Children and Asthma
By dr.Ted | January 13, 2010
In addition to adults, asthma is also common in children. Even from the various statistics, incidence of asthma in children increased in almost all the world, both countries developed and developing countries. This increase was allegedly associated with an increase in the industry that high pollution levels.
Clinical symptoms of asthma in children were characterized by shortness of breath and wheezing (breathing that sounds). Usually children and asthma will start coughing and wheezing is often intermittent. Coughing and wheezing usually occurs at night or early morning, in winter, or when exhausted after the move. Asthma is one of hereditary disease. The children of parents who smoke are more likely to get asthma. Smoking during pregnancy can also cause the baby is born with the condition of asthma.
Trigger factors of asthma in children include allergic (immunological factors), atopy, and emotions of children. Allergy was found at most cause asthma in children, such as allergies to dust, cigarette smoke, animal fur like a cat or dog fur, cold air or water, chemicals such as perfumes, mosquito repellent, the sharp smell of paint, the smell stinging chemicals, and many more kinds of other allergies. Atopy is the embryo of a disease caused by allergies, for example, allergic rhinitis, sinusitis, urticaria, and others. Children who can not control his emotions can cause constriction of respiratory tract.
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Wheat Allergy Symptoms
By dr.Ted | January 13, 2010
Wheat allergy caused by an abnormal immune reaction to proteins contained in wheat. Wheat allergy is often confused with wheat intolerance. There is little difference between the two. Wheat allergy symptoms include itching, nausea, vomiting, coughing and shortness of breath. Wheat allergy can also cause life-threatening reaction called anaphylaxis. Wheat allergy is rare in adults, usually occurs in children.
When a child has wheat allergy, so her mother immediately avoid all foods that contain wheat for their children. Avoiding these foods is known wheat intolerance.
Around ten percent of the human population has wheat intolerance. Wheat intolerance is usually caused by sensitivity to gluten (a protein found in wheat, barley, rye and other grains). And when they do wheat intolerance in their diet, it is no longer allergic problems on their bodies.
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Laser Surgery Eyes
By dr.Ted | January 11, 2010
Laser surgery eyes are one of the most common elective surgeries in the U.S. even in the world today. Did you know that since the laser surgery eyes were approved in 1995, some types of laser surgery eyes have evolved over several years? Each has their own strengths and weaknesses. Most laser surgery eye’s purposes are for vision correction, and other purposes are usually cosmetic, such as removing eye bags, making slanted eyes become wider and have an eye folds.
If you need laser surgery eyes for vision correction, you must choose a doctor who is very experienced in Laser surgery, the doctors who had conducted several laser eye surgeries.
Laser operation is good for you if you have nearsightedness. Initial procedures you should do before the eye surgery, you have to do the initial checks first. Initial examination should be performed to determine that your eyes may be eligible for surgery or not. Which should not be doing laser surgery eyes is someone with a severely near or far sighted, have thin corneas, or very large Pupils, have diabetes, and hypertension.
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