Thursday, February 16, 2012

Lima Jerawat remedies


Banyak orang khawatir tentang produk untuk menghilangkan jerawat, namun mungkin faktor yang lebih penting untuk dipertimbangkan adalah pencegahan. Setelah semua, satu ons pencegahan bernilai satu pon pengobatan. Jadi, berikut adalah lima cara dasar tetapi yang paling penting untuk mengobati dan mencegah jerawat membangun.

1. Pembersihan

Membasuh lapisan luar kulit dengan minyak alami tidak benar-benar membantu mencegah atau mengobati jerawat, atau jerawat untuk orang lain, untuk itu berkembang di bawah kulit. Meskipun keyakinan orang-orang mengembangkan jerawat karena fakta bahwa mereka tidak membersihkan kulit mereka dengan seksama. Untuk informasi semua orang, membersihkan kulit terlalu banyak dapat menyebabkan iritasi dan menghasilkan lebih whiteheads dan komedo yang berubah menjadi jerawat setelah terinfeksi. Cuci lembut hanya diperlukan. Gunakan sabun ringan atau pembersih, contoh adalah bar Cetaphil atau jerawat. Lain sampel yang baik adalah Neutrogena produk yang mencuci jerawat.

2. Exfoliating

Hal ini juga penting untuk pengelupasan kulit, hal ini membantu menghilangkan sel kulit mati, untuk mempertahankan kulit sehat dan bersinar. Sebuah pembersih ringan akan membantu pengelupasan wajah setelah mencuci. Scrubbing juga akan membantu pengelupasan wajah, yang dapat dilakukan sekali atau dua kali seminggu. Prosedur ini akan membantu dalam mengurangi lapisan sel kulit mati yang menyumbat pori-pori, alasan mengapa lebih banyak jerawat atau jerawat.

3. Menjaga kulit Batal

- Pastikan bahwa semua kosmetik seperti bedak, lotion, blush on, foundation, dan bahkan tabir surya yang bebas minyak

- Kompleks 15 adalah minyak pelembab gratis yang membantu menghindari kulit kering

- Biasakan menggunakan oil-free lotion

- Singkirkan bahan kimia rambut seperti gel atau krim rambut

- Selalu perhatikan label dengan istilah non-comedogenic, yang berarti mereka tidak menyebabkan pori-pori menjadi tersumbat

4. Terbukti Kimia

Benzoil Peroksida

Hal ini menghilangkan bakteri yang memperburuk jerawat dan juga unplugs sekresi minyak dan jerawat atau jerawat membantu untuk menyembuhkan. Hal ini dapat ditemukan di banyak over-the-counter perawatan jerawat. Mulai traditionalistically dengan pelembab lima persen sekali sehari-hari seperti setelah mencuci muka sebelum tidur. Setelah seminggu, membuatnya dua kali sehari-hari jika tidak ada obat lain yang diambil atau digunakan. Jika jerawat belum sembuh setelah empat sampai enam minggu, cobalah sepuluh persen campuran. Hal ini dapat dibeli over-the-counter, namun, ada kebutuhan untuk mencari resep dokter. Pastikan untuk meminta bentuk nyata: apoteker dapat ditanyakan yang dapat dibeli over-the-counter atau yang membutuhkan resep.

Antibiotik

Ini tersedia hanya jika ada rekomendasi dokter. Antibiotik bantuan sangat membantu untuk jerawat atau jerawat yang sudah bengkak dan merah dan biasanya memiliki nanah, atau jika tidak mereka tidak lagi diobati dengan obat seperti yang diharapkan. Antibiotik ini menghilangkan bakteri, yang mengembangkan untuk whiteheads. Pastikan Anda mengikuti dosis yang dianjurkan dokter dan selalu mengambil pil antibiotik dengan jumlah cukup air. Beberapa bakteri ini membunuh obat-obatan juga dapat meningkatkan sensitivitas kulit terhadap matahari, karena ini tabir surya digunakan ketika akan keluar untuk mencegah kulit terbakar apapun.

Accutane

Accutane adalah antibiotik yang tersedia hanya di bawah perintah dokter dan rekomendasi. Accutane adalah pil yang sangat dioptimalkan yang dimaksudkan bagi mereka dengan luka yang dalam, atau jerawat yang tidak bisa lagi diobati dengan obat lain atau antibiotik. Tes darah diambil setiap sekarang dan kemudian ketika menggunakan Accutane sebagai obat, karena hal ini dapat mempengaruhi sel darah dan jumlah darah. Bagi wanita, dokter, mungkin dokter kandungan-dokter kandungan mungkin memerlukan asupan pil KB sebelum resep Accutane ini. Berikan perhatian lebih ketika benar-benar dipertimbangkan, karena bisa sangat berbahaya bagi perempuan hamil. Namun, sampai saat ini beberapa dokter tidak meresepkan Accutane.

5. Pengobatan Informasi

Pengobatan dapat memakan waktu yang sering memakan waktu enam sampai delapan minggu untuk jerawat untuk sembuh setelah akan ada awal pengobatan. Beberapa obat dapat menyebabkan jerawat untuk mendapatkan bahkan lebih besar atau lebih merah sebelum sampai juga, ada saat-saat ini bisa memiliki nanah juga. Jika jerawat masih belum menggenang setelah beberapa obat dengan obat lain, dokter mungkin menyarankan bahwa pasien mengambil obat oral. Dokter menyarankan retinoid ini sebagai pengobatan terakhir, karena efek yang serius dan juga sangat mahal. Kadang wanita diminta untuk minum pil KB dapat membantu mereka mengontrol jerawat terutama pada wanita yang perubahan suasana hati bahkan sebelum mereka mulai menstruasi.

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Over-the-Counter Topical Medications For Acne


In the early stage of the ongoing war with acne, most people go to a pharmacy to buy an over-the-counter medication. There are so many treatments available for acne, that it can be a complicated decision. Advice from friends is not a reliable method for making a choice, because what worked for 1 person may not work for another. And advertising advice? Who trusts that?

You can make a more informed choice about which product to try just by knowing about the active ingredients in the various acne medications.

Benzoyl Peroxide

1 of the most popular ingredients in acne medications, benzoyl peroxide is available in gels and ointments. It kills the bacteria that causes pimples and helps remove dead skin cells that build up on the surface of the skin. These dead skin cells, when combined with sebum (oil), create blackheads and whiteheads. Dry skin is the only side effect, which can be minimized with less frequent application. It has a bleaching effect, so avoid hair and clothing when applying it.

Salicylic Acid

This is a popular acne ingredient which clears up dead skin cells that clog the pores. Continued use even after the skin has cleared up is necessary to avoid future acne outbreaks. Again, the side effect is dry, irritated skin.

Resorcinol

Resorcinol causes the top layer of skin to peel, which removes the dead skin cells that clog pores. It is often combined with sulphur.

Sulphur

Because of a strong, unpleasant odor, sulphur is usually combined with other ingredients. How it works is unknown, but it's been used effectively for decades. Sulphur is often combined with salicylate acid and benzoyl peroxide.

Products

Of all these ingredients, benzoyl peroxide is probably the most versatile. It can be made into cleansing liquids, bars, gels, lotions and cream, all of which are applied directly to the skin. Cleansing products are usually used once or twice daily, with creams and lotions applied as needed. They are most effective when rubbed on the area surrounding the acne, as well as on the pimples themselves.

It's always a good idea to discuss acne with a doctor before self-treating with any of these medications. Even though acne is a fairly harmless condition, a doctor can often offer better suggestions and explain the best way to handle your condition based on your particular kind of acne.

Flu Threat: Lessons From Past Pandemics


Flu and the Immune System

Influenza ("flu") strikes every year and afflicts millions. Under normal circumstances, flu is not considered a general public health risk. Of course, any disease must be taken seriously for two reasons.

First of all, any disease, including flu, can become dangerous through complications.

But, let's also understand the far more important issue with regard to flu (and not just avian flu)…but disease in general. Every flu is a problem primarily because our immune system gets compromised through life's stresses. Put bluntly, flu is "caught" by people because their immune system is not functioning well.

Immune system dysfunction and weakening occurs from constant stress, constant threat of danger, constant deprivation of nutritional needs, and constant exposure to vicissitudes of life. Flu …even deadlier strains such as avian flu, can be the result.

Specifically, flu impacts us due to an under active immune system. This is true of many diseases such as cancer, Hepatitis B and C, TB, strep, shingles as well as flu. Other disease conditions are the result of an over active immune system.

What makes this an issue of late is the fact that only recently has science begun to understand the immune system, its complications, its sheer power to fend off disease conditions and its power to aid in the healing process.

Remember that as we introduce the potential of avian flu.

Avian Flu and Pandemics of the Past

To understand the avian flu threat, we need to understand flu pandemics of the past. Flu epidemics have been explosive and unusually deadly. In past centuries, flu probably spread so fast due to humans and animals living in close proximity.

As you probably know, avian flu is a complex disease mutated from flu that kills birds. But, avian flu has mutated successfully to strike human life. Close proximity of animal and human life allows for such mutations to develop and spread.

Flu can spread like wildfire. The pandemic flu of 1580 began in Asia, spreading over all continents in less than a year. The flu engulfed all of Europe in less than six months.

That's the problem with flu breakouts. Flu pandemics hit like the proverbial flash flood. A highly contagious flu virus can hit populations that have little or no specific antibody immunities to the disease, infect a quarter of the population, outstrip societal response capability, disrupting societal health and economy.

The fear today is that avian flu will strike suddenly and will spread globally in a matter of mere months.

There were three flu pandemics of the 20th century. They are well documented as to origin, spread, and impact. Those flu pandemics occurred in 1918-19, 1957-58, and 1968-69.

The flu pandemic of 1918-19 killed upwards of 40 million people. No doubt, society did not have the tools nor understanding to stop the plague. However, if ever there was an argument for immune debilitation, it's war weariness.

Almost every author who writes about this flu pandemic notes the fact the world was at war. But, that was not a mere footnote. It was a major contributor to society's incapacity to restrain, much less stop the flu plague.

War brings unique circumstances, to say the least. War brings a strain to everything including the immune capacity of the survivors. If flu occurs in compromised immune systems, war guarantees the stress and deprivation which is often the prelude to plague:

" soldiers live in horrid conditions and return to a disrupted life but the effect on their immune system follows them into peace time …and plague,

" loss of loved ones brings its stresses to the emotions which impacts the immune system," constant anxiety for soldiers and loved ones even though they return safely, brings its emotional traumas and immune system depletion,

" loss of hygienic conditions weakens resistance and breeds viral and bacterial conditions,

" depression economy brings poverty and its consequences to human quality of life,

" uncertainty of safe living conditions (bombing, terrorism, battle, mob actions)
during war takes its own toll on the body

" disrupted economies, making recovery long, difficult and uncertain,

" work hours longer and work conditions harsher, pay less,

" crime, destruction, barbarism frightening or actual,

" whole economies perish, trade and commerce uncertain,

" political uncertainties,

" peace often brings more severe dislocation and hardship (this was especially the case after World War I),

" all populations suffer nutritional deprivation, with few exceptions

When flu strikes after such conditions, scientists often misjudge the fact that the victims, deemed "healthy", really were compromised terribly throughout the war and peace time consequences. The generation, which was victimized by the "Spanish flu" of 1918-1919, was in the age range of 15 - 35 … the very age which includes:

" soldiers,

" single parents,

" factory workers,

" teens called upon to assume unusual responsibilities on the home front

" workers in their prime, needed on all fronts...

" medical and other service personnel exposed to a constant need for their services,

Their "after the war" physical let down is almost reminiscent of what happens to people after particularly long periods of stress…They fall prey to flu, colds, and infection.

Why the flu? To answer that question, consider the physical impact upon athletes from their workouts.

It is now known that after a heavy workout, whatever other benefits accrue to the body, there is one clear draw back. The oxidized radicals thus formed take the body several days to get over… leaving the body open to radical damage and some internal harm. (See my article: "Antioxidants, Free Radicals, and Sports Nutrition"

New research suggests glyconutritional supplementation taken before, during, and especially after workouts helps the body get over the radical burden in a matter of hours, not days.

Now, if recent research shows that athletic stress takes days to get over, often leaving damage to organs and tissues in its wake (especially if it is a habitual practice), why are we surprised at the massive flu fall out following the First World War - a war which was worldwide in its scope, as was the flu pandemic which followed it?

Perhaps, before we consider avian flu in the second article, we should realize there is strong scientific testimony that recognizes glyconutrition is a way to prepare and deal with the onset of deadly flu…and potentially other pandemic possibilities.

Read the following testimony before Congress when doing further research on flu, avian or otherwise.

"In instances of unusual, epidemic, or virulent infectious agent exposure, glyconutrient supplementation has been found effective for enhancing general immune functions and defense. When supplied at higher levels than available in nature, sugars needed for cellular synthesis can take innate defense systems to a much higher level that are effective against infectious agents."

-Dr. H. Reginald McDaniel, "Comprehensive Medical Care for Bioterrorism Exposure"
Congressional Hearing, November 14, 2001
(emphasis ours)