Asthma, a chronic long term lung disease that inflames and narrows the airways which lead to breathing problems, tightening of chest, diabetes, artery disease, coughing, wheezing in a person. Asthma has been termed as the disease of the industrialized 21st century, with 300 million cases of asthma globally, with the number growing at alarming pace in children as smoking being the main cause of this dreaded disease.

It has proved that asthma cannot be completely cured but with  certain life style changes and diet it can be kept under check.

The tips to combat asthma are as follows:

1. Always keep your blood sugar levels normal. Reduce intake of sugar and maintain a low fat diet.
2. Stay away from stress and tension.
3. Keep fit by exercising daily, work at the gym, brisk walking and drink plenty of fluids and follow diet consisting of vitamin C.
4. Avoid any medicines that contain beta blockers, or pain killers, sedatives.
5. Avoid cold air, cold water, and humid environment.
6. Asthma patients must at all cost avoid preservative or canned foods.
7. Always have plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables and avoid trans-fats and saturated fats.
8. Do not smoke and avoid alcohol.
9. Practicing yoga also helps in fighting asthma.
10. Avoid places which have dust and do not visit homes which are newly painted.

These tips will surely help you to combat asthma.

Here is the list of remedies against common summer ailments

1. Urination Burning - dehydration could be one of the causes of burning urination or it can be caused by bacterial or yeast infection. The best way to cure this is by drinking plenty of WATER and fluids like coconut water, juices.
2. Heart Burn - heart burn can be caused by dehydration or excessive thirst and can lead to an electrolyte imbalance. Drink plenty of water or kokum sherbet to cure this ailment.
3. Red Skin Patches -  excessive perspiration can lead to infections in places where sweat tends to accumulate leading to itching or redness of skin. USE medication as prescribed by doctor or apply paste of Rakta Chandan to cool the affected parts.
4. Gastric Infections - The chances of you getting gastric infections are high in summer as food gets spoilt easily due to the heat leading to nausea, diarrhea and dysentery. To cure this ginger lemon juice with salt will cure your loss of appetite and diarrhea. Eating Tulsi leaves (Basil), laung (Clove), amla (gooseberry) can be of great help too.
5. Prickly Heat - to cure this try bathing three to four times in a day and this will cool your skin and sprinkle powdered Tulsi or Neem on the affected areas.
6. Dandruff - your scalp tends to sweat in summer and gets overly oily in this season, which leads to dandruff. Use a good hair conditioner and rub your scalp properly.
7. Dry Eyes - Redness or irritation of the eyes occurs due to excessive heat. To cure use eye wash and sterilized castor eyes to keep your eyes fresh.

These tips will help you to combat the ailments which are a part of the summer season.

An unhealthy body makes our life and our thinking process miserable.

To sustain healthy weight and healthy body you need to support your body’s natural balance. A body which is not overweight is often flexible and in this fast paced life an agile body has become more of a necessity with multitasking becoming the mantra of the day. In such situations overweight people often tend to lose out on many opportunities and life becomes burden for them just like their body. But for those who are determined to shed those extra pounds and adopt a healthy lifestyle here are some useful tips to ensure that you have a healthy body:

1. Start your day with a brisk walk and fitness exercises as this maintains the right flow of blood in your body, and sweating leads to burning of extra calories in your body which in turn reduces your body fats and saves you from obesity.
2. After a  a long night your stomach is empty hence have a heavy nutritious breakfast consisting of cereals, oatmeal, low fat milk, peanut butter, yoghurt.
3. Join a good health club having all the sophisticated equipment for cardio exercises, toning your body muscles and work out regularly.
4. Yoga in different postures helps you in making your body flexible, pumping blood and controlling your body.
5. Avoid junk food and high calories food.
6. Avoid alcohol, and try to quit smoking.
7. Snacks are a great refill to keep your body nourished. But ensure that these snacks are not loaded with fats.
8. Sleep well and have your meals on time regularly.
9. Drink plenty of water to flush out the excess toxins.
10. Include high fiber content in your meals.
11. Don’t eat too much of any one particular food, eat a balanced diet having all the possible vitamins required for the healthy body.
12. Keep a check on your weight regularly and reward yourself for every pound you have shed.
13. Eat in small portions this helps in enhancing the metabolic rate of your body.
14. Don’t go in for crash diets as this will only harm your body.

Remember that feeling fit is the first step to being fit and therefore the first step to be healthy is to feel fit and strong. Visualize that you are the most healthy person and you will see remarkable progress in your fitness regime. Remember to compete with yourself and not with others. This is the key to success and happiness.

If the inside walls of the airways are swollen and this inflammation makes the airways sensitive and they react to things which you are allergic to and they tend to get narrower and less air can be passed to your lungs leading you to a disease called asthma.

The symptoms of this disease are wheezing which is a kind of a sound when you breathe, coughing, and chest tightness, trouble in breathing particularly at night time or early morning.

Asthma cannot be cured but can be controlled by medication.

Medical research has revealed that people suffering from asthma find relief in using rescue inhalers but these tools can be harmful and can cause damage if there is prolonged use without doctors advise and may have increase risk of death.

Quick relief medicines can increase your chances of severe asthma attack, it can reduce the effectiveness of other medicines, may damage your airway tubes resulting in permanent scarring.

Frequent use of quick relief medicines indicate your symptoms and inflammation are not well controlled.

Hence it is imperative to follow a proper corrective measure in order to keep the asthma under control.

On World Asthma Day many hospitals organized seminars and awareness programmes to spread word and information about this disease.

Since yoga is to be practiced all through the year one must take certain precautions for practicing yoga during summer.

1. Yoga postures and poses were created by copying the nature and finding out how they manage to keep in tune with extreme and hostile natural conditions. Hence during the summer months the practice of yoga may be formatted to increase the moisture in our body and to do that one must be careful about the timing of your practice. The most ideal time for practicing yoga would be in the early morning before 8 AM, and then later in the evening after the sunset as this controls the excessive loss of fluid in the form of sweat.
2. The start and end of practicing yoga must end with meditation as this allows the smooth blood circulation to clear any stress hormones in the blood which can dry the skin.
3. You must concentrate on calming and cooling postures like breathing postures.
4. Focus on stretches and flexibility poses which relax you, rather than strength poses which drains out your energy during summer time.
5. Indulge yourself in forward bend postures as they flush the blood to your face and keep the brain in a cool and calm state.
6. Practice the easy forward stretch postures which help you in making your body flexible and removes the stiffness from body muscles and bones.

The other benefits of changing your yoga postures in summer are your blood flow to brain increases and relaxes you, you get relief from constipation, you have a better digestion, prevents spiral problems, your legs and arms get toned and over all blood circulation in your body improves.

Inculcating healthy eating habits and following proper oral hygiene is essential for the overall health of your teeth.

Don’t forget to gargle after every meal as this will reduce the sticking of the food particles in your teeth. These food particles attract bacteria which lead to plaque.

Avoid all acidic food stuff and drinks as they are not good for the teeth.

Include some fruits such as apples and vegetables such as carrots in your everyday meal. The chewing action stimulates the saliva flow in your mouth and it reduces mouth acidity. Also by chewing our gums are stimulated and there is a marked reduction in the bacteria which causes cavity to occur.

Substance abuse such as alcohol, drugs, tobacco chewers are more prone to decay of tooth and gums.

Bleeding gums may also be a sign that your intake of vitamin C is deficient. Be sure that your diet includes plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables every day; munching on hard, fibrous foods, such as celery stick or carrot stimulates the gums.

Including some healthy food in your meals helps to reduce the impact of cavities. For example, aged cheese, sugar free chewing gum, apples, carrots, etc. don’t forget to rinse your mouth after ever meal. You can safely consume curd, fresh fruits, semi salted biscuits etc. these are not very harmful to the teeth. Have a diet which is rich in calcium as calcium is essential for healthy and strong teeth. Some calcium rich foods are milk, yogurt, cheese, cottage cheese etc.

Fresh fruits and vegetables ensure that you remain overall healthy and this includes your mouth and gums also.

Avoid the consumption of chocolates. Do not consume things which are either too hot or too cold as they will eventually hamper your gums.

Fitness and exercise must be a part of life on daily basis no matter how short of time we are. We must have an inclination to exercise daily.

There are much trained fitness experts, health clubs in every nook and corner, play grounds, jogging tracks for fitness and training.

The various methods for exercising and keeping fit are:

1. Cardio exercises: They help us in keeping our body toned up and fit. We have tread mills and cycles and other sophisticated latest technology to help us in keeping fit.
2. Yoga: keeps our mind and body composed and various postures keep our body flexible and healthy.
3. Swimming: strengthens our leg muscles and helps us in reducing weight.
4. Brisk walking: It is good for heart and breathing and keeping us in fine shape.
5. Playing: games like table tennis, squash, tennis, etc keep our body in shape and makes us more agile.
6. Aerobic exercises: in fine tune with music keeps us fit and calm.
7. Weight lifting: improves or body muscles and gives our body a perfect shape.
8.  Pilates: is a specifically designed machine which if use for exercises keeps our body flexible, and increases our physical strength.
9. Taichi: is another form of exercise which helps us in curing heart disease, blood pressure, cancer, and depression

Patients who suffer from poisoning often turn blue. More often lips are the first tellers as they turn blue immediately in case of poisoning. Rashes may affect your skin and the patient may experience difficulty in breathing. Dehydration, nausea, diarrhea are also immediate reactions of poisoning. Rising temperature, headache, giddiness and lethargy are also some symptoms. Mostly patients complain of feeling drowsy and have difficulty in focusing. Acute symptoms include severe pain in the stomach or the chest. Patients also experience palpitation and often lose control over their bladder. Some patients complain of numbness while others show involuntary muscle twitching. In extreme cases patients may also suffer from seizures or cardiac arrest.

Seeking medical help is necessary and in the mean while one must try to identify the kind of poison consumed, injected or inhaled. This speeds up the curing process. Look out for signs of burns, breathlessness and vomiting. In case the poison is consumed orally then try to induce vomiting to purge the body. If the patient suffers from a seizure or an epileptic attack ensure that he or she does not injure himself or herself any more. Ensure that the patient does not choke in case he is vomiting. Keep checking his breathe and administer CPR if necessary. Don’t try to force feed an unconscious patient as you may end up choking him or her. Don’t try to give any medicine without consulting a professional doctor.

For households in which there are children it is advisable to keep all medicines, cleaning detergents, mosquito repellants and paints out of the reach of the children.

If an accident has affected you, you may wish to pursue the matter further, especially if it was due to somebody else’s negligence.

The accident in question may put you out of work for quite some time, which will not only mean an increase in your household bills, it will also mean that you may miss out on the likes of a work-related promotion, a pay-rise, overtime, bonuses or commission.

If you don’t make either your employer or a legal authority aware of the incident, there is nothing to stop it happening again. If you do however report it, the employer will have to make sure that the cause of the incident is corrected.

If the incident means that you have to spend some time being treated, this could mean putting any future social or work plans on hold, at least until you are in fully working order. You may miss out on the likes of concerts, festivals, and trips abroad. All of these will have cost a fair bit of money and without some sort of compensation you will lose out completely.

If after treatment, you still haven’t fully recovered, you may need to attend the likes of physiotherapy in order to build up your strength. These sessions will of course come at an extra cost and without the likes of compensation; you may be left a little out of pocket.

In order to live your life to the full and in the way you are used to, you must act quickly. Report the injury as soon as it has happened and seek legal advice as soon as you are able too. The earlier you act, the more likely you are to win a claim. This compensation will definitely allow you to have peace of mind when it comes to paying the bills.

If you are currently looking for a specialist to make an accident at work claim, you can have a quick visit at Irwin Mitchell, the solicitors firm that specialises themselves in many personal injury and accident at work cases and has a great range of expertise in dealing with such matters.

In today’s fast paced life it is highly impractical to go in for any elaborate detoxification programmes which seem to lure us from every nook and cranny. Hence we need to make the best of what we can. Here we have listed a few healthy detoxification practices. But it is vital to understand and take note that these detoxification tips do work wonders, yet they are not magical, hence to ensure everlasting results, we need to include them in our everyday living, and not just make them a onetime effort.

Eliminate the Toxins

Water is one vital factor which enables our body to be fit and healthy. It is essentially used for detoxifying. Adequate intake of water ensures that our cells receive sufficient nutrients which they require. Water is also necessary as it facilitates our kidney functions to be regularized. Proper intake of water also ensures that the waste and toxins from our body are totally flushed out by our system. Regular intake of approximately 8 glasses of water will work wonders for your overall health and wellness. For those who forget to drink water once they are engrossed in work, adding reminders to your cell or setting alarms will help initially and enable you to get it into your habit. Carry a small bottle of water with you wherever you go and keep it at a distance where you can reach it without getting up from your workplace.

Consume a glass of fruit juice daily

Some fruits have antioxidant properties which have many favorable effects on our overall wellness specially the skin. Including a glass of antioxidant juice in the morning or early afternoon helps to detoxify our body and rejuvenate our skin. It also is detrimental to adding a natural glow to our skin. Avoid adding artificial sweeteners to your drink. Don’t buy packaged juice as it contains preservatives which reduce the detoxification process. Fresh juice is the best option. Some fruits which are rich in antioxidants are blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, raspberries, pomegranates, cherries, plums and pears. A juice of any of these above mentioned fruits will surely expedite the detoxification process and ensure that your skin has a healthy glow.

Work out

Work out increases our heart beat and also increases the blood circulation in our body. Research has successfully proved that people who exercise for a minimum of half an hour daily are healthier when compared to others. Any form of physical activity can be termed as exercise. Simple household chores which involve stretching, bending, and other forms of muscle exertion are also termed as exercise. The whole aim is to eliminate excess toxins in the form of sweat. For those who are short of time, getting off one stop or station before your workplace, using the stairs instead of the elevator are some common exercise techniques.

Brushing of Dry Skin

The skin is a detrimental organ used for elimination of toxins. But many a times the skin pores get blocked. This could be because of the dry skin which gets collected on the outer layers of our skin. This dry skin then forms a layer which thickens with the passing of time, This in turn blocks our pores which is the main outlet for our sweat to be released. Clogged pores make our skin seem dull and lifeless.  Brushing off the dry skin everyday ensures that your pores can breathe. This is also essential as it increases the blood circulation and leaves the skin healthy and fresh.

Regularly inculcating these habits into your lifestyle will surely make your skin healthy and add radiance to your face.

All the best, keep glowing.