There are millions of children all over the world are having ear infections and visit their doctors every year. While pediatricians are doing their best to remind and advice parents on the best way to prevent ear infections. This is not only cured by taking antibiotics, It is through the simplest ways that anyone could do to prevent ear infections.
Based on studies, The ear infections are commonly accompanied with pain and it is really hard if it is children.That's why here are simple steps that can help you and your children away from ear infections that cause much pain:
1. Stay away from smokers - smokers or the smoke itself can irritate what we called the Eustachian tubes that connects the farthest part of the ear to throat to the opening of the mouth . or it is a tube that links the pharynx to the middle ear. So should avoid smoke.
2. Chew gum - Sweeteners that can be found in gum candy and mints that can reduce the production of bacteria that causes infections, Although children should chew gum with caution or they might swallow it. So children shouldn't chew gum below 3 years old.
3. Vaccines are important- Let your children have their shots or vaccines. It should be complete. Vaccines targets the bacterias that are responsible of the pain-causing infections. Vaccines can actually cut the the risk in half of having ear infections.
4. Stop the use of pacifier -yes you heard it right. babies and tots should stop using pacifiers. children who continuously use pacifiers has a possibility of an additional 33% of infections than those who don't use pacifiers. Pacifiers should be use only at night just for bed time.
It's still not so clear how probiotics did it, but based on studies it will help in preventing some diseases such as the following:
- Tooth decay and gum disease. Based on Theory, Probiotics that are found in plain yogurt can maintain a healthy teeth and gums because it helps to regulate streptococcus mutans and porphyromonas gingivalis both are bacterium that causes tooth decay and gum disease.
- Based on studies, It was shown that probiotics helps maintain healthy immune system and continously strenghten it. This can fight abnormal cells so that it won't affect normal cells.
- protect against hostile bacteria to prevent infection
- improve digestion and absorption of food and nutrients.
It helps in treatment and prevention of the following:
- irritable bowel syndrome
- vaginal infections
- diarrhea
- urinary tract infections
- Crohn's disease
- Ulcer
- eczema in kids
- infection of the digestive tract
There are some probiotics that offers unusual health benefits
Lactobacillus and Bifidobacterum. Reduce allergic response from food while strengthen the immune system. It also reduce gastrointeritis immature digestion.
You can get probiotics in fermented cheese, soy milk, miso, buttermilk and fermented or cultured dairy products.
Frequently we use to smell stinky odor when someone getting off he's shoes, Its very embarrassing if we are like that, we don't even want a person to be around you especially when he is getting off he's shoe we don't want to smell the stinky feet or the smelly feet and we don't want our feet to smell bad.
The bad foot odor is cause by bacteria, if our feet is always sweaty bacteria will always be there because they like it, active persons are those who sweat fast, like athlete's. In the case of sweaty feet almost all people are active that's why are feet sweat fast especially when we are have on our shoes.
Because of lack of air in our shoes it tends to sweat because of heat, this is were the bacteria's appear , and if the bacteria's start to multiply it produce bad odor on our feet, but if you have fungal infections it can also cause bad odor to your feet.
There are some conditions why we sweat, some are thyroid problem, hypertension, stress, and also the hot weather.
here are some tips in preventing stinky smelly feet:
- Always washed are feet with soap and water especially in the areas between the fingers of our feet, make sure your feet is not exhausted before you wash it.
- Make sure that before you wear your shoes is that your feet are dry, we recommend to apply foot powder before wearing your shoes.
- Aside from foot powder we could also use aluminum chloride hexahydrate sa areas of our feet that is always sweaty.
- Always change our socks everyday, use socks that are made in cotton that can absorb the sweat in our feet.
- If all this tips don't work better hurry too see your doctor for medical treatment.
When a person catches flu or cold his or her back throat is beginning to swollen, this swollen affects the tonsil and adenoid, because of this a person experience sore throat. Another cause of sore throat is the germs called streptococcus, this germs cause’s irritation to our throat and gives the person uneasy feeling to our throat and for a while becomes sore throat. Other causes of sore throat are sinusitis, diphtheria, measles, and leukemia can be sometimes can cause sore throat.
Person’s with sore throat sometimes complain about warm and dried throat followed by chilling, fever, and laryngitis. Swollen lymph nodes are also cause of sore throat, swallowing can be painful for a person with sore throat. If the irritation of the throat reaches the air passage it can cause cold.
Many sore throats and infections are contracted from bacteria on toothbrushes which should be replaced monthly. Between uses store your toothbrush in hydrogen peroxide (rinse thoroughly before using) or grapefruit seed extract to kill germs (which can also be used to gargle with.)
The uses of steam inhalation are effective in delivering relief to our sore throat, hot compress at your neck can also help subside the swollen throat, do this every night until the swollen decreases.
Take hydrogen peroxide and dilute it with water and gargle frequently. It will kill the germs in your throat. I have used it to stop a strep throat infection immediately. You may also use it to dissolve the wax in your ears and kill the bacteria. I use it undiluted to dissolve ear wax and clean out my ears.
You may also gargle with salt water.
It your doctor prescribes antibiotics for a bacterial throat infection, eat yogurt, such as
Drink a great deal of water to flush out your kidneys along with plenty of liquids. Herbal teas and fresh juices are best.
A mixture of raw honey and lemon juice will coat the throat and help kill the germs.
Extra vitamin C, garlic and honey will help fight the infection.
There are many drugs out there with medicated lozenges, commonly it is in candy type drug, and it really can help to lessen the irritation to our throat.
