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Burns and his Treatment
Burns are a specific type of soft tissue injury. Occurs when the body receives more energy (heat, chemical or electrical) than it can absorb without injury.
A severe burn can be life threatening and requires immediate medical attention. The severity of the burn depends on the temperature of the medium that caused and duration of exposure. They are primarily skin lesions, but sometimes affects other organs like lungs, heart, kidneys, etc.
The severity of burns is determined by five factors:
Depth of burn: 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade.
Extent of burn: Percentage of body area affected.
Condition critical regions: Hands, feet, face and genitals.
Patient age: Under 2 years old or very old.
Overall health of the individual.
Causes. What causes it and how is it produced?
Physical agents
Burns and his Treatment
Solid hot irons, stoves.
Boiling liquids: water, oil, coffee, etc..
Cold: Exposure to extremely low temperatures, local ice unprotected intermediate cooling sprays misused.
Fire, flames directly or solid waste.
Chemical
Gasoline and oil in general.
Acids: hydrochloric, sulfuric etc.
Alkali: Caustic soda, lime or carbide.
Electrical Agents
Electric shocks at different voltages: Cables, electrical appliances, plugs without protection, lightning.
Radioactive agents: solar rays, X rays, infrared radiation.
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Allergy to Nuts (Part 2)
2. How to deal with an allergy to nuts?
There is no specific medicine to treat allergies to nuts. The improved treatment, without a doubt it’s as simple as avoiding eating all foods or products containing nuts.
We must bear in mind that some people are so sensitive that not only should avoid eating them but also unable to take foods that are made with the same instruments that are used in the processing or manufacturing products that contain them. In these circumstances plays a key role food labeling.
They also may have an allergic reaction just by smell or touch them with skin. If we have a child with nut allergy is the vital importance of information on such an allergy to any person you let the child (school, family, friends), even in bars and restaurants when we eat away from home.
3. How to read a label for a diet without nuts?
If you have a child allergic to nuts, the key is to avoid giving foods or products containing such products, it is essential to read all labels very well. Make sure that the food label does not include these ingredients and avoid them: Almonds, Brazil nuts, Cashew, Hazelnuts, Sunflower seeds, Chestnuts, Nuts, Peanuts, Pistachios, and etc.
Allergy to Nuts (Part 1)
Today allergy to nuts can be considered an important condition because it usually manifests at a young age and large numbers of cases lasts a lifetime.
Almonds, chestnuts, hazelnuts, walnuts, etc can cause symptoms in people even without consuming them simply by skin contact or inhalation.
1. Did you know?
They are named (nuts) due to suffering from drying during processing. Different plant species are included, but are characterized by being rich in protein and fat and have less than 50% water. It is advisable to wait until 3 or 4 years to make the nuts in the diet of children.
Since these are a very allergenic foods and we should be cautious when the demos for the first time to our children. Allergy to nuts is an abnormal response of body to the protein found in nuts. After the fish and seafood, nuts are the foods most often cause food allergies in the population.
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Egg Allergy Treatment In Children 1 Year
The egg is considered the most food allergies in children 1 to 2 years, does not become a major issue since they’re out to tolerate the food around 2 or 3 years. In case of egg allergy, you should know that this allergy can be caused both by the clear as the yolk, although predominantly the former, and is manifested in the following way: in anaphylactic allergic reactions that are particularly serious and must be treated immediately to prevent more involved situations.
Skin symptoms: Here is where the crises of urticaria accompanied by swelling that usually affect the face (eyelids, lips and cheeks), also may appear what is called atopic dermatitis. With regard to egg allergy, is the ovalbumin protein involved when we speak of allergies, especially when mixed with milk and egg.
Involving both respiratory symptoms, which manifests an asthma and rhinitis, or laryngeal edema. Finally, other common symptoms are gastrointestinal (abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting and diarrhea, among others) and neurological symptoms (migraine, and sleep disorder).
ALLERGY TREATMENT FOR EGG
According to specialists in allergy cases, the conduct to be followed when it is discovered this allergy is: first you have to get a diagnosis through a thorough history and testing including skin tests, laboratory and provocation tests or diets exclusion, to have an allergy on that security. Treatment consists of avoiding the food responsible for causing the allergy and then, as the case of each person in particular was bad the damage this has caused to the affected.