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How to prevent scalp itching

An itchy scalp can be due to many reasons but one of the most common is dry or waste products used for styling that accumulate in this sensitive area.

Like the rest of the skin of our body, the scalp is renewed every 28 days, eliminating dead cells and generating new, healthy cells. The very cold temperatures, lack of moisture or reaction to harsh chemicals and dyes, relaxers, etc. or simply an accumulation of waste products disrupt the natural exfoliation process of leather, causing cells to accumulate and become a kind of thin foil.

This accumulation causes the hair follicles are saturated by blocking the secretion of natural bait and eventually causing an excessive dryness.

Symptoms of battered scalp

  • If your scalp is irritated and itchy after you use dyes, dryer or a straightening means is ultra sensitive and you should give it a break.
  • If you notice white flakes in certain areas of your hair rather than dandruff, can be a sign that your scalp is dry. This is because often only apply to our hair moisturizing products directly, but forget the leather. It is very important to keep the scalp moist if we are growing strong and healthy new strands.
  • If after the use of any product in your hair, whatever, you notice that you have outbreaks or fire, it is safer to have had an allergic reaction and you should discontinue use immediately. Go to your doctor or a dermatologist to recommend you the best treatment.

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Morning sickness due to pregnancy: unbearable and unavoidable

morningsicknessMorning sickness is a symptom that all pregnant women, or were pregnant, had ever experienced. These are mainly nausea caused by high levels of hormones during pregnancy. Similarly, they are sometimes accompanied by vomiting. Contrary to what their name implies, they can occur at any time of day. The unpleasantness of this symptom has led to much research in the hope of finding a morning sickness cure. Although nothing concrete has been found, a set of traditional medicines can help relieve them. Pharmacies also offer a range of drugs to relieve the morning sickness, but it is not advisable to use them without prior authorization from your doctor.

Tips for managing morning sickness

Ginger is the remedy most common and longest used to relieve morning sickness. Its benefits have been demonstrated in several studies conducted by reputed institutes. These studies have shown that ginger contains vitamin B6, a vitamin found in many medicines available to relieve nausea. Even if the ginger does not entirely eliminate morning sickness, it nevertheless reduce its intensity.

Eat well and drink may also help relieve morning sickness. Avoid drinking a lot between meals. If you want to prevent nausea and vomiting, do not approach food spicy, fried, fatty and sugary. Although this seems boring, it’s the perfect remedy against morning sickness. Also, do not skip meals and eat regular snacks.

Now here are some tips to help you get out of bed in the morning. Getting up in haste is not recommended during pregnancy and can trigger morning sickness. The experts also suggest eating in bed before getting up to relieve the nausea.
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Disturbances of blood

Like all substances of the body, blood can also be problems. Since our health blog we wanted to achieve a synthesis of major disruptions of the blood and its circulation by being one of the vital elements. Well, synthesizing concepts, major disruptions of the blood are:

  • Aneurisma. It is the abnormal dilation of blood vessels.
  • Arteriosclerosis. It is characterized by hardening of the arteries, produced by the accumulation of fat inside the walls.
  • Anemia. Red blood cells do not provide enough oxygen to tissues. It may be because of a lack of hemoglobin or red blood cells.
  • Cianosis. It is characterized by a bluish discoloration of the skin, and is a sign that the arterial blood is poorly oxygenated.
  • Isquemia. It is the lack of irrigation with oxygenated blood in a particular area of the body.
  • A leukemia. A disease that affects blood leukocytes, in which increasing numbers of leukocytes but they are bad, and they do not leave work to the rest of substances in blood.
  • High blood pressure. One of the most common. It is characterized by pressure or tension in the arteries.
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Argentina has received vaccines against influenza A

Although the Government of Argentina, through its health authorities, is fighting a hard battle against dengue, he can not stop paying attention to the situation of influenza A H1N1 in the country. As regards the aforesaid, it is important to note that the last hours, arrived vaccines to prevent influenza A, a disease that caused the date to nearly 15,921 deaths in the world.

Last Tuesday, February 23 is approaching for the first time a batch of vaccines against influenza A H1N1 in a territory of Argentina. The head of the doses received was the proper Argentine Minister of Health, Dr. Juan Manzur, who took the opportunity to apply the vaccine if the disease hoped cons cited as telling the official website of the Ministry.

On this occasion, the Pontiff explained that this shipment has just arrived in Argentina is shaped by one million doses of vaccine, he published the web, adding that the same will be distributed by the country to immunize the population and to defend a disease that causes thousands and thousands of deaths.
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Tourette syndrome or tic sound and motors

Tourette’s syndrome affects more males, occurs early and tends to regress around 25 years. Tourette Syndrome is a serious neurological disorder characterized by motor tics and sound obsessive and involuntary repetition of words, attention deficit, and sometimes compulsive self-injurious behaviors. These are the symptoms of Tourette’s syndrome, a disease little known in Italy that involves between 500 and 600 thousand people, of which 100 thousand and 10 thousand severe serious. Explains Mauro Porta, neurologist and director of the Center Tourette Extrapyramidal Diseases IRCCS Galeazzi, Milan, single Italian center for the treatment of this disease and also worldwide leader.

“It is a neurological disorder, not psychiatric, as has long been believed. In early onset, usually around 5, 6 years with a male preponderance (the ratio is 5 males 3 females). Reaches its peak at school age and then regress spontaneously around 25 years (two thirds of patients)”
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The Origin Of Cancer

Contrary to popular belief, cancer is not a new disease. In reality we have documents that show the existence of cancer in antiquity.

Cancer: Its origins

The word cancer is a Latin word derived from the Greek word meaning carcinos crab. The translation from the Greek word carcinos in Cancer (Latin) was the work of Celsus (28 BC. – 50 AD. J.-C). However there are documents that indicate that the cancer had been discovered long before Hippocrates.

The Ebers Papyrus which was written around 1500 BC. J.-C provides evidence that the cancer was known in ancient Egypt. The only solution at that time was the cauterization. Egyptians at this time were able to differentiate a benign from a malignant tumor.
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