of the signs and symptoms and what are the risks that it can cause to our health. Let's enumerate some indication of stress.

1.Feeling tired and exhausted almost all the time that you are awake.
2.Being impatient and irritable, gets easily upset. Forgetful.
3.Body experiences a lot of shaking, fast irregular heartbeat, excessive sweating.
4.Lightheadedness, dizziness or headaches. Back and shoulder pains.
5.Insomnia
6.Sudden change in appetite.
7.Stomach pains and/or diarrhea.

If you believe that you have these signs, it's about time to do something about it.
Let's look further into the tips and tricks on how to outsmart stress.

1.Analyze the reason or the source of your stress.
2.Be optimistic, we need to accept that there are things that are beyond our control but we can always do something to make us feel a lot better.
3.Discover a new hobby. Do something that can make you happy.
4.Get enough rest and sleep. Studies already proved that chronic sleeplessness can weaken the body's immune system.
5.Meditate, a few minutes of just sitting or lying down comfortably on a quiet and serene place can help to wipe away a lot of thoughts in mind that is causing us confusion and sometimes making us out of focus.
6.Get a relaxing massage from a licensed therapist. It can help relieve back and shoulder pain and can send you to a very good sleep.
7.Exercise regularly and eat healthy. Stress rarely comes to people that are healthy and fit.
8.Spend time with people that you value like your kids and family. Nothing can make you feel emotionally secured than being surrounded by people you trust.
9.Talking to a counselor will help to assess the degree of stress that you have. If you feel like none of the tips above help you out then you can schedule a stress management class.

You don't need to spend a fortune to manage stress. We are living in a world that can give us a lot of reason to be stressed at one point in our lives and sometimes the only secret is to live in positivity.



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