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All this makes the information becomes more important than ever, since it does not always know how to fit the disease. Ancochea ensures that, after going to a specialist for diagnosis, it must be borne in mind that although the crisis goes away “we must not let our guard down and follow a chronic treatment.” It also argues that the specialist is needed “a better education to explain how to make proper use of inhalers and establish measures to ensure the medication.”

A normal life

Experts, who have visited Asthma Week, wanted to note that a disease is not serious but can cause disability to the patient and a great personal distress. Despite this, this condition is not any barrier to quality of life, and you can even make sport normally. Moreover, according to Ancochea “10% of the athletes who will go to the next Olympic Games suffer from this disease” without preventing them from executing their work.

Given this, Patricia Flores Celdran, Managing Director of Primary Care Health Service of Madrid, explains that, for this to become reality, “we need a change of mentality that the patient becomes protagonist.” Also, it is essential “to involve self-care professionals and the public administration to lay the foundations to promote greater information,” adds the expert.

Smoke inhalation

However, it does something that is vital to keep in mind to lead a normal life, and snuff away the habits of an asthmatic. In fact, there is evidence that many children have asthma, or see their symptoms worsen, for the simple reason that their parents smoke in front of them.

No doubt, especially now that spring arrives and the symptoms are mixed with allergies, you must go to a specialist for any sign that asthma may appear, and remember that, following appropriate treatment, need not determine the pace of life who has it.

Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the airways that affects breathing, causing sufferers to suffer severe coughing, chest tightness, sibyls and a number of symptoms that make it difficult for them to inhale the air normally. Therefore, possible complications and to slow to a flare, it is important to follow a rigorous treatment.

Increase public awareness that asthma can be very dangerous if not treated properly, is what the organizers have been proposed for the Second Week of Asthma. Under the motto “Breathing is life ‘, they want to see a person with asthma may develop a normal life provided that care.

More and more cases

the popular belief that asthma is a disease only makes many adult children do not follow appropriate treatment. However, this condition is chronic, so it is important to continue the medication for life, to a condition estimated to affect more than 5% of the adult Spanish population.

In addition, specialists are seeing more and more people suffering from this disease go to their queries. This is due to environmental changes. Following this, in July Ancochea, president of the Spanish Society of Pneumology and Thoracic Surgery (SEPAR), states that “the most polluted air we breathe, coupled with the lifestyle of the big cities and smoking” are the main reasons for those affected by asthma are increasing in number.

what about when certain foods we do not feel especially well? There are a lot of type and allergies in the kitchen also there. Having a food allergy or a set of them is a problem that affects a higher percentage of children than adults. Specifically, children’s food allergies represent up to 6 years, 8% of the total, while adults graze away 2% of the total.

Few precautions when feeding a young child, and we can supply some food you have ever experienced and prove fatal to your health, so the responsiveness of the gala we have to do is key to avoid greater evils. From the first days of life as an infant, the child’s body can be reluctant, that is why care must be extreme.

While food intolerance can be overcome, most of the reaction products causing once, they will do for the rest of the child’s life. When you have a reaction to some component of food sensitivity that is when it comes to allergies. It is the immune system of children who rejects that element.

The range of symptoms is broad and can range from simple swelling of the tongue to death. Among the milder reactions in young children, are hives, eczema, vomiting and diarrhea. As increases the severity of symptoms, there may be cases of asthma, nasal and eye ailments. We must be prepared for any emergency in order to act quickly because, in the worst cases, the child may have an allergic or anaphylactic shock, a collapse that could end the life of the child.

Teens who consume high amounts of added sugars in drinks and food are more likely to have poor cholesterol profiles and triglycerides that can lead to heart disease in later life.

According to a study by Emory University (USA), overweight or obese adolescents with higher levels of added sugar consumption were more signs of insulin resistance, often a precursor to diabetes. With added sugars authors refer to any caloric sweetener that is added to foods or drinks in the production process or by the consumer.

Overweight adolescents and high consumption of added sugars show more resistance to insulina.El work, published in the journal Circulation, is the first to evaluate the association of added sugars and indicators of heart disease risk in adolescents.

The results show that 21.4 percent of the total energy of teens surveyed (2157 individuals between 12 and 18 years) came from this source and that those who consumed higher levels had lower levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) , the good cholesterol, and higher triglyceride and low density lipoprotein (LDL) or bad cholesterol.

Increased insulin resistance

The study showed that adolescents with higher intake of added sugars had LDL levels of 94.3 mg / dL compared to 86.7 mg / dL for those taking low blood sugar levels, a 9 percent difference .

Triglyceride levels in those with a higher consumption of added sugars was 79 mg / dL in comparison, 71.7 percent of those on lower levels, a 10 percent difference.

Finally, the authors note that adolescents with overweight and obesity with higher levels of consumption of added sugars were more signs of insulin resistance.

Nothing makes a parent happier than seeing your child in good health and happy. It is precisely this sense a double-edged sword, because often those willing to see them you can cause confusion and stress when the child is caught by some disease or you are depressed or apathetic. And if the situation does not improve or even worsens, then the adult may feel despair and anxiety, emotions that often lead decision-making is not always convenient, some might even eventually do more harm than good.

When a little becomes ill or is caught by some emotion of reluctance or apathy for long periods, you can make many decisions on the issue. However, if you know what causes the disease and that could cause feelings of discouragement in the small, it certainly would assess the situation from a wider perspective, and could be much more accurate decisions to promote welfare children. Parents should keep in mind that the disease is, and what are the best alternatives for your complete healing. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people have to be aware of food allergies. Despite having a food allergy is not common, as many think. In general, only affect about two percent of children in the world but are most common in children who are younger. In general, most children grow out of allergies to foods than when they were born. This gives hope to any parent who is worried that their children are faced with a problem of life ahead.

There are different symptoms of food allergies. They can include wheezing and difficulty breathing. Sometimes a person will suffer with itchy skin, rashes, hives, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, stomach pain and swelling around the mouth and throat. These symptoms will develop rapidly usually after a person digest food they are allergic to. Sometimes it is minute, while others may take hours to take effect. There are also many who are faced with nasal symptoms that a person can pass. These may include runny or stuffy that some may think are caused by food allergy, but may not be in reality.

This will depend on the person and the severity of food allergy. Some people may have mild to severe symptoms treated. Also depend on the amount of food we have eaten. A severe reaction can include difficulty breathing, swelling of the mouth and throat, decreased blood pressure, shock and sometimes death. Read the rest of this entry »