Allergies

Allergies: Avoiding Indoor Triggers

Introduction

Allergic rhinitis results in symptoms of sneezing, congestion, and a runny nose. However, you can control these symptoms with medicine and by avoiding the things that cause them (allergens). If you are allergic to indoor allergens, such as dust mites, animal dander, and mold, you can take some simple steps to get them out of your house.

By taking these precautions, you may have fewer symptoms or less severe symptoms.

To avoid allergens in your home, you need to try to identify what you are allergic to. Work with your doctor to find this out. With this knowledge, you can cut back on the allergens in your home. For example, you may be allergic to your pet. You can then decide what steps to take, such as keeping your pet outside or limiting your pet to certain areas of your home.

Many of these steps are simple and are easy to do. Others may mean changes to your home and furnishings—such as removing carpeting or adding an air-conditioning system—that can be costly or difficult to do. If you live in a rented apartment or house, you may not be able to make some changes. You will need to decide which ones you can do. Try to use as many of them as you can.

By avoiding or reducing your contact with indoor allergens, you may be able to:

* Reduce your allergy symptoms and feel much better.

* Manage your allergy symptoms without medicine or with fewer medicines.

* Reduce your risk of developing complications of long-term (chronic) allergic rhinitis, such as sinusitis.

To reduce allergens inside your home, you can:

* Remove items where allergens build up, such as stuffed animals or rugs.

* Use regular cleaning and housekeeping to prevent allergens from building up.

Measures to control allergens throughout your home include:

* Controlling dust and dust mites, such as dusting regularly and washing bed linens in hot water. Dust contains most of the allergens in your home.

* Controlling animal dander and other pet allergens, which includes keeping pets only in certain areas of your home.

* Controlling molds, which includes cleaning bathtubs and showers monthly.

Because adults spend one-third of their time and children spend half of their time in their bedrooms, it is important that you take steps to prevent allergens in this room.

Other things you can do

Polluted air does not cause allergies, but it can irritate the nose and lungs. This may make it more likely that you will have symptoms.

* Avoid tobacco smoke, smoke from wood-burning stoves, and fumes from kerosene heaters.

* If you have a wood-burning stove, try to use one that is airtight and does not leak smoke into your home.

Talk with your doctor

If you have questions about this information, take a printout with you when you visit your doctor. You may want to mark areas or make notes where you have questions. Your doctor may have more ideas on how you can control allergens in your home.

The Difference Between Boys and Girls

Boys and girls are different. Give a toddler girl a G.I. Joe and she'll probably try to mother it. Give a toddler boy a Barbie, and he'll pull off its head or pretend it's a gun. Boys and girls are psychologically different, physically different and also mentally different.

Boy brains are drastically different than girl brains. Girls, even young students, tend toward multitasking-an ability that serves them well later in life, juggling work, family, and a social life. Boys work on one, maybe two, tasks at a time-something that annoys women everywhere when the boys become men and cannot grow out of that.

Boys learn by doing. Boy brains are kinetic and tactile. They are stimulated by taste, touch, and smell. Girls use their eyes and ears to learn.



Ask any boy in elementary school and "Lunch," "Recess" and maybe "P.E." will be in their top five subjects in school. Ask girls, and you'll probably also find lunch and recess on the list, but not as high. For both girls and boys, lunch and recess are social times. But while boys are playing tag, Dodge Ball, or "Bumper Bodies" on the slide, girls are over near the bars talking and playing "10 tricks."




In the classroom-especially in the lower grades-boys can create havoc for their teachers and classmates. Boys are more likely to fidget, get up, lean back in chairs, and be a disruption.

But does this mean that boys are just bad? Of course not! Boys are just being boys. It's how their brains work. Boys are more active, and more apt to get frustrated when they don't live up to the expectations of their teachers and parents.



Where did these expectations come from? Before any of us attended school, the big push in public academia was to get girls' test scores up. Thirty to forty years ago, girls were on the "losing end" of the academic stick. The government and school officials decided that something needed to be done. The school format changed to the one we know now-sit down, be quiet, and do your work-which works wonderfully for the girl brain.

Since then, and especially in the last 10 years, expectations for boys have changed dramatically. As early as kindergarten, kinetic, impulsive boys are told to sit down, be quiet, and do their work. Parents and administrators demand teachers to have a calm, controlled classroom, rather than teach the students in the way they learn best. As Ms. Tyre write for Newsweek, "Instead of allowing teachers to instruct kids in the manner and pace that suit each class, some states now tell teachers what, when and how to teach."





Because of the gap between girls and boys, some schools have experimented with separating girls and boys and creating more interactive lessons. The results are more disorganized boys-only classes, more rowdy interactive lessons, but better participation and better test scores all around.

While not all teachers and school administrators will change school policy because of a few anecdotal positive results, there are still things that parents can do to make school more fun for boys. Make homework more fun and interactive for younger students. Give plenty of time for running around between homework assignments.

Tips Kesihatan Dan Kecantikan

Tips Hidup Bahagia


Beberapa tips untuk menjadikan diri lebih bahagia lagi..

1. Berfikiran positif

Cara lain untuk memancing umpan balik emosional adalah dengan senantiasa memikirkan hal-hal yang positif. Dengan berfikir positif, orang akan berlaku positif juga. Dan hal ini akan mempengaruhi pada aliran kimiwi tubuh, yang akan membuat serotonim atau hormon pemicu rasa gembira meningkat.

2. Kembangkan daya keterampilan

Orang yang bahagia sering berada dalam alur yang mengalir, menikmati apapun yang mengelilingi dirinya dan menghadapi apapun tantangan yang menghadang dengan reaksi dan sikap tepat.

3. Mengembangkan sisi spritual

Seseorang yang suka membaca buku kerohanian dan ilmiah dalam erti kata lain menimba ilmu yang baik, sebanyak yang mungkin menunjukkan bahwa mereka lebih berbahagia dan boleh mengatasi krisis secara lebih baik. Masyarakat yang bijak dan berpendidikan dapat mengatasi segala emosional, dan landasan iman membuat hidup lebih berarti dan lebih fokus.




KETERAMPILAN MENARIK MENAMBAH KEYAKINAN

5 Langkah mendapatkan kulit indah

1.Bersihkanlah wajah Anda secara hati-hati dengan pembersih di pagi dan malam. Kulit yang bersih lebih tahan terhadap jerawat dan bintik-bintik.
2. Bersihkan sisa tata rias dan pembersih dengan toner, yang menjadikan kulit terasa segar kembali.
3. Ikuti dengan pemakaian pelembab yang melembutkan dan melindungi kulit, serta mencegah dehidrasi.
4. Krim malam menutrisi dan memperbaiki kulit Anda ketika Anda tidur.
5. Sebagai perawatan khusus, gunakan scrub dan masker sekali atau dua kali seminggu, dimana hal tersebut akan meningkatkan efisiensi dari rutinitas harian Anda.


Tips Memilih Bedak

Hampir setiap wanita akrab dengan bedak. Kenali lebih dalam agar makin mempercantik Anda. Semua bedak wajah, rata-rata fungsinya sama. Meski fungsinya sama, tetapi keperluan dan keserasian setiap orang berbeza2.

Berdasarkan jenis kulit
Untuk kulit berminyak, gunakan bahan bedak yang mengandung bahan penyerap minyak agar wajah tampil segar tanpa kilap. Sedangkan untuk kulit normal atau kering, gunakan bahan bedak yang mengandung pelembab agar tidak menggumpal pada kulit wajah hingga wajah tampak halus.

Tips:
Untuk kulit berminyak. Jika kulit nampak berkilat ditengah hari, jangan terus disapu bedak, Serap dulu miyak tersebut dengan tisu.



Merawat Kulit

Merawat Kulit Anda

Bersihkan kulit Anda setiap pagi untuk menghilangkan minyak dan sel kulit mati yang terbentuk di malam hari.

Gunakan air suam-suam kuku pada wajah Anda. Air yang terlalu panas boleh menyebabkan kulit wajah yang sensitif menjadi kering.
Sabun biasa jangan digunakan untuk muka karana dapat merosakan keseimbangan pelembab semulajadi pada wajah dan memerlukan beberapa hari bagi kulit untuk pulih kembali.

Olahraga , meskipun hanya berjalan biasa, akan membuat kulit tampak sehat dan berseri.

Ya, Anda mungkin tahu bahwa betapa perlu dan baiknya minum air dalam jumlah yang cukup. Bubuhkan sedikit lemon, melon atau timun – gunakan imajinasi untuk memperbanyakkan meminum air dan hapus rasa dahaga Anda!