ASTHMA DEVICES: THE ROTAHALER

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Bronchodilators and topical steroid medicines are available in powder containing capsules (Rotacaps) as well as aerosols. This method of administrating medication is most commonly prescribed for poorly co-ordinated patients and for children. Most children over four years old are able to master the technique successfully. (The cleaning instructions that accompany inhalers and Rotahalers should be carefully followed.)
TECHNIQUE FOR USE
1. Remove a Rotacap from its packet and push it firmly into the raised hole on the top of the Rotahaler. The clear end of the Rotacap goes in first. The coloured end of the Rotacap should be even with the top of the hole;
The Rotahaler is now ready for use. Hold the Rotahaler level (horizontally). To split open the Rotacap, turn the light end of the Rotahaler as far as it will go in one firm movement;
Keep the Rotahaler level (horizontal) or the contents of the Rotacap will spill out. Breathe out until your lungs feel comfortably empty. Still keeping the Rotahaler level, raise it to your mouth. Place the mouthpiece between your lips. Close your lips and tilt your head back slightly;
Breathe in as strongly as possible. Hold your breath and take the Rotahaler from your mouth.
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ASTHMA DEVICES: THE ROTAHALERBronchodilators and topical steroid medicines are available in powder containing capsules (Rotacaps) as well as aerosols. This method of administrating medication is most commonly prescribed for poorly co-ordinated patients and for children. Most children over four years old are able to master the technique successfully. (The cleaning instructions that accompany inhalers and Rotahalers should be carefully followed.)TECHNIQUE FOR USE1. Remove a Rotacap from its packet and push it firmly into the raised hole on the top of the Rotahaler. The clear end of the Rotacap goes in first. The coloured end of the Rotacap should be even with the top of the hole;The Rotahaler is now ready for use. Hold the Rotahaler level (horizontally). To split open the Rotacap, turn the light end of the Rotahaler as far as it will go in one firm movement; Keep the Rotahaler level (horizontal) or the contents of the Rotacap will spill out. Breathe out until your lungs feel comfortably empty. Still keeping the Rotahaler level, raise it to your mouth. Place the mouthpiece between your lips. Close your lips and tilt your head back slightly;Breathe in as strongly as possible. Hold your breath and take the Rotahaler from your mouth.*26\148\2*

March 26, 2011 · Posted in Asthma  
　　　　

THE BONE DENSITY PROGRAM: CHOOSING THE RIGHT PRACTITIONER

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To assemble the right health care team to ensure you get the best overall care, you must act as coordinator to make sure each practitioner has all the relevant information, and that they communicate with each other as necessary. You must tell each professional who else you are working with and what strategies you are using. If you don’t tell your cardiologist you’ve been seeing a homeopath, you won’t be able to maximize either approach. If your homeopath tries to convince you homeopathic remedies are all you need, and that whatever your cardiologist advises will only interfere with the treatment, you need a different homeopath. Likewise, if your cardiologist has a blanket “quackery” response for any suggestion of complementary methods, you need a different cardiologist. Otherwise, you have many lenses working on your behalf, but they are all looking at their own little piece and never merging into one view. That’s certainly not integrative or complementary or holistic, and you won’t reap all the benefits of coordinated health care.
Conventional medicine has brought us many wonderful medicines and technologies. I wouldn’t want to diagnose or treat low bone density without access to DEXA machines and pharmaceutical options like raloxifene. But I wouldn’t want to do without qi gong or nutritional supplements, either. Both conventional and “alternative” therapies have their limits, and using them in true complementary fashion—according to their strengths and your beliefs and preferences—is the only way to achieve optimal health care and optimal health.
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THE BONE DENSITY PROGRAM: CHOOSING THE RIGHT PRACTITIONERTo assemble the right health care team to ensure you get the best overall care, you must act as coordinator to make sure each practitioner has all the relevant information, and that they communicate with each other as necessary. You must tell each professional who else you are working with and what strategies you are using. If you don’t tell your cardiologist you’ve been seeing a homeopath, you won’t be able to maximize either approach. If your homeopath tries to convince you homeopathic remedies are all you need, and that whatever your cardiologist advises will only interfere with the treatment, you need a different homeopath. Likewise, if your cardiologist has a blanket “quackery” response for any suggestion of complementary methods, you need a different cardiologist. Otherwise, you have many lenses working on your behalf, but they are all looking at their own little piece and never merging into one view. That’s certainly not integrative or complementary or holistic, and you won’t reap all the benefits of coordinated health care.Conventional medicine has brought us many wonderful medicines and technologies. I wouldn’t want to diagnose or treat low bone density without access to DEXA machines and pharmaceutical options like raloxifene. But I wouldn’t want to do without qi gong or nutritional supplements, either. Both conventional and “alternative” therapies have their limits, and using them in true complementary fashion—according to their strengths and your beliefs and preferences—is the only way to achieve optimal health care and optimal health.*7\228\2*

March 18, 2011 · Posted in Healthy bones Osteoporosis Rheumatic  
　　　　

IBS AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: NERVOUS DIARRHOEA

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Nervous diarrhoea is frequent loose bowel movements not caused by infection, irritation or food allergy. It can be one urgent movement on waking, or several small movements throughout the day. These can be with or without pain and they can often leave the sufferer exhausted.
Nervous diarrhoea is caused by the nerves to the bowel getting the wrong messages. When the red alert button is pressed and the sympathetic nervous system springs into action, at first the message is to suspend activity in the bowel, but if the message carries on too long and becomes Tm very scared’, instead of, ‘I need to act’, so much adrenalin is poured in that the bowel opens. This is what is happening in nervous diarrhoea – the body is so hyped-up that the bowel cannot relax. Some people have to rush up each morning with diarrhoea – their parasympathetic nervous system is still too active even when they sleep.
Is your bowel responding as though you were running from the charging bull all the time? If so, you are the only one who can do anything about this. The behaviour of your boss, your spouse or worry over money may be your ‘charging bull’ but whatever it is no person or situation can affect your nervous system unless you allow them to do so. As far as relationships go, if you have openly and honestly declared to the person concerned that you find their behaviour to you distressing, then it is up to you after that. If you spend your time trying to make those around you change then you are in for a frustrating time and you deserve diarrhoea. On the other hand if you change your reaction to the stress and look after your body in spite of it, you will realize that far from the action of your bowel being out of your control, you can learn how to restore it to normal functioning.
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IBS AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM: NERVOUS DIARRHOEANervous diarrhoea is frequent loose bowel movements not caused by infection, irritation or food allergy. It can be one urgent movement on waking, or several small movements throughout the day. These can be with or without pain and they can often leave the sufferer exhausted.Nervous diarrhoea is caused by the nerves to the bowel getting the wrong messages. When the red alert button is pressed and the sympathetic nervous system springs into action, at first the message is to suspend activity in the bowel, but if the message carries on too long and becomes Tm very scared’, instead of, ‘I need to act’, so much adrenalin is poured in that the bowel opens. This is what is happening in nervous diarrhoea – the body is so hyped-up that the bowel cannot relax. Some people have to rush up each morning with diarrhoea – their parasympathetic nervous system is still too active even when they sleep.Is your bowel responding as though you were running from the charging bull all the time? If so, you are the only one who can do anything about this. The behaviour of your boss, your spouse or worry over money may be your ‘charging bull’ but whatever it is no person or situation can affect your nervous system unless you allow them to do so. As far as relationships go, if you have openly and honestly declared to the person concerned that you find their behaviour to you distressing, then it is up to you after that. If you spend your time trying to make those around you change then you are in for a frustrating time and you deserve diarrhoea. On the other hand if you change your reaction to the stress and look after your body in spite of it, you will realize that far from the action of your bowel being out of your control, you can learn how to restore it to normal functioning.*61\326\8*

March 5, 2011 · Posted in Gastrointestinal