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Eczema: Are You Scratching Your Head Trying to Help Patients?
AAP News Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is a common, chronic and recurrent disease that causes much morbidity for patients and their families, and it need not! One of the biggest hurdles to achieving such success with eczema management is the vast amount of … |
Eczema: Are You Scratching Your Head Trying to Help Patients? – AAP News
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Eczema: Are You Scratching Your Head Trying to Help Patients?
AAP News Eczema (atopic dermatitis) is a common, chronic and recurrent disease that causes much morbidity for patients and their families, and it need not! One of the biggest hurdles to achieving such success with eczema management is the vast amount of … |
Cure Eczema – Reasons Why You Should Use Herbal Medicines When Trying To Cure Eczema
Eczematous disorders present a wide variety of symptoms. Itchiness starts, followed by redness. Scaly skin happens when there is chronic scratching because when eczema hits, the skin becomes dry. There is also inflammation and blisters will eventually appear. These symptoms can go on for hours and even days. Chronic atopic dermatitis stays in the skin for weeks to months if not treated. Treatment using alternative medicine by herbs is one key to healing. Lets take a look on how to cure eczema using herbal medicines!
Cure eczema, when rashes develop, by applying sandalwood paste and camphor mixture. To reduce inflammation, blueberry extracts turned into lotion and shark cartilage can be used. To wash the affected part, use pine tar soap. Vitamin E extracts in supplements can avoid and diminish itchiness.
For oral medications, foods rich in zinc and tomato juice will help in increasing the immune system to fight allergens, which are causes of Allergic Contact Dermatitis. To target two forms of treatment, you can use a mixture of these herbs to make a kind of lotion: dandelion leaves, spearmint leaves, and few drops of oil. It is a good anti-inflammatory lotion which also helps in moisturizing the skin. Use this instead of cosmetic products available in the market so as to avoid the free radicals that were used in making those beauty products. Herbal lotions can naturally heal the skins outer layer.
If the skin is flaky or scaly, exfoliation is needed and a handful of nuts soaked in water can be a good cleansing scrub. Body scrubs in the market contain chemicals and when used in exfoliating the affected part, they can further aggravate eczema because stripping away the epidermis may affect the dermis. After exfoliation, it is best to keep the skin hydrated and moisturized, especially if you are living in a country that has harsh winters. Commercial lotions and moisturizers have fragrances which may harm the skin and increase symptoms of eczema. Virgin Coconut Oil can be used as an alternative. It contains lauric acid which helps in healing.
If redness occurs, cold compress must be applied. Turmeric powder mixed with bitter neem leaves will make the skin soft and can reduce flakiness. If discoloration occurs after the herbal exfoliation, mashed papaya can be applied to bring back the skins natural color. In fact, papaya can also be used for skin whitening, but sunblock that contains SPF 40 and above should be applied to avoid the harmful effects of the sun.
To cure eczema, topical herbal medications can be used. But to prevent it, you can also prevent taking in foods that cause it. Dairy products, chicken, eggs, citrus fruits can trigger skin asthma or allergic dermatitis. Too much of them will enhance eczematous lesions so it is best to avoid them. Herbal supplements taken along with herbal topical medications applied on the skin will relieve eczema in just a few hours to a few days, if eczema is chronic. Avoid wearing clothes which can induce skin dryness. Wear clothes made of cotton instead.
With all of these suggestions, cheaper healing and prevention can be achieved.
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What should you avoid whilst trying to conceive?
Mr David Chui is a specialist in fertility and has experience in helping couples to conceive for over 25 years. He is currently the Medical Director of the Sussex Downs Fertility Centre, BMI The Esperance Hospital. Here Mr Chui explains how diet and lifestyle choices affect fertility and what you should avoid whilst trying to conceive.
Are there any foods and drink you should avoid whilst trying to conceive?
Alcohol [1,2]
Although the UK Government general guideline for alcohol consumption is 14 units per week for both men and women, it is advisable for women trying for a baby and those who are pregnant to avoid alcohol completely, in order to keep the health risks to any potential baby as low as possible. It should also be appreciated that alcohol can make women less fertile, but how exactly alcohol makes women less fertile is not clearly understood.
For men, excessive alcohol lowers testosterone levels and sperm quality and quantity. It can also reduce libido and cause impotence. It may therefore reduce the chance of the couple conceiving, but these effects are quickly reversed once the amount of alcohol consumption is reduced.
Alcohol is also a potent inducer of “free radicals” which in turn may be detrimental to the overall reproductive system and, more specifically, the health of your eggs and sperm.
It has also been shown that alcohol consumption in excess of one unit per day, for both men and women, over a period of time is associated with reduced chance of IVF success.
Caffeine [3]
Caffeine is present in coffee, tea, colas and chocolate. Although there is currently no suggestion that consumption of caffeine affects a woman’s or a man’s natural fertility, there is some evidence that regular intake of caffeine (2-50g/day; 100mg caffeine in one cup of coffee) may reduce the chance of success with IVF treatment.
Is there anything else you can do or avoid to increase your chances of conceiving?
Throughout this article, I have mentioned the antioxidant effects of various nutrients and micronutrients in curbing the damage caused by “free radicals”, which will adversely affect fertility for both men and women.
There are a number of environmental and lifestyle factors that may increase exposure to “free radicals”, including chemical and atmospheric pollution (for instance exhaust gas emission), smoking, alcohol intake and excessive exercises. It is generally recommended therefore that you should reduce these exposures as much as possible to enhance your fertility.
Smoking
It is well known that women who smoke find it more difficult to conceive, and men who smoke are often found to have poorer sperm quality. Furthermore, women who experience passive smoking take longer to conceive. Smoking in pregnancy is also associated with increased chance of having a small baby (and the risks that come with being small) and stillbirth.
Male and female smokers undergoing IVF treatment have lower chance of successful treatment, and male smokers reduce the chance of pregnancy of IVF-ICSI treatment.
It is therefore generally recommended that both men and women should reduce or stop their smoking habit if they have fertility issues.
Body Weight [4]
Extremes of body weight are associated with difficulty conceiving and complications during pregnancy, and therefore should be avoided if at all possible.
Women with obesity, as defined by BMI (Body Mass Index calculated from weight and height) of 30 kg/m2 or over, take longer to conceive and have higher risk of miscarriage, compared to women with normal weight. They are less likely to conceive following IVF treatment.
Men who are overweight or obese have significantly reduced number of normal motile sperm, and higher incidence of DNA fragmentation of sperm, compared to men with normal weight. They may also have higher chance of having erectile dysfunction.
Women who are very slim (BMI less than 18 kg/m2) often have menstrual irregularity and therefore have difficulty conceiving. Pregnancy is often associated with premature birth and small baby.
Recreational Drug Use
In women, the use of recreational drugs or drugs of abuse such as marijuana and cocaine can adversely affect the ovulatory function of the ovaries and workings of the fallopian tubes.
In men, the use of drugs like anabolic steroids and cocaine can reduces the quality of sperm. Recently, it was noted that men who take “protein shakes” as part of their exercise regime may also have reduced sperm quality. Overall, use of these recreational drugs diminishes the fertility potential of the couple and should therefore be discouraged.
You can find out more about fertility treatments at BMI Healthcare, or you can make an online enquiry at our website and we’ll be in touch as soon as we can.
[1] https://www.gov.uk/government/news/new-alcohol-guidelines-show-increased-risk-of-cancer
[2] https://www.drinkaware.co.uk/alcohol-facts/health-effects-of-alcohol/fertility-and-pregnancy/is-alcohol-harming-your-fertility/
[3] https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg156
[4] https://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/cg156