Archive for May, 2010
Your child’s sleep may be disturbed or irritability due to an itchy scalp.
Parents of elementary school students dread the day their child comes home from school with lice. But although lice are unpleasant, it is not the end of the world. Lice don’t cause any serious medical diseases, and they have nothing to do with the cleanliness of your home or your child. Head lice are tiny insects that lay their eggs, or nits, close to the scalp. Shaped like tiny teardrops, the nits are brownish white, about the size of a poppy seed and stick to individual hairs. Adult lice have six legs and are 2 mm to 4 mm long, about the size of a sesame seed. They spread through direct contact or by sharing items such as combs, hats or hairbrushes, lice crawl quickly; they do not jump, fly or hop. An itchy scalp may be a sign of lice, but often there are no symptoms. To look for lice, regularly check behind your children’s ears and their entire head, hair by hair from root to tip. Part damp combed hair into thin narrow sections, then run a lice comb through one section at a time. Place comb against the scalp and pull it to the of the hair, checking the teeth after each stroke.
Do you ever feel that kids are always sleeping, but never for long?
Although that most newborns sleep 16 to 18 hours a day, they tend to take those rests two to three hours at a time. Gradually, they begin to sleep less, but for longer stretches. By three months, they need about 15 hours of sleep approximately 9 hours at night plus 2 hours daytime naps. And by six months, most babies are sleeping for even longer stretches at night and getting through the day on just two naps of 2 hours each.
What is the purpose of night study?
The purpose of a night study is to diagnose a patient who can have snoring or obstructive sleep apnoea. As the name suggests, the test takes place at night. During one night monitored in a sleeping patient, certain selected parameters. The most important part of the study is to assess arterial oxygen saturation. (Oxygen saturation is a measure of how much oxygen the blood is carrying as a percentage of the maximum it could carry.) If you suffer from sleep apnea, its consequence are a temporary drop in the quantity of oxygen in the blood, decrease in oxygen saturation. Transitional hypoxia (reduced oxygen) of the body, including heart and brain, is very dangerous. It may be the cause of numerous diseases such as coronary artery disease, hypertension, heart attack or stroke.
Most people are not very happy to go to sleep lab night study. You can, recording how you snore while asleep at home, by test voice (Voice Recorder) and by laptop/PC, the voice-video.
Having a cold or flu can cause increased snoring
Sleep more and longer. Better sleep can lower your chances of caching a cold.
Science has already shown that chronic sleep loss can tax the immune system;
conversely, getting enough naps can strengthen your defences against many diseases, including the common cold.
Research shows that early action can reduce the frequency of sneezing and blowing your nose. It may also reduce the occurrence of ear complications.
Keep moving: The American Council on Exercise report that regular exercise does not give bugs a chance to stick around because it increases the number of killer cells (macrophages) available to attack them when when they invade your body. It also makes immune cell mobilize faster so they have a better reaction time when a bug does try to strike. However, more is not better: More than 90 minutes of high-intensity endurance exercise can make you susceptible to illness for up to 72 hours afterwards, reports the American Council on Fitness. If you are already sick, light to moderate exercise is OK if your up to it, but put off intense training until symptoms pass. If you have flu symptoms like fever, swollen glands, it is better to rest now and move later.
Flu the Influenza, is an virus or infectious disease caused the upper respiratory system.
Virus is similar to seasonal flu, including complications such as pneumonia.
- Wash hands ofter and thoroughly with soap and warm water, or use hand sanitizer.
- Keep doing what you normally do, but stay home if you are sick.
- Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze.
- Contact your health professional if you experience severe flu like symptoms.
Cold or Flu? people often confuse.
| Symptom | Cold | Flu (Influenza) |
| Fever | Rarely up to 39 C (102 F) | Usually over 39 C (102 F) |
| Headache | Rarely | Usually |
| Muscle aches | Rarely | Usual |
| Weakness | Uncommon | Unusually |
| Runny, stuffy nose | Common | Common? |
| Nausea | No, but loss of appetite is possible | Usually |
| Sore throat | Common | Common |
| Cough | Sometimes | Can it worsen |
| Disease severity | Usually milder symptoms and few complications, which may include sinus or ear infection | Higher risk of complications like pneumonia, hospitalization, especially in children, the elderly and people with ear infection or chronic conditions |