Asthma

Asthma is a disease which affects the airways that carry air to and from the lungs. People suffering from asthma have swollen or inflamed airways. The inflammation causes the airways to be narrower which causes less air to pass through them into and from the lungs. This causes acute difficulties in breathing. The inflammation also causes the airways to be extremely sensitive to irritations and infections.

Causes of asthma

a) Physical Activity — Vigorous physical activity can also asthma.

b) Respiratory Tract Infections — Infection in the respiratory tract is one of the most common causes of asthma.

c) Emotional Excitement — Excessive display of emotion like crying, laughing or shouting can also trigger asthma.

d) Allergens — Asthma can be triggered by exposure to allergens like pollens, animal fur, dust mites, irritants in the air like smoke and odour.

Symptoms of Asthma

a) Coughing during night that can range from mild to severe and could be chronic or dry.

b) There may be a feeling of tightness in the chest.

c) You may also hear a whistling sound while breathing.

d) Difficulty in breathing or breathing through the mouth, rapid breathing or frequent breathing infections are common symptoms of asthma.

Diagnose asthma

There are no specific tests to diagnose asthma. However, the doctor will try to ascertain and diagnose the disease through the symptoms such as -

• Whether you have the common symptoms of asthma.
• When the symptoms happen and their occurrence rate.
• Whether you have noticed any source, which triggers your symptoms.

Treatment and Management of Asthma

There is no cure for asthma, but there are medications, which help in reducing the symptoms of asthma. Asthma can also be controlled by learning to avoid the sources, which may trigger it. Your doctor will give you medication depending on your condition and may also give you instructions for using them. The main treatments are:

a) Short-acting reliever inhalers — It helps in controlling symptoms for a short period of time and to soothe the breathing tubes.

b) Preventative inhalers — Preventive inhalers are used to reduce the inflammation in the breathing tubes and to stop symptoms of asthma.

c) Combination of inhalers and long-acting reliever inhalers — It is used every day to relax the breathing tubes and stop the symptoms for a longer period.

d) Steroid injections or oral medications — These are used in acute cases to relieve the symptoms and ease the pain and also allow the patient to breathe normally.

e) Spirometry — Spirometry is needed to establish a diagnosis of asthma. It’s a device for measuring timed expired and inspired volumes, and hence indicates how quickly and effectively the lungs can be emptied and filled. It is basically used to diagnose airflow obstruction in patients with respiratory symptoms but is not used to screen for airflow obstruction in people without respiratory symptoms.

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Benefits of drinking water and staying hydrate

6 Ways to Make WATER a Habit.

1 Drink a glass of water with each meal

2 Carry a water bottle with you throughout the day.

3 keep water on your desk at work.

4 When you feel like a snack, try drinking water first.

5 Substitute for water instead of a coffee or soft-drink, drink water.

6 Track your water. Record the number of glasses you drink on the AGL well being Hub.

Weight loss

Water is one of best tools for weight loss. Because it often replaces high calories drink and alcohol with a drink that has not fat, no calorie, no carbs, and no sugar. It is also a great appetite suppressant, and often when we think we are hungry we are actually thirsty. So if you are wanting to lose weight-increase your water.

Energy

Being dehydrated can sap your energy and make you feel tired even mild dehydration of as little as one or two percent of your body weight. If you are thirsty, you are already dehydrated this can lead to fatigue, muscleweakness, dizziness and other symptoms.

Headache Cure

Another symptom of dehydration is headaches. In fact, often when we have headache it’s simply a matter of not drinking enough water. There are lots of other causes of headache of course, but dehydration is common one.

Better Exercise

We all know it is essential to drink water when exercising, but did you know being dehydrated can severely hamper your workouts? Slowing you down and making your workouts harder. So the best time to drink water is actually two hours before you plan to exercise, and of course during and after.

Healthy Skin

Drinking water can clear up your skin and help you look more fresh and glowing. Commit to drinking a healthy amount of water over a week and see the effects on your skin.

Digestive Problems

Our digestive systems need a good amount of water to digest food properly. Often Water can help cure stomach acid problems, and water along with fibre can cure constipation again, often a result of dehydration.

Cleansing & Kidney Health

Water is used by the body to help flush out toxins and waste products from the body. The more water you drink the better your kidneys will function.

PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN IN THIS SUMMER SEASON

 1) Drink plenty of water. Always eat some fruits or green salad don’t let your stomach get empty, avoid oily, non-veg and spicy food.

2) Eat lots of fruits like banana, orange, watermelon, stone apple, papaya etc. we can have mango as it is seasonal food but in a limit because it results in making our body warm and results in acidity related problems.

3) Drink plenty of lemon water, curd water, stone apple juice water with glucose etc. avoid soft drinks.

4) Eat onion as much as you can in each and every possible food item and can also take cucumber.

5) Have an umbrella and a bottle of water anywhere & everywhere with you.

6) Take bath only at early morning and evening, don’t take bath at late afternoon’s, it might be fatal, wash your eyes and face many times as possible.

7) Avoid outdoor activity between when the sun's rays are the most intense.

8) Apply sunscreen all over the body (even in places covered by clothing) 30 minutes before going outside, and reapply every two hours or after swimming or sweating. Sunscreen should be worn for any outdoor activity, even on overcast or cloudy days.

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What says Urine colour about your health

1.    Pale Yellow urine

a.    Healthy urine is 96% water, with just a few other waste products, if your     urine were in bottle, you should be able to read a paper or a pad computer you hold on the other side of it.

2.    Completely Clear

a.    Did you take “pee pills” or diuretics?

b.    Rarely, it can result from diabetes insipidus.

c.    Completely clear urine is extremely diluted, so it is very probable you drank too much water.

3.    Orange and Dark Yellow

a.    The most common cause is dehydration!

b.    Orange urine can also be a sign of hepatitis.

c.    Do you eat too much food with beta-carotene?

4.    Bright, Neon-Yellow urine

a.    Usually this a result of vitamin or nutritional supplement overdose. Your body cannot store large amounts of Vitamin B2, so the excess tends to be excreted all at once.

5.    Green Urine

a.    Most commonly the result of bacteria, transferred to the urinary tract when toilet paper is applied with the forward motion rather than a backward motion.

b.    People who have liver cancer have green urine.

c.    People who drink huge amounts of green tea can have green urine- it is noted after toxic exposure to the pesticide parquet.

d.    The aesthetic protocol can cause green urine, as can medications for Parkinson’sdisease.

6.    Brown or Black urine

a.    Eating certain kind of beans, especially fava beans or velvet beans, caused darkening of the urine because of their dopamine content.

b.    Certain medications for Parkinson’s disease likewise have this effect.

c.    Taking laxatives made with Senna (in the US and UK, Sennecot) can also darken the urine.

7.    BLUE URINE

a.    HAVE YOU CONSUMED FOOD MADE WITH BLUE DYES, SUCH AS FROSTING OR CANDY?

b.    Blue urine is also caused by use of methylene blue, which is injected in case of accidental poisoning with cyanide or used to treat urinary tract infections.

8.    PURPLE URINE

a.    Purple urine usually results from a disease called porphyria, which affects about 30,000 people, mostly in the UK and South Africa. Porphyria was the cause of the infamous “Madness of King George” III of Britain.

9.    RED OR PINK URINE

a.    Reddish urine is most common due to bleeding in the urinary tract, which can be caused by kidney stones, blows to the kidneys or bladder, or, in rare cases, cancer of the bladder of kidneys.

10. CLOUDY OR WHITE URINE

a.    Cloudy urine usually indicates a bacterial infection.

b.    Men sometimes have cloudy or foamy urine after se, or when they are abstinent from ejaculation for long periods.

11. FOAMY URINE

a.    Foamy urine can result from then same causes as cloudy urine, or it can indicate spill over of protein from severely diseased kidneys.

………………………….Outside Impacts ………………………………

1.    It can be alarming to see blood-red urine the toilet bowl, or green, blue, cloudy. Most of the time, however, there’s a colours of the rainbow.

2.    Some medications, laxatives, chemotherapy drugs, and even food can change the colour of your urine.

             …………….…………Talk to your doctor, if……………………………….

1.    Urine colour change lasts longer than a couple of days.

2.    You keep seeing the same colour in your urine.

Benefit of Vitamin D on Your Body

You may knew vitamin D for its Partnership with calcium in building Strong Bones.

What you may not know is vitamins D is one of the most important vitamins in terms of long-term health throughout the body unlike other nutrients, it acts more like a hormone then a vitamin, Directly affecting genes responsible for controlling nearly every aspect of cell development.

1.    DEPRESSION

Vitamin D is an important nutrient for mental well-being. Light Therapy, which helps raise levels of vitamin D in the body, is used to treat women with seasonal affective disorder, schizophrenia, depression and other mental disorders.

2.    BLOODPRESSURE

In one study people with hypertension exposed to ultraviolet light not only increase their vitamin D levels about 180 %, but reduced their blood pressure to normal levels.

3.    CANCERRISK

Maintaining high level of vitamin D could reduce the risk of breast cancer as much as 50%, colorectal cancer up to 253% and heart disease, stroke and peripheral artery disease more than 100%.

4.    IMMUNESYSTEM

Low vitamin D level put women at risk for infectious disease likes colds and flu. Vitamin D helps Immune system cells destroy the bacterium that causes tuberculosis, increases production of insulin and enables heart cells to contract.

5.    DIABETES

Research is underway to determine if high Vitamin D levels may help prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes in adults who have prediabetes and are at high risk for type 2 diabetes.

6.    STRONGBONES

Vitamin D helps the body absorb Calcium and important and nutrient for building bone and slowing bone lose. It also can help treat the symptoms of Osteoporosis.