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Two symptoms that at any other time would not give citizens more important but if you notice these days intraquilizan more than one. Do I have the seasonal flu, which I have already suffered other winters, or influenza A/H1N1, of the new virus that is still being studied? This will be the question many raised during the coming months.

Currently, anyone with fever over 38 º C and acute respiratory infection symptoms could be infected by the new influenza virus A/H1N1, officially declared pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) since last month June.

How to distinguish?
Both WHO and the Ministry of Health on their websites give information about the symptoms of both infections and the mode of transmission. And it turns out are quite similar, so the final confirmation on whether it is over and will give the laboratory.

However, certain differences do exist. For example, the fever rises faster and is higher among those affected by avian influenza A that common. And nasal congestion, seasonal influenza itself, is very rare in the case of new infection.

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Although the cold is caused by viruses, bacteria set in the mucous membranes when they are damaged by virus attack. This can lead to ear infections and sinusitis.

Disease Signs

The nose is tight and flows. Sore throat, pressure over sinuses and discomfort in the ears often simultaneously.

Treatment

Nose drops or nasal spray against common cold may be helpful (for example Iliadin, Rhinox, NASO, Nazarene, Otrivin, Xolin, Zymelin). They contain substances that pulls together the blood vessels – and thus the mucous membranes. (more…)

Except for diving with air bottles, a child with asthma can play sports. But there are a number of sports less “asmógenos” than others.

The free running, which is the basis of the running, athletics, and sports like football or basketball, is the activity which can produce bronchospasm. As there is usually a refractory period of 2 to 4 hours’ duration in the exercise-induced asthma during which no bronchospasm occurs again, however much they continue to exercise, so running causes an intense and continuous more bronchospasm that perform the exercise intermittently.

Activities that cause exercise-induced asthma. In order of severity are:

• Free Race
• Career treadmill
• Cycling
• Swimming

In addition, sports like swimming in warm pool (hot and humid air), gymnastics, walking, golf, hiking and biking on level ground are much less asmógenos. The tennis and ball games, but require much free running, usually take the form of intermittent heavy exertion, so are also good, like the martial arts (judo, karate, taekwondo), fencing, etc..

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Exercise is necessary for all children, and provide moments of happiness while preparing to teach a healthy lifestyle as adults, therefore, the child with asthma should not be an exception, and should make physical exercise a manner “adequate”.

Benefits of exercise in children with asthma:

• Improved child development
• Improving physical fitness and exercise tolerance itself
• The attacks caused by stress are reduced or are less strong
• The crises are best controlled
• It helps to reduce the nervousness caused by the attacks.

But keep in mind that at least 80% of children with asthma may have a bronchoconstriction with sports, unless appropriate measures are taken). However, given the benefit of sport psycho and integrator, is a great error overprotect the asthmatic child and prevent a normal level of exercise.

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Epiglottitis is a life threatening illness.

The epiglottis is the piece of cartilage-located in the back of the tongue that closes the windpipe during swallowing. It prevents food from entering the airways, so you do not cough or choke after swallowing. (more…)