Heart weeks 2015: Focus of cardiac arrhythmias
During the held Heart weeks 2015 the US Heart Foundation are taught in numerous seminars and lectures find out the most important organ: the heart. This year the focus is on the topic of cardiac arrhythmias, especially atrial fibrillation. The human heart has to do hard labor quasi: Approximately 100,000 strokes daily is necessary to circulate about 1,500 times in the cycle which is about five liters of blood and to supply organs, cells and tissues with oxygen and nutrients. Usually it works completely unnoticed, but gets the heart occasionally missing a beat – we take this as palpitations, -stolpern or uncomfortable pauses true. Occasional irregularities are perfectly normal and therefore not necessarily a sign of a disease requiring treatment. Join cardiac arrhythmias, however, often or for a longer period of time, the cause must be investigated by a...
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Tips for proper dental care
A beautiful smile can do magic, but only if the teeth are clean and shine. With help from professional teeth cleaning primarily their own oral hygiene, because only those who brushes his teeth daily, his beautiful smile gets into old age. In preschool, the little ones learn that brushing is essential for healthy teeth, as in the mouth various germs and bacteria lurk, some of them may be harmful to the teeth. Especially common is that these bacteria like to settle between the teeth in the grooves of the chewing surfaces or at the gum line in the form of plaque, where they can be difficult to achieve by the toothbrush. The consequences are caries and periodontal disease, which can ultimately lead to loss of teeth. Therefore the best be begun after the eruption of the first tooth with...
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How seniors can strengthen their immune defense
Even those who have been born healthy in the second half of life, was now very well take care of themselves. Because the immune system loses from about the age of 70 some of its agility. But the immunity and strengthen exchanging ideas. The body’s immune defense system loses in older holders of power, the immune response to vaccination falls in principle worse. When influenza infections such as the fever is rising much more slowly, the pathogen spread correspondingly rapid from the body. Sufferers do the first infection often than trifle off because the “usual” symptoms first occur not particularly strong. One more reason to hurry to pull the medical advice on the occurrence of head, chest and limbs, or severe coughing with sputum. This also seniors are immune to surprises, it is important to maintain a targeted immune...
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In winter need extra care for hair
Dry heated air in the house and make tingling cold in the winter to provide not only the skin, but also damage the hair. In order to shine now with beautiful hair, these need a little extra care. Many believe that especially heat and sunlight damage the hair and dry. But especially in the summer when it’s warm, we sweat and sebaceous glands are working overtime, so that the hair remains moist and supple. In the winter wear against cold and dry air heating the hair its moisture. The consequences are brittle and lackluster hair. In addition, beanies, hats and caps provide a static charge, so that the hair stand on end and difficult to tame, let alone leave for bringing in a decent shape. Hair care starts in winter already when washing. Although a hot shower after a...
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Cough: Identify the cause and choose the right treatment
The cough reflex is a natural, perfectly healthy reaction to convey debris, dust, smoke, accumulated secretions or germs from the respiratory tract. However, persistent cough indicates an infection, allergy or over-stimulation of the respiratory tract. Up to eliminate the cause cough can torment, pain and prepare awake at night. Basically it can be distinguished “productive cough” dry cough. The productive cough cleans the airways of foreign material or mucus. The latter is not only a breeding ground for bacteria and viruses, he glued the respiratory tract. The causes may: Foreign bodies, dust, fumes that irritate the respiratory tract or even spasm can. Colds, inflamed with increased secretion and production, swollen mucous membranes associated. Allergic reactions that often have very similar consequences. mucous membranes swell, it is distributed more secretions. Dry cough, however, has no sound, liberating function: An inflammatory,...
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