Archive for September 20th, 2008

Facial Scrub

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What’s the use of facial scrub?

The facial scrub is a skin care facial designed to illuminate the complexion
and refine the skin. The facial scrubs are part of care face additional health
of the skin and applying creams on the face. Traditionally, it does not
recommend scrubbing more than once or twice a week and avoid peeling on injured
skin (dry skin, redness, tension …)

How do I make a facial scrub

The facial scrub is a treatment to wash his face and neck with a product
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Periodontitis

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What is paradontosis / periodontitis?
Periodontal Disease is a very common disease in which over the years by poor oral hygiene or genetic predisposition by the gums or the tooth restraint apparatus injured. Especially without periodontal treatment is then the risk of loss of teeth. 
How does paradontosis / periodontitis?
Periodontal disease arises from the fact that in the transition area of tooth and gum rubbers form, which, inter alia, contain harmful bacteria. The pads are often also described as a biofilm. Substances, which contained the microorganisms isolated, may lead to an inflammation of the gums, when the pads are not regularly by brushing and other measures are removed. The gum inflammation called gingivitis in jargon and is always present, before a train periodontitis.
Diseases such as diabetes, smoking and drugs play a role in the development of periodontitis (paradontosis). Conversely, also has an existing periodontitis have a negative impact on the health of the whole body. Over time, forming pockets between teeth and gums, which can grow in size and in which, in turn, can accumulate such coverings, which are then often no longer covered by traditional dental cleaning, but only by special periodontal treatment can be removed. The coverings can condense to tartar. The sequence of the pocket education is a stronger inflammation, in addition to the unpleasant smell a gradual degradation of dental apparatus and stopping the jaw bone is going on, so that in many cases it happens that the affected tooth is lost.
What makes a paradontosis / periodontitis noticeable?
Warning signs of periodontal disease, you may even say, can be a  reddened gums and bleeding gums be frequent. Nausea may be resistant to tooth coverings below the gums suggest. Signs that periodontal treatment is an urgent need to be, are a retraction of the gums from the teeth, loose teeth and gums noticeable discoloration and inflammation with pus discharge under pressure. 

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Gingival inflammation (gingivitis)

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The acute inflammatory gingivitis is characterized by mild redness of the gums, increased bleeding and slight swelling. Pain is either not available or only slightly. It is triggered by bacterial coverings.

The bacteria distinguished from substances (endotoxins), which can penetrate the mucosa. On the body’s own defenses and certain messengers did the immune response of the body – the acute inflammation. For heavier forms is the limited dental care possible, because any contact with the gums hurt.

Remedy usually creates Muskellunge of oral hygiene, ie regular and thorough brushing. Here are the bacterial plaque and the trigger for this disease away.

The gingivitis can also be caused by mechanical, chemical or thermal influences are triggered. Responsibility is often too strong cleaning of the teeth. It is the gingival through the bristles of the toothbrush injured and reacted with an inflammation. Swelling and pain occur in the famous pizza burns on the palate. This is a real combustion and heals over a few days. Also by strong acids or alkalis can cause gum inflammation come. You should avoid any contact with these fluids.
Chronic gingivitis
The chronic gingivitis arises mostly from the acute form. For 80 to 90% of adults can be a chronic gingivitis noted. Also here is the trigger of bacterial plaque. Simplified is the severity of inflammation at the bleeding down. For excessive gingival bleeding, which is already under a simple touch of the gingival trigger, you can also expect a strong gingivitis.
The chronic gingivitis also often appears together with a large quantity of tartar. It plays not only the bacterial component of a role. Through the calcified, hard and sharp lining it comes to a permanent mechanical irritation of the gingival.

Image: Oral-B

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Facial pain

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Facial pain is often a big problem – particularly chronic nature, they can be very unpleasant and personal life massively affect. Moreover, there are unfortunately relatively few general treatment options, but now the leading methods of the so-called “special pain”.
 Facial pain are both age in women than in men even with approximately equal frequency on. It distinguishes between acute and chronic facial pain.
 Facial pain may be in very different forms (eg, trigeminal neuralgia, atypical facial pain, …).. Only the very precise retrieval of symptoms (symptoms) in combination with an investigation here provides clarity and enables then choosing the right therapy. An inaccurate diagnosis can be long years of unnecessary suffering with it, because of the resultant (false) therapy may be the clinical picture is even worse. For this reason, the professional help of an experienced pain therapists strongly recommended. 
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Headache

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Approximately ten to 15 percent of the world’s population suffer. Headaches are now recognized as stress-related illness civilization. Good news for your head: In recent decades, the pain research made great strides – in accordance with good treatment options.

Headache
Headaches can have diverse causes. The problem: cause and symptoms are often far apart in time, what an assignment – and treatment – the pain more difficult.

For headaches often observed is a creeping start, sometimes already in childhood. With increasing age to reach the headache then an intensity that the person no longer can cope with alone. Play a key role, often the living circumstances of patients:

Awake and sleeping rhythm
Food, especially the consumption of beverages such as alcohol and nicotine
Toxins in the house, for example solvents, but also at the “fresh” air
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Chronic Pain

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Unlike the pain acute (protection pain), the chronic pain from its original function and replaced exists independently. The nerve cells register pain to the brain, which are not. Eleven million people suffer in Germany alone among these recurring pain.
Chronic Pain
Chronic pain is a pathological assert its independence of nerve impulses. From a “assert its independence” is when the pain remains – even after the cause of pain is resolved.

An example: A nerve cell sends a serious injury after a very long pain impulses to the brain. This is changing their metabolism. If the injury finally healed, so no appeal is available, the cell can no longer continue off and sends pain impulses: The cell has developed a pain memory.

Besides lengthy illnesses may include environmental factors such as stress or weather changes trigger chronic pain or strengthen.
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Food allergy

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What is a food allergy means?

A food allergy is a hypersensitivity to substances that occur in food. All foods can cause allergies. Among the foods that most often trigger allergies include milk, eggs, carrots, fruits, nuts, fish, spices and potatoes. Typical reactions are watery eyes, runny nose and skin irritations, but also nausea, stomach cramps ,Psoriasis eczema and diarrhea.

Victim of a food allergy are from 7 to 10 percent of children and about 5 percent of adults.

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I have a food allergy?
Example: milk allergy
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Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

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The Fibromyalgia is a complex pain syndrome, which at various points of the body occurs. The pain in the muscles are, in the connective tissue and bone. For the diagnosis, the tenderness at certain defined points (tender points) are determined. In addition to the pain can lead to depressive distortion come. The cause of fibromyalgia is not yet known.
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The guiding include pain in at least three body regions: in the arms, legs, spine or chest. Pain can be compounded by pressure on certain trigger the body. Fibromyalgia is diagnosed when 11 of 18 pressure points are painful. The pain last for at least three months.
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True brushing

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The gum massage
Many years ago they stood still in every bathroom, today it is largely forgotten: the mouth shower. . It is the ideal complement to brushing their teeth. After teeth cleaning or just remove them loose in between food and gives a pleasant feeling of freshness. The brushing in itself but it can not replace, because the notes to the tooth surface adhesive plaque resists the jet unfortunately. So the mouth shower rather than a kind of wellness device for the mouth area and with the jet gently massage the gums. This effect is even reinforced when a few drops of essential oils in the mouth shower, for example thyme against gum inflammation (eg shower Electric mouth of Panasonic).

Children need their own toothpaste
Children’s toothpaste is different from the adults mainly in the Flavors to the cleaning for the kids a pleasant one. As children, but also out what is not correct and dominate much swallow toothpaste, the concentration of the ingredients, such as fluoride, lower than for adults pastes, because fluoride in larger quantities in the body of toxic effects, especially in children. Read the rest of this entry »


Skin resurfacing – Skin Rejuvenation

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The aging of the skin is not only inevitable but also happens varies. They play inside, genetic and external environmental factors play a crucial role. The wrinkles are traces of past life, the lifestyle and living habits. A longer life expectancy, a higher degree of mature human activity is not uncommon in contrast to their external appearance. . The desire for a younger appearance is therefore only too well understood. The laser therapy allows for the appearance of aged skin to refresh and reduce wrinkles.
 
 When is a skin resurfacing is right for me?
 The age changes of the face are complex. Not only the skin loses its elasticity and tension, including underlying tissue change. . The fat in certain regions face, for example, Read the rest of this entry »