Drugs and Medicine
Sports Medicine
Sports medicine covers the fields of medicine, studying the influence of exercise and sports training in healthy people and sick people who play sports.
What is it?
Sports medicine includes those theoretical and practical branches of medicine that investigates the influence of exercise and sports training in healthy and diseased, and the athlete.
It also examines the effects of lack of exercise and injuries that may occur during the exercise. Thus, sports medicine provides useful results to prevent, treat and rehabilitate. Read the rest of this entry »
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Anthistamine and Allergy: Act and Characteristics
Antihistamines are useful for treating and preventing any of the disorders described in the posting before, since they act to histamine in the following ways:
- Prevent its production.
- Accelerate its destruction.
- Prevent it from attaching to the receptors.
On the other hand, it is necessary to take into account that these drugs have been classified as classical or non-sedating first generation or second generation, and then describes their main characteristics. Read the rest of this entry »
Anthistamine and Allergy: Diagnosis and Administration
Diagnosis
To diagnose allergies the patient may be subjected to one or more of the following clinical studies:
Measurement of immunoglobulin E. Blood test that reveals the total amount of the antibody in the body when in contact with an allergen.
Skin tests. Consist of applying in the forearm or back different substances that can cause allergy, such as dust, mold, pollen, animal hair, cosmetics, metals, food and medicine. Those affected by this disease have redness, hives and itching 15 minutes later.
Patch testing. When practicing different substances are placed on the skin of the back, which are covered with patches for 48 or 72 hours later, we review in which regions of the epidermis was allergic response. Read the rest of this entry »
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Antihistamine and Allergy: Risk Factors
The environment we are exposed contains both harmless and harmful elements, which can enter the body through the respiratory tract, gastrointestinal tract, skin and mucous membranes, and when this happens, the immune system (the one who defends us from external aggression) is activated and identifies whether the substances that enter the body are harmful or not.
However, there are times when acts unreasonably and recognized as dangerous (when in reality they tend to affect most people), leading to the production of histamine, compound responsible for producing allergic reactions can be manifested by congestion and runny nose, watery eyes, sneezing, sore skin, rashes, itching, dizziness, headache and diarrhea.
To control these annoying symptoms usually uses antihistamines, drugs that block the action of histamine and relieve discomfort. Before delving into the characteristics of these drugs should learn more about allergies and the mechanisms that trigger. Read the rest of this entry »
Coughing and Expectorants
Coughing is a symptom caused by allergies or respiratory diseases described above, discomfort is accompanied by inflammation and mucus formation. On the other hand, it is important to know that this condition may occur in various ways, including:
Acute cough. It features last between 3 and 7 days, and is usually a manifestation of flu, cold, introduction of a foreign body and inhalation of smoke and irritants.
Chronic cough. Lasts for several weeks and in some cases can last months, which is due to more severe illnesses such as asthma, sinusitis, whooping cough, bronchitis, bronchopneumonia, pneumonia, allergies, lung cancer and emphysema, among others. Read the rest of this entry »
Expectorants
The air we breathe is conducted within our body through the airway, which is divided into upper and lower, the first extends from the mouth into the trachea, while the second starts from this structure and ends in the bronchi for each of the lungs, they form the bronchioles and end up in kind of clusters of thousands of bags called alveoli. In these structures is where red blood cells (blood cells) release carbon dioxide and introducing oxygen into the blood to be distributed throughout the body.
In these areas it is normal for mucus or phlegm is formed, because its function is to lubricate the lining of the bronchi, moisten the air intake, allow the lung to stretch or distend to make breathing properly, and dispose of foreign particles defend the body against them. Read the rest of this entry »