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To prevent lead poisoning, avoid or reduce exposure to lead. Remove lead paint or cleaning it often dike:

- It has been shown that frequent and careful cleaning substantially reduces the exposure to lead. Use a mop or sponge with warm water and an all purpose cleaner or a cleaner made specifically for lead to regularly clean floors and other surfaces. Wash children’s hands, toys and pacifiers of children with soap and water.

- If your house is painted with lead paint, do not attempt to remove or paint over it by itself because removing lead paint improperly can worsen pollution by spreading airborne dust of this painting. Hire a professional trained in lead abatement techniques. Read the rest of this entry »

Diagnosis

If the physician believes that a person has lead poisoning, do a physical exam and ask you to describe your symptoms, medical history, potential environmental lead exposure, diet and children any problem behavior or learning. Lead poisoning is diagnosed by a simple blood test.

Since there are often no symptoms at first, the blood test is the best way to identify children at risk for lead poisoning at an early stage, typically when they are between 6 and 12 months. The lead screening guidelines vary by state, but the screening must be at least between the first and second year of life. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC, and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommend that children under 6 years should be submitted to the lead screening if: Read the rest of this entry »

Children with blood lead levels of 10 to 25 micrograms per deciliter usually do not show obvious symptoms of too much lead in the body. The damage may not be evident and manifest only when they start school, when the child shows signs of possible learning disabilities, behavioral problems or mental retardation.

It is believed that the effect of lead in young children have an average loss of 2 to 3 points of IQ (intelligence quotient) for every 10 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. At high exposures, children may experience:

- decreased production of red blood cells (anemia)
- fatigue and listlessness
- headaches
- severe abdominal pain and cramps
- hearing problems
- Stunting
- persistent vomiting
- epilepsy (seizures)
- coma Read the rest of this entry »

Lead is a poisonous metal (toxic) when humans Breathing or swallowing it. Lead enters the bloodstream and stored in organs, tissues, bones and teeth. Exposure to this toxin for longer periods and more in a row can cause:

- permanent damage to the central nervous system, especially the brain
- developmental delay in children
- behavioral changes in children
- decreased production of red blood cells (anemia)
- hearing problems
- damage to the reproductive system in men and women
- renal disease (the kidney)
- epilepsy (seizures)
- coma Read the rest of this entry »

Is it a permanent problem?

If you take antidepressant medications such as antibiotics, say between 7 and 10 days, both patients and their partners could deal with a temporary decrease in sexual desire or performance. But in general, treatments for depression are longer, and in cases of chronic depression, are required for months or years. Many people are so distressed by the disorder in their love life, until they stop taking the drug suddenly without your doctor. You do not do that! You would only worsen the problem.

There are solutions

Psychiatric pharmacology experts participating in the annual meetings of the American Psychiatric Association (American Psychiatric Association) have addressed the issue and discussed possible solutions: Read the rest of this entry »

Depression is a condition that robs the sufferer energy and zest for life. It affects everything from work to personal relationships, including relationship. Fortunately, many patients react positively to treatment with antidepressants, but these, in turn, can have side effects including reduced sex drive. You may come to mind that of “stick because bream, bream stick because”, but there are solutions. Do not resign and look for it!

As reported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) only in the United States, one in 20 people report having suffered from depression at some point in their lives. When it becomes chronic, an effective way to combat it is the combination of antidepressant medication and psychological therapy. Antidepressant medications work by changing and balancing certain chemicals in the brain, causing in some people, like some medicines, some side effects may include fatigue, nausea and irritability (which usually disappear within a few days of treatment), or other longer lasting effects, such as loss of sexual desire (which could cause difficulties in your relationship). Read the rest of this entry »

There are several steps you can take so that you no harm polypharmacy. Pay attention and put it into practice:

- Read the entire label of the drug, as if by prescription counter. Note especially the side effects, and if it is contraindicated with any medication that you take.
- Check with your doctor and pharmacist a list of medications. And talk to your doctor if you notice that one makes you feel bad.
- Unless your doctor has indicated otherwise, take medication with water. If you take them with another liquid (fruit juice, soft drinks, etc..) The drug may have some interaction with him. And of course, never take it with alcohol.
- Never take a medication prescribed for someone else. Although it is the same as you take and for the same problem, maybe the dose is different and you harm. Read the rest of this entry »

You know what is polypharmacy? Perhaps the term you are not familiar, but you probably know what it means. Is the use of more medications than they really require, and not just the recipe you doctor, but also those you buy at the pharmacy without a prescription or prescription. The result of this excess can be dangerous to your health.

Drugs are essential to prevent, cure or alleviate illness, but if you take lots, dangerous interaction may occur between them and increase the chances that you have harmful side effects. The more medicines you take, the more it exacerbates the problem. And as manufacturers present new pills daily with a promise to extend life or relieve an illness, it is difficult to avoid the temptation to try them.

Excess drugs taken at the same time may harm the body, or negative consequences of three different modes. These are: Read the rest of this entry »

Back pain is possibly a symptom of various diseases and conditions. The main cause some problem may be due to the back itself or elsewhere in the body. In many cases, doctors can not find the cause of pain. When this happens, the most common explanations include:

- stress or injury to the back muscles, including muscle sprain or strain, chronic overload of those muscles caused by obesity and overload caused by any unusual stress, such as lifting a heavy object or being pregnant Read the rest of this entry »

When To Call a Professional

Most headaches are harmless and only rarely due to a serious medical problem. There is no reason to consult a health professional if you can control your headaches without drugs or the occasional use of a simple painkiller.

However, call or see your doctor if any of the following symptoms:
- Headache that follows a head injury.
- Headache accompanied by fever or vomiting.
- Headache associated with blurred vision, slurred speech, numbness or weakness of the arms or legs. Read the rest of this entry »