Showing posts with label lungs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lungs. Show all posts

Monday, 20 July 2009

Apples Reduces The Risk Of Asthma In Infants


Apples Reduces The Risk Of Asthma In Infants and children. You’re pregnant? If so, you must eating more apples. An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Ancient expression that always it’s not just the actual words.
A proven fat-free apple, sodium and cholesterol, as well as having a high fiber content. Not only that, apples also contain antioxidants that improve immune function so that it can ward off heart disease and some cancers.
Apples Reduces The Risk Of Asthma In Infants And ChildrenBased on research, apples consumed by pregnant women can reduce the baby’s risk of asthma in pregnancy. This is the result of research experts from the University of Aberdeen, UK. In this study, they surveyed the eating habits of 2000 expectant mothers and see their child’s physical condition during the five years.
Asthma or Asthma is a condition where the airways are narrowed (temporarily) because of hyperactivity of certain stimuli, which cause inflammation. This narrowing can be triggered by various stimuli, such as pollen, dust, animal dander, smoke, cold air and exercise, this constriction is temporary.
Asthma disease occur most commonly in children and potentially disrupt the growth and development of children. Allergies can affect all organs and bodily functions without exception. Initial symptoms in children can include itching in the chest or neck. Dry cough at night or during sports could also be the only symptom. Asthma is not curable and there are drugs that currently serve only relieve symptoms. However, by controlling asthma, asthma sufferers can be free from asthma symptoms that interfere.
Research experts from the University of Aberdeen, UK is quite surprising. Pregnant women who eat four or more apples a week, then the risk of children had asthma, 50 percent lower than children whose mothers consumed only one or less fruit apples every week. The results of this research were presented at the conference of American Thoracic Society, recently. So far, the experts can not explain how the apple could produce such benefits.
Natural cure asthma in children with an appleIf the opinion of laymen like me. As we already know apples nutritious health prevent lung disease and cancer prevention. According to research, the National Heart and Lung Institute, apple juice actually has more benefits to prevent lung disease.
Similarly, according to Dr. Peter Burney, the content of phytochemicals in apples called flavonoids and phenolic acids such as who was instrumental in reducing inflammation in the airways so that a child’s body to avoid a respiratory disease and asthma.
Flavonid substances in apples may reduce the risk of provenlung cancer health diseases – lung up to 50%. While research from Cornell University in the U.S. found that phytochemical substances in apple skin to prevent colon cancer by 43%. Smokers by experts are encouraged to consume lots of apples.
This is because apples are rich in flavonoids and quercetin, can help prevent damage to blood vessel walls caused by tobacco. Moreover, in Chinese medicine, the apple has a cooling effect for the lungs.
An apple contains some vitamins namely, vitamin A (74IU), B Thiamin (04 mg), Niacin (15 mg), C Absorbic acid (8 mg) and Riboflavin (03 mg). Also various kinds of minerals, like calcium (10 mg), Phosphorus (100 mg), Iron (45 mg), Potassium (159 mg) and magnesium (12 mg).
High content of quercetin in the apple mentioned can increase antioxidant activity in blood. This can reduce LDL cholesterol levels that can damage the blood flow, people who consume a lower risk of getting heart disease and stroke.
Most likely the ability of powerful lungs of mothers has declined and descended on the baby, just as the immune effects against certain diseases.

Monday, 17 March 2008

Knowing Asthma Symptoms


The Symptoms Of Asthm. Deteriorating environmental factors, adding a growing list of diseases that a good number of diseases and the number of patients. One of the diseases that take advantage of environmental damage is asthma.
Data from the World Health Organization has as many as 370 million people worldwide suffer from asthma and 225 thousand people died of asthma in the year 2005, 279 thousand people died in the year 2006 and 350 thousand in 2008.
knowing the mild asthma symptoms, you might be able to prevent AsthmaAsthma is a chronic disease(chronic) in the bronchial (lower airway), with recurrent symptoms are acute (sudden) and occurs repeatedly. Asthma is also one of its derivatives and unknown disease that maternal factors more strongly to reduce asthma in children.
Signs and symptoms experienced by asthma sufferers, among others:
-Feel crowded and difficult breathing
-In the pharynx feels depressed
-Space between the chest expands slightly
-There was the sound of wheezing (wheezing) when breathing out
-Body feels weak and sometimes bluish face
Initial symptoms in children can include itching in the chest or neck. Dry cough at night or during sports could also be the only prominent symptom. Coughing asthma has another characteristic, that is more severe at night or early morning, or upon waking. Asthma is not just any cough cough cough, but a stubborn cough. Understanding cough ‘recalcitrant’ covers some similar circumstances, namely:
1. Cough that lasts longer, usually more than 2 weeks
2. Difficult recovery
3. Improved briefly and then relapse again
4. Arise repeatedly in a short time interval
During asthma attacks, shortness of breath may become more severe, causing anxiety. As a reaction to anxiety, patients will also be spending a lot of sweat. Asthma occurs when airways in the lungs, called the bronchiole, become inflamed and very sensitive to triggers. During the attack, the lungs will remove mucus and respiratory tract will be narrowed, so that you are getting hard to breathe.
How do I know my child has asthma, majority of kids with asthma develop symptoms by age 6
Feature of the coming of an asthma attack
1. An asthma attack can occur suddenly marked by breath sounds (wheezing, asthma), cough and shortness of breath. Wheezing sound heard especially when patients exhale breath.
2. At other times, an asthma attack occurs slowly with symptoms that gradually worsened.
In the second situation, which was first felt by a sufferer of asthma are shortness of breath, cough or tightness in the chest. The attack could take place within a few minutes or may last up to several hours, even for a few days.
In a very severe attack, the sufferer becomes difficult to speak because of crowded very great. Confusion, lethargy (decreased consciousness state, where the sufferer such as deep sleep, but can be aroused briefly and then immediately fall asleep again) and cyanosis (bluish skin looks) is a sign that the patient oxygen supply is very limited and treatment should be done immediately.
Although he has suffered a severe attack, the patient will usually recover completely. But, if your asthma is not well controlled, the symptoms of asthma can irritate your daily activities and may have symptoms will get worse. To reduce the possibility of a recurrence of asthma, you may need to frequently play a musical instrument like a flute, saxophone, or trumpet, requiring respiratory diaphragm. Although you are not a music player, this is an excellent way to train the respiratory muscles.
Which need to be considered when asthma relapse is do not panic, calm yourself. When located in a small room air, find a room that a lot of direct air so you are free to breathe it.
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