Cold sores are the result of a simple virus type I rarely type II, which produces blisters in the mouth, cheeks or chin. It is usually present in the body in latent form, but factors such as stress, sunburn and fever, can activate.

To prevent cold sores should use a sunscreen with a protection factor greater than or equal to 15, especially if you are under 35, after that age is likely to generate smaller outbreaks.

If care despite the cold sore appears, with typical symptoms of redness, swelling, burning and / or itching it is best to avoid direct contact with the skin of other people, preferring the greetings that do not involve immediate vicinity concerned with those who show no symptoms.

Although cold sores disappear after accomplishing its cycle, it can consume fruits like pear juice, apple and grape to combat cold sores. These, due to their concentrations of tannins help strengthen the immune system to more easily fight the current outbreak and those which may appear in the future.

In some cases, more complex and related to the type II, using medications such as acyclovir, but they must be prescribed by a physician after carefully reviewing the patient. In more severe cases medical treatment can include antibiotics, but not usually the most common.

To heal cold sores it’s best to keep the area clean, let your body do its job and avoid home remedies that can infect the area complicates healing. To reduce the new growth is important to a healthy lifestyle, exercising, eating healthy and use sunscreen to avoid factors that can awaken the virus from their slumber.

Diet is key in controlling high cholesterol and overweight in our children. These conditions can cause many health problems like diabetes and high blood pressure. Moreover, not only can affect your child now but also during adulthood. By helping your child lead a healthy diet and do regular exercise may reduce the risk of these health problems.

Firstly it is important to be an example. If you prepare nutritious meals for your family your son will get used to eating a healthier way. Make sure to provide a variety of foods so that it receives all the vitamins and minerals your body needs to function properly.

At breakfast, for example, you should give foods high in fiber. Whole-grain breads, cereals, fruit, low fat cheeses and yogurt are also good food to start the day. Use skim or low-fat instead of whole milk. Fruit juice is usually high in calories and sugar and has fewer nutrients than fresh fruit.

For lunch bread used to make a healthy sandwich. Whole grains increase the total amount of fiber in your child’s diet and also are less elaborate than the white bread. Give your child always used graham crackers and fresh fruit instead of other snacks high in calories and low in nutrients. (more…)

Walking is one of the healthiest physical activities. Besides being very pleasant and relaxing, strengthens the health of your heart, tones muscles of the legs and tail and helps you lose weight.

Although it is an exercise that does not demand too much demand and we can perform at any time and place, sometimes laziness wins and we prefer to stay lying on the couch watching TV.

Are you bored with ease every time you plan to exercise? With the tips that I present to you then you will have no excuses to make sure a fun walk that will make you feel better.

Take it like a game. To keep the enthusiasm and keep you entertained in the activity, look goals. For example, the first days Aim to reach a specific site and the next week trying to reach a little farther, and thus lengthening the distances you go. (more…)

Hypertension, also known as high blood pressure or high blood pressure, is increased or sustained or intermittent elevation of blood pressure above 140 / 90 mm Hg (millimeters of mercury). Many people express the tension using only the first figures in our previous case they correspond to 14-9.

Hypertension can affect all types of person, in fact everyone knows someone who suffers from hypertension. Most do not experience symptoms when you have high blood pressure without complications, for this reason also called the “silent murderer. Hypertension can be primary or secondary key and, when their origin can be attributed to some alteration. Essential hypertension is that no known cause and is responsible for about 90% of all hypertension cases in people over 45 years of age.

Most cases of essential hypertension can be controlled with medication and above all, changes in lifestyle.

Hypertension, but not symptoms, should be treated as short, medium or long term lead to the following complications:

Hypertensive heart disease: a late complication that arises because as the heart pumps against elevated pressure in blood vessels, the left ventricle becomes enlarged and the amount of blood pumped per minute decreases. If not treated, can present a picture of congestive heart failure, characterized by symptoms such as involuntary weight gain fluid accumulation, edema of the feet and ankles that is noticeable especially in the afternoon or evening, inflammation abdomen caused by fluid retention, pronounced neck veins because there is no proper drainage to the heart, shortness of breath which may be so severe that it produces the smallest effort, difficulty sleeping, fatigue, weakness, fainting poor blood perfusion, feeling the heartbeat, palpitations, cough, decreased urine output (oliguria) Need to urinate at night (nocturia) (more…)