Posted by admin on June 7, 2011 under Skin Care | 
Now let’s turn to some specific skin infections. Lately I have noticed a gradual increase in Impetigo. The lesions of this contagious skin infection are characterised by thin, rolled vesicles or pustules, in a thick superficial crust, often caused by haemolytic streptococcus and staphylococcus influences. To my mind impetigo is caused more often nowadays by a faulty diet than by poor hygienic management. In hot climates impetigo problems seem to be becoming more common and there I think the causes lie in diet and hygiene in equal importance. Fortunately, impetigo can be cleared relatively easily, as long as the right measures are taken.
With children in particular, one should look at the child’s constitutional condition and likely causes will be malnutrition or a poorly balanced diet. Introduce plenty of fruit and vegetables into the diet and consider substituting cow’s milk with goat’s milk. Try to make the child eat raw food, such as salads, although I admit that this may not be so easy in younger cildren. Added to this, bathing in Epsom Salts baths and the use of Echinaforce, Violaforce and Urticalcin, makes a very good all-round treatment to clear impetigo.
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Posted by admin on April 13, 2011 under Skin Care |
Once the cancer penetrates a couple of layers of skin, its wild cells break loose and travel the tiny canals of the body to lodge in the liver, brain, kidneys, and other sites on the skin. There they settle and form ever larger clumps, choking the organs they have invaded.
For early detection, Dr. Rigel and his colleagues have developed an “ABCD” system to help you locate a cancer or a potential cancer on your body:
• A stands for asymmetry, or irregularity of shape, meaning that you cannot draw a line through it to create matching halves. Non-cancerous pigmented lesions usually are round and symmetrical (when cut down the middle, their halves have matching shapes), but early malignant melanomas usually are asymmetrical.
• В is for an irregular border – common to cancerous growths. Benign growths usually have regular margins.
• С is for color. A harmless growth generally is one color overall and flat. Cancerous growths, however, harbor various shades – from tan and brown to black, sometimes mixed in with pink or with red and white.
• D is for diameter. If the growth measures more than 6 millimeters across (about one-fourth of an inch), it is dangerous.
The Skin Cancer Foundation recommends regular self-examination of every inch of your skin – from the top of your head to the soles of your feet and between your fingers and toes. (Be sure to have a dermatologist examine you annually.) To do it yourself, stand nude with your back turned to a full-length mirror. Then look into a hand-held mirror to examine the back of your neck, torso, rump, and legs as reflected in the full-length mirror. Anything you see that doesn’t clear the ABCD test requires a medical exam. Even if you find skin spots (dysplastic nevi) that almost fail the ABCD test, they may be warnings that you have a genetic predisposition to melanoma. Watch these carefully and see your doctor immediately in response to any change in them.
In addition to self-examination, all of us – black-skinned to fair – need sun protection. The sun’s ultraviolet light harms our skin, including the soles of our feet and our palms. Evidence suggests that damage done during childhood and the teen years creates the greatest risk, so we must teach small children caution.
To avoid trouble, heed these pointers from the Skin Cancer Foundation:
• Avoid the sun, especially between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m.
• Wear a broad-brimmed hat to shade the face; wear long pants and long sleeves.
• If you must expose your skin to ultraviolet light, use sunscreens rated 15 or higher – it will take you 15 times longer to get sunburn. Sunscreens do not filter out all the ultraviolet rays, however, and doubts have been raised about the toxicity of urocanic acid used in some of them. It has been found to suppress the immune system and allows tumors to grow. The Food and Drug Administration is reviewing a petition to investigate.
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Posted by admin on February 26, 2011 under Skin Care |
There is absolutely no basis to a common belief that removal of the uterus causes a woman to lose her femininity. An old medical joke describes the hysterectomy as an operation that ‘removes the cradle but leaves the play pen*. This is very true. The organ in which the baby develops is removed. Future pregnancy is no longer possible.
But as long as the ovaries are left and hormonal production continues, normal sensations, feelings of sexuality, desire, climax (orgasm), love and affection, will continue unabated. Of this there is no doubt, ft has absolutely no effect on the woman such as her suddenly ageing, becoming ‘old hat’, developing grey hair, a wrinkled countenance, or anything else that would suddenly indicate advanced years.
She will respond to sexual stimulus in exactly the same way as she did previously. In fact, with all fear of pregnancy gone, and the need to take contraceptive precautions eliminated, many women find sex and intercourse far more rewarding mentally and physically.
Tactile stimulation tends to increase; often sensitivity of the breasts (and nipples) to manual or oral stimulation also increase. Some women may have found this lessened after childbirth, and this could continue; but if a woman has always found sexual arousal and enjoyment from such actions, these will continue and probably at a higher level of excitation.
Sexual excitation will usually stimulate the vulval glands to produce lubricating fluid. Intercourse will continue unimpaired and unhampered. The vaginal tract is usually lengthened following surgery, not shortened as some males fear.
It may be several weeks before normal sexual relationships can be resumed. The internal parts must heal and, as with any wound, this takes time. But gentle intercourse by an understanding partner will usually allow the procedure to return to normal fairly rapidly.
Some women believe that the operation will cause them to become suddenly obese. But this is a myth. Admittedly many women will increase weight after their operation, but a careful check will show that they usually feel better physically and mentally. This is often accompanied by a considerable increase in their daily food intake. The operation, in itself, does not cause a person to increase weight.
Some women tend to make invalids of themselves after their operation. The less physical activity that takes place, the less food burnt up as energy. Again, this is self-inflicted, and is another reason why some women appear to become obese after an operation of this nature. It is totally preventable by sensible habits and commonsense eating programmes. The more starch foods that are eaten (represented by sugar and refined flour in all forms), the greater are the risks of developing obesity. This applies to everyone, men and women and children, irrespective of age, maritial status or operational status. Well worth remembering!
In some older women where it was advisable to remove the ovaries as well as the uterus, doctors often back this up by the use of artificial oral hormones for a certain length of lime. This will help
reduce the risk of menopausal symptoms from flaring up. Hot flushes and sweats, a feeling of suffocation, and the other symptoms mentioned in the chapter on the change of life, all may be averted by judicious use of medication. This must be taken under a doctor’s regular supervision.
Women from whom the uterus only has been removed will not experience change of life symptoms, as ovarian hormone will still continue to be produced regularly.
Do not fear your forthcoming hysterectomy. It is for your own good, in your own interest, to make your future happier, symptom-free and more enjoyable. It will improve the quality of life and, most probably, longevity.
Certainly any operation is uncomfortable for several days afterwards. But pain control is easily maintained whilst you are in hospital. Most doctors prefer early ambulation, so you will be up and walking quite soon after the operation. Passing urine may be difficult for a day or two, but this usually settles down quickly.
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Posted by admin on February 19, 2011 under Skin Care |
This third decade of our life is when we start to see the first signs that we truly are entering our adult years. That’s when certain aspects star t showing up more, like puffiness under the eyes. Granted, some people have a genetic tendency to exhibit some of this puffiness, but overall its a sign of ageing. Meanwhile on the upper part of the eyes, there might be some excess skin and the eyebrow starts to droop a little bit. There might be a little fat accumulation in the neck and the skin might lose a bit of its youthful radiance.
Luckily, you can slow it all down by protecting yourself from further bombardment of sun damage. This is also a good time to incorporate a retinol product into your regime, which will boost your collagen reserves.
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The picture staffs to get a bit more dire. Expect to see further loss of elasticity in the skin and the loss of collagen and tat in the face will cause the checks to start heading south. The nasolabial folds, a.k.a. the smile lines, will also become, more prominent. Any areas that experience a lot of movement, such as the eyes, will start to exhibit more wrinkling there. The infrastructure of the face might appeal to be “melting’ a bit, and the corners of the mouth will turn down, as if you were frowning. This is also when those annoying age spots start deepening in colour.
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