Allergies can develop at any point in life. The main causes for allergies are exposure to chemicals, heredity, and hygiene hypothesis. Heredity is a common cause because if one parent is affected by allergies, each child has a 30% chance of developing an allergy. Then if both parents have any type of allergy, the child has 70% of developing an allergy. Also if neither of the parents has allergies the chances of the child developing allergies is still 15%. I hope I didn’t confuse you with all these numbers, regardless of the percentage, your child can still develop allergies at any point in life thanks to the other two factors: chemicals and hygiene hypothesis.
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How do Allergies Develop?
Thursday, July 9th, 2009Natural Cures for Environmental Allergies
Tuesday, June 16th, 2009Environmental allergies are the hardest ones to control. Among all the Antihistamines that I’ve tried the only ones that really cured my son were the natural remedies. The advantage of utilizing natural or alternative remedies is because they are good for the body and don’t have any side effects. They strengthen the body and help minimize allergic reactions, or as in my case, completely cure them. On the other side prescriptions and antihistamines are a bit tricky. Once you get started on them you can’t stop, because the second you do all of the symptoms will instantly attack you. It’s a bad cycle and it does not allow the body to naturally adapt to the environment. In severe cases adaptation should be done slowly and with precaution, perhaps all prescriptions doses should be minimized gradually and exposure to allergen must be minimal and scheduled. To overcome environmental allergies one must heal internally first and then expose little by little to allergens such as pollen.
Natural Remedies and Cures for Allergic Asthma
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Child Aggression
Thursday, May 21st, 2009The last thought on my mind was that my son would be one of those aggressive kids, who constantly causes trouble in school. Every week I find him sitting in time out. It’s not easy to digest the idea that my son might turn into a bully one day. When it’s time to pick him up from school I try to stay positive and hope for the best. I usually walk into the classroom all anxious, expecting the usual thank-God-you’re-here smile. It breaks my heart to see my son with his eyes all watery and red from crying in the time out chair. What now? Another report of him hitting or not behaving? What can possibly cause this behavior? Was he in an argument for a toy? “He is too aggressive,” replies the teacher, “I can’t keep him still, he has so much energy and gets out of control.” “He hardly naps, and most of the time I send him to the other classroom, that way he can calm down.” I can hardly believe what comes out of her mouth. I don’t even spank him, he doesn’t watch violent shows, all of the family members are calm at home, there are no signs of violence or aggression. How can my kid out of all the kids in the classroom be the worst? For the one-hundredth time I sit and talk with him in the classroom. Then on the way home in the car, I tell him how sad I am that he hit his friend and how sad his friend’s mom will be when she finds out. Then we arrive home, the TV stays off during dinner time, he cannot play outside or engage in his favorite activities. After he realizes that is is restricted and punished, he goes into rage. I sit him in time out as usual. Walking out of the room, I hear, “Stupid!” I re-open the door and take away a box full of his favorite cars and warn him that I’m going to continue taking toys if he continues saying bad words. As I close the door, I hear it again, “Stupid!” I rush back in and take more toys. Finally silence.
Natural Remedies for Eczema
Monday, May 11th, 2009Eczema is inflammation of the skin. Eczema causes the skin to become red, itchy, flaky, and discharge liquid or blood. There are different types of eczema and all types of eczema can be cured with natural remedies. Causes for eczema are allergic reactions, weather, diet, stress, poor metabolism, and vaccinations. The most common types of eczema found in kids are:
Atopic Dermatitis: most of the time confused with psoriasis, occurs in people who have food and/or environmental allergies. The rashes usually appear and disappear when in contact with the allergen. On babies it usually appears on the face, neck, ears and torso. Older kids usually have atopic dermatitis in the inner or outer sides of elbows and knees, sometimes on the hands and upper eyelid creases.