BRACE YOURSELF FROM THE IMPACT OF COLD AND FLU

Cold was common respiratory illness most people felt every moment of their life especially during winter season or sudden changes of weather. This was the most distressing days that we have to handle with care and with dispatch. Getting cold and flu anytime of the day from sudden changes in temperature due chilly weather can affect the biochemistry of the body. 

The susceptibility to cold and flu is greater if the immune system can’t handle with the disruption of the normal condition of the body. Every alteration will mean something is boiling inside the respiratory tract, the starting point of having caught with flu.

Cold was the result of infection cause by virus. Anyone started coughing, sneezing. It can spread quickly by touching other people’s hands or speaking in front of others. The virus were still outside the perimeter of the body continuously enter inside the respiratory tract by just touching the nose, eyes and mouth with contaminated hands.

Cold and flu is fatal to small children and infants if the virus insisted on controlling human mechanism especially if the victim has problem with his lungs. The transmission of the flu virus is easy even kissing the child in the face.

Most common symptoms are stuffy or runny nose, coughing, sneezing, sore throat and fever. It may last a week or more. A cold and flu will inflamed the mucous membrane in the nose, throat and mouth. The more serious symptoms are headache, dry cough, chills and body pains.

Children affected will have vomiting or nausea during the period of distress. What is fatal is when it complicates other health diseases that will lead to life-threatening condition. It causes bronchitis, sinusitis, pneumonia and ear infection, heart disease and episode of asthma.

Coughing disrupted sleep, the fever that come and go, shortness in breathing and the inflame sinus cavity. Common prevention may minimize the impact to health if caught with colds and flu:

-Get flu vaccine during the year to seek immunity from colds and flu.

-Cover your mouth while coughing to prevent the spread of the virus.

-Always wash both hands most often especially if the contamination started to spread in different part of the body especially the respiratory system. Washing it with warm, soapy water for 15 minutes may help get rid the virus.

-Limit your socializing especially if anyone in the group has flu or cold.

-Help he immune system to fight back with the infection by getting enough sleep, physical activity and eating balanced diet.

-Drink many glasses of water or taking juice to loosen the sticky mucus and keep the body hydrated at all times. Virus can’t be killed using antibiotics. To loosen the mucus fully, use anti-phlegm syrup. A stuffy nose can be remedied by nasal decongestant. If cough will not go away, expectorant is the best choice. Sneezing can be stop by anti-histamine drugs. 

Pain reliever is useful in body and muscle pains. Fever can be relieves with acetaminophen medicines like aspirin and paracetamol.

If initial treatment failed, seek medical advice from doctor so that appropriate medical attention can be done to stop the infection in shortest possible time.

THE HAZARD FOR BEING DIABETICS

The threat of having diabetes is common to those who are overweight. If they are overweight and have elevated cholesterol, the blood pressure will go up and will result to stroke. The stroke may be temporary, permanent or deadly.

The development of cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death of having a diabetes. If the blood has too much sugar, the cholesterol level will go higher. The regimen of exercise is one way to achieve good blood sugar control to counteract the risk of many diseases of the heart.

Before you start doing exercise, it is highly recommended to see a doctor first so that a medical exam can be done to determine the condition of your blood sugar, fats, hemoglobin and others.

There are many kinds of exercise but choose only that will benefit you most. You should control your movement in conducting an exercise to avoid injury. Having injury is a hazard to a diabetic person. There were many diabetics who had no legs or hands. It only started from a minor wound that did not heal. So be careful.

In order to condition all your joints, do a warm-up exercise first. A simple stretching and walking is enough. After exercising, slow down so that your breathing becomes normal. Constant sweating may loss the fluid of the body and it has to be replaced. You have to drink plenty of water or juice everyday. Extra care must be done to your feet by wearing proper shoes. If you see portion of your feet showing redness in the skin, or small blisters who just appeared unnoticed, consult your doctor immediately.

The most important control is to monitor your blood sugar at all times especially if you are taking insulin medicine for your elevated sugar. It is also not advisable to have a low blood sugar during and after the exercise. Tell your doctor about these so that he can do the necessary steps by adjusting your insulin treatment.

Always remember to monitor your blood glucose for any sign of elevated sugar and low blood sugar. This are the important cases of your health that need your utmost attention. If you can't balance it will be a risk to your health that may lead to a very serious health problem.

Control the kind of foods you take. There are many restriction to these. The purpose is to avoid elevated sugar. Nutritionist can advise you the only food you can eat that is safe for your diabetes and blood cholesterol.

Test your blood sugar before and after exercise for possible low count of blood sugar. Don't do a long period of exercise. It can deplete the supply of glucose in the muscles and in the liver. Limit the duration of the exercise based on your monitoring result.

Always be with you your monitoring blood sugar kit ready to use anytime to determine the condition of your blood sugar before and after exercise.

Exercise is important to you. It will be part of your routine. It is very helpful to your condition but with limitation.