The complaints by an asthma can be alleviated by therapy and preventive measures to keep under control. In half of all children suffering from asthma sounds with the end of puberty again, with another 40 percent is significant improvement occurs. In adulthood, the disease heals in about 20 percent of cases. The asthma probability “outgrow” increases when the disease is early detected and treated.
Prevention of Asthma in Children
A safe prevention against asthma does not exist. However there are some behaviors, which can reduce asthma risks in children
- Do not expose your children to cigarette smoke,
- Cold air, air pollutant and dust should be avoided as much as possible,
- Avoid domestic animals, because they can increase the risk of asthma illness at children,
- Prevent infections of the respiratory tract against,
- Let your child suspected to treat an allergy and perhaps study. Read more…
Essential Asthma Medicines
The main goals of asthma therapy are that the affected children have no asthma symptoms and that their physical, mental and spiritual development is not impeded. If the asthma is well treated, it must restrict neither the physical nor the social activities in child daily life. The asthma disease should also not possible get worse.
Successful asthma treatment is possible only if children are taking asthma medicines regularly and permanently. Medication to relieve the discomfort and relax the tense muscles in the airways. This gives your child can participate in sporting activities. For a normal physical and mental development is very important. In addition to the lungs can develop normally.
Effect of Asthma Medicines
The breath way league recommends a stage therapy with asthma. The following medicines are used in this disease :
Aerosol bronchodilators (inhalation medicines) with immediate effect : they lead to Read more…
Not all dementia shows the same course. Alzheimer’s disease usually progresses slowly, steadily – over many years. There are also rapidly deteriorating or fluctuating forms of dementia. The latter run in spurts: phases, in which the parties can think as clearly as before her illness or in early stages of the disease are sudden mood swings, and replaced by a marked decline in mental abilities. The dementia course varies with the individual.
How to Prevent Vascular Dementia and Alzheimers ?
With dementia can not be targeted to prevent, since its exact causes are not fully understood until now. By some underlying medical conditions is known that the risk of Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease increases:
- Diabetes (diabetes mellitus)
- Hypertension
- Atrial fibrillation
- Nicotine and alcohol consumption
- Previous head injury (stroke, trauma boxer)
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Anorexia (anorexia nervosa) is detected early and treated appropriately, they often take the short term, a favorable trend: The success rates for short-term weight increase between 40 and 90 percent. However, there are currently no meaningful data on long-term therapeutic intervention available.
The anorexia nervosa prognosis also depends on weight of the person concerned: If the weight after an inpatient treatment of anorexia nervosa, at least 90 percent of body mass index, those affected have a better treatment success than those who weigh less when they were discharged. About ten percent of anorexics die as a result of anarexia.
Even after their weight has returned to normal, still persists among many stakeholders, the distorted attitude toward weight and shape. In general, the chances are that anorexia nervosa is overcome, better, if it occurs early. At a very early onset before the age of eleven, the cure rates are significantly worse, however.
Anorexia Prevention and Identify
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For the course of bulimia (bulimia nervosa), relatively little is known, because the bulimia before 1980 exists as a separate diagnosis. It is assumed that untreated phases with low and alternating strongly marked symptoms. The vomiting with bulimia typically leads to medical consequences: Due to frequent with bulimia potassium deficiency may cause cardiac arrhythmias. In addition, esophagitis, gastric wall lesions, swelling of the parotid gland, significant damage to the tooth enamel and changes in skin and hair are possible. Through the self-induced vomiting, the oral cavity can be hurt, there is also danger of suffocation, when reached by stomach contents into the trachea. Are diuretic and laxative abuse resources taken, it comes with bulimia – in addition to the potassium deficiency – to more serious disorders of mineral metabolism. The possible malnutrition as a result of bulimia has a negative impact on the endocrine system. As a result, the menstruation is absent, it comes to infertility, lack of energy and cold sensitivity. Due to the huge expenditure on food and laxatives financial difficulties arise.

With up to 50 percent of these patients show symptoms of depression. Labile mood, guilt and suicidal thoughts are observed with bulimia in the context of eating and vomiting attacks. Binges require self-reproach – the parties are of the opinion does not even have enough to control. The feeling of relief after vomiting is of short duration Read more…
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